AUDIO FILE [Read Ex. 35:1 – 36:7] Remember the background for this passage? Adonai rescues Beni Yisrael and leads them out to Sinai. He longs to be in a covenantal (marriage) relationship with them. They agree. Then even before the...
AUDIO FILE This is passage describes the relationship with Adonai that I long for. [Read Ex. 33:7 – 34:10] Oh to know you Adonai, and to be known by you! Even though the camp had been defiled with the golden...
AUDIO FILE This week’s Torah portion contains too much to be able to cover it in one week. But to get started I want to recap the last ten chapters in story form. The background is Moses up on the...
AUDIO FILE My heart continues to longs for the intimacy with Adonai that Moses and the Disciples had. The question I asked myself from this week’s Torah portion is, “Does God feel welcome in my home?” This is all leading...
AUDIO FILE There is a longing in my heart for the intimacy with Adonai that Moses had and that the Disciples had. But the biggest question I ask myself is, “Am I willing, really willing to count the cost of...
AUDIO FILE “The Shabbat that precedes Purim is named, Shabbat Zachor or the Sabbath of remembrance. . . . Throughout Scripture Adonai commands us to remember many different things. Just as we are commanded to remember the Sabbath to keep...