In this week’s lesson, Lech Lecha – לֶךְ־לְךָ (Go Forth) based on Genesis 12:1–17:27, we learn just how messy life can get—and how God’s faithfulness is unmoved by the chaos we create. I like to remind my readers that I write these blogs for my own sake first. These are lessons Adonai is teaching me, and I simply share them with others who are walking through similar things. Today's lesson hit me like a thunderclap. It shook me to my core. I could tell this message was strat

A porção da Torá desta semana, Noach נֹחַ (Noé), baseada em Gênesis 6:9-11:32, nos apresenta a narrativa bíblica e a definição de graça. O conceito de graça é altamente mal compreendido porque pensamos que ela é concedida sem mérito. A definição mais comum de graça é "um favor imerecido". No entanto, a graça bíblica vai além dessa definição. A verdadeira definição de graça é um julgamento que dá ao culpado um resultado benéfico. Isso é algo que até eu recentemente passei a en

This week's Torah portion, Noach נֹחַ (Noah), based on Genesis 6:9-11:32, introduces us to the biblical narrative and definition of grace. The concept of grace is highly misunderstood because we think it is given without merit. The most common definition of grace is "an undeserved favor". However, biblical grace goes beyond that definition. The true definition of grace is a judgment that gives the guilty a beneficial outcome. This is something that even I have recently come t