๐๐ฎ๐ค๐ค๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ฑ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐:๐๐โ๐๐:๐๐ Sukkot Shabbat Chol HaMoed (Hebrew: ืืื ืืืืขื), a Hebrew phrase meaning “mundane of the festival”, refers to the intermediate days of Passover and Sukkot. As the name implies, these days mix features of “chol” (mundane) and “moed” (festival). On Sukkot, Chol HaMoed consists of […]
Nitzavim Nitzavim, Nitsavim, Nitzabim, Netzavim, Nisavim, or Nesabim (ื ึดืฆึธึผืึดืืโ โ Hebrew for “ones standing,”) the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah is the 51st weekly Torah portion (ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืืโ, parashah) in the annual cycle of Torah reading and the eighth in the Book of Deuteronomy. It comprises […]
Acharei Mot ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐: Acharei Mot After the death โ ืึทืึฒืจึตื ืืึน is the 29th weekly Torah portion in the annual cycle of Torah reading. It is the sixth weekly portion (ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืืโ, parashah) in the Book of Leviticus, containing Leviticus 16:1โ18:30. It is named after the fifth and sixth Hebrew […]
Shalom Family, Below are a list of resources I have complied for Passover. As you prepare and observe please remember that everything we do in the natural is to grow spiritually. Remember to clean the leaven out of your heart! Passover 2020 Reflection Blog Uganda Jewish Interactive Online Haggadah What […]
Except from Prophetic Whirlwind: Uncovering The Black Biblical Destiny On April 11, 2017, I was invited to give the opening reflection for the Lab Shul Freedom Feast Passover Seder. For the Seder Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie assigned me a passage from Exodus, which when read in Hebrew shows that the Hebrew […]
What I love about the Book of Exodus and Passover is that through both we are shown that we serve an Elohim of liberation and justice. During this worldwide crisis through our relationship with Yah we can face the reality of our circumstances not ignoring the truth of what is […]
On August 6th I left New York City to travel to Israel for a conference and Holy Land pilgrimage led by a powerful sister named Mahaleyah Goodman. Mahaleyah wanted Black people from throughout the diaspora to come together to build spiritually during these hard times. I have always wanted to […]
On Tuesday January 26th, 2016 I testified before the U.N. Working Group for People of African Descent at their New York Fact-finding Mission. My testimony was about how Mass Incarceration impacts Black Women and Girls. This fact-finding mission is a part of the decade for people of African Descent whose […]
Shalom Everyone! For my congregationโs Sukkot celebration, we started with a day where everyone dressed as a Bible character and so with Esther, Ruth and Deborah taken I decided to dress as the little-known Hebrew Prophetess Huldah whose prophetic words to King Josiah helped the entire Kingdom of Judah turn […]
My congregation Beth-El House of Yahweh observes all the Biblical Feast and it has been a blessing for me to observe these appointed times where we can take time out of our busy schedules and commune with each other and the King of the universe. This week is the Biblical […]