Posts with the category “rabbis-reflections”

(Early) Shabbat Shalom,Psalm 61:7 May You add days to the king’s days. May his years span many generations. 8 May he be enthroned before God forever. Appoint mercy and truth to protect him.Today let’s...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 61:7 May You add days to the king’s days. May his years span many generations. 8 May he be enthroned before God forever. Appoint mercy and truth to protect him.Who is this “king?”  I noti...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 61:6 For You have heard my vows, O God. You have given the inheritance of those who fear Your Name.Vows in Hebrew are “Nidre,” as in Kol Nidre, the name of the most holy day meaning “all ...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 61:1 For the music director, on string instrument, of David. 2 Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer. 3 From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint. Lead me to the ro...  Read More

Shabbat Shalom, This week’s Parshah is Shoftim (Judges) Deuteronomy 16:18 – 21:9.  The name Shoftim comes from Deuteronomy 16:18 Judges (Shoftim) and officers you are to appoint within all your gates…...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 61:1 For the music director, on string instrument, of David. 2 Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer. 3 From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint. Lead me to the ro...  Read More

Shalom,This is a condensed version of Chapter 13 from For the Sake of the Fathers When the Son of Man returns in glory, He takes His throne, and "all the nations" are gathered before Him. He separates...  Read More

(Early) Shabbat Shalom {{firstName}},Rabbi’s Note: Let’s take a break from Psalm 61 for a moment.  What follows in the RR for today was originally written in the Hebrew month Elul, (in 2022).  Elul is...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 61:1 For the music director, on string instrument, of David. 2 Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer. 3 From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint. Lead me to the ro...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 61:1 For the music director, on string instrument, of David. 2 Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer. 3 From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint. Lead me to the ro...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 61:1 For the music director, on string instrument, of David. 2 Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer. 3 From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint. Lead me to the ro...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 60:14 With God we will do mighty things, and He will trample our foes.Last Friday (in the RR for August 7th) we meditated on the frequently used name for God, Elohim, which begins the las...  Read More

Shavuah Tov,The Sheep and the Goats — Who Reads It as You DoA research record on Matthew 25:31–46 — expanded with the deeper dig into the commentary and Messianic / post-supersessionist scholarshipYou...  Read More

Shabbat Shalom,Parshah Re’eh Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17By Jeffrey Freeman This weeks’ Parsha is Re’eh, “see.” This comes from Deuteronomy 11:26 See (re’eh), I am setting before you a blessing and a curse...  Read More

(Early) Shabbat Shalom,Correction:  Two days ago, I referenced the three parts of the Shema, but there was a typo.  The third part is taken from the end of Numbers 15 (not 13 as in the original RR).  ...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 60:13 Give us aid against the adversary, for the help of man is worthless.There are two powerful verses, at the end of Psalm 60.  Yet, as strong as their meaning is, from the translated E...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 60:10 “Moab is my washbasin, On Edom I toss my sandal, Philistia, cry aloud because of me!” 11 Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom? 12 Should it not be You...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 60:8 God has spoken in His holiness: “I will exult! I will parcel out Shechem and measure off the valley of Succoth. 9 Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine, Ephraim is a helmet for my hea...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 60:7 Save with Your right hand and answer us, so that Your beloved may be delivered.How is that going to happen?  There are two operative words here, and they appear at the beginning and ...  Read More

Want a presentation of this?  Here is a link.https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FiZO1ypjel9LenW8W22be5Id3cIOcwb3/view …and from Messiah Yeshua, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the r...  Read More

Ekev (because, as a result of in the TLV) comes from Deuteronomy 7:12, Then it will happen, as a result of (ekev) your listening to these ordinances, when you keep and do them…In Parshah Ekev, Israel ...  Read More

(Early) Shabbat Shalom,Psalm 60:4 You made earth shake; You split it open. Heal its fractures—for it shudders. 5 You made Your people see hardship. You made us drink wine of staggering. 6 To those who...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 60:1 For the music director, on the “Lily of the Covenant,” a Michtam of David, for teaching, 2 when he fought with Aram-Naharaim and with Aram-Zobah, and Joab returned and struck down tw...  Read More

Shalom.Psalm 59:15 They return at evening, snarling like a dog, prowling about the city. 16 They wander around for food. If they are not full, they stay up all night. 17 But I—I sing of Your strength!...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 59:13 The sin of their mouth is the words of their lips. So let them be caught in their pride, and for uttering a curse and a lie. 14 Consume them in wrath, consume them till they are no ...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 59:11 My God in His lovingkindness will go before me. God will let me look down on my foes. 12 Do not slay them, lest my people forget. With Your power shake them and bring them down, O L...  Read More

Shavuah Tov,Rabbi’s Note:  David submitted the RR below, giving me the option to use it or send it back to him (and he would submit something else for this week).  You see, David is a “man under autho...  Read More

Shabbat Shalom,The Parshah this week is Va’Etchanan which comes from Deuteronomy 3:23 I (Moses) pleaded (Va’Etchanan) with ADONAI…In this parshah, Moses pleads to enter the land, Israel is commanded t...  Read More

(Early) Shabbat Shalom,Psalm 59:Psa 59:7 They return at evening, snarling like a dog, prowling about the city. 8 See, they are spewing with their mouth—swords in their lips—“After all, who is listenin...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 59:5 For no guilt of mine, they run and set things up. Awake! Help me! Look! 6 For You are Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel! Rouse Yourself to punish all the nations. Show no merc...  Read More

Shalom,Rabbi’s Note: Take a look at the Hebrew date in the “Daily Bread” section below.  You know what that means?  The RR for tomorrow, July 23rd is for Tisha B’Av, the 9th day of the Hebrew month Av...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 59:1 For the music director: “Do Not Destroy,” a Michtam of David, when Saul sent men to watch the house to kill him. 2 Deliver me from my enemies, my God! Set me on high, away from those...  Read More

Shavuah Tov,Rabbi’s Note:  The link below takes you to a beautiful six minute video David prepared for us.  I watched it and find it an excellent companion to this RR.  David and I agree, enjoy.  http...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 58:11 The righteous one will rejoice when he beholds vengeance, when he washes his feet in the blood of the wicked. 12 Then men will say: “There really is a reward for the righteous. Ther...  Read More

Shabbat Shalom,This week we start the last book of Torah. Deuteronomy, Devarim in Hebrew, is the plural form of devar – meaning word. So, Devarim is words. This comes from the opening verse, “These ar...  Read More

(Early) Shabbat Shalom,Psalm 58:7 O God, break their teeth in their mouths. Tear out the fangs of young lions, Adonai. 8 Let them flow away like water that runs off. When he bends his bow, let the arr...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 58:4 The wicked are strangers from the womb. Speaking lies, they go astray from birth. 5 Their venom is like a serpent’s venom, like a deaf cobra shutting its ear— 6 not hearing the voice...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 58:1 For the music director: “Do Not Destroy,” a Michtam of David. 2 Do you really speak of justice, O “gods”? Do you judge with fairness, sons of man? 3 No, in heart you devise injustice...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 57:11(10) For Your lovingkindness is great up to the heavens, and Your truth to the skies. 12(11) Be exalted, O God, above the heavens. Let Your glory be over all the earth!Today, we fini...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 57:9 Awake, my glory! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn. 10 I will praise You, my Lord, among the peoples. I will sing praises to You among the nations.Rabbi Trail:  Last Frida...  Read More