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KINGS 18:1-39 …. This relates the time when there is a contest, sponsored by Eliyahu Ha Navi, Elijah the prophet calls for a contest between “Baal” and “YHVH” it is time to take action, clear up the error that Baal even exists. So, it is Baal vs YHVH, Elijah against 450 false prophets of...

PARASHA: “Ki Tisa” (when you elevate) Exodus 30:11-334:35 Here’s an interesting question; “Does God have faces. If yes, how many? Think on this question and we’ll come to the answer later on in this study. This parashah starts out by numbering the people, those who are 20 years old and older...

GRANDPA AND THE SLIDE (a short devotional) It was probably back in the late 1950s or early 1960s I remember that me and my mom and dad were visiting our aunt and uncle in a neighborhood just outside of New York City. Grandpa Nappi was visiting too. Grandpa took me to the park that...

SQUEEDUNK What in the world is a “squeedunk” one might ask? Is it some kind of animal? Something to eat? Or a place tucked away in some remote corner of the world? Well, I can sincerely say that it is a “place” perhaps not mentioned on a map, but definitely a “place”. It is a place...

PARASHA: “Tetsaveh” (you shall command) "Exodus 27:20-30:10 In this parashah, we will see the preparation of the Menorah, and the clothing of the priests. The study starts out with preparing olive oil to fill the lamps of the Menorah, The Torah tells us that it was a “permanent light” (Ner...

1 KINGS 5:12-6:13 The tabernacle was used for many, many years. It followed “B'nei Israel” when they crossed over the Jordan, but 480 years later, it was replaced by the first temple which Melech Shlomo (King Solomon) built. It must have been magnificent. The Ark of the Covenant and...

Parashah: “T'rumah” (offering) EXODUS 25:1-27:19 Just as the Israelites offered up the treasures and "back pay" they received in Egypt, to build the sanctuary for the LORD to dwell in their midst, so we also can give of our time, talent, and treasures to Adonai,to wherever HE has chosen to put...

JEREMIAH 34:8-22, 33:25-26 Jeremiah is known as the “weeping prophet” because Israel had returned to idolatry, and corruption, YHVH sends him with a message to Israel, “Repent” and “turn from your sins”, one of the sins was to go back on their word. Jeremiah told them that God had said...

PARASHA: “Mishpatim” (Judgments) EXODUS 21:1-24:18 “Bringing to light the meaning of some difficult mitzvoth” So, what are so called "judgments?" Example, a judge will give a "judgment" after hearing a case involving a criminal, and after hearing the verdict of the jury. He or she will...

ISAIAH 6:1-7:6 ” KADOSH, KADOSH, KADOSH, ADONAI TZEVA’OT” .... Holy, Holy, Holy, is YHVH of hosts” When the Torah mentions the “Holiness” of God, the word is KADOSH, the “O” is there, (the letter “vav” in Hebrew) but when “holiness” is mentioned referring to mankind, the “O” is missing...

PARASHA: “Yitro” (Jethro) Exodus 18:1-20:26 We see in this parashah, a lot of wisdom on the part of Moshe and Yitro, his father-in-law. First, we learn that Moshe had send his wife and children back to stay with father and grandfather. I believe for safe-keeping, when one sees danger, it is...

JUDGES 4:4-5:31 In this reading, we read about Devorah and Jael, two women of God who played an important role in Israel's history. We read about many “men of God” but very few “women of God” but they are out there, and today, we have many women who are used mightily by God in ministry...

PARASHAH: “B'shalach” (when he let go) EXODUS 13:17-17:16 We are coming down to the “show down” where Pharaoh gets his just desserts, and gets what he deserves for defying the God of Israel, going back on his word to “let Israel go”, you cannot pursue Israel without getting hurt, and Pharaoh...

JER 46:13-28 600 years later, after the fall of Egypt at Passover, disaster strikes against, this time, YHVH uses Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon as instrument of destruction against Egypt, seems like Egypt was not humbled after the Passover experience. You would think that the pharaohs...

PARASHA: “BO” (enter) EXODUS 10:1-13:16 A few thousand years ago, there was a war between the gods. The gods of Egypt against the one true God of the universe. Kind of like an ant declaring war on an elephant. Pharaoh made the challenge. A challenge which ended in his demise. We can rebel...

EZEKIEL 28:25-29:21 The prophet speaks through the Holy Spirit and affirms that even though Israel has been scattered throughout the countries of the world, they will be returned to their land in the future, it is already happening, Israel was recognized as a nation in 1948, and since then, the...

PARASHA: “Va’era” (and I appeared) EXODUS 6:2-9:35 YHVH speaks to Moshe saying that when he appeared to Abraham, he revealed himself as “El Shaddai” which means “God Almighty” or “God all-powerful, yet he did not reveal himself as he did to Moshe, with Moshe he revealed himself with the more...

ISAIAH 27:6-28:13 ” In the days to come, shall Jacob take root, Israel shall blossom and bud....” We see a fulfilling of this prophecy in that once taken from Egypt, and united and solidified as a “People” a “Nation”, this people/nation has grown and has spread out throughout the world...

PARASHA: “Shemot” (Names) Exodus 1:1-6:1 We enter into a new era, Jacob/Israel and Joseph are now in the past, yet their legacy continues, in “Am Yisrael” (The People of Israel). ”70 souls” entered Mitzraim (Egypt). It is interesting that the Hebrew word “Nefesh” is used for “souls” yet the...

. This story was inspired by a tale of the Irish (catholic-Protestant) civil war. Two brothers, different faiths, sad ending. This story is somewhat similar WHEN THE GUNS WERE SILENT (A Christmas tale from WW1) The British soldiers slowly made their way across no-man's land. It was the...