Today was the day I entered the City of Jerusalem, went into the Old City and walked around in the Jewish Quarter. This is one of the highlights of my life, as I always wanted to visit Israel, and being in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem, where David walked 3,000 years
I made it! I am in Jerusalem, in the Old City. Before we got here today we went to Masada, which proves that love of God should be, and sometimes actually is, stronger than the love of life. The Jewish rebels, almost 1,000 of them, killed themselves rather than have to
I have been a bit remorse in getting to this blog this week, and most likely will be so next week, too. I am sure you will forgive me, knowing that I am touring the holy Land and quite busy all day. We have been on a full schedule, and now as
Over the next two weeks I will be coming to you from the land of my Fathers, Eretz Yisrael (the land of Israel.) It is 0243, which for those still on 24 hour clocks, is as early in the morning as you think it is. However, although the clock on my
We begin the 4th book of the Torah. God commands that a census be taken so that we know how many we have that are able to serve, both in the military and for the service of the Tabernacle. We are also reminded that all the first born belong to
Another gossip column rant this morning- this time it’s not Dear Abby, but Ask Amy (Donna likes to read the newspapers, and with two papers I get twice as many word puzzles.) The question this morning was asking how tough a parent should be with activities such as having your children
The other day (June 2 , if you want to look it up) I was reading Dear Abby. As those of you who follow this blog (thank you so much for that- I really appreciate it) probably remember, I read her column to gain fodder for my rantings, and I was
Throughout the Torah, the methodology for God commanding us is that He tells us what we are to do, then He tells us what will happen if we don’t, and finally He confirms that after we have disobeyed, when we do T’shuvah (turn from sin) and return to Him with all
Shaul (Paul) says that we should pray constantly. I talk to God a lot. I have gotten into the habit of praying to God in the morning, while I am driving to work. I used to have a long drive, so there was plenty of prayer time. Now I have the
How many times have we said, “I’ll do my best” , meaning that we would try to achieve whatever it is we wanted to accomplish? But is that really what we do? I will confess that saying “I will do my best” usually means I will try. I will attempt to accomplish
