Sharing the joy of dwelling in a sukkah is made sweet with the fellowship of mishpocha – family! Saturday and Sunday evening, we had lots of fellowship with the family of God. Everyone came with a decoration in hand to add their own special touch to the sukkah. After all, it is a family sukkah! […]
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Rejoicing in Sukkot – Sabbath Joy
Who would have thought the joy of Sabbath could get any better? But under a sukkah, with good friends, the joy is multiplied! Angelina and I were joined on Friday night by the Seiger family. As previously mentioned, I asked guests to bring a decoration for the sukkah, because they are not guests but family. […]
How to Build a Sukkah – Time to Decorate and Enjoy
I hope you don’t mind that this week is focused on sharing our sukkah experience with you. It is something I would encourage everyone to participate in, whether building your own or joining someone in theirs. As we learn in Zechariah, all nations will be called to come before the Lord on the Feast of […]
How to Build a Sukkah – Sukkot 2014
There is only one thing needed to build a sukkah – love! Love for God and love for man. It is that love that put together my first sukkah. Today’s post is more a photo journal, but since we know pictures speak volumes, I will let the photos do the talking. So let’s start at […]
Torah Keeps Our Love Alive
“God’s Torah is His Spirit and His heart in writing. When we walk in Torah, we are walking in Him.” – Rabbi Matthew Salathe. Yesterday was Yom Kippur, the High Holy Day, the Shabbat of Shabbats. And I was struggling to enter into God’s rest on this most holy day of the year. You see, […]
Learning From Our Big Brother
When ‘Elyon gave each nation its heritage, when he divided the human race, he assigned the boundaries of peoples according to Isra’el’s population; but Adonai’s share was his own people, Ya‘akov his allotted heritage. – Deut 32:8-9 God made all the families of the earth. Out of all of them, He chose Israel to be […]
Same God, Same Commandment, But?
This week I attended a bible study where the discussion centered on loving as God loved. One of the participants said it wasn’t possible to love as God loves. Another piped up that it is possible, because Jesus told us to do it. She kept insisting that it was simply a matter of obedience to […]
God is Seriously Serious
As I read the Torah portion today, it struck home that God is seriously serious about His commandments and rulings. The good news is that if we obey them, He pours down blessing upon us. It’s all there in Deuteronomy 28:1-14. The bad news is…really bad. As I was reading the curses that come with […]
The Beauty of Discipline
In the morning, I usually read the Bible on my tablet. You see, I have small sources of light around the house, giving off a soft glow that I love. Turning on a harsh light would smash that peaceful, warm feeling. The early morning is the time of day that I seek my Father. It’s […]
The Father’s Choice – Are We Presumptuous?
Last weekend, on the drive to Jacksonville to see my son and his family, I listened to FFOZ’s teaching on the Torah portion ‘Korah’. (I’m a little behind.) In it, D. Thomas Lancaster spoke about how Korah and his cohorts rebelled against God by rebelling against His chosen. They rejected Moses and Aaron, presuming that […]