The Spirit of Prophecy – Vayeshev

When someone mentions the word prophet we generally imagine a man with a long white beard who pontificates about mysterious words that predict the end of the world as we know it. Prophecy is often understood as something far removed from everyday life and especially from our own personal life, however, the Bible paints a […]

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Living a Life of Prayer – Toldot

As many of you know, I host weekly Sabbath celebrations in my home in Jerusalem serving groups from around the world. This past Sabbath I hosted a lovely group of young people and they seemed to thoroughly enjoy our Sabbath celebration. As the evening came to a close, three or four of the participants came […]

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The Cave & The Promise

For all of the evil that King Herod committed in the Holy Land, his building projects helped to preserve key biblical holy sites including the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and the Machpelah, the cave of the patriarchs in Hebron. There is a spiritual lesson to be gleaned in this week’s Torah Portion from the cave […]

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