This reading starts with a census of the Levitical clans so that the number of those who are able to do service in the Tent of Meeting can be counted. The age range for service is from 30 to 50 years old. It also outlines the regulations about restitution for sin against
Just shoot me!! It seems like everyone brought back problems from their long weekend and they all are taking a long time to resolve. To remind you, I am a Help Desk Tech and I thought yesterday was going OK, not too bad during the morning, then all of a
Chag Semeach to all my friends out there. That is the Hebrew greeting that translates, roughly, to Joyous Festival. We just celebrated Shavuot, the giving of the law on Mt. Sinai. This is one of the three Big Ones, the festivals that God commanded us to celebrate only at the
This is the 4th book of the Torah, and whereas Vayikra was mostly ordinances and regulations, this book is more historical, although we do have the laws about wearing tzitzit, the regulations regarding jealousy, the Red Heifer, the menorah and Nazarite vows. The name “Numbers” comes from the Septuagint and
What can these two things possibly have in common? Our social media, that’s what. Look at television, Twitter, FaceBook, movies, radio, Youtube, TV sitcoms…art imitates life, and the media is full of sexually sinful activities acceptable as normal (fornication, adultery, homosexuality, even necrophilia if we include dead people in love,
How many people do you know that always think the worst that can happen? When they hear about a plane crash they say, “I don’t know if I want to fly anymore.” Or when they get a call late at night, the first thing they say is, “Oh no! Someone must
God instructs us to be fair to each other in our economic dealings, to use a pro-rata system of valuation when we are exchanging and redeeming property, and that slavery is an acceptable form of servitude, except that other Israelites were to be treated with more respect and allowed to
If we look for verses in the Manual which talk to us about “gifts” we can find a number of them. There is the gift of prophecy, of teaching, the gift of Grace, and many others. 1 Peter 4:10 tells us that the gifts we receive we should use to help
Remember when Yeshua told us not to worry about what tomorrow may bring because today has enough trouble of it’s own? He also told us to ask for our daily bread, not to request enough food for more than that. And what about the manna from heaven? They were to
Maybe we should ask, “Why do we love, at all?” What is it that can create both a strong attraction, and then an equally strong revulsion, often at the same time, and with the same person? Before we can answer why we love God, we first need to know why we love.
