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  • Developing the Theme of Family through the Torah Portions. Number Twenty-Three.

    Dr Clifford Denton. P’kudei: Exodus 38:21-40:38. 9th March 2024/29 Adar1. Then the cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. (Exodus 30:34) Picture By Helen McNeill Picture again the community of Israel. The Tabernacle, the meeting place with God, is at the centre of the camp. The family home is a tent.…

  • A BEACON OF HOPE.

    Jerusalem centre celebrates 175 years of commitment to Jewish restoration. by Charles Gardner. JERUSALEM, March 8, 2024 – The author of Israel’s national anthem Hatikvah (The Hope) was evidently impressed by Jesus. So much so that he is reputed to have said: “My heart is conquered by the gospel, but my head does not agree…

  • Developing the Theme of Family through the Torah Portions. Number Twenty-Two.

    Dr Clifford Denton. Vayakhel: Exodus 35:1-38:20. 9th March 2024/29 Adar1. Then everyone came whose heart was stirred, and everyone whose spirit was               willing, and they brought the Lord’s offering for the work of the tabernacle of meeting, for all its service, and for the holy garments. (Exodus 35:21) Helen McNeill’s illustration recalls the widow who, observed by Yeshua, also gave from…

  • Developing the Theme of Family through the Torah Portions. Number Twenty-One.

    Dr Clifford Denton. Ki Tisa: Exodus 30:11-34:35 2nd March 2024/22 Adar1 You shall make an altar to burn incense on; you shall make it of acacia wood. (Exodus 30:1) Picture by Helen McNeill The seeming silence of God can be a testing time for anyone. In Israel’s case, Moses was away so long without bringing God’s…

  • Developing the Theme of Family through the Torah Portions. Number Twenty.

    Dr Clifford Denton. Tetzaveh: Exodus 27:20-30:10. 24th February 2024/15 Adar1 And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. (Exodus 28:2) Picture by Helen McNeill Last week we suggested a family project based on the construction of the Tabernacle. It is a project that can take place over several weeks…

  • Developing the Theme of Family through the Torah Portions. Number Nineteen.

    Dr Clifford Denton. Terumah: Exodus 25:1-27:19 17th February 2024/8 Adar1 Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring Me an offering. From everyone who gives it willingly with his heart you shall take My offering. (Exodus 25:2) Picture by Helen McNeill We are with Moses on the mountain, reading the clear instructions for the building of…

  • Developing the Theme of Family through the Torah Portions. Number Eighteen.

    Dr Clifford Denton. Mishpatim: Exodus 21:1-24:18 10th February 2024/1 Adar1 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you tablets of stone, and the law and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them. (Exodus 24:12) Picture by Helen McNeill The Ten Commandments set the…

  • Developing the Theme of Family through the Torah Portions. Number Seventeen.

    Dr Clifford Denton. Yitro: Exodus 18:1-20:26 3rd February 2024/Sh’vat 24 All the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking (Exodus 20:18) Picture by Helen McNeill Let us consider the similarities between events in this week’s portion and our lives as believers today. In many ways we are in…

  • Developing the Theme of Family through the Torah Portions. Number Sixteen.

    Dr Clifford Denton. Beshalach: Exodus 13:17-17:16. 27th January 2024/Sh’vat 17. So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. (Exodus 14:22) Picture by Helen McNeill I will sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously sang…

  • Developing the Theme of Family through the Torah Portions. Number Fifteen.

    Dr Clifford Denton. Bo: Exodus 10:1-13:16. 20th January 2024/Sh’vat 10 And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it. (Exodus 12:7) Picture by Helen McNeill Our theme of family is clear in this week’s portion. When the Lord struck the firstborn of…