Rabbi’s Reflections

Rabbi’s Reflections - Thursday, March 27, 2025 Shalom, Special Announcement:  This Saturday is the 5th Saturday of March.  Once a quarter there is a month with a 5th Saturday.  So this Saturday there will be no Saturday morning service.  Instead, we will have an Erev...

Rabbi’s Reflections - Wednesday, March 26, 2025 Shalom, Psalms Psalm 26:6 – Part 10 Psalm 26:6 I will wash my hands in innocence, so I can walk around Your altar, Adonai. There is no mention of the “Cross” found, per se, in the Hebrew Scriptures (although the allusion...

Rabbi’s Reflections - Tuesday, March 25, 2025 Shalom, Special Announcement 1 Corinthians 5:8a “Therefore let us celebrate the feast!”  Passover begins on Saturday night, April 12th (we begin at 6PM).  The public is invited to celebrate with Shomair Yisrael at...

Rabbi’s Reflections - Monday, March 24, 2025 Shalom, Psalms Psalm 26:4 – Part 8 Psalm 26:4 I have not sat with men of falsehood, nor do I consort with hypocrites. That word translated as “falsehood,” is in need of clarification.  The Hebrew word is “Shav”...

Rabbi’s Reflections - Sunday, March 23, 2025 Shavuah Tov *|FNAME|*, “Divine Disruption” By Jerry Miller “Zechariah said to the angel, ‘How will I know this for certain?  I’m an old man, and my wife is well-advanced in age.’”  Luke 1:18 “Miriam said to the angel, ‘How...

Rabbi’s Reflections - Saturday, March 22, 2025 Shabbat Shalom, The God Who Favors By David Harwood The Lord is gracious. Adonai passed before him, and proclaimed, “Adonai, Adonai, the compassionate and gracious God (Exodus 34:6a)  In Exodus 34:6 we read of the...

Rabbi’s Reflections - Friday, March 21, 2025 (Early) Shabbat Shalom, Psalms Psalm 26:3 – Part 7 Psalm 26:3 For Your love is before my eyes and I have walked in Your truth. This verse is written with unspoken expectation, we expect the blessing of God’s grace.  The...

Rabbi’s Reflections - Thursday, March 20, 2025 Shalom, Psalms Psalm 26:2 – Part 6 Psalm 26:2 Probe me, Adonai, and test me, refine (purify) my mind and my heart. The Hebrew word translated as “refine” is “Tzar’pah.”  The Shoresh is “Tzaraf,” (Tzadi-Resh-Peh) meaning...

Rabbi’s Reflections - Wednesday, March 19, 2025 Shalom, Psalms Psalm 26:2 – Part 5 Psalm 26:2 Probe me, Adonai, and test me, refine my mind (literally kidneys) and my heart. The invitation to God is “B’chan’nay’ni” (in transliterated Hebrew) from “Bachan,” meaning to...