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• Archangels!

  by Jerry Ladale Harris Harris December 11, 2013
  In the Spiritual Realm In heaven, archangels have the honor of enjoying time in God’s presence. Many people believe that archangels spend their time in heaven praising God and checking in with him often to get new assignments for their work on Earth. Archangels also spend time elsewhere in th...

• Story of the Fallen Angel!

  by Jerry Ladale Harris Harris December 11, 2013
  Satan - Lucifer the Fallen Angel Pride Sent Lucifer from Heaven to Earth The name, Lucifer, means 'day star,' or 'son of the morning.' Many recognize it as an alternate name of Satan, the fallen angel. But prior to his downfall, Lucifer was a magnificent being with a unique ministry. Unf...
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• The Need for Prayer

  by Jerry Ladale Harris Harris December 10, 2013
  Many people today do not see the need for regular, formal prayer. "I pray when I feel inspired to, when it is meaningful to me," they say. This attitude overlooks two important things: the purpose of prayer, and the need for practice. One purpose of prayer is to increase your awareness of G-...

• Heavens Eyes

  by Jerry Ladale Harris Harris December 9, 2013
  In a deep sleep on a cold winters night, I felt my soul float away from my body to go somewhere that was unknown. Such a distance yet so far, but so fast, that I was there within a blink of an eye. I look before me, stand I did, on a cliff looking beyond the ocean blue, a horizon with great grandeau...

• Commandments

  by Jerry Ladale Harris Harris November 20, 2013
  So did "Jesus" abolish those 613 commandments? In a word: NO! Many Christians, in order to show Torah observant believers the "error of their ways," gleefully and with undertones of sarcasm bring up the fact that "no one can keep those old 613 commandments." Fact is, hardly any of these Christians...
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• Why is G-d written this way in Judaism!

  by Jerry Ladale Harris Harris November 20, 2013
  The custom of substituting the word "God" with G-d in English is based on the traditional practice in Jewish law of giving God's Hebrew name a high degree of respect and reverence. When written or printed, God's Hebrew name (and many of the stand in names used to refer to God) cannot be erased or de...

• Shabbat: God’s Perfect Universe

  by Jerry Ladale Harris Harris November 15, 2013
  Shabbat: God’s Perfect Universe   Many people have a basic misconception regarding Shabbat. We tend to think of it as simply a day of R&R – a day to relax our minds and bodies from the stresses and tediousness of the workweek. As worthy an idea as that is, the laws o...

• Mourner's Prayer (Kaddish):

  by Jerry Ladale Harris Harris November 14, 2013
  Mourner's Prayer (Kaddish): Kaddish is a traditional prayer that is said daily with a quorum of at least ten Jewish males who are over the age of thirteen.  The mourner stands and says the Kaddish while the quorum responds in unison with the appropriate phrase  (to see...

• Seeing The Light In Darkness

  by Jerry Ladale Harris Harris November 11, 2013
  Seeing the Light in Darkness A rabbi whose wife had breast cancer shares his tools for developing trust in God.   The following article was written 10 days before the author's wife passed away, tragically, on August 8, 2001 (19 Av 5761). May the soul of Elana Golda bas Yisroel Mordec...

• Woman Of Valor

  by Jerry Ladale Harris Harris November 11, 2013
  Question: What is the Eshet Chayil (A Woman of Valor) hymn?   Answer: A Woman of Valor, called Eshet Chayil in Hebrew, is a hymn which is customarily recited on Friday evenings, after returning from synagogue and singing "Shalom Aleichem" and before sitting down to the Sha...
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• The Value of Life

  by Jerry Ladale Harris Harris November 11, 2013
  Vayishlach(Genesis 32:4-36:43) This week's Parsha finds Jacob crossing the Jordan River into Israel. Besides a family of 15, Jacob's entourage includes a slew of servants, and large herds of goats, camels, donkeys and cattle. Safely crossing the Jordan was quite a project! After sending everyo...
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