Weekly Spiritual Insights

11.22.2019 - (Torah portion Chayei Sarah) - No one wants to confront their mortality...

11.15.2019 - (Torah portion Vayera) - God’s commandments are not a burden or stumbling block...

11.8.2019 - (Torah portion of Lech Lecha) - Is faith the only way to be considered righteous in God’s eyes?

11.1.2019 - (Torah portion Noah) - The Noahide covenant is a powerful refutation to other religions...

10.25.2019 - (Torah portion Bereishis) - The plural teaches that God created man with both a physical body and a spiritual soul...

10.11.2019 - (Torah portions Haazinu & Vezos Haberacha) - Scriptures are replete with examples of the Jewish people referred to as a single individ...

10.9.2019 - ( Yom Kippur) - How wonderful it is to have a God who is loving, kind, merciful, and compassionate...

10.4.2019 - (Torah portion Vayelech) - Prayer, confession, and regret can accomplish the same thing as sacrifices...

9.27.2019 - (Torah portion Nitzavim) - It’s easy to turn the impossible into possible...

9.20.2019 - (Torah portion Ki Tavo) - In our lifetime, we have already witnessed a redemptive revelation of God

9.15.2019 - (Torah portion Ki Teitzei) - Virgin birth stories were common in ancient mythology...

9.8.2019 - (Torah portion Shoftim) - Judaism teaches that justice must be righteous and blind to favoritism...

9.1.2019 - (Torah portion Re’eh) - The Jewish prophets communicated God’s will that prayer can take the place of sacrifices.

8.25.2019 - (Torah portion Eikev) - The Torah’s description of a compassionate and faithful God stands in stark contrast to...

8.18.2019 - (Torah portion Va’etchanan) - Before long, I experienced an epiphany about God’s existence...

8.11.2019 - (Torah portion Deuteronomy) - Acts of kindness, justice and righteousness redirect our material nature to a higher purpose...

8.2.2019 - (Torah portion Matot-Masse) - Meditating on this principle is humbling and helps us to recognize the spiritual meaning of life.

7.26.2019 - (Torah portion of Pinchas) - The Messianic king can only be from the tribe of Yehuda

7.19.2019 - (Torah portion of Balak) - To provide free will God created a force to oppose and dissuade

7.12.2019 - (Torah portion Chukas) - How could God prohibit graven images and now request that Moses form a copper snake?

7.4.2019 - (Torah portion Korach) - To challenge Moses’ leadership, Korach had to “cool down “the Jewish people...

6.28.2019 - (Torah portion Shelach) - Israel is breathtaking, and I felt an infusion of holiness that can only be described as transcendent...

6.20.2019 - (Torah portion Behaloscha) - Giving us a second chance is a beautiful demonstration of God’s compassion...

6.14.2019 - (Torah portion Naso) - Sanctification of human impulses fosters humility, which is a precursor to spirituality...

6.6.2019 - (Torah portion Numbers) - Even though Judaism believes in a messianic king, this individual will not be divine...

5.31.2019 - (Torah portion Bechukotai) - the New Covenant will be called “new” because it will be enhanced not replaced...

5.24.2019 - (Torah portion Behar) - The word “Torah” is translated as, אוֹרַיְתָא (oritah), which literally means “light.”

5.16.2019 - (Torah portion Emor) - When I was young, I associated the title “priest” with Catholic priests who were forbidden to marry...

5.9.2019 - (Torah portion Kedoshim) - The New Covenant will not replace the original, it will enhance it...

5.3.2019 - (Torah portion of Achare) - Our prayers replicate, in spiritual terms, the Holy Temple service...