“But you have seen with your own eyes all these great deeds of Adonai.Therefore, you are to keep every mitzvah I am giving you today; so that you will be strong enough to go in and take possession of the land you are crossing over to conquer…”-Deuteronomy 11:7-8 Keep in mind that here in Deuteronomy Moses […]

“Therefore, you are to love Adonai your God and always obey his commission, regulations, rulings and mitzvot.“-Deuteronomy 11:1 Chapter 11 starts off with the foundational rule Israel is to obey if they decide to enter into a covenant relationship with HASHEM. That foundational rule can be summed up in the following four words: “Love Adonai […]

Today we begin Deuteronomy Chapter Eleven. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James Version, click here. Let’s get our bearings of where we’re at now in Deuteronomy. Up to this point, Moses has been reviewing the foundational principles of the Torah. He has been focused on the broad view rather than […]

“For Adonai your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty and awesome God, who has no favorites and accepts no bribes. He secures justice for the orphan and the widow; he loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing. Therefore you are to love the foreigner, since you were foreigners in […]

If you read my post yesterday, then it should be clear that the phrase “circumcision of the heart” is NOT just some New Testament phenomenon… …because right here in Deuteronomy, Moses is commanding the Israelites to “circumcise their hearts“… …meaning to yield their mind and hearts over to HASHEM. Now…if the “circumcision of the heart” […]