Congregation Shema Yisrael

This week Rabbi Glenn continues the study of Revelation picking up in Revelation 9. Source

This week the bible study studied Matthew 24:32-39 and Mark 13:24-37, in light of the headlines today that a Philadelphia-based “Christian” group (eBiblefellowship) predicted that the end of the world would occur today, October 7, 2015.  Rabbi Glenn considered multiple examples of false predictions of Jesus’ return and of the end of the world and the disastrous […] Source

Without a doubt, Sukkot is the most joyful of the seven God-ordained annual holidays. In my book it’s as much fun as Purim and Chanukkah combined! Now to be honest, you could chalk some of it up to relief at having made it through the repentance and solemnity of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. But […] Source

This morning I have an interesting Sukkot related question: Have you ever heard of a drive-thru Sukkah? If you had asked me a week ago I would have answered “no” but apparently they do exist and the trend seems to be growing. Starting with the first drive-thru Sukkah in 2009, today there are several available […] Source

This week Rabbi Glenn discussed the holiday of Sukkot during the bible study. Source

This week our parasha is Ha’Azinu which translates to “Listen” and covers Deuteronomy 32.  Parasha Ha’Azinu is a very unique and special parasha.  Ha’Azinu is also the penultimate parasha and contains the final teaching and warning of Moses for our people.   This teaching that Moses was commissioned to write by the Lord takes the form […] Source

For The Tablet Magazine Article Referenced In This Message Click Here The theme throughout our Yom Kippur services and the High Holidays is the need to be in a real relationship with God through Messiah Yeshua and experience real repentance and atonement.  Therefore, on this very important topic I can think of no better group […] Source

For me this is Yom Kippur number 34 since becoming a disciple of Yeshua, and the good news is I think I’m beginning to get it. Or, maybe not. After all, it seems we go about our daily affairs, largely oblivious to the invisible but real cosmic war taking place all around us. We have […] Source

God has given us a lot of meaningful holidays. Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is one of our most important holidays. It is a yearly reminder that human beings are sinners in need of atonement, and the truth is that we are in the most desperate need of atonement. Atonement, being reconciled to God, […] Source

Today is Shabbat T’shuva. It’s the Sabbath of Repentance. It’s the Sabbath between Rosh HaShana/Yom Truah, the first day of the seventh month, the day we blow the shofar, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It’s the Sabbath of Repentance because these ten days are a special time to repent. T’shuva means repentance. Repentance […] Source

This week’s parasha is entitled Vayeilech, which means, “And He Went.”  It covers Deuteronomy 31:1 – 31:30.  At 30 verses, this is shortest parasha of the whole parasha cycle.  This year, this passage falls on a very special Shabbat, the Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.  This Shabbat is called “Shabbat Shuva”, […] Source

It Was All So Sudden Luke 12:35-40 A Rosh HaShanah Message for 5776 A few weeks ago Ari and I had the chance to go out to Willow Run for this year’s air show featuring the United States Navy Blue Angels. Their precision flying is a beautiful thing to behold! At one point, while four […] Source

This Rosh HaShana, I’m sensing more than I’ve ever sensed before that the world is a mess and getting messier by the week and by the month. Secular humanism, the idea that man is what is important, not God, is the dominant world view in western civilization. Western civilization is not only post-Christian, but in […] Source

This week Rabbi Glenn continued the study of Revelation by reviewing Revelation 8, and continued on to study Revelation 9:1-10. Source

John 8 continues with Yeshua still in Jerusalem for Sukkot. Almost all of the leaders had decided they wanted to kill Him because they believed that He made blasphemous claims about Himself; that He was a false prophet who was leading the people astray; that He was a renegade who broke the Law because He […] Source

This week’s parasha is entitled Nitzavim, meaning “Those taking a stand”. This is a different word than the usual verb meaning to stand up. It conveys the idea of taking a moral stand – openly or publicly. This parasha covers Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20. Moses’ death was fast approaching. He was busy carrying out his final duties […] Source

This week instead of going on to Revelation 9, Matthew 24 was studied and examined.  The study focused on Yeshua’s teaching on the things that must take place prior to His return in the sky. Rabbi Glenn focused on the consistency of the Scriptures across so many centuries (from Jeremiah to Daniel to Zechariah to Yeshua to […] Source

John 8 continues with Yeshua still in Jerusalem for Sukkot. Almost all of the leaders had decided they wanted to kill Him because they believed that He made blasphemous claims about Himself; that He was a false prophet who was leading the people astray; that He was a renegade who broke the Law because He […] Source

This week’s Parasha is Ki Tavo, which means “when you come in” and covers Deuteronomy 26:1 through 29:9. In chapter 26 Moses is giving El Elyon, God most High’s command for the offerings of first fruits and tithes to be carried out once Israel crosses the Jordan River and enters the Promised Land. All that […] Source

This week Rabbi Glenn continued the study of Revelation with Revelation 8. Source

  After this, Yeshua went around in Galilee. He did not want to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders there were looking for a way to kill Him. John wanted us to know that even though Yeshua was the Son of Man – perfect human being, and the Messiah, and the Son of […] Source

This week’s parasha is entitled Ki Teitzei, meaning, “When you go out” and covers Deuteronomy chapters 21 through 25. This portion of the Torah contains very little narrative, but instead outlines a number of assorted commands – 72 by Maimonides’ reckoning! But I have to tell you, this section of the Torah contains some things which […] Source

This week Rabbi Glenn concluded the study of Revelation 7. Source

Yeshua was in northern Israel. He had traveled to the eastern side of the Kinneret, and a very large crowd followed Him. God used Yeshua to do a great miracle. He fed five thousand men using five loaves of bread and two fish; and there was more that was left over than there was to […] Source

The name of this week’s parasha is Shoftim, which means “Judges” and covers Deuteronomy 16:18 through 21:9. Moses instructed the Israelis to appoint judges that would show justice and impartiality in the cases they heard. He listened to the wise counsel of his father-in-law Jethro by selecting God-fearing judges from among the people to judge […] Source