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Parashat Acharei Mot 2022
Parasha for the Week: Acharei Mot: Leviticus 16:1 – 18:30 Haftarah for the Week: Ezekiel 22:1 – 22:19; Amos 9:7 - 15 Besorat Yeshua: Mark 2:1 - 17
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Parashat Acharei Mot
Parasha for the Week: Acharei Mot: Leviticus 16:1 - 18:30. Aftarah for the Week: Ezekiel 22:1 - 22:19. Besorat Yeshua: Mark 2:1 - 17.
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Isaac and Abimelech
When Isaac was between 60 and 80 years of age there was a famine in the land and he brought his family to Gerer, which was under the leadership of Abimelech (Avi-melech), king of the Philistines. We saw in a previous sermon regarding Abraham and...
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The Hidden Truth Between Grief and Addiction
Most people know about addictions, and know at least someone who has, or is still suffering from one.
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Hummingbirds
The hummingbird is the very smallest of all birds, with some species being just a bit over two inches in length.
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The Bar Mitzvah and Jewish Tradition
The word Bar Mitzvah (spelled בר מצוה in Hebrew) means "one to whom the commandments apply".
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Top 10 Things to do at the Sea of Galilee – Part 2
It’s really a lake, but whatever you call this Galilee waterway, lots of fun and educational activities lure visitors. ISRAEL21c gives you the top 10. Did you know that Israel’s famous Sea of Galilee is actually a lake? It’s had a variety of names...
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Giving Thanks for the Miracle of Survival
(CNN) - Almost 70 years after his village in Poland was liberated by the Soviet army, Leon Gersten is meeting the man who is the Oskar Schindler of his own life: Czeslaw Polziec. Polziec is Catholic. His family secretly sheltered Gersten in rural...
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Fiber, Your Fabulous Friend
Dieting? How would you like to daily enjoy a variety of fresh fruits, plenty of colorful and tasty vegetables, wholesome whole grains, a bounty of beans, and soul-satisfying nuts and seeds? This is no sparse diet -- you know -- the chicken broth and...
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Parasha Netzavim Vayalech
Parasha for the Week: Netzavim-Vayelech Deuteronomy 29:9 - 31:30 Haftarah for the Week: Isaiah 61:10 - 63:9; Isaiah 55:6 - 56:8 Besorat Yeshua: Mark 8:14 - 9:1
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Planning for a Successful Retirement
Benjamin Franklin is often quoted as saying, "Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man (or woman) healthy, wealthy and wise." With a little stretch this same quote can be applied to having a successful retirement. Being healthy is the first requirement...
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Loma Linda University Researchers Find Links Between Beal Frequency and BMI
Researchers have found that timing and frequency of meals play an important role in predicting weight gain or loss.
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Parashat Shemini
Parasha for the Week: Shmini: Leviticus 9:1 - 11:47. Haftarah for the Week: 2 Samuel 6:1 - 7:17. Besorat Yeshua: Romans 12:16 - 21.
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As in the days of Noah
As in the days of Noah and as in the Days of Lot so Shall it be at the Coming of the Son of Man.
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Passover Extras
Question Exodus 12:8 says you should eat lamb, matzah and bitter herbs. Why did all the extras come into the meal? Is this pagan? Answer Correct, those are the only 4 things mentioned in the Bible, the lamb, matzah, and bitter herbs (since herbs is...
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Chipmunks
It hardly seems possible that the Least Chipmunk, weighing barely over an ounce (about the weight of a slice of bread) or the largest Eastern chipmunk, the "heavyweights" among chipmunks (weighing all of around four ounces!), would have such God-given...
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How Denmark Saved its Jews During the Holocaust
One of the lessons to be learned form the Shoah is the extent to which human courage and caring, as evidenced by those who reached out to help the Jews, makes a difference.
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Halacha
The word Halakhah comes from the root word halakh which means “to go” and it is the name given to the collective teachings of Jewish laws which involve the regulation of various aspects of Jewish life including the Oral Torah-teachings that were...
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Masterpiece Cakeshop Conflict Redux
Those who imagined the Supreme Court decided in favor of Jack Phillips and his wedding cake business may have been drinking the Kool Aid if they thought the issue was going to quiet down anytime soon.
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Butterflies & Moths
Most moths are out and about at night, while butterflies are usually on the wing in the daytime.
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