By The Rules of Engagement

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This week’s parasha addresses how you should deal with major Significant Emotional Events that tend to occur in your life. Deuteronomy 11:26-29 ESV “See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: 27 the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I...

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Tags: re'eh, torah

By The Power of a Rescue Hug

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This week’s parasha answers the question of whether the term “Love”  is a Learned or Innate behavior.  Although most of us are aware of the basic understanding of these terms; please allow me to humor you once more as the apostle peter once stated in 2 Peter 1:12-14...

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Tags: torah, eikev

Parent Child Conflict: The Breaking Point

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This week’s parasha starts off in the middle of a major parent child conflict gone bad. Why had Yah been so adamant about Moses not being allowed to enter the promised land; at this time in history? Had Yah reached another breaking point similar to Genesis 6:6 KJV? Before we discuss these...

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Tags: torah, ve'etchanan

The Five Love Languages

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This week’s Torah portion’s spiritual focus is on “THE UNLOVING SPIRIT!” The author Gary Chapman has a famous book out entitled: The (5) Five Love Languages. As I was preparing this week’s Adult Torah Study the thought came to me; What is Yah’s Love...

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Tags: devarim, love, unclean spirit