http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081120.htm We are told of the death of Sarah, the tears, Avraham's eulogy. We are told in detail how Avraham deals with the details of burial.
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081016.htm Luke Ford, Joey Kurtzman and Monica discuss Vezot Haberachah Deuteronomy 33, 34. Moses prayed that God would be with the Levites, who held God’s Urim and Thummim, whom God tested at Massah and Meribah, who disregarded family ties to carry out God’s will, who would teach God’s laws to Israel, and who would offer God’s incense and offerings.
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081016.htm Luke Ford, Joey Kurtzman and Monica discuss Vezot Haberachah Deuteronomy 33, 34. Crucifying Christ anew each day in our unbelief. Jews don't bend before idolatry.
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081016.htm Luke Ford, Joey Kurtzman and Monica discuss Vezot Haberachah Deuteronomy 33, 34. Hebrew for "and this is the blessing," the first words in the parshah) is the 54th and last weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the 11th in the book of Deuteronomy.
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081113.htm When we consider the ‘‘Akeida we need to read the text carefully, and note what it does say, and what the text does not say. Is it our imagination or is it our faulty memory? Things we think are in the text are absent, and things we don’t remember suddenly “appear”.
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081113.htm When we consider the ‘‘Akeida we need to read the text carefully, and note what it does say, and what the text does not say. Is it our imagination or is it our faulty memory? Things we think are in the text are absent, and things we don’t remember suddenly “appear”.
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081113.htm When we consider the ‘‘Akeida we need to read the text carefully, and note what it does say, and what the text does not say. Is it our imagination or is it our faulty memory? Things we think are in the text are absent, and things we don’t remember suddenly “appear”.
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081113.htm When we consider the ‘‘Akeida we need to read the text carefully, and note what it does say, and what the text does not say. Is it our imagination or is it our faulty memory? Things we think are in the text are absent, and things we don’t remember suddenly “appear”.
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081113.htm When we consider the ‘‘Akeida we need to read the text carefully, and note what it does say, and what the text does not say. Is it our imagination or is it our faulty memory? Things we think are in the text are absent, and things we don’t remember suddenly “appear”.
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081113.htm When we consider the ‘‘Akeida we need to read the text carefully, and note what it does say, and what the text does not say. Is it our imagination or is it our faulty memory? Things we think are in the text are absent, and things we don’t remember suddenly “appear”.
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081113.htm When we consider the ‘‘Akeida we need to read the text carefully, and note what it does say, and what the text does not say. Is it our imagination or is it our faulty memory? Things we think are in the text are absent, and things we don’t remember suddenly “appear”.
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081113.htm When we consider the ‘‘Akeida we need to read the text carefully, and note what it does say, and what the text does not say. Is it our imagination or is it our faulty memory? Things we think are in the text are absent, and things we don’t remember suddenly “appear”.
Hana is the Director Program of Jerusalem Center for Jewish-Christian Relations - JCJCR, and in this edition, she talks with us about her faith and the jewish feasts as: Yom Kippur, Succot, Sinchat Torah, and their significance.
http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=6140 Luke Ford and Joey Kurtzman discuss Torah portion Haazinu, Deut. 32. God would make God’s arrows drunk with blood, as God’s sword devoured flesh, blood of the slain and the captive from the long-haired enemy chiefs.
http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=6140 Luke Ford and Joey Kurtzman discuss Torah portion Haazinu, Deut. 32. God would make God’s arrows drunk with blood, as God’s sword devoured flesh, blood of the slain and the captive from the long-haired enemy chiefs.
http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=6140 Luke Ford and Joey Kurtzman discuss Torah portion Haazinu, Deut. 32. God would make God’s arrows drunk with blood, as God’s sword devoured flesh, blood of the slain and the captive from the long-haired enemy chiefs.
http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=6140 Luke Ford and Joey Kurtzman discuss Torah portion Haazinu, Deut. 32. God would make God’s arrows drunk with blood, as God’s sword devoured flesh, blood of the slain and the captive from the long-haired enemy chiefs.
http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=6140 Luke Ford and Joey Kurtzman discuss Torah portion Haazinu, Deut. 32. God would make God’s arrows drunk with blood, as God’s sword devoured flesh, blood of the slain and the captive from the long-haired enemy chiefs.
http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=6140 Luke Ford and Joey Kurtzman discuss Torah portion Haazinu, Deut. 32. Were they wise, they would think about this, and gain insight into their future, for they would recognize that one could not have routed a thousand unless God had sold them.
http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=6140 Luke Ford and Joey Kurtzman discuss Torah portion Haazinu, Deut. 32. For they were a treacherous breed, children with no loyalty, who incensed God with no-gods, vexed God with their idols; thus God would incense them with a no-folk and vex them with a nation of fools.
Someone sent a message in response to Authenticity of the Bible for Muslims, about the information in the videos. Here is what he said.
"assalamu 'alaikum (Peace be upon you)
I was watching one of your videos, the one about "authencity of the bible for the muslims", pretty interesting.
I agree that the quran validates the scriptures of injiil and the torah and some others. And I believe these were gods words when it was handed to the prophets or messengers to carry out the message. the torah was given to musse(moses), the injiil was given to isa(jesus) and the quran was given to Muhammad all, Peace be upon them. Moses; his people started to disbelieve, the message was refined and sent to Jesus; Some disbelieved and tried to kill him, but was saved by god, and the message then went under a final refinement and was sent to Muhammad(pbuh); final revelation from god.
You can disagree if you want, but they all taught the same thing; one god, no partners, avoid sins, believe the last day, etc...but all ...
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081106.htm A nation with its own unique history begins to chart its path, undertaking the long march to fulfill its particular, unique destiny. A nation, indeed; but at this point a small, vulnerable nation that rejects the benefits of assimilation into a strong, well-established local clan.
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081030.htm Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his age, who walked with God. (Gen. 6:9.) Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Gen. 6:10.) God saw that all flesh on earth had become corrupt and lawless, and God told Noah that God had decided to bring a flood to destroy all flesh.
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081030.htm Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his age, who walked with God. (Gen. 6:9.) Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Gen. 6:10.) God saw that all flesh on earth had become corrupt and lawless, and God told Noah that God had decided to bring a flood to destroy all flesh.
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081030.htm Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his age, who walked with God. (Gen. 6:9.) Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Gen. 6:10.) God saw that all flesh on earth had become corrupt and lawless, and God told Noah that God had decided to bring a flood to destroy all flesh.
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081030.htm When Noah was 600 years old, the flood came, and that same day, Noah, his family and the beasts went into the ark, and God shut him in. (Gen. 7:6–16.) The rains fell 40 days and 40 nights, the waters swelled 15 cubits above the highest mountains, and all flesh with the merest breath of life died, except for Noah and those with him on the ark.
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081030.htm God is like a parent. At first he's excited about his creation. Then Adam & Eve disobey and Cain murders Abel and God gets angry.
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081023.htm Bereishit, Bereshit, Bereishis, B'reshith, Beresheet, or Bereshees (Hebrew for "in beginning,” the first word in the parshah) is the first weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. Jews in the Diaspora read it the first Sabbath after Simchat Torah
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081023.htm The serpent, the shrewdest of the beasts, asked the woman whether God had really forbidden her to eat any of the fruit in the garden.
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081023.htm Is Torah the inerrant word of God? Divinely inspired but written by men? Entirely a human creation. Does Helen believe in God? She was raised in Reform Judaism.
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081016.htm Midrash gave her a way to love the God of the Hebrew Bible. Is Franz Rosenzweig the way in to Torah? 'The Star of Redemption.' He's elusive. Monica loves Immanuel Levinas.
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/081016.htm Why is God hiding Moshe? Why did God bury Moshe? The Torah does not want us to worship Moses, so his burial place is hidden. We're Jews, not Mosesites.
http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=6140 Luke Ford and Joey Kurtzman discuss Torah portion Haazinu. Deuteronomy 32. There was no god beside God, who dealt death and gave life, wounded and healed. (Deut. 32:39.) God swore that when God would whet God’s flashing blade, and lay hand on judgment, God would wreak vengeance on God’s foes.
http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=6140 Luke Ford and Joey Kurtzman discuss Torah portion Haazinu. Deuteronomy 32. There was no god beside God, who dealt death and gave life, wounded and healed. (Deut. 32:39.) God swore that when God would whet God’s flashing blade, and lay hand on judgment, God would wreak vengeance on God’s foes.
http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=6140 Luke Ford and Joey Kurtzman discuss Torah portion Haazinu. Deuteronomy 32. There was no god beside God, who dealt death and gave life, wounded and healed. (Deut. 32:39.) God swore that when God would whet God’s flashing blade, and lay hand on judgment, God would wreak vengeance on God’s foes.
http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=6140 Luke Ford and Joey Kurtzman discuss Torah portion Haazinu. Deuteronomy 32. There was no god beside God, who dealt death and gave life, wounded and healed. (Deut. 32:39.) God swore that when God would whet God’s flashing blade, and lay hand on judgment, God would wreak vengeance on God’s foes.
http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=6140 Luke Ford and Joey Kurtzman discuss Torah portion Haazinu. Deuteronomy 32. There was no god beside God, who dealt death and gave life, wounded and healed. (Deut. 32:39.) God swore that when God would whet God’s flashing blade, and lay hand on judgment, God would wreak vengeance on God’s foes.
http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=6140 Luke Ford and Joey Kurtzman discuss Torah portion Haazinu. Deuteronomy 32. Everything can be taken from you but God. Who do you put your faith in? Your intellect?
http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=6140 Luke Ford and Joey Kurtzman discuss Torah portion Haazinu. Deuteronomy 32. There was no god beside God, who dealt death and gave life, wounded and healed. (Deut. 32:39.) God swore that when God would whet God’s flashing blade, and lay hand on judgment, God would wreak vengeance on God’s foes.
http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=6140 Luke Ford and Joey Kurtzman discuss Torah portion Haazinu. Deuteronomy 32. God might have reduced them to nothing, made their memory cease among men, except for fear of the taunts of their enemies, who might misjudge and conclude that their own hand had prevailed and not God’s. For Israel’s enemies were a folk void of sense, lacking in discernment.
http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=6140 Luke Ford and Joey Kurtzman discuss Torah portion Haazinu. Deuteronomy 32. God saw, was vexed, and hid God’s countenance from them, to see how they would fare. (Deut. 32:19–20.)
http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=6140 Luke Ford and Joey Kurtzman discuss Torah portion Haazinu. Deuteronomy 32. I want people to join communities to look out for each other and to create a safety net.
http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=6140 Luke Ford and Joey Kurtzman discuss Torah portion Haazinu. Deuteronomy 32. Moses called on heaven and earth to hear his words, and asked that his speech be like rain and dew for the grass. (Deut. 32:1–2.)
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/080925.htm Moses told the Israelites that all the people stood that day before God to enter into the covenant whereby God might establish Israel as God’s people and be their God, as God promised them and as God swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (Deut. 29:9–12.)
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/080925.htm Moses told the Israelites that all the people stood that day before God to enter into the covenant whereby God might establish Israel as God’s people and be their God, as God promised them and as God swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (Deut. 29:9–12.)
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/080925.htm Moses told the Israelites that all the people stood that day before God to enter into the covenant whereby God might establish Israel as God’s people and be their God, as God promised them and as God swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (Deut. 29:9–12.)
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/080925.htm Moses told the Israelites that all the people stood that day before God to enter into the covenant whereby God might establish Israel as God’s people and be their God, as God promised them and as God swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (Deut. 29:9–12.)
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/080925.htm Moses told the Israelites that all the people stood that day before God to enter into the covenant whereby God might establish Israel as God’s people and be their God, as God promised them and as God swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (Deut. 29:9–12.)
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/080925.htm It constitutes Deuteronomy 29:9–30:20. Jews in the Diaspora generally read it in September or early October. Parshah Nitzavim always falls on the Sabbath immediately before Rosh Hashanah.
http://lukeford.net/archives/updates/080925.htm It constitutes Deuteronomy 29:9–30:20. Jews in the Diaspora generally read it in September or early October. Parshah Nitzavim always falls on the Sabbath immediately before Rosh Hashanah.