Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. … This Shabbat, Jews all over the world will be reading them in synagogue. The Ten Commandments. (Exodus, 20:1-14) They’re the best Tablets ever prescribed to man! And as I always say? The Book is much better than the movie! … There were two tablets. One? Obligations between […]

Hi, The Torah was written thousands of years ago! Sometimes it’s hard to believe. Take one of the most amazing commandments. It was read this past Shabbat in synagogues al over the world. “Love your neighbor like yourself”. I am G-d. (Leviticus, 19:18) … Picture how this would go over in Ancient Greece. Huh? “Do […]

Hi, The Torah was written thousands of years ago! Sometimes it’s hard to believe. Take one of the most amazing commandments. “Love your neighbor like yourself”. I am G-d. (Leviticus, 19:18) … Picture how this would go over in Ancient Greece. Huh? “Do we have to be better than the gods? They’re jealous of each […]

Hi, One more thing before we leave the Golden Calf. This story goes back 3300 years ago. Moshe came down from Mount Sinai with the Tablets. The Ten Commandments. He saw the Golden Calf.  And smashed the Tablets. The date? Seventeenth day in the Jewish month of Tamuz. According to Jewish tradition, that day was […]

Hi, Only in the Torah! I’m referring to what happens just forty days after the Revelation at Mount Sinai. You may remember the scene in the movie, “The Ten Commandments”. (But don’t forget, the Book is better than the movie!) Moshe comes down from the mountain holding the Tablets.  The Ten Commandments. And what does […]

Hi, The Temple in the desert was built with donations. Voluntary donations.  No pressure. And no mandatory “building fund”! The response was amazing.  The whole nation mobilized. Men and women brought gold, silver and other materials. … And then something amazing happened. And you may want to sit down for this! … There was too […]

Hi, When the Jewish People were in the dessert they built a portable Temple. In Hebrew?  The Mishkan. Among other things, there was an Ark.  For the tablets of the Ten Commandments. And the Torah gives the dimensions of the Ark. “Two and a half cubits long.  A cubit and a half wide.  And a […]

Hi, The Torah is amazing! Sometimes it seems “so ancient”.  So “old fashioned. We might say, “We can pass over that one.  Those days are over!” But if we have patience? We’ll discover tremendous lessons.  Very relevant lessons. … You can’t really get around it.  The Torah is thousands of years old. It couldn’t talk […]

Hi, The Book of Exodus continues. And what a change of subject matter! Straight from the Revelation at Mount Sinai and the building of the Altar? To civil law! Like the laws of damages and personal injury. Laws against gossip.  The obligation to return lost objects. Being truthful.  Consideration for the stranger. And even helping […]

Hi, How’s this for an understatement? The Revelation at Mount Sinai was awe inspiring! Imagine having an encounter with the Creator of the universe! … Try this. Imagine that you had the following opportunity. You could have a private audience with any three people in history. The three that you consider to be the greatest […]