Christmas is soon approaching—the season when much of the world erroneously celebrates the miracle birth of Yeshua (known to the Christian world as Jesus)… However, the great miracle of the Word made flesh did not begin with the birth but with the conception of Yeshua… and another celebration remembering the dedication of the Temple of Yah… Hanukkah!
The Torah requires a thanksgiving offering for many situations and Thanksgiving is perhaps the perfect celebration to bring Christians and Jews together today without any pagan influence or mixture!
Have you ever read the story of Jacob stripping bark off tree limbs in order to get his sheep to give birth to streaked, speckled, or spotted offspring? It is from this week’s Torah parashah Vayetze and you can find it in Genesis chapter 30. Having completed his fourteen years of labor, as payment to…
In Parashah Toldot we are told about Esau who comes back from hunting tired and hungry… but what many do not know is why, which leads to an amazing revelation! The Sefer HaYashar (Book of Jasher) Chapter 27 famously recounts that Esau had stumbled upon Nimrod while he was hunting and killed him and two…
Below is a teaching on how Scripture consistently reveals that true salvation involves an inner cleansing, a purification of heart and life, and that each individual has a choice to walk in that purification. This stands in contrast to the notion that mere intellectual belief—without repentance, obedience, and transformation—is sufficient. True Salvation as Inner Purification Many…
Bereishit 25:21 tells us that Yitzchak prayed for Rivka because she was barren and God accepted his prayer. One of the traits that distinguishes Yitzchak is his perseverance in affirmative prayer for a full twenty years… Yitzchak never stops believing and never gives up on her, but rather continues to pray until Hashem gives him children through her! Affirmative prayer is the same…
Many do not realize that God’s plan of reconciling and saving the world is by grafting them into the literal family of Israel and giving them the privilege of sharing in the promises God made to Israel concerning his covenant with Abraham, an inheritance in the land and a hope in the coming Messiah! Rabbi…
This week’s parsha Vayera contains the famous story of the Akeidah Yitzchak [Binding of Yitzchak] and so I would like to relate further insight on this topic as an example for us in the context of passing our tests with the amazing Emunah faithfulness our Forefathers had! In Bereshit [Genesis] chapter 22 it tells the…
In light of God having “called out” Avraham in this week’s Torah parashah Lech Lecha, you may be surprised to find the many scriptural references to God calling out His assembly from the earliest of times… If you are being called out of something, you are naturally being called from something to something. If you are…
But just as He who called you is Holy, so be Holy in ALL you do: for it is written: ‘Be Holy, because I am Holy.’” – Peter 1:15-16 This verse emphasizes the importance of living a life that reflects God’s holiness Firstly, I shouldn’t need to remind all that we are children of Light…