by Kim Troup | Sep 29, 2022 | Shabbat Shalom
A House of Prayer for all PeoplesDeuteronomy 31:11-12 records a very special commandment: “Read this Torah before all of Israel in their hearing. Assemble the people, men and women, and little ones, and the sojourner within your towns that they may hear and...
by Kim Troup | Sep 22, 2022 | Shabbat Shalom
God helps us return to Him This week’s portion includes Moses’ last speech to the nation before the final poem that is Chapter 32 and the blessings in Chapter 33. Chapter 30 is often referred to as the “Return” chapter, including, as it does, references to both a...
by Kim Troup | Aug 11, 2022 | Shabbat Shalom
Remember the Sabbath Day Tisha B’Av (the 9th of Av Fast Day) is over and we look ahead. There is a spirit of optimism in the air, regardless of anything else that may be happening in the news or elsewhere. After the weekly Torah portion, we read Chapter 40 of...
by Elyshia Johnson | Jul 21, 2022 | Shabbat Shalom
Bible and Land must be linkedNumbers chapter 32 describes an interesting encounter between the tribes of Reuben and Gad and Moses. Having just conquered land to the east of the Jordan River, they request permission to settle permanently in this area, in...
by Kim Troup | May 19, 2022 | Shabbat Shalom
God’s Covenant with His People will Never be Broken “If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them, then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase… I will give peace in the land.”...
