Shabbat Shalom,Fellow believers, Rabbi Michael has kindly offered me the opportunity to share some thoughts on the weekly Torah portion with you. My first writing happens to occur in a week that does ...  Read More

Rabbi’s Reflections - Friday, April 3, 2026 (Early) Shabbat Shalom {{firstName}},PsalmsPsalm 50:7-15 – Part 9Psalm 50:7 “Hear, My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I ...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 50:7 “Hear, My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God. 8 I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, for your burnt offerings are continually ...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 50:7 “Hear, My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God. 8 I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, for your burnt offerings are continually ...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 50:6 The heavens declare His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. SelahHere, God is calling on heaven to speak as a witness to His righteousness.  Every court needs witnesses.  God is...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 50:6 The heavens declare His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. SelahThis sounds so lofty… “The heavens declare His righteousness.”  Again, if we’re being intellectually honest (whi...  Read More

Shavuah Tov,Philippians 3:10-11 “My aim is to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the sharing of His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death—if somehow I might arrive at the resurrection...  Read More

Shabbat Shalom,God’s favor was manifest amongst the Corinthians in all speaking and all knowledge.I always thank my God for you because of God’s favor (charis/grace) that was given to you in Messiah Y...  Read More

(Early) Shabbat Shalom,Psalm 50:5 “Gather My kedoshim to Me, who cut a covenant with Me with a sacrifice.”Who are these people who are being gathered?  In Hebrew, they are identified as “Cha’si’day” (...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 50:4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.How many times have we said this?… “Faith and fear never exist in the same place at the same t...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 50:3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before Him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about Him.“Our God (Eloheynu) shall come (Yavo).”  This is the ...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 50:1 A psalm of Asaph. God, Elohim Adonai has spoken and summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.Today we s...  Read More