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Is Anything Impossible for God? Is anything impossible for God? People tend to take the saying, “nothing is impossible for God” very lightly, to the point of it being a cliché. In this case, let’s examine two possibilities for the same issue. Bamidbar (Numbers) 11 begins with a complaint, “And it happened that the people […]
Are We Fulfilling Our Calling? Parashat Naso נָשֹׂא continues with the counting the children of Levi and the Creator appointing specific functions to the children of Levi as well as to each of the twelve tribes. Israel was called “The Chosen People” because they were chosen by the Creator to fulfil a role, regardless of those who […]
Shavuot is one of the lesser known of the seven Biblical Festivals even though it is one of the “Shalosh Regalim” – Three Pilgrimage Festivals (Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkoth). It was at these Chaggim – special Holidays that the Israelites would travel up to Jerusalem to celebrate and bring their extra offerings to the Temple, […]
Can I be counted on? So, we find the Israelites in the wilderness “Bamidbar”, on the first day of the 2nd month of the 2nd year after they left Egypt. The first thing that Moses was told to do was to take a census, to count every head or prince of every tribe. Later readings, […]
Leviticus 25: 1-27: 34 26 Iyar 5781 The parashah Behar (on the mountain) refers to Mount Sinai, where the Creator gave the Torah to the people of Israel. Our sages explain that the Creator chose this mountain because it is smaller than the others, alluding to humility. They say that to receive the Torah, we […]
What message am I sending today? Emor 19 Iyar 5781 by Mauricio Quintero From this portion Emor אֱמֹר, which can be translated as “tell them”, there are so many teachings that we can apply to our lives today. It speaks about how the Cohen HaGadol, the High Priest and the cohanim were to behave, so that they […]
True Morality Comes from above, Not from Us! In Acharei Mot (After the death) we read about the death of Aaron’s two sons immediately followed by the rules for the rituals at Yom Kippur so that no one else would have to meet the same fate as these two young men. Yom Kippur יוֹם כִּפֻּרִhas been […]
Am I Choosing Life or Death? These double parashiot Tazria – Metzora speak of being tahor – טָהוֹר and tamei – טָמֵא which are normally translated as pure and impure or clean and unclean but Rabbi Percy or as he signed his name – Ranebi, taught us that it’s better to use the words presentable and unpresentable. Tahor […]
Our Creator wants us Free and Happy! Parashat Shemini speaks of the account of the consecration of the Tabernacle, the death of Nadav and Abihu, and the dietary laws called kashrut. The previous parashiot detailed the construction of the Mishkan, all the instructions regarding the offerings and the tasks of the kohanim and leviim. The […]
21 Nisan 5781 Am I Still a Slave? In Matthew 4: 3-4 it is written: ” The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the son of God, (which is a messianic title) tell these stones to become bread.” Yeshua replied: “It is written that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word […]
