by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki | f 6, 2024 | Bible Study, Faith, Psalms
This verse, like many others in the book of Psalms, is a seemingly repetitive poetic couplet. The first half of the verse and the second half of the verse appear to be saying the same thing in slightly different words. Zion is another name for Jerusalem. Exalt and...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 31, 2024 | Faith, Va'etchanan
This commandment in this verse mandates the writing of this paragraph, Deuteronomy 6:4-9, as well as Deuteronomy 11:13-21, on a parchment scroll which is then mounted on the doorpost of the home. These two passages are “these words” that the Bible mandates to be...
by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki | f 24, 2024 | Faith, Va'etchanan
“You shall bind them as a sign on your arm, they shall be for ornaments between your eyes.” The practice of phylacteries Practically speaking, this verse commands the donning of phylacteries. This daily practice is still done by all Jewish males to this...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 23, 2024 | Education, Faith, Va'etchanan
Alert: Too many translations! Whenever we find a word that is translated differently by various Bible translations there is a good chance that the Hebrew word in question is worthy of study. This makes sense. If a word is straightforward and easy to translate in...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 14, 2024 | Faith, Proverbs
What does it really mean to trust in the Lord? How do we actualize the lesson of this verse? What is it calling on us to do? Trust “in” or Trust “to” The beginning of this verse calls on us to “trust in the Lord.” As always, the precise Hebrew contains a nuance that...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 8, 2024 | Faith, Miracles, Va'eira
Have you ever wondered why, in the story of the Exodus from Egypt, God chose to perform such grand miracles? What was the reason behind turning rivers into blood or parting the Red Sea? God certainly didn’t need to perform miracles to save the Israelites from...
