Shabbat Va’Yetze – And he departed ...

Genesis 28:10–32:3; Hosea 12:13–14:10 Commentary by Michael Schneider, israel today, Jerusalem: Jacob begins his walk with God which was not so easy at the beginning, thus the emphasis is on “And he departed.” He left for a foreign country and place called Haran – far away from his father’s house. It was important that God reassured him of the promise: “…Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever...

Shabbat TOLDOT – Genealogy – Sabbath Reading a...

Genesis 25:19–28:9; Malachi 1:1–2:7 Abstract of the Commentary by Michael Schneider, israel today, Jerusalem: In this week’s Torah Portion we meet another childless couple: Isaac and Rebekah (25:21). We can read of several Man of God that shared the same fate like Abraham and later the parents of Joseph, Samuel and also Samson… After 20 years of prayer, when Isaac was 60 years old, the LORD in his sovereign grace...

Shabbat CHAYE SARAH – Sarah’s Life – Sha...

Genesis 23:1–25:18; 1 Kings 1:1-31 Commentary by Michael Schneider, israel today, Jerusalem: Our Torah reading begins with Sarah’s death and ends with Abraham’s death. She was 127 years old. Abraham now set out to negotiate in typical Middle-Eastern style for a burial site. How come that our parasha Chayei Sarah means “the life of Sarah,” although it deals with the death of Sarah? Jewish sages explain...

Shabbat Va’jera – And He appeared R...

Genesis 18:1 – 22:24; 2 Kings 4:1-37 Commentary by Michael Schneider, israel today, Jerusalem: We read in our weekly portion about good hospitality of Abraham and Sarah, as they hurried to prepare the best of the best for the three men of God who visited them in the heat of the day in Alon Mamre. This kind of extravagant hospitality is found in the Oriental nations, the Arabs, Bedouins and the Sephardic Jews.

Luther: Firstly, that their synagogues be set on f...

To make a long story short – the one and only consequence of the “Kristallnacht”, the German pronunciation, is that man may free themselves completely from Luther’s mind and to leave his church immediately.