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Parashah: “VaYetze” (and he went out) GENESIS 28:10-32:2 In this parashah study, we see that Jacob is on his way to Haran to find himself a wife (or two). He is tired after a long day's journey, He stops to rest outside of a city called “Luz” and scripture says that he settles down...

Yes, indeed, God loves us all, yet hates sin, therefore sent HIS Son, God in the flesh, to pay the price of sin.

MAL 1:1-2:7 The prophet speaks and writes through the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) “Jacob have I loved, but Esau I have hated”. You ask, “Isn't God love?” isn't God all about love? Why does he “hate poor Esau?” The word “hate” has the same meaning as “reject”. YHVH who is “all-knowing”...

Here is something I learned just the other day (That is why it is good to study Torah with different teachers). In the last chapter we learned that Abraham died. One idea is that the whole family is "sitting Shiva" as it is called in Jewish Tradition. Mourning the dead. And the rules are that...

PARASHAH: TOLDOT (generations) GEN 25:19-28:9 This study starts with the generations of Abraham and Sarah. After years of waiting and praying they finally had Yitzchak. The legacy continues, and the promise of YHVH is revealed once more, but not without testing of faith. Yitzchak...

THANKSGIVING TIME TOPIC: THE CALL OF ABRAHAM AND THE ARRIVAL OF THE PILGRIMS TO AMERICA; SIMILARITIES AND CONTRASTS (Well, I guess this could count as a devotional, a historic devotional) We know the story of Abraham according to Genesis 12; God spoke to Abraham saying to "leave your land...

THE RABBI’S THANKSGIVING INVITATION (a short story for the season) Rabbi Jacob Groshen left his humble house on West 3rd Street, He had accepted a Thanksgiving dinner invitation from the Smith family just a few streets up. He had never met the Smiths, but old pastor Williams from First...

1 KINGS 1:1-31 This tells the sad story of a father who failed to discipline his sons, and old king David reaped the whirlwind, Adonijah (which means YHVH is my master) if it were so, He would have been in subjection to his father David, had the nerve to proclaim himself king, even before...

Yes indeed, good insight. Many are rejected yet those rejected will receive a reward. Take me for example. I was adopted into a kind and loving man and wife who could not have kids. My biological parents were having financial problems and decided that I would be better off with another...

There is life after the departure of a loved one. The most difficult part of losing a loved one, especially a spouse, is if the spouse is an unbeliever, lost, without salvation. THEN we shall never see that spouse again, EVER! All the more reason to be “equally yoked” To lose a spouse in death...

PARASHAH: “Chayei Sarah” (Sarah lives) GENESIS 23:1-25:18 The title of the Parashah is “Sarah lives” or “Sarah lived.” Yet Sarah is dead, so how does she live? She lives on in Abraham's memory, her legacy lives on, and her influence lives on, and this is what the patriarch wants for...

Thank nk you for your testimony and about your brother. At times, God takes his children home even healthy. Moses went to be with the LORD in all his health. Yes, God loves us all, just as we are.

2 KINGS 4:1-37 Here, Elisha Ha Navi ( Elisha the Prophet) ministers to a Shunamite woman, as some prophets had a public ministry, Elisha had more of a private ministry, ministering to individuals more than to the general public as a whole. Yeshua did both, he ministered to the sick, the...

Thank you Homeward bound, for your comment. The statement "Under the Law" has been so misunderstood. The original word for "Law" was "Torah" which means "instruction" but it was translated to "Legis" in Latin, which means "legalism" So, are we "Under the Law?" The answers are both "Yes, and...

One thing we remember from “Noach” The Torah says that “Noah was righteous in HIS generation” Does that mean that if he were living in the time of Abraham, he might not have been considered so righteous? If yes, why? Did Noah plead for the lost world before the flood? Did he ask YHVH to save...

PARASHAH: “VaYERA” (and he appeared) GENESIS 18:1-22:24 Remember to take your time reading the "long-winded" Bible topics and studies. Each post is like a school classroom. You can always get up and take a break. Get a glass of water and come back to finish reading. YHVH appears to...

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Adonai stated also that “in thee, all of the families of the world would be blessed”. The greatest blessing is in Yeshua HaMashiach. From the seed of Abraham, came the nation of Israel, and we know that Mary and Joseph, the guardians of Yeshua were of the seed of Abraham, and more closely, the...

PARASHAH: “Lech Lecha” (go, go for yourself) GENESIS 12:1-17:27 “Now YHVH (God) said unto Abram: Get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will show thee” These are the opening words that YHVH speaks unto Abram. A Midrash interprets this...

The Abrahamic promise, "I will bless those who bless thee, and curse those (utterly destroy) who curse thee"