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Approaching Jerusalem: The Hidden Revealed

  When Did Jesus Enter Jerusalem? As Passover and Easter are approaching, we once again find ourselves drawn into the events of those momentous days in Jerusalem two thousand years ago. These are days we return to year after year—days so familiar, and yet so deep, that each time we revisit them, new layers are […]

Shabbat Zachor And Divine Memory In A Time Of War: Israel, Iran,...

  This week — as we entered Chodesh Adar, the joyous month of Purim — Israel found itself at the beginning of a new and sobering chapter in its history. On Shabbat Zachor, the “Sabbath of Remembrance,” we read: “Remember what Amalek did to you on the way when you went out of Egypt…” (Deuteronomy […]

Reading Genesis With Hebrew: Acquired Or Appointed? Hope In The...

We continue our journey through the book of Genesis. Over the next few weeks, we will turn to the often-overlooked chapters of Genesis 4 and 5. While almost everyone knows Genesis 1–3 and the story of the Flood (beginning in Genesis 6), these chapters are rarely discussed — and yet they contain crucial details that […]

Reading Genesis With Hebrew: Life, Experience, And Garments

As the holidays — and the holiday-themed posts — come to an end, we return once again to the opening chapters of the book of Genesis. These chapters are familiar to almost everyone, yet they still hold layers of meaning that remain hidden when we read them only in translation. Hebrew does not merely tell […]

Why Is The Tribe Of Dan Missing?

TRADITIONAL EXPLANATIONS—AND A HEBREW REFLECTION ON JUDGMENT AND MERCY After my previous post on the tribes of Israel, one reader asked me a simple but profound question: Why is the tribe of Dan missing in Revelation 7? That question stayed with me—and from it, today’s post was born. The Problem of a Missing Tribe Revelation […]

The Twelve Tribes — A Hebrew Picture Of Unity For A New Year

As we were entering a new year, I found myself thinking about unity.  Our people have suffered deeply, and how urgently we need that ancient togetherness that has carried Israel through generations. Israel has never been the most numerous people. We didn’t survive because we were the strongest militarily or the wealthiest economically. We survived […]

The Breath That Returns

There are moments when Scripture does not merely speak about life — it speaks into it. Moments when God’s words suddenly feel closer than breath, more truthful than any explanation we might offer. In recent days, I found myself standing beside my mother’s hospital bed, holding her hand, knowing that her journey in this world […]

Chanukkah And Christmas: A December Reflection

My dear readers, as we enter the month of December, we will take a brief pause from our journey through the Book of Genesis. I promise that right after the holidays we will return to Bereishit and continue unearthing its hidden treasures together. But now, as winter deepens and the lights of Chanukkah and Christmas […]

The Creation Of Man: The Hidden Depth Of Our Beginning

  My dear readers, last time we started anew to read the Torah, and as we begin again from the very beginning, we will move slowly and carefully through the first book — unearthing the hidden treasures buried in these foundational chapters. Each time we return to Genesis, new depths reveal themselves, and today we […]

Starting Anew

Each year, as we finish reading the Torah and immediately begin again with Bereshit, we are reminded that the study of God’s Word is a never-ending circle. On Simchat Torah, we celebrate this remarkable rhythm: no sooner do we complete the last verses of Devarim than we return joyfully to the first words of Genesis—“Bereshit […]

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