Today's preview study is on the letter Bet from Genesis 1:1.   This Saturday Chaim will be teaching on the festival "Simchat Torah". A celebration on the last day of Sukkot of the completion of the year's Torah portion cycle and the...

​Hebrew Word Study – A Little Lost Lamb – Keshah – כשה Kap Sine Hei   Psalms 119:176: “I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant for I do not forget thy commandments.” “I’m just a little lamb who is lost in the woods, I know that I could always be...

Hebrew Word Study – Feathers -  ‘Ebrah  אברה Aleph Beth Resh HeiPsalms 91:4: “He shall cover thee with his feathers and under his wings shalt thou trust.  His truth shall be thy shield and buckler.” It is interesting that in many species of birds both the male and...

Hebrew Word Study – Welded to God – Betach  בטח  Beth Teth ChethPsalms 91:2:  “I will say of the LORD, [He is] my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.” So now the Psalms jumps right in with the secret to finding a refuge and fortress in God.  It is in...

Hebrew Word Study – Practical Gold – Zahav  זהב Zayin  Hei BethJob 23:10: “But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.” Job 28:16: “It (wisdom) cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.”...

Hebrew Word Study – Long Life – ‘Oreke Yamim   ארך ימים Aleph Resh Kap  Yod Mem Yod  MemPsalms  91:16:  “With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.” I have often had a problem with this verse.   It appears from reading this verse in every modern...

Hebrew Word Study – Pure Faith – Bachar – בחר Beth Cheth ReshPsalms 106:23: “Therefore he said that he would destroy them had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach to turn away his wrath lest he should destroy them.” Moses was chosen by God to stand...