Learn the principles behind a past Plague and Pinchas’ righteous zealousness against the sins of the Leaders in his day and how they apply in our current events today!
A Prayer for Our World during COVID-19, provided by Rabbi Isaac to bring peace to all who would desire an outline for how to pray in these uncertain times.
Tu B’Av (Hebrew: ט״ו באב, the fifteenth of the month Av) is a minor Jewish holiday. In modern-day Israel, it is celebrated as the Hebrew-Jewish day of ahavah love (Hebrew: חג האהבה, Hag HaAhava), similar to Valentine’s Day and has been said to be a “great day for weddings”. According to the Mishna, Tu B’Av…
This year the Tisha B’Av (9 Av) fast begins the evening of Saturday, July 17th and goes through Sunday, July 18th. This is the fast of the fifth month mentioned in Zechariah 8:19. Here is a fascinating overview capturing the meaning of the holiday and fast… Rabbi Avraham Goldhar has amazed audiences around the world…
To observe God’s holy days at their proper time it is most important to understand how to correctly observe the faithful witnesses that God has created for the observation of time and “moedim”. The enemy seeks to confuse man as to the times and the moedim (God’s appointed times) so as to prevent men from the…
For those who are interested in understanding their Jewish brothers and the Jewish faith, I thought it worthy of familiarizing you with the 13 Foundational Principles of Judaism. These thirteen Principles compiled by Maimonides outline Judaism’s tenets, which one must acknowledge as truths in order to be considered a Jew, and to partake in the World to Come. I will…
There are Three Weeks that are an annual mourning period that falls out in the summer. The Three Weeks or Bein ha-Metzarim (Hebrew: בין המצרים, “Between the Straits”) (cf “dire straits”) is a period of mourning commemorating the destruction of the first and second Jewish Temples. This is when we mourn the destruction of the Holy Temple and our launch into a still-ongoing exile. The period…
Overview and Background of Hashem’s instruction about the Red Heifer in Parashah Chukat On the 1st of Nissan, The mishkan’s last inauguration day, Hashem revealed to Moshe the laws regarding impure people who are expelled from the camp, and the purity laws of the kohanim priests. Hashem taught him how purification from the different types…
Intercessory Prayer Each week we have a segment in our service called “Family Time” where we share one another’s burdens, prayer requests, answered prayers, as well as our testimonies and praises! Even if you are not able to be at service or you live too far to be with us physically we think of you…
Many people are often curious as to the time period of Job’s life. Whenever I see a reoccurring question come to me I often write a short article on it to assist others who must have the same question as well. This article is being written during the week that we are preparing for Torah…
This week’s Torah portion of Shelach L’kha introduces a very practical commandment still applicable for us still today! In this week’s Torah parashah Sh’lach, after seeing that God’s people were having difficulty remembering and guarding God’s commandments, and thereby losing their intended blessing, we see an introduction to the principle of wearing a “reminder tassel”…