๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ญ๐ณ๐ ๐๐:๐๐-๐๐:๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ญ๐ณ๐ ืึทืึตึผืฆึตืโโ Hebrew for “and he left,” the first word in the parashah) is the seventh weekly Torah portion (ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืืโ, parashah) in the annual cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Genesis 28:10โ32:3. The parashah tells of Jacob’s travels to, life in, and return from Haran. The parashah recounts […]
KiTavo ๐ฌ #ThisWeeksTorahPortion Ki Tavo, Ki Thavo, Ki Tabo, Ki Thabo, or Ki Savo (Hebrew: ืึดึผื-ืชึธืืึนืโ) meaning When you come in or When you enter. This is second and third words, and the first distinctive words, in the parashah) is the 50th weekly Torah portion (Hebrew: ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืืโ, parashah) in the […]
Vaetchanan #ThisWeeksTorahPortion ๐ Va’etchanan(I pleaded โ ืืืชืื ื Hebrew for “and I pleaded,”) the first word in the parashah) is the 45th weekly Torah portion (ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืืโ, parashah in the annual cycle of Torah reading and the second in the Book of Deuteronomy. It comprises Deuteronomy 3:23โ7:11. The parashah tells how Moses […]
Behar ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐: Behar, BeHar, Be-har, or B’har (ืึฐึผืึทืจโ โ Hebrew for “on the mount,” the fifth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 32nd weekly Torah portion (ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืืโ, parashah) in the annualcycle of Torah reading and the ninth in the Book of Leviticus. The parashah […]
๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅโ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐ซ๐ง ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฌ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐? If it was not for Haitiโs vote the modern state of Israel would not exist! When you understand WHO Haitians are you […]
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 […]
Dark am I, AND lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon. Do not stare at me because I am dark, because I am darkened by the sun. My motherโs sons were angry with me and made me take care of the […]
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 HaโKodesh (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 […]
Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed.Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. Isaiah 1:17 As a member and Minister atย Beth-El The House of YHWHย a Messianic Hebrew congregation in the Bronx I am excited about Inner City Light Houseย ย a community initiative housed […]