Posts with the category “rabbis-reflections”

Shalom,Psalm Psa 49:1 For the music director: a psalm of the sons of Korah. 2 Hear this, all you peoples. Give ear, all you inhabitants of the world, 3 both low and high, rich and poor together. 4 My ...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 48:13 Walk about Zion, go around her. Count her towers. 14 Consider her ramparts, go through her palaces, so you may describe it to the next generation. 15 For this God is our God, foreve...  Read More

Shavuah Tov,Psalm 48:10 We have meditated on Your lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of Your Temple. 11 Like Your Name, O God, so is Your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of r...  Read More

Shabbat Shalom,God’s favor towards us can meet us in every situation. This meditation focuses on the grace of giving. The believing community in Jerusalem was suffering. Knowing this, Macedonian belie...  Read More

(Early) Shabbat Shalom,Psalm 48:10 We have meditated on Your lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of Your Temple. 11 Like Your Name, O God, so is Your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand i...  Read More

Rabbi’s Reflections - Thursday, March 5, 2026 Shalom,Psalm 48:8(7) With an east wind You broke the ships of Tarshish. 9(8) As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of Adonai-Tzva’ot, in the city...  Read More

Rabbi’s Reflections - Wednesday, March 4, 2026 Shalom,Psalm 48:Psa 48:8(7) With an east wind You broke the ships of Tarshish. 9(8) As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of Adonai-Tzva’ot, in ...  Read More

Rabbi’s Reflections - Tuesday, March 3, 2026 Shalom,Psalm 48:5(4) For behold, the kings assembled, they advanced together. 6(5) They saw, then they were astounded, they fled in terror. 7(6) Trembling ...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 48:4(3) God, in her palaces, is known as a stronghold.The Hebrew word for “stronghold” is “Misgav.”  Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance has this to say about “Misgav.”  “From sagab; properly...  Read More

Shavuah 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 of them to the greatest.” It is a declaration o...  Read More

Rabbi’s Reflections - Saturday, February 28, 2026Shabbat Shalom {{firstName}},Some Favorite Verses (1)By David HarwoodI’ve been looking forward to this transition in our exploration of the emotional c...  Read More

(Early) Shabbat Shalom,Rabbi Trail: Shalom my friends!  I’m going in for surgery (nothing serious) tomorrow, and covet your prayers.  Today has been a busy day.  Despite my best intentions, I have not...  Read More

Rabbi’s Reflections - Thursday, February 26, 2026 Shalom,Psalm 48:1 A song, a psalm of the sons of Korah. 2 Great is Adonai, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God—His holy mountain. 3 A bea...  Read More

Rabbi’s Reflections - Wednesday, February 25, 2026 Shalom,Psalm 47:10(9) The princes of the peoples are gathered as a people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of earth belong to God—He is greatly...  Read More

Rabbi’s Reflections - Tuesday, February 24, 2026 Shalom,Psalm 47:9(8) God reigns over the nations. God sits upon His holy throne.Elohim is mentioned by that name twice in this verse.  First, as the On...  Read More

Shavuah Tov,Psalm 47:7(6)  Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!The command to “(everyone) sing praises” in Hebrew is “Zamru.”  That word, in exactly that form, is...  Read More

Shabbat Shalom,Every blessing we’ve received manifests Father’s favor (charis/grace). Let’s acknowledge this through offering gratitude. Although I’ve found no specific verse mandating gratitude for f...  Read More

(Early) Shabbat Shalom,Psalm 47:6(5) God is gone up amidst shouting, Adonai amidst the sound of the shofar.Rabbi Trail: Before we go on, I just fixed (on my master copy) the error I made from Parts 1 ...  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

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

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