“For the land you are entering in order to take possession of it isn’t like the land of Egypt. There you would sow your seed and had to use your feet to operate its irrigation system, as in a vegetable garden.  But the land you are crossing over to take possession of is a land […]

“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 […]