• Hebrew Word Study – Bow Down – Kara’  כרע   Kap Resh Ayin Psalms 95:6: “O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.” The Psalmist is encouraging us to do three things before God, worship, bow down and kneel.  Have you ever tried to bow down and kneel

  • Laura Bertone is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Torah Portion Discussion: Noach: Genesis 11:1 The Tower of Babel Time: Oct 9, 2021, 09:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84518242099?pwd=Q0YyZjVJc0FSTHhOVXVGRk5iWXRtZz09 Meeting ID: 845 1824 2099 Passcode: 272127 One tap mobile +13126266799,,84518242099#,,,,*272127# US (Chicago) +19294362866,,84518242099#,,,,*272127# US (New York) Dial by

  • Hebrew Word Study – Our Lot In Life – Yahav יהב. Yod Hei Beth  Psalms 55:22: “Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.” This is such a wonderful promise that the Lord will take on our burdens.  It is such a wonderful

  • Hebrew Word Study – Plotting, Planning – Chashav  – חשב Cheth Shin Beth Proverbs 16:9: “A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.” “There’s a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will,” Hamlet to Horatio, Act 5, Scene 2. I really had a problem understanding this passage and

  • Hebrew Word Study – The Scapegoat – Azazel  עזאזל Ayin Zayin Aleph Zayin Lamed Leviticus 16:9-10: “And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD’S lot fell, and offer him [for] a sin offering. (10) But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD,

  • Hebrew Word Study – In Harmony With God – Tov  טוב Teth Vav Beth Genesis 1:21: “…every winged fowl after his kind and God saw that it was good.” Old Harry passed away last week. Harry was a 97-year-old veteran of World War II. He served in an airborne unit.  They were known as paratroopers

  • Hebrew Word Study – Bonding – Chashaq חשק Cheth  Shin Qop   Psalms 91:14: “Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high because he hath known my name.” “One thing you should never say to your boss if she is a woman: “Isn’t it

  • Laura Bertone is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Torah Portion Discussion: Bereshith – In The Beginning Genesis 1:1 – 6:8. Adam Had Two Faces. Time: Oct 2, 2021 09:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82328296972?pwd=a0F3TGZQT2thMER0dzJoMkpPYk1JUT09 Meeting ID: 823 2829 6972 Passcode: 771129 One tap mobile +13126266799,,82328296972#,,,,*771129# US (Chicago)

  • Hebrew Word Study – Trample – Ramas – רמס  Resh Mem Samek Psalms 91:13: “Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.” If I took this verse literally, it would be of absolutely no significance for me and I believe for most of you

  • HEBREW WORD STUDY – A SHIELD – GANAN  גנן  Gimmel Nun Nun “Psalms 18:2: “The Lord is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my strength in whom I will trust.” I remember my uncle telling of the day he landed on Omaha Beach during the D-Day Invasion of WWII.  He was