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Daily Thoughts from Deuteronomy 17:14-17: King (Melech)
19. King (Melech) When you have entered the land Yahweh your God is giving you, have taken possession of it and are living there, you may say, ‘I want to have a king over me, like all the other nations
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Deuteronomy 16:1-3: Passover (Pesach)
18. Passover (Pesach) Observe the month of Aviv, and keep Pesach to Yahweh your God; for in the month of Aviv, Yahweh your God brought you out of Egypt at night. You are to sacrifice the Pesach offering
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Deuteronomy 15:1-5: Release (Sh’mittah)
17. Release (Sh’mittah) At the end of every seven years you are to have a sh’mittah. Here is how the sh’mittah is to be done: every creditor is to give up what he has loaned to his fellow member
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Deuteronomy 14:3-8: Abomination (Thoevah)
16. Abomination (Thoevah) You are not to eat any abomination. The animals which you may eat are: ox, sheep, goat, deer, gazelle, roebuck, ibex, antelope, oryx and mountain sheep. Any animal that
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Deuteronomy 13:2-6: Seduce (Hadicha)
15. Seduce (Hadicha) If a prophet or someone who gets messages while dreaming arises among you and he gives you a sign or wonder, and the sign or wonder comes about as he predicted when he said, ‘Let’s
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Deuteronomy 12:1-7: The Place (Hamaqum)
14. The Place (Hamaqum) Here are the laws and rulings you are to observe and obey in the land Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, has given you to possess as long as you live on earth. You must destroy
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Deuteronomy 11:1-4: Discipline of Yahweh (Et-Musar Yahveh)
13. Discipline of Yahweh (Et-Musar Yahveh) “Therefore, you are to love Yahweh your God and always obey his commission, regulations, rulings and mitzvot. Today it is you I am addressing — not
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Deuteronomy 10:15-21: Your Praise (T’hilat’ka)
12. Your Praise (T’hilat’ka) Only Yahweh took enough pleasure in your ancestors to love them and choose their descendants after them — yourselves — above all peoples, as he still does today. Therefore,
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Deuteronomy 9:4-6: Stiff-Necked (Q’she Oreph)
11. Stiff-Necked (Q’she Oreph) “Don’t think to yourself, after your God has pushed them out ahead of you, ‘It is to reward my righteousness that Yahweh has brought me in to take possession of
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Deuteronomy 8:11-17: Remember (Zakar’tah)
10. Remember (Zakar’tah) “Be careful not to forget Yahweh your God by not obeying his mitzvot, rulings and regulations that I am giving you today. Otherwise, after you have eaten and are satisfied,
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Deuteronomy 7:6-8: Chosen (B’chir)
9. Chosen (B’chir) For you are a people set apart as holy for Yahweh your God. Yahweh your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his own unique treasure. Yahweh didn’t
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Deuteronomy 6:4-7: Hear (Sh’ma)
8. Hear (Sh’ma) Hear, Isra’el! Yahweh is our God, Yahweh alone; and you are to love Yahweh your God with all your heart, all your being and all your might. These words, which I am ordering you
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Deuteronomy 5:25-31: Laws (Mitzvot)
7. Laws (Mitzvot) Yahweh heard what you people were saying when you spoke to me, and Yahweh said to me, ‘I have heard what this people has said when speaking to you, and everything they have said
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Deuteronomy 4:23-31: Consuming Fire, Merciful (Esh Ak’lah, Rachum)
6. Consuming Fire, Merciful (Esh Ak’lah, Rachum) Watch out for yourselves, so that you won’t forget the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he made with you, and make yourself a carved image, a representation
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Deuteronomy 3:23-27: Let Me Cross Over (A’eb’rah-Na)
5. Let Me Cross Over (A’eb’rah-Na) “Then I pleaded with Yahweh, ‘Sovereign Yahweh, you have begun to reveal your greatness to your servant, and your strong hand — for what other god is there
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