What is God’s Name? – Shemot

When I was born, my parents named me Daniel. I learned early in life that my name comes from the Hebrew language and means God is my judge. Unfortunately, in the American culture names are often shortened and my name was reduced to Dan. I didn’t mind being called Dan in my youth, however, when […]

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Bethlehem – God’s Promised Blessing – Vayechi

Every year on December 25th, Christians around the world celebrate the birth of the Messiah. Christmas is not a biblically mandated festival, for example: Passover, The Feast of the First Fruits, or The Feast of Tabernacles (Ex. 23:14-17), however, the celebration of Christmas is a Christian tradition that remembers the birth of the Messiah.    […]

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Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment – Vayigash

One day when I was sixteen years old I was riding my bicycle on the street. As I was riding my bicycle, a car came alongside of me and the person in the passenger side of the car threw an object at me, striking me on my back. The car then sped away. The object […]

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Spiritual Economics – Miketz

When I was a university student I took a course in economics. One day our professor was teaching us about various limited resources and he asked the question, “What is the most valuable resource that we possess on earth?” A few of us in the class gave answers to the professor such as gold, silver, […]

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