• Hebrew Word Study – Nursing Mother – Amen

    Hebrew Word Study – Nursing Mother – Amen – Aleph Mem Nun  Genesis 15:6: “And he (Abraham) believed the Lord and He counted it as righteousness.” ​   The Talmud teaches that trusting in God is more important than anything else.  One may keep all the laws of Torah, follow every ritual, but it is

  • Aramaic Word Study – Bill of Divorcement  – Gett

    Aramaic Word Study – Bill of Divorcement  – Gett – Gimmel Teth Matthew 19:9 “I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery.”  NIV ​ Note: this is a summary of the second In Depth Study this week in our series on Divorce and Remarriage. 

  • Hebrew Word Study – Emptiness –  Havel

    Hebrew Word Study – Emptiness –  Havel – Hei Beth Lamed Jeremiah 2:5: “Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? This verse is found in our Torah study this week.  It is actually found

  • Hebrew Word Study – Put – ‘Asim – Aleph Sine Yod Mem

    Hebrew Word Study – Put – ‘Asim – Aleph Sine Yod Mem Exodus 15:26: And he said: If thou wilt diligently harken unto the voice of God and will do that which is right in His sight, and will give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of these

  • Hebrew Word Study – Distancing From God – Rachaq

    Hebrew Word Study – Distancing From God – Rachaq – Resh Cheth Qop Jeremiah 2:5-6: “Thus says the LORD: “What injustice have your fathers found in Me, That they have gone far from Me, Have followed idols, And have become idolaters? (6) Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land

  • The Butterfly Effect

    CHAPTER 3 – MARY BETH THE PREACHER’S DAUGHTER Job 19:25 For I know [that] my redeemer liveth, and [that] he shall stand at the latter [day] upon the earth: ​ Note: This is a chapter from my book Hebrew Word Study – The Butterfly Effect.  This is a little different from my  usual word study

  • Palal: A Hebrew Teacher Explores Prayer

    Prayer: Palal – A Notch In A Tent Peg Here is the first chapter to Chaim Bentorah’s newest book which may be purchased on Amazon.  Palal: A Hebrew Teacher Explores Prayer: Bentorah, Chaim: 9781960024183: Amazon.com: Books     CHAPTER 1 – DESTROYING THE MYTH OF PRAYER Do you ever stop to consider what is going on

  • Hebrew Word Study – Garments of Holiness – Behadrat Kodesh 

    Hebrew Word Study – Garments of Holiness – Behadrat Kodesh  Beth Hei Daleth Resh Taw     Qop Daleth Shin Psalms 29:2: “Give unto the Lord the glory due His name, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.”    Oh, how I love to quote this verse as I worship God. I just thrill

  • Hebrew Word Study – Immersion – Tabol

    Hebrew Word Study – Immersion – Tabol – Teth Beth Vav Lamed. II Kings 5:10,14: “And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. (14) Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan,

  • Aramaic Word Study – Gratification – Hanah 

    Aramaic Word Study – Gratification – Hanah  – Hei Nun Hei   Matthew 16:26: “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” We read this verse and hear sermons on it and generally what we