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    Yom Kippur

    By Myles Weiss   Yom Kippur ended last evening. The previous night, the cantor (singing rabbi) had recited the famous Kol Nidre, which means All Vows. This haunting prayer-song became part of the liturgy after the Spanish Inquisition. During that “long holocaust” of hundreds of years, many Jewish people were forced to convert to Catholicism…

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    5774 – Ready to go through the Open Door?

    By Myles Weiss   The decade of “70” is coming into its 4th year. We are celebrating the Fall Feasts and beginning the year 5774. The Hebrew letter “ayin” which is the word associated with 70 is pictured by the eye. A door pictures the Hebrew letter “dalet”, the 4th letter. This coming year will…

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    The Month of Elul

    A Mordecai Memo by Myles Weiss The month of Elul is now underway. It is a very significant season! The forty days of “Teshuvah”, reflection and repentance are now in place. Observant Jews recognize these 40 days as the precursor to the Days of Awe  – the ten sacred days between Trumpets and Atonement. Several…

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    Tisha b’Av

    By Myles Weiss  Today marks the 9th day of the month of Av, held in awe and with contemplative reverence by the Jewish people. It ends three weeks of introspective “teshuvah”(repentance) during which our jewish people remember dark times in our history. The unbelieving report of the ten spies in  Numbers 13  marks the traditional…

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    Give Shalom a Chance!

    by Katharine Weiss God wants us to be carriers of peace. Yeshua declared that it was necessary for Him to go so that He could leave His peace in the Person of the Holy Spirit.  Hebrew thought gives peace greater consideration than does Western ideology. Perhaps it is time for us to revisit the simple…

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    The Ascent of all Believers

    by Katharine Weiss Scriptures speak of the “Psalms of Ascent” from Psalm 120 to Psalm 134. These 15 songs are meant to carry the spirit of the worshipper up to Jerusalem, to the Temple to meet with God. The Hebrew word to ascend is ma’aloth.  These psalms have been heard for centuries in the Holy…

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