Where True Comfort Is Found

What do you do when God answers your deepest prayer with “no”? Moses faced that very question as he stood on the edge of the Promised Land. His response reveals a timeless truth that reaches far beyond his own life and speaks directly into the uncertainty of our world today.

Wrestling with Truth in Times of Deception

Parashat Va’etchanan (To Implore or Beg)   D’varim (Deuteronomy) 3:23-7:11 Haftarah: Isaiah 40:1–26 We are living in extraordinary times. Times of shaking. Times of confusion. And perhaps, times where the early signs of ancient prophecy are … Read More

Our Unchanging God

Parashat Va’etchanan (To Implore or Beg) D’varim (Deuteronomy) 3:23-7:11 Haftarah: Isaiah 40:1–26 Parashat Va’etchanan speaks of the unchanging God of Israel – Past, Present, and Future. It opens with a deeply moving scene where Moses, … Read More

When Worries Become Idols

Parashat Va’etchanan (To Implore or Beg…) D’varim (Deuteronomy) 3:23–7:11 Haftarah: Isaiah 40:1–26 We live in some very interesting days, where we see some serious changes happening in front of our own eyes in many different … Read More

The Danger of Idol Worship

Parashat Va’etchanan (To Implore or Beg) D’varim (Deuteronomy) 3:23–7:11 Haftarah: Isaiah 40:1–26 In our Parashah and Haftarah this week, there are some very severe warnings regarding idol worship. Before I continue, I believe that a … Read More

Our Great Comfort

Parashat Va’etchanan (To Implore or Beg…) (Deuteronomy) 3:23–7:11 Haftarah: Isaiah 40:1–26 The Parasha this week opens with a very tragic account as Moses implores – or begs, as translated directly from Hebrew — God to … Read More

Give Him Your All

Parashat Va’etchanan (To Implore or Beg) D’varim (Deuteronomy) 3:23–7:11 In our weekly parasha, we read one of the most famous prayers in Judaism called “The Shema”: Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the … Read More

Amazing Grace

Parashat Va’etchanan (To Implore or Beg…) Devarim (Deuteronomy) 3:23–7:11 This week we read … And now, O Israel, hear the statutes and the judgments which I am teaching you to do, in order that you … Read More

Parashat Va’etchanan (To Implore or Beg…)

Devarim (Deuteronomy) 3:23–7:11 One of the most beautiful passages with regard to God’s amazing love and endless grace toward His beloved Israel is found in this week’s Torah portion: For you are a holy people … Read More