𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: Tetzaveh, Tetsaveh, T’tzaveh, or T’tzavveh (תְּצַוֶּה—Hebrew for “[you] shall command,” the second word and first distinctive word in the parashah) is the 20th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, parashah) in the annual cycle of Torah reading and the eighth in the Book of Exodus. The parashah reports God’s commands […]
As we enter the Western month of September and continue the Biblical month of Elul and head towards the month of Tishrei we are preparing for the Fall Feast and Kodesh (Holy) Days of Scripture. The first of these special days is Yom Teruah aka Day of Trumpets most commonly […]
The season of Shavuot (aka Pentecost) known as Feast of Weeks commemorates two powerful moments in human history: when the Children of Israel and those who sojourned with them received the Torah and when people from various tongues and tribes received the infilling of the Ruach Ha’Kodesh (Holy Spirit) which […]
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 […]
I am in my 30’s and a virgin. Sadly, in America this is kind of embarrassing to type. We talk about a great deal of things in the awakening: who Esau is, where “true” Jerusalem is, what is pagan, how to correctly pronounce The Father and Messiah’s name, the curses, […]
Excited to be writing ✍🏾for TsanaExpo an Instagram Mega on Modesty follow them at @tsanaexpo ————————— Read the article below👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 From TsanaExpo – December 2019 (2nd Fall Edition) As women of Yisra’EL our greatest strength does not lie in our beauty, or in our smooth words or our in our […]
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 Women’s Conference but what was unusual about this conference is that its organizer studied at the Jewish Theological Seminary of New York. The organizer did […]
🌬Remember this day. Moses urges the children of Israel to remember their freedom from slavery. Today many are celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King and they are remembering but what they don’t know is that the Black Freedom Movement was deeply inspired by the Exodus Story […]
Sometimes Yah delivers and protects us not because of anything we do or anyone we are but because of his covenant with us, our families or our ancestors. Yah also hears our cries even if they are silent. Even when people are doing wrong to you there is a point […]
As you read this week’s Torah portion I want you to think about all the ways in which the Black community has been systematically controlled-slavery, Jim Crow, The New Jim Crow (Mass Incarceration), medical experiments, colonialism, food deserts in our communities, the list goes on and on. Those who oppress […]