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By Joseph Shulam.  Torah Portion Devarim – Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22.  Haftarah (reading from the prophets) Isaiah 1:1-27. From the New Testament, Matthew 24:1-22. Starting the reading of the book of Deuteronomy is a sign that we are getting close to the end of the Hebrew year, and the high holiday season is around the corner. On the other hand, the book of […]

By Joseph Shulam. This week’s Torah reading is another one of my favorites because it demonstrates that our God, the creator of this universe, the father of Yeshua our Messiah, and the Lord of our planet Earth, is not a legalistic, harsh, and autocratic ruler. Our reading is a dramatic approval of human dignity by […]

By Joseph Shulam. Shalom from Lebanon, Tennessee. I am writing this Jerusalem Prayer List sitting near my wife in the hospital in Lebanon, Tennessee.  Marcia has been hospitalized since we arrived in the USA, and her situation is not simple or easy; in fact, it is very serious and complicated. We trust in God’s mercy […]

By Joseph Shulam. God inspires every Biblical text and is full of Truth and Grace at the same time.  The truth, most of the time in the Bible, gives us a good kick in the pants. Grace comes to mediate the truth and heal the painful realization that, most of the time, the truth of […]

By Joseph Shulam. This Shabbat reading from the Torah is Shelach Lekha, Numbers 13:1-15:41 “Send Men to Explore the Land of Canaan. The reading from the prophets is Joshua 2:1-2:24. And the reading from the New Testament is Hebrews 3:7-4:1.   Since I have liked spy stories since childhood, the reading this Shabbat is one of my favorites. It has every element of a good spy story.   […]

By Joseph Shulam. The good custom of reading the traditional Jewish Torah portions every week has so many healthy factors for the person themselves and their family.  My family was 120% secular, anti-all religions, and especially ultra-orthodox traditions.  Friday night, holiday nights, there was a family meal.  So, what was the conversation around the table? […]

By Joseph Shulam. The reading from the Torah and the Prophets for this Shabbat is from Leviticus 12:1 – 15:33. From the Prophets, it is 2 Kings 7:3-20. The New Testament is from The Gospel of Luke 2:22-35 + Mark 1:35-45.      The name of this reading from Leviticus is Tazriah – Metzorah.  We are already past Passover and into May, and we passed May 1, which […]

By Joseph Shulam. As you have seen, every week, I write this prayer list. The prayer list has two parts. The first part is a teaching based on the Torah portion being read in synagogues worldwide. The Torah is divided into books, the books into reading portions, and later into chapters. Jews have been reading […]

By Joseph Shulam. Passover Holiday is one of the most important holidays in the Jewish Calendar. It should not only be important to the Jewish Calendar, but it ought to be also the most important Holiday in the Christian Calendar.  I will clarify this last statement for you down the line on this Jerusalem Prayer […]

The light of the gospel breaks through the darkness of our atheistic culture. by Charles Gardner. Looking back on an article I wrote a couple of months back, I am seriously encouraged to acknowledge that we could indeed be on the brink of a new era for the UK church. In discussing the effect of […]