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Shalom chaverim veh mishpachah!
In this week’s Torah portion, Sh’lach L’kha ~ Send on your behalf (B’midbar/Numbers 13:1 – 15:41) we read the story of the “12 spies” being sent into the Promised Land to bring back a report. We know ten spies bring a terribly negative report, filled with fear, lacking all trust in their Creator. But two men display a “different spirit”. Two men – Joshua and Caleb (interestingly, one from Judah and one from Ephraim) – look at The Land through spiritual eyes, not worldly eyes. They see what the other 10 men could not see! They see the Beautiful Land, promised to their forefathers – they see the future of a people belonging to The Almighty. Why could they see it and the other ten could not? I believe it is because these two faithful men valued their inheritance. They believed their Covenant-keeping Abba would surely conquer the “giants in the Land” and defeat all their enemies.
As we pursue Torah and the promises of The Holy One, may we be firm in believing He will conquer our “giants”, whoever/whatever they may be. Surely, He goes before us as we put all our faith, hope and trust in Him and Him alone!!! May it be so for you and yours.
Shabbat shalom veh shavuah tov, Batyah
“Sha’alu shalom Yerushalayim . . .” (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem) Tehillim/Psalms 122:6
“For Tziyon’s sake I will not be silent, for Yerushalayim’s sake I will not rest . . .” Yesha’yahu/Isaiah 62:1
A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another’s. ~ Josh Billings
Prepare your soul for Pre-Trib; prepare your life for Post-Trib.
Ease destroys bravery; trouble . . . creates strength. Maimonides, “Guide for the Perplexed”
Concentrate on three things and you will not fall into the grip of sin. Know from where you came, where you are going, and before Whom you will have to give account and reckoning. Pirkei Avot 3:1
Organize yourselves into classes for the study of Torah, since it can best be acquired in association with others. Talmud: Berkot 63b
Taking care of yourself does not make you self-centered, it makes you centered. Anonymous
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those that matter don’t mind and those that mind don’t matter” ~ Seuss
The sword comes into the world because of justice delayed and because of justice perverted. ~ Ethics of the Fathers 5:8
You can safely assume that you have created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all of the same people you do. ~ Anne Lanott
A Bible that is falling apart usually belongs to a FAMILY THAT ISN’T.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Fathom the hypocrisy of a Government that will require every citizen to prove they are insured . . . but not require everyone to prove they are a citizen! ”
The happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have.
