Shalom Mishpocha, Where did summer go? School is starting, hurricane season is in full swing, and though September is a transition month into fall time we still have 21 days of summer left until the Autumnal Equinox on September 22nd at 2:43 P.M. EDT-the first day of Fall. September’s name comes from the Latin word septem, meaning “seven.” This month had originally been the seventh month of the ea...  Read More

Yom Teruah begins the Fall Feast Day Cycle! These are days set apart from the norm, days that belong to God!  They are His designated times, Moedim, divine appointments! Leviticus 23:23-25.  ADONAI said to Moshe, 24"Tell the people of Isra'el, 'In the seventh month, the first of the month is to be for you a day of complete rest for remembering, (Shabaton zichron: Shabaton: Sabbath observance, of w...  Read More

Leviticus 23:40-41.  On the first day you are to take choice fruit, palm fronds, thick branches and river-willows, and celebrate in the presence of ADONAI your God for seven days.  41 You are to observe it as a feast to ADONAI seven days in the year; it is a permanent regulation, generation after generation; keep it in the seventh month. On Sukkot, we bind all the branches together – willows, palm...  Read More

Shalom Mishpocha!       August is here already! Half the summer has flown by! It's a time to relax before the school year starts. The original name of the month of August was originally a Latin word, Sextilis. In the 8th century BC, during the early Medieval period, the month was renamed to August in honor of Augustus Caesar, the first Roman emperor. August 1st is Airforce Day. The Air Force Day w...  Read More

Pride is the most significant hindrance to unity and congregational growth that we and most other congregations suffer.  Pride is the root cause of rebellion against God, Congregational Splits, self-righteousness, arrogance, and un-forgiveness.  Deuteronomy 8:11-18 "Be careful not to forget ADONAI your God by not obeying his mitzvot, rulings and regulations that I am giving you today. 12 Otherwise...  Read More

The biblical month of Elul began last evening, Thrusday, August 17th at sunset. The 1st of Elul begins a time of repentance in preparation for the High Holy Days! It marks 30 days until Yom Teruah and 40 days till Yom Kippur. Elul is seen as a time to search one's heart and draw close to God in preparation for the coming Day of Judgement when the Sefer HaChaim, the Book of Life is opened on Yom Ki...  Read More

Shalom Mishpocha!It’s July, the lazy days of summer have arrived! It’s common in our culture to call these summer days the "lazy days of summer," and now, there's evidence to back up that it's a real thing. Psychologists say it's a biological phenomenon! Studies show that when it's nice outside, our thoughts tend to focus more on what we'd rather be doing instead of the task at hand. We tend to ge...  Read More

As we enter into this 4th of July holiday weekend, I believe it is one of the most critical Independence Day celebrations America has experienced in 247 years.  This remembrance has become a time of fireworks, picnics, and long weekends while few actually know what this day is about.  The Continental Congress, comprised of 56 representatives from the 13 Colonies, met under duress to discuss their ...  Read More

We must be relevant!  In light of all the crisis in our world today many, many clergy aren’t being topical in their messages, they’re not relevant. The word of God, The Kingdom of God, Adonai is the same today as it was yesterday, as it will be tomorrow! The reality is, as a Messianic Rabbi, as a Messianic Believer every situation, every topic, every scenario, all decisions we make both congregati...  Read More

Shalom Mishpocha,Spring and May have flown by! We are now in June, getting ready for summer! The Summer solstice, the longest day of the year occurs on Wednesday, June 21st,2023 at 9:57 AM. June 10th is Flag Day! Flag Day is a celebration of the adoption of the American flag by Continental Congress in the First Flag Resolution of June 14, 1777. Although the 200-year anniversary of this date was ce...  Read More

Juneteenth commemorates the dates June 18 and 19, 1865. June 18 is the day Union General Gordon Granger and 2,000 federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take possession of the Confederate state and enforce the emancipation of its slaves. On June 19, 1865, while standing on the balcony of Galveston’s Ashton Villa, Granger read the contents of “General Order No. 3”: “The people of Texas are ...  Read More

Father’s Day is a day set apart to honor and celebrate our Father and fatherhood in general. We recognize and honor the influence of fathers in our homes and society, and in blended family paternal bonds. It is also celebrated to honor and commemorate our fathers and forefathers. Fathers-Day is celebrated in the U.S. on the third Sunday of June. Tradition has it that Father’s Day was first observe...  Read More