Congregation Shema Yisrael

Shabbat Shalom. In one of the most famous songs of all time, Led Zeppelin sang about the most important set of choices. “Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run There’s still time to change the road you’re on…”  It’s a beautiful line in a very theologically flawed song.  […] Source

This week’s Torah portion is entitled Ki Teitzei, which means, “when you go out,” and covers Deuteronomy 21:1 –25:19. This passage deals with issues related to morality, marriage, divorce, following through on vows, and other issues.  We will not be able to cover every topic presented in this passage, so I would suggest that you […] Source

  This week Rabbi Glenn continues his study of the Gospel of Matthew with Matthew 13 Part 2.   Watch Below: Source

Why study the Psalms? They’re part of the Word of God, and all Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. The Psalms teach us about God – and knowing about […] Source

A.W. Tozer believed that the truest measure of a man is how he thinks about God. Perhaps the truest measure of a nation is how its judicial system functions. When innocent people go to prison because ambitious prosecutors suppress evidence, or officials commit perjury, or judges allow their political biases to influence cases, the judicial […] Source

Rabbi Glenn continues his study of the Gospel of Matthew with Matthew 13. Watch The Study Below: Source

Shabbat Shalom, this week’s parasha is Re’eh, which means, “see,” and covers Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17. The start of this parasha is Moses telling the Jewish people that he is setting before them a blessing and a curse. The blessing is if they obey the commandments of God, which he is about to tell them. The curse […] Source

I would like to begin our message this morning with a kvetch (complaint). Why do I have to lock the doors of my house and car? Why do we have to have locks at all? Why must I pay hundreds of dollars every month to an insurance company just in case my car is stolen […] Source

Rabbi Glenn continues his study of the Gospel of Matthew with Matthew 12. Watch The Study Below: Source

Shabbat Shalom. This morning I have the privilege of sharing with you my favorite psalm in all of God’s Word, Psalm 90. I love Psalm 90 because it is a psalm that describes what life in this world is like, in a very beautiful but direct way. It is a psalm all about time, time […] Source

This week’s Torah portion is called Eikev, meaning “Because,” which in this case means, “as a result,” and it covers Deuteronomy 7:12 – 11:25. The charge to Israel was special and distinguishing. Israel was set apart, and distinguished, from all other nations of the earth. No people knew the LORD by signs and wonders, by […] Source

This week Rabbi Glenn Continues his study of the Gospel of Matthew with Matthew 12. Watch Online Below: Source

Introduction We are continuing our summer series through the Psalms, and this morning I have the great privilege of guiding us through Psalm 22. This particular psalm is as much prophecy as it is poetry. In fact, it is one of the most significant prophecies about the suffering of the Messiah in all of Scripture! […] Source

This week’s Parasha is V’Etchanan – it means “and I pleaded”.  It covers Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11. This Torah portion covers two main themes – a reiteration of the Ten Commandments found in Exodus 20, as well as the Shema.  There is also a commandment of putting on Tefillin and affixing the Mezuzah to our doorpost. In […] Source

This week Rabbi Jerry explains the Jewish day of mourning, Tisha B’Av.  He also gives an overview of the entire book of Lamentations, traditionally read on this day. Watch The Study Below: Source

This Shabbat brings us to the introduction of the fifth book of Moses, known in the English Bible as Deuteronomy and in the Hebrew Bible as D’varim – “Words”. The book begins, These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan in the wilderness…. Normally, the Hebrew names of the books […] Source

Why are we the way we are? Are we born good and pure and innocent and only get jaded over time because of the world we live in? Can humanity create paradise on Earth? Are we capable of making a socialist utopia based on Karl Marx’s saying: “from each according to his ability, to each […] Source

This week Rabbi Glenn continued his study of the Gospel of Matthew with Matthew 12:1-14. Watch Online Below: Source

The parashas for this Shabbat are Mattot and Massei, translated “tribes” and “journeys” and bring us to the end of BaMidbar (Numbers). Chapter 30 discusses the importance of vows. If someone swears an oath, they’re obligated to make good on it. But this passage contains provisions by which a father or a husband could nullify […] Source

Shabbat Shalom. Today we will be continuing our series through the psalms with another of my favorite psalms. Now the last few weeks we have seen the heights of prayer in God’s Word. Beautiful and moving Psalms that praise the Lord and His glory revealed in the heavens above. Today though we come back down […] Source

This week Rabbi Glenn continues his study of the Gospel Of Matthew with Matthew 11:20-29. Watch Below: Source

It is very worth our while to read and study and contemplate the words of the Psalms. As Rabbi Loren has already pointed out: The Psalms are part of Scripture, and all Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, reproof, correction, and training in righteousness. The Psalms teach us about God and about […] Source

The name of this week’s parasha is Pinchas, which is named after the priest who was zealous for God, and covers Numbers 25:10-30:1.  Adonai compliments Pinchas for his actions, which turned away Adonai’s wrath from the Israelis, and states that He will make a covenant of a perpetual priesthood with Pinchas and his descendants. We […] Source

Rabbi Glenn continues his study of the Gospel of Matthew with Matthew 11. Watch The Study Below:  Source

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a conversation with someone great, someone you admire, someone you respect? To be able to talk to him and ask questions and listen to his wisdom? If you could have a conversation with anyone in the world, who would it be? A favorite politician? Someone from one of your […] Source