Shalom Mishpocha,        The month of April has arrived. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa. April, a transition month, brings us some unpredictable weather! April rains bring lush green pastures but also umbrellas and rain ...  Read More

Luke 22:15. And He said to them, "I have really wanted so much to celebrate this Seder with you before I die!Yeshua’s life and words tells us that not only did He celebrate, honor, and Keep Pesach He looked forward to it! He didn’t view it as a cumbersome burden that he couldn’t eat bread!  He looked forward to it, He wanted to celebrate Pesach with His Talmidim, His family like we did last Sunday...  Read More

The festival of Matzah (Unleavened bread) begins the day after Pesach and is 7 days long. The first and last day of Matzah are “No Work” days! A day unto you like a Shabbat but it’s not Shabbat!Leviticus 23:6. On the fifteenth day of the same month is the festival of matzah; for seven days you are to eat matzah. In preparation for this Feast, we clean our homes and rid them of all She’or (Yeast) a...  Read More

Shalom Mishpocha,        March is here, spring is just around the corner! March is a time of transition, of changing weather patterns. March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. The first day of spring 2025 is on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at 5:01 a.m. EDT. For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, this is marked by the arrival of the s...  Read More

Ruth 1:16-17.  But Rut said, "Don't press me to leave you and stop following you; for wherever you go, I will go; and wherever you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God will be my God. 17 Where you die, I will die; and there I will be buried. May ADONAI bring terrible curses on me, and worse ones as well, if anything but death separates you and me."Everyone needs financial ...  Read More

Exodus 12:1-3. ADONAI spoke to Moshe and Aharon in the land of Egypt; he said, 2 "You are to begin your calendar with this month; it will be the first month of the year for you. 3 Speak to all the assembly of Isra'el and say, 'On the tenth day of this month, each man is to take a lamb or kid for his family, one per householdThe New Year and Calendar scripture includes the references for when to be...  Read More

Shalom Mishpocha,        It’s February, hard to believe how fast January flew by! February has 28 days in common years and 29 in leap years, with the 29th day being called the leap day. February is the third and last month of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere. February got its name from the Roman month Februarius, named after the Latin term februum, which means "purification", via t...  Read More

God is Love, it is the very essence of what He is and His perfect nature.   I John 4:16. Also we have come to know and trust the love that God has for us. God is love; and those who remain in this love remain united with God, and God remains united with themThe Hebrew word for love is Ahavah, whose root word is Avah which means desired, it's a verb which requires action.Deuteronomy 6:4-6.  "Sh'ma,...  Read More

Proverbs 29:18. Without a prophetic vision, the people throw off all restraint; but he who keeps Torah is happy.The world, all of humanity operates and functions on vision. Children of God, those who call upon the God of Israel live by revelation. The worlds vision seeks grandiose, lofty achievements and purposes such as the World’s tallest buildings in Dubai, the largest dam ever built in China, ...  Read More

Shalom Mishpocha,Happy New Year! We have entered into the Gregorian Calendar year of 2025. The 1st of Nisan (the Biblical New Year) begins at sunset, Saturday March 20th, 2025, beginning the year 5785. January is the first month of the year, named after Janus, the Roman god [EC1] of beginnings and transitions, who had two faces looking at the past and the future. The months of January and February...  Read More

II Peter 1:5. For this very reason, try your hardest to furnish your faith with goodness (arete {ar-et'-ay} virtuous thoughts, feelings, and actions. Moral goodness, moral excellence in modesty, purity!), goodness with knowledge (gnosis-general understanding and intelligence regarding of God),The New Living translation actually uses the term excellence for Arete: II Peter 1:5. (NLT) In view of all...  Read More

Luke 9:57-62.  As they were traveling on the road, a man said to him, "I will follow (akoloutheo {ak-ol-oo-theh'-o}: To follow the same road, to become a disciple, to accompany, to join as an attendant, follow) you wherever you go." 58 Yeshua answered him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds flying about have nests, but the Son of Man has no home (Klino: A slant or slope to lay your head, a place...  Read More