• HEBREW WORD STUDY – OUR AFFLICTION – ‘ANEYNU  ענינו  Deuteronomy 26:7: “And we cried unto the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our cries and saw our affliction.”  Deuteronomy 26:7 gives us an example of the heart of God as well as a promise.  When we cry unto the Lord He

  • WORD STUDY – CRY OUT – קלנו     Deuteronomy 26:7: “And we cried unto the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our cries and saw our affliction.”   Hebrew is a language of relationships.  Rabbis, such a Samson Hirsch for whom Hirsch College is named after  have taught for centuries that

  •   Deuteronomy 26:7: “And we cried unto the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our cries and saw our affliction.”   In some countries the study of the Gematria (study of numbers) is an academic discipline and studied in Universities.  Not so much in the United States, we are more of

  • Deuteronomy 26:7: “And we cried unto the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our cries and saw our affliction.” When I was teaching in an academic setting, I never referred to the gematria because it is usually considered very unacademic.  The Western world pretty much rejects the gematria and relegates it to