Archived 2017

Rabbi DovBer of Mezheritch (second leader of the Chassidic movement, d. 1772) once encountered a weeping child. “Why are you crying?” he asked. The child

“Who may go up to the mountain of Adonai? Who can stand in his holy place?” (Psalm 24:3) There are many believers who walk far

“In fact, whatever you ask for in My (Jesus’) name I will do; so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you

Our sages have compared the Torah to water. It has been written: “Just as we find water all over the earth’s surface, so do we

“He (Adonai) put on righteousness as his breastplate, salvation as a helmet on his head; he clothed himself with garments of vengeance and wrapped himself

We have all had times when we have approached a Scripture verse or passage and misunderstood or failed to apprehend its true sense or meaning.

“(Jesus) answered the Canaanite woman, I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” (Matthew 15:24) “A Jewish peasant boy came

“(Jesus) answered the Canaanite woman, I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” (Matthew 15:24) “A Jewish peasant boy came

“So (Hosea) went and married Gomer, the daughter of Divlayim.” (Hosea 1: 3) In biblical times, names held special significance. Gomer means “completion,” and her

“Be careful not to parade your acts of Tzedekah (charity) in front of people in order to be seen by them. If you do, you