Shalom Mishpocha,        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 the purification ritual Februa held on February 15 (full m...  Read More

I’ve read many, many articles recently that discuss diversity as a strength in America!  I want to speak to this as it is false and I’m going to share why.  The term diversity is a noun, it means the state or fact of being diverse; difference; unlikeness: dissimilar.  Some of the tenant understandings of the term Diversity are ok!  We are a diverse nation made up of people from many backgrounds an...  Read More

ONE!(Words in Parentheses are my additions to highlight concepts)Bereshit 1:1-5 “Bereshit bara Elohim et hashamayim ve'et ha'arets. 2 Veha'arets hayetah tohu vavohu vechoshech al-peney tehom veruach Elohim merachefet al-peney hamayim 3 Vayomer Elohim yehi-or vayehi-or. 4 Vayar Elohim et-ha'or ki-tov vayavdel Elohim beyn ha'or uveyn hachoshech. 5 Vayikra Elohim la-or yom velachoshech kara laylah va...  Read More

Shalom Mishpocha,        Happy New Year! We have entered into the Gregorian Calendar year of 2023. The 1st of Nisan (the Biblical New Year) begins at sunset, Wednesday March 22nd 2023 beginning the year 5783. As we move into a new year one of the meanings of 5783 is the year of retribution. Retribution is the dispensing or receiving of reward, punishment, and judgement! 5783 spells “Ur” in Hebrew ...  Read More

What is a sign?  It’s a motion or gesture by which a thought is expressed or a command or wish made known, a mark having a conventional meaning and used in place of words or to represent a complex notion, something material or external that stands for or signifies something spiritual.  Sign in Hebrew is Oth; a sign, signal, a distinguishing mark, banner, remembrance, miraculous sign, an omen, or a...  Read More

There are 613 commandments in the Torah: 248 positive commands (what we should do); and 365 negative commands (what we should not do). According to rabbinical reckoning, the 248 positive commands correspond to the number of separate parts of our body and 365 negative commands correspond to the number of days throughout a year. We are commanded to do all the commands with all the joints and parts o...  Read More

Shalom Mishpocha,        We pray you had a blessed Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends! As we have entered into the month of December we look forward to the M.J.A.A. South East Regional Conference December 16th-18th, 2022 at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando Florida! It is a powerful, supernatural weekend of Messianic praise, worship, teaching, and fellowship! Paul Wilbur and Sarah Liberma...  Read More

The story of Hanukkah begins in the reign of Alexander the Great. Alexander conquered Syria, Egypt, and Judah in 332 B.C.E. Alexander the Great allowed the lands under his control to continue observing their own religions and retain a certain degree of autonomy. Under this relatively benevolent rule, many Jews assimilated to much of Hellenistic culture, adopting the language, the customs and the d...  Read More

Why do we enter into and Keep Shabbat? Shabbat is our weekly Moedim, a divine appointment, a feast with God.  It is the time that we lay down everything from the week and world, all of our concerns, worries, and stress.  All the things that we have allowed to occupy our time during the week and enter into God's rest to minister to and worship Him.  God knew we needed rest and without all the distr...  Read More

October and the Fall Feast Celebrations flew by! WE experienced the Presence of Adonai profoundly in our Yom Teruah, Ten Days of Awe, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, and Simchat Torah Services! A season of repenting, forgiveness, Joy and Happiness! Now we are in November and looking forward to Thanksgiving on November 24th 2022. The traditional teaching for the "First Thanksgiving" is the celebration that occ...  Read More

In the body of believers today there is a lot of misunderstanding and confusion regarding the term anointing and what it means.  The term anointed is misused, misunderstood, and used out of context by most believers today including myself. What does it mean to be "anointed?"  Anointing has various uses associated with it.  Those various uses, understandings and applications are bound together in t...  Read More

On the front doorpost of every Jewish home and the front door coming into our lobby is a small container called a Mezuzah. Inside this small container is a parchment scroll with these Biblical passages (in Hebrew) written on them:  Deuteronomy 6:4-9. "Sh'ma, Yisra'el! ADONAI Eloheinu, ADONAI echad [Hear, Isra'el! ADONAI our God, ADONAI is one]; 5 and you are to love ADONAI your God with all your h...  Read More