Tag: strength

B’Shallach (Had Let the People Go) Exodus/Sh’mot 13:17-17:16

B’Shallach(Had Let the People Go)Exodus/Sh’mot 13:17-17:16
 
I want to begin by thanking those who took the time to send in an answer to my question this week.  It is an encouragement to me to receive your thoughts on the topics we study.
 
Tomorrow night at sundown begins a special holiday called Tub’shevat or a holiday of the trees. In Israel it is a time when trees are planted.  I thought it was interesting that trees are being given away here in Pensacola this weekend for Arbor Day but the calendar says Arbor Day is in April.  Maybe we are secretly celebrating Tub’shevat.

Vayeishev (And He Settled) B’resheet/Genesis 37:1-40:23

Vayeishev(And He Settled) B’resheet/Genesis 37:1-40:23
Haftorah Reading: Amos 2:6-3:8
 
As I read this Torah portion and studied it this week I must say I was convicted in my own life by Joseph’s example.  I sometimes have a tendency to be pessimistic. (You probably never noticed this) I read these verses and see a man who never gave into hopelessness, feeling like he was cursed or the feeling he was constantly swimming upstream. 

Sh’mot Exodus 6-9 Va’era (And I Appeared)

Torah Portion: Sh’mot Exodus 6-9 Va’era (I Appeared)

HafTorah:  Ezekiel 28:25-29:21

Again there is much to talk about tonight. In this Torah portion we read about the first seven of the ten plagues G-d brought upon Egypt. We read about Pharaoh’s reaction to the slow destruction of his country and we always come back to “why” did he not recognize against whom he battled? What does this say to us in our life as well? What do we do when facing G-d’s will for our lives? Sometimes we battle against G-d when we think we are in charge instead of Him.

Balak (Numbers) B’Midbar 22-25

Torah Portion:  Balak (Numbers) B’Midbar 22-25

Haftorah Reading: Micah 5:6-6:8

Tonight we study the Torah portion named Balak, after a Moabite king. It is the only Torah portion we study that is looked at through the eyes of non-Jewish people.  As you know, the setting takes place very near the time Israel enters the Land in an area geographically just across the Jordon River from what is now Israel.