“Dan will provide justice for his people     as one of the tribes of Israel. Dan will be a snake by the roadside,     a viper along the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward. I look for your deliverance Oh Lord” -Genesis 49:16-18 At this point, we have finished going over the blessings […]

“Zebulun will live by the seashore     and become a haven for ships;     his border will extend toward Sidon. “Issachar is a rawboned donkey lying down among the sheep pens. When he sees how good is his resting place and how pleasant is his land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and submit to forced labor.” -Genesis […]

Did you know that it is IMPOSSIBLE for anyone claiming to be Jewish today to prove it genealogically? The reason is simple. In 70 AD, the house of records in Jerusalem, and every piece of documentation that would prove the lineage of every Jewish family was destroyed. In addition, the nearly 1900 year exile and […]

In the blessings of Jacob, we’ve now come to Judah and what we’re going to see is that Jacob has a lot more to say about him than his other brothers. Many scholars tell us that here Judah received the firstborn blessing. Again this is true but only partially. As I’ve said before, out of […]

So continuing on with the curses and blessings that Jacob is pronouncing on his 12 sons, he comes to Simeon and Levi. Let’s read. “Simeon and Levi are brothers, related by weapons of violence. Let me not enter their council, let my honor not be connected with their people; for in their anger they killed […]