• Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Psalms 88:1 (verse 1 in the Hebrew text) “A song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Herman the Ezrahite.” I often challenge my Hebrew students to pick out any passage in the Old Testament, no matter

  • WORD STUDY – FULFILL FULFILL – Hebrew: gala – to make complete, to fill up to completion Psalms 20:5: “The Lord  fulfill all your petitions.” The word “gala” (fulfill)  raises an issue that no one seems to question.  “gala” does not mean to answer, or to grant.  It means to make compete, to fill up

  • WORD STUDY – WILLING Willing – Hebrew: ‘avah – willing, incline, desirous, wishing. Isaiah 1:19: “If you be willing and obedient, you will eat the good of the land. “One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.”  Dietrich Bonhoffer The word for “willing” is “’avah” which is spelled “Alep, Beth, Hei.”  Jewish literature