Hidden Treasure in Your Sack
Torah Portion, Mikets (Genesis 41.1-44.17, I Kings 3. 15-4.1) “We have also brought additional silver with us to buy food. We don’t know who put [...]
The Light in the Darkness
“The moon was gone. Stars were shining above; but over the ground there crept a darkness blacker than night.” Lord of the Rings, Pt. II. [...]
A Messy Birth, Messianic Hope
Torah Portion Vayeshev (Genesis 37.1- 40.23, Amos 2.6-3.8) Yeshua’s parable of the Prodigal Son might easily be titled the “Lost Sons”. One lost at home, [...]
Of the Things I Lost In Shechem
Torah Portion Yayishlach, (Genesis 21.3-36. 43, Obadiah 1. 1-21) “Now Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, [...]
How Awesome is this Place!
Torah Portion Vayeitzei (And he went out). (Gen. 28: 10 - 32:3, Hosea 12: 13-14:10) “Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. [...]
The Man Who Brought Hebrew to America
William Bradford – A True Pilgrim’s Progress On the coast of Plymouth, Massachusetts, waves lap near a famous rock inscribed “1620”. Not far away, another [...]
Prayers that Move the Heart of Adonai
Torah Portion Toldot (Genesis 25.19- 28.9, Malachi 1.1-2.7) “Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife [...]
Looking for Laughter after Loss
Torah Portion Chayei Sarai (The Life of Sarah) (Gen. 23 – 25. 18, I Kings 1. 1-31) “Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these [...]
When Enough is Not Enough
Torah Portion, Vayeira, (Genesis 18-22.24, II Kings 4.1-27) In preparation for this week’s Torah Portion I asked my wife if she had heard about [...]
The Mysterious Midrash of a Man Carrying His Cross
“As one Bearing His Cross on His Shoulders” Genesis Midrash Rabbah, 53.3 I live in a land of archeological wonders. Constantly I walk over shards [...]