Posts with the category “rabbis-reflections”

Shalom,Psalm 47:1(1) For the music director, a psalm for the sons of Korah.2 Clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of joy! 3(2) For Adonai Elyon is awesome, a great King over a...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 47:1(1) For the music director, a psalm for the sons of Korah.2 Clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of joy! 3(2) For Adonai Elyon is awesome, a great King over a...  Read More

Shavuah Tov,Some persons (including you?) may occasionally feel “down.” Thoughts may include: Does anyone love me? Am I worth anything to anyone? Does my life have meaning? When I die, will anyone rea...  Read More

Shabbat Shalom {{firstName}},Paul took this stewardship seriously. ... I don’t consider my life of any value, except that I might finish my course and the office I received from the Lord Yeshua, to de...  Read More

(Early) Shabbat Shalom,Psalm 46:9 Come, see the works of Adonai, who brings devastations on the earth. 10 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear. He burn...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 46:9 Come, see the works of Adonai, who brings devastations on the earth. 10 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear. He burns chariots with ...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 46:5 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God—the holy dwelling place of Elyon. 6 God is in the midst of her, she will not be shaken. God will help her when morning dawns....  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 46:5 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God—the holy dwelling place of Elyon. 6 God is in the midst of her, she will not be shaken. God will help her when morning dawns....  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 46:5 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God—the holy dwelling place of Elyon. 6 God is in the midst of her, she will not be shaken. God will help her when morning dawns....  Read More

Rabbi’s Reflections - Sunday, February 8, 2026Shavuah Tov,Jeremiah 31:34 “No longer will each teach his neighbor or each his brother, saying: ‘Know Adonai,’ for they will all know Me, from the least o...  Read More

Shabbat Shalom,Friends, here’s a word from my producer:Part 2 of David Harwood's New EP "Draw Near" is available now! "Hope for every man" is a classic hymn filled with beautiful harmonies, perfect fo...  Read More

Rabbi’s Reflections - Friday, February 6, 2026 (Early) Shabbat Shalom,Psalm 46:5 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God—the holy dwelling place of Elyon. 6 God is in the midst of her...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 46:3 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth change, though the mountains topple into the heart of the seas,4 though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains quake at their swe...  Read More

Rabbi’s Reflections - Wednesday, February 4, 2026 Shalom,Psalm 46:1 For the music director, of the sons of Korah, according to Alamoth, a song. 2 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help i...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 45:Psa 45:17 Your sons will take your fathers’ place. You will make them princes throughout the land. 18 I will cause your name to be remembered in all generations. Therefore the nations ...  Read More

Shalom,Rabbi Trail:  As you can see below, today is the 15th day of the Hebrew month Shvat, a day marked on the Hebrew calendar as the birthday for the trees.  In Hebrew, the letters are also the numb...  Read More

Shabbat Shalom,Barnabus and Saul were sent to the nations by the Spirit of Holiness through human agency.Then after fasting, praying, and laying hands on them, they sent them off. So, sent out by the ...  Read More

Shavuah Tov {{firstName}},YESHUA BEYOND THE BIBLEBy Dr. Raymond Finney Tanakh prophecies promised a Messiah who would come as our Redeemer. The B’rit Chadashah teaches that this Redeemer came in the p...  Read More

(Early) Shabbat Shalom,Psalm 45:11 “Listen, O daughter, consider and incline your ear. Forget your people and your father’s house. 12 Then the king will desire your beauty. Honor him, for he is your l...  Read More

Rabbi’s Reflections - Thursday, January 29, 2026 Shalom,Psalm 45:11 “Listen, O daughter, consider and incline your ear. Forget your people and your father’s house. 12 Then the king will desire your be...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 45:10 Kings’ daughters are among your honored women. At your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.Wow!  I got so carried away yesterday that I forgot to mention that the three spi...  Read More

Shalom,Today is designated by the United Nations as Holocaust Remembrance Day.  https://www.ungeneva.org/en/meetings-events/events/observances-special-events/2026/01/holocaust-remembrance-day-27-janua...  Read More

Shalom {{firstName}},Rabbi Trail:  Oops, it happened again!  Most of you will never know if I make an error with my Hebrew lessons but our dear friend and faithful reader, Eitan Shishkoff (hello Eitan...  Read More

Rabbi’s Reflections - Sunday, January 25, 2026Shavuah Tov,Jeremiah 31:34 “No longer will each teach his neighbor or each his brother, saying: ‘Know Adonai,’ for they will all know Me, from the least o...  Read More

Shabbat Shalom,We come into this world with favor upon our lives. We exist, and He sustains us. We’re created to be God’s image, and He loves us. This is divine favor. However, we tend toward insecuri...  Read More

(Early) Shabbat Shalom,Psalm 45:7 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and a scepter of justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.God’s “throne” in Hebrew is His “Kisay” which is the Hebrew word for ...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 45:6 Your arrows are sharp. Peoples fall beneath you—into the heart of the king’s enemies.We are moving slowly through these verses so as not to miss the intended Messianic prophecy.  Let...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 45:5 In your majesty ride victoriously, on behalf of truth, meekness and justice. Let your right hand display awesome things.Verse 5 today picks right up where verse 4 left off yesterday....  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 45:4 Gird your sword on your thigh, O mighty one, in your splendor and your majesty.Yesterday, as we studied verse 3, we were introduced to a man, “the most handsome of the sons of men.” ...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 45:1 For the music director, according to “Lilies.” Of the sons of Korah, a contemplative song, a love song. 2 My heart is stirred with a good word. I speak my verses to the king. My tong...  Read More

Shabbat Shalom,I think this is one of the most encouraging exhortations in the Bible.Therefore let us draw near to the throne of grace (charis/favor) with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and fi...  Read More

(Early) Shabbat Shalom,Psalm 44:23 But for Your sake we are slain all day. We are counted as sheep for slaughter. 24 Awake! Why do you sleep, my Lord? Wake up! Do not cast us off forever. 25 Why do Yo...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 44:18 All this came upon us, though we did not forget You, nor were we false to Your covenant. 19 Our heart did not turn back, nor did our steps stray from Your path. 20 Yet You crushed u...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 44:14 You made us a taunt for our neighbors, a scorn and ridicule for those around us. 15 You have made us a byword among the nations, head-wagging among the peoples. 16 All day my disgra...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 44:10 Yet You have spurned and humiliated us, and no longer go out with our armies. 11 You make us retreat before the enemy. Those who hate us have plundered us. 12 You gave us to be devo...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 44:6 Through You we push back our foes. Through Your Name we trample those rising up against us. 7 For I do not trust in my bow, nor can my sword save me. 8 For You saved us from our oppr...  Read More

Shavuah Tov,John 16:1 “I (Yeshua) have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away” (ESV).In recent RR’s, I have been sharing on the importance of being a faith-filled people, especiall...  Read More

Shabbat Shalom {{firstName}},The word, “grace” is found four times in John’s Gospel. Take a look. These verses are wonderful. I’ve put grace in small caps to help emphasize it.And the Word became fles...  Read More

(Early) Shabbat Shalom,Psalm 44:1 For the music director, a psalm of the sons of Korah, a contemplative song. 2 We have heard with our ears, O God—our fathers have told us—of a work You did in their d...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 43:5 Why are You downcast, O my soul? Why are you murmuring within me? Hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, the salvation of my countenance.Here we are at the last verse of Psalm 43.  ...  Read More