Post Are Children Worth the Bother? Whenever I get into theological discussions with clergy of any faith, I always make the claim that God created man, and remains involved in our lives, because of our children…. Read More
Post Baking Bread Temple Style Shavuot is an annual Jewish holiday, one of the three Biblically mandated pilgrimage festivals when, in Temple times, Jews ascended to Jerusalem. It is observed after the Jews complete a… Read More
Post Bitter Waters: Erasing God’s Name for Domestic Tranquility The Book of Numbers (Chapter 5:11-31) describes the ritual of bitter water, given to a woman who acts in a way that causes her to be suspected of adultery. A… Read More
Post Five Empowering Lessons in Leadership from Moses All to often countries are faced with a crisis in leadership. With leadership being such an important issue, a look at Biblical leaders may help cope with current difficulties. The… Read More
Post A Biblical Blessing that will Change your Children’s Lives What is the power of a blessing? Can I really improve the lives of the people I love by blessing them? Though prayer and blessings are critically important to both… Read More
Post How the Rewards of Sin Bring Us Closer to God Sin is horrible. It drives us away from God, pushing us into a reality that seems devoid of life, love, and hope. This state of despair envelopes the most precious… Read More
Post How to Overcome the Tyranny of the Majority Have you ever stood alone, finding yourself in the minority, uncomfortable with the positions and beliefs of those around you? For most of the Jewish people’s history, this has been… Read More
Post How You, Too, Can Become a Levite What can we possibly learn from those passages of the Bible that describe the Temple service – a service that has not been functional for almost 2,000 years? More than… Read More
Post Is it Better to Be Counted or Countless? As the name implies, the Book of Numbers begins with a census of the Jews one year after leaving Egypt, setting the number of non-Levite males over the age of… Read More
Post Israel: A Ravaged Oak Tree Stump? When describing the future exile of the people of Israel from the Holy Land, the prophet Isaiah says: “…it shall be ravaged like the terebinth and the oak, of which… Read More