๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐: Ki Tetze ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐: Ki Tetze When you go forth (ืึดึผืึพืชึตืฆึตืโ โ Hebrew for “when you go,” the first words in the parashah) is the 49th weekly Torah portion (ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืืโ, parashah) in the annual cycle of Torah reading and the sixth in the Book of Deuteronomy. It comprises […]
Devarim Devarim (Words) โ ืืืจืื Hebrew for “things” or “words,” the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 44th weekly Torah portion (โซืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืืโฌโ, parashah) in the annual cycle of Torah reading and the first in the Book of Deuteronomy. It comprises Deuteronomy 1:1โ3:22. The parashah […]
Mattot-Massei Tribes-Journeys โ ืืืืช-ืืกืขื Mattot-Massei Tribes-Journeys โ ืืืืช-ืืกืขื Masei, Mas’ei, or Masse (ืึทืกึฐืขึตืโ โ Hebrew for “journeys,” the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 43rd weekly Torah portion (ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืืโ, parashah) in the annualcycle of Torah reading and the 10th and last in the Book […]
๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ which was officially founded after a workshop series at Trinity Wall Street Church on The Black Presence in the Bible, though I had been teaching and posting about this information since about 2011/2012. I did not […]
๐ฌ #ThisWeeksTorahPortion ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐: Ki Tisa, Ki Tissa, Ki Thissa, or Ki Sisa (ืึดึผื ืชึดืฉึธึผืืโ โ Hebrew for “when you take,” the sixth and seventh words, and first distinctive words in the parashah) is the 21st weekly Torah portion (parashah) in the annual cycle of Torah reading and the […]
The original name of the people who are called the โHebrewsโ in the Bible is EฦฒE. Abraham is the first person called a Hebrew (Genesis 14:13) Abraham’s 5th Great Grandfather was Ever/Eber. We know this because Genesis 10:24 tells us that Shalach bore Ever. Ever is spelled ืขืืจ(EB/VR). According to the dictionary […]
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 […]
This reflection was originally shared on The Ezer Rising Facebook Page In the spring of 2014 I was one of the speakers at a Campus Crusade for Christ NYC Womenโs Conference but what was unusual about this conference is that its organizer studied at the Jewish Theological Seminary of New York. The organizer did […]
From beyond the rivers of Cush my worshipers, my scattered people, will bring me offerings. -Zephaniah 3:10 On November 19th I boarded a plane at JFK airport to head to Nigeria to spend two weeks visiting various Hebrew congregations. My reason for going to Nigeria was to teach the women […]
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 […]