Learn Psalm 136:1 in Hebrew:
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Month: July 2020
Finding Inner Peace
Turn us back, O Lord…
The Scroll of Lamentations (מגילת איכה) is traditionally recited during the solemn holiday of Tishah B’Av to remember the destruction of the Holy Temple and other tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people. During the Tishah B’Av service at the synagogue, when the cantor reaches the second to last verse of the book, he says “Hashivenu,” pauses, and then the congregation recites the verse in unison: Hashivenu Adonai, eleykha ve’nashuvah; chadesh yamenu ke’kedem: “Turn us back to Yourself, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old” (Lam. 5:21). Often this verse is repeated and sung to a haunting melody as the scroll is returned to the Ark.
Learn Lamentations 5:21 in Hebrew:
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Return to your heart…
Cause me to hear your love…
God’s Ineffable Name…
There are two places in the Torah when God explicitly revealed the meaning of the name YHVH (יהוה) to Moses. Both occurred at Sinai. The first occurred at the outset of Moses’ ministry (at the burning bush when he was commissioned to be Israel’s deliverer), and the second occurred after incident of the Golden Calf during the time of the revelation of the law at Sinai. It was only after Moses despaired and confessed the people’s need for salvation that the LORD instructed him to meet him again at a place (i.e., makom: מָקוֹם) on the top of Sinai, where He would descend in the cloud to “declare His Name” (Exod. 33:17-34:7). This dramatic experience of revelation was later called middot ha-rachamim, or the revelation of the attributes of God’s mercy, which prefigured the New Covenant…
Read the Shema
Learn to read the opening of the Shema affirmation of faith:
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Judgment from God?
In today’s “Daily Dvar” audio broadcast I discuss the question of whether the Covid 19 virus is a judgment from heaven, or if not, how we might attempt to understand its occurrence in light of the sovereignty and greatness of God. Therefore I first range over a discussion of the attributes of God revealed in Scripture and consider his providential care for creation despite the presence of moral and natural evil in the world. Along the way I discuss the realm of possibility and God’s decrees, and how he works “all things together” for our ultimate good and for the glory of his name. I hope you will find it encouraging, friends.
God is in Control
In this “Daily Dvar” broadcast, I remind you that God is the Master of the Universe, the Sovereign Power and Glory over all of creation, and that nothing can possibly happen apart from his ultimate purposes. This message is vital in our world today, where so many forget the truth of the Lord God Almighty and therefore live in fear over various existential threats to their physical lives. We find comfort and strength knowing that our Heavenly Father oversees all things and works all things together for our blessing. The Lord is our Good Shepherd and he carefully attends to our way.
New Heart and Spirit
Shalom chaverim. When King David cried out to the Lord, “Create in me a clean heart, O God,” he did not use the Hebrew word yatzar (יָצַר), which means to “fashion” or “form” something from pre-existing material (Gen. 2:7), but he instead used the word bara (בָּרָא), a verb exclusively used in the Torah to refer to God’s direct creation of the cosmos (Gen. 1:1). In other words, King David understood that no amount of reformation of his character would be enough, and therefore he appealed to that very power of God that alone could create yesh me’ayin, or “out of nothing.” Such was the nature of the remedy required that was fulfilled in the cross of Messiah… In this “Daily Dvar” audio broadcast I discuss the need for salvation and God’s gift of a new heart and spirit. I hope you find it helpful…