
If, then, you obey the commandments that I enjoin upon you this day, loving the Lord your G-d and serving Him with all your heart and soul, I will grant the rain for your land in season, the early rain and the late. You shall gather in your new grain and wine and oil~ Deuteronomy 11.13-14
November 29, 2011 | Categories: Emunah | Tags: Book of Deuteronomy, Emunah, God, Israel, Israelites, Lord, Moses, Ten Commandments | Leave A Comment »

He leads me to water in places of repose;
He renews my life;
He guides me in right paths as befits His name.
Tehillim/Psalms 23.2b-3
November 21, 2011 | Categories: Praying the Psalms | Tags: Tehillim; Psalms; Repose; Spirituality | 4 Comments »

Photograph by Mica Engelhardt
Sing a hymn to the L-rd, who reins in Zion;
declare His deeds among the people.
For He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted;
He who requites bloodshed is mindful of them.
. . . The L-rd has made Himself known;
He works judgment;
the wicked man is snared by his own devices.
. . . Not always shall the needy be ignored,
nor the hope of the afflicted forever lost.
Tehillim/Psalms 9.12-13, 17, 19
*For the children who were and are sexually assaulted and ignored at Penn State and everywhere.
November 14, 2011 | Categories: Emunah, Praying the Psalms | Tags: hope, justice, Penn State University, Pslams, Sexual assault, Tehillim | Leave A Comment »

Photograph by Mica Engelhardt.
Seek good and not evil,
That you may live,
And that the L-rd, the G-d of Hosts,
May truly be with you,
As you think.
Hate evil and love good,
And establish justice in the gate;
Perhaps the L-rd, the G-d of Hosts,
Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
Amos 5.14-15
November 11, 2011 | Categories: Emunah, Mussar | Tags: Amos, Book of Amos, good and evil, Israel, Names of God in Judaism, Old Testament, Spirituality | Leave A Comment »

Humans are mere breath;
mortals, illusion;
placed on a scale all together,
they weigh even less than a breath.
Do not trust in violence,
or put false hope in robbery;
if force bears fruit, pay it no mind.
One thing G-d has spoken;
two things have I heard:
that might belongs to G-d,
and faithfulness is Yours, O L-rd,
to reward each according to their deeds.
Tehillim/Psalms 62.10-13
November 8, 2011 | Categories: Praying the Psalms | Tags: Names of God in Judaism, Psalms, Tehillim, Torah | 2 Comments »

You will teach me the path of life.
In Your presence is perfect joy;
delights are ever in Your right hand.
Tehillim/Psalms 16.11
November 2, 2011 | Categories: Praying the Psalms | Tags: delights, God, joy, Path of Life, Psalms, Spirituality, Tehillim | Leave A Comment »

A prayer of Moses, the man of G-d.
O Lord, You have been our refuge in every generation.
Before the mountains came into being,
before You brought forth the earth and the world,
from eternity to eternity You are G-d.
Tehillim/Psalms 90.1-2
November 1, 2011 | Categories: Praying the Psalms | Tags: Emunah, Faith, Psalms, Spirituality, Tehillim, trust | Leave A Comment »
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