Fox Byte 5775 #31: Emor (Say)
אֱמֹר At some point between the withdrawal of Rome’s legions in 410 CE and the advent of Saxon England in the 6th Century, a Celtic
אֱמֹר At some point between the withdrawal of Rome’s legions in 410 CE and the advent of Saxon England in the 6th Century, a Celtic
אַחֲרֵי מוֹת / קְדֹשִׁים How do we love the unlovely? That is one of the questions Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise explore in Rain Man.
תַזְרִיעַ / מְּצֹרָע Anton Pavlovich Chekhov wrote a story about how a dead fish ruined a man’s life. To be honest, it was not the
A strange thing happened to me a few weeks ago: I fell in love with an animal. It was a complete surprise, and my daughter’s
צַו Consider the fragility of human existence. We survive within a specific set of environmental parameters – a fixed range of temperature, hydration, radiation, and
The Apostle James admonishes us as people of faith to take action on that faith. His strongest admonition comes in the first part of his
In recent days I had the great honor and pleasure of delivering the keynote address to my nephew Daniel on the occasion of his attaining
What happens when the Holy Spirit enlightens us to some deeper truth of Scripture? In my experience, there is a profound sense of awe at
תְּרִוּמָה Raiders of the Lost Ark did not launch the film career of Harrison Ford, but it did bring him his first top billing as
מִּשְׁפָּטִים How would one describe hell? Dante does a nice job in his Inferno, depicting levels of escalating unpleasantness corresponding to the earthly misdeeds of