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A SCRIBE'S STORY (This is one of my longer short stories, so if you feel overwhelmed, you can read it a little at a time, and come back later to read more) My name is Nakhti Ankh Yah, a scribe to Pharaoh, king of Upper and Lower Egypt. I’m old now, and Pharaoh does not call upon me as...

I figure that it must have been still packed in one of the many boxes lined up alongside the walls of our garage. For a while, I gave no more thought of the radio, out of sight, out of mind. The months passed. The 1966-67 school year started. I entered into the awesome world of 7th grade...

THE RADIO As far as I can remember, the radio was always on top of grandfather's oak cabinet downstairs in the basement. The basement in our house in Chappaqua, N.Y., was a lonely, quiet place of boxed up memories of the past. A place of boxed up stuff, this-and-thats, decorations, furniture...

THE RUN-AWAY CHICKENS The account of the “Runaway chickens” goes back to the early 1960s. It took place at the home of one of my family’s dearest friends, the “Teal” family. The family consisted of Earl Teal, who was from Germany, his wife, who was from Sweden, and their daughter, Glenda, who...

Parashah: “Re’eh” (see) DEUT: 11:26-16:17 Re’eh means “see,” yet it is not so much “physical sight” but “insight” To be aware of following the LORD , his commandments, through our faith walk. It is also about “understanding” (Binah) Adonai’s will for us, understanding more Torah...

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ISAIAH 49:14-51:3 Israel cries out, “The LORD hath forsaken me and forgotten me,” but the prophet, through the Holy Spirit, assures the people, NO, the LORD has NOT forsaken you. There is a big difference between “abandonment, forgetfulness, and chastisement”. The fact that YHVH has...

In a way, I felt sorry for John that his closet was a passageway to hell. At home in Chappaqua, I also had a clothing closet, and the devil never came out of that one to drag me to hell. I remember my dad telling me a little about hell, how bad boys and girls would end up there. Kids who were...

IN MY COUSIN'S HOUSE My cousin John lived in a nice, quiet suburb in Flushing, N.Y. His house, or rather my aunt and uncle's house, was, to me, neither small nor big, rather medium-sized, as seen in the eyes of a child back in the early and mid-1960s. It lay nestled in a nice little...

“THOU shalt not kill; THOU shalt not commit adultery; THOU shalt not steal”. Ever wonder why these are listed together? Example, if one commits adultery, takes the wife of another in sex, that person is “killing” that relationship and is “stealing” what does not belong to him. The word “Kill”...

PARASHAH; “V’et’ Chanan” (and I pleaded) DEUT 3:23-7:11 Moses continues to recount the experiences of his life to the Children of Israel as his life comes to a close. He is like a father on his deathbed, and causes all of his children to come near and listen to their father’s experiences, or...

Torah Study: “D’varim” (Words) DEUTERONOMY 1:1-3:22… The word "Deuteronomy" comes from the Greek words "Deuter" and "Nomo" (Second or repetition and "law") Not that there is a different "law" from what was received on Mt. Sinai, it is the same, yet a repetition of the same, reminding the...

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Yes, it is good when it is time to go home. I want to be active until my last day. I am 71 years old and today, I was lifting 50 pounds of dirt to mix with cement and worked alongside of those young guys (50 year olds) helping a small church build an altar platform. It is good to be active...

PSALM 23: "A verse-by-verse understanding" (part 6) VS 6: "GOODNESS AND GRACE WILL PURSUE ME EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE, AND I WILL LIVE IN THE HOUSE OF ADONAI FOR YEARS TO COME" CJSB (Complete Jewish Study Bible) "SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY SHALL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE AND I WILL DWELL IN...

The Israelites left Egypt, crossed the Red Sea, and now, they left “restrictions” behind. The sacrificed lambs of Passover symbolized Yeshua, the sacrificial lamb, who conquered the curse of sin and death, of HaSatan. Now they are on their way to a new life, just as we begin a new journey...

Bible study portions “Matot v’ Masei” (Tribes and Journeys of) Numbers 30:1-32:42, 33:1-36:13 We need to be careful when making “vows.” Adonai takes seriously “promises” that we make, especially using “His” Holy Name (YHVH). We might have said in times before words like: “I swear to God that...

Interesting question Soberxp. My question would be, where does that person receive the insight that enables their actions to align with divine teachings?

PSALM 23: A VERSE-BY-VERSE UNDERSTANDING" (Part 5) "Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of my enemies; Thou anointest my head with oil, my cup runneth over" (verse 5) KJV " You prepare a table for me even as my enemies watch. You anoint my head with oil from an overflowing cup"...

PARASHA: “Pinchas” NUMBERS 25:10-29:40 This Torah portion starts with a somewhat surprising promotion in rank for an execution committed, and rather suddenly. Pinchas, the grandson of Aaron was a Levite, and during the time of the “weakness and falling away of the men of Israel, He took matters...