Today (July 30, 2009) is the 9th of Av on the Hebrew calendar. On this date many things happened according to both history and tradition.
- The spies came back from spying out the land of Canaan. 10 of the spies gave a bad report and the believed them.
- Both Temples were [...]
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The 9th of Av
Posted in Uncategorized on July 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Bring Sean Home
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bring sean home, sean, Torah on February 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I have been captivated by this story…
The family is hoping for people to contact their congressman and senators about this issue. Here is a link to the web page blog where you can read more. You can also get information on what to say to your Representatives. [...]
Your absolute best!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged faith, Jesus, perseverence, Torah on January 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This is my favorite scene from the movie “Facing the Giants.” It is a great reminder to me that all too often I can give up when I know I have more in me. Over the years I have watched people leave the Torah behind the minute things got [...]
‘Tis the Season
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Chanukkah, Hanukkah, menorah on December 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Happy Chanukkah!
Embarrasing Others
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Pirkei Avot, Torah on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Rabbi Elazar of Modin said, one who desecrates sacred objects, one who disgraces the festivals, one who shames his fellow in public, one who annuls the covenant of our forefather Abraham, or one who interprets the Torah not according to Jewish law — even if he has Torah [study] and good [...]
Patience
Posted in Uncategorized on November 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I have had this video in my favorites for a long time. It often reminds me that sometimes no matter how good we explain things people just might not get it.
As we live and teach the Torah in our lives some people are just not going to get [...]
Beresheet
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged parasha, parashah, portions, Torah on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This week is the beginning of the new Torah cycle for the Hebrew year 5769. We begin reading with the story of creation. It is a good time for me to return to blogging.
To those who had not heard…about six weeks ago I was hit by a truck while crossing a street in [...]
Self Examination
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged elul, self examination, Torah on September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As I have mentioned before this is the month of Elul in the Hebrew calendar. And the month of Elul is to be a month of self examination and introspection. It seems as if this is not without its biblical presendence…
2Co 13:5 Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; [...]
Set Time for Prayer
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged elul, maariv, mincah, prayer, shacarit, Torah on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As I consider my Elul-lian* journey I am beginning to look at the areas of my life that I would like to change. One of those areas is getting better at the set time of prayer. I once heard a statistic that pastor’s on average spend less than three minutes a day in [...]
New Look
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Notzerim, repentance, Torah on September 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I was checking out all that WordPress has to offer and I came across this picture. I really liked it for several reasons.
1. It has trees in it. Since my blog is entitled “Notzerim Reaching Out” and Jesus (Yeshua’s) early disciples were called “notzerim” or “branchses”. I thought this picture was [...]
