Author Archives: DShalom

“Remember the Word to Your servant, by which You gave me hope. This is my comfort in my affliction, for Your Word preserved me.” Psalms 119:49-50 Well here we are! As I write this Op it is 17 Oct 2020 and it is the first Shabbat in this new Torah reading cycle! The Torah portion […]

“Thus said HaShem: ‘If the heavens above could be measured or the foundations of the earth plumbed below, so too would I reject the entire seed of Israel because of everything they did, the Word of HaShem.’” Jeremiah 31:36 This will just be a quick Op. As I prepare this Op, it is 12 Oct […]

“The Elohim! His Way is perfect; the promise of HaShem is pure. He is a shield for all who take refuge in Him!” 2 Samuel 22:31 Can we all agree that the year 2020 has been a year unlike any other in recent history? This year has been an extremely difficult year for many, many […]

“O lovers of HaShem, despise evil! He guards the lives of His devout ones, from the might of the wicked He rescues them.” Psalms 97:10 The world is in turmoil! Fires are raging across entire states, simultaneous hurricanes striking, mass flooding, a pandemic, widespread civil unrest, national division, pretty much everything we have seen in […]

“A man’s steps are from HaShem, but what does a man understand of His way?” Proverbs 20:24 With all that is going on around each of us, on a daily basis now, many people are feeling overwhelmed and exhausted, I won’t lie, myself included. Things are changing rapidly, nothing is certain and now we live […]

“The wilderness and the wasteland will rejoice over them; the desert will be glad and blossom like a rose.” Isaiah 35:1 How many have looked at a garden of roses and were amazed not just by the colors but also the fragrances that come from them? I am an avid gardener and one of my […]

“Seek HaShem when He can be found; call upon Him when He is near.” Yeshayah (Isaiah) 55:6 In the midst of all the madness going on around us, the days continue to open and close as HaShem has decreed them, bringing us one day closer to that appointed time. We know we are getting closer […]

“May Your kindness come to me, HaShem, Your salvation, as You promised.” Psalms 119:41 I hesitated putting this Op out simply because the subject matter is very in-depth and also very controversial in nature, but I feel HaShem is directing me to embark on this topic, which will require at a minimum two separate Op’s […]

“The fear of HaShem will increase days, but the years of the wicked will be shortened.” Proverbs 10:27 The one word I would use to describe the emotion that is consuming society in America today is ‘Fear!’ Fear of the COVID virus, fear of these riots and civil unrest, fear of lack of finances, fear […]

“The Book of the Torah shall not depart from your mouth; rather you should contemplate it day and night in order that you observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way successful, and then you will act wisely.” Joshua 1:8 HaShem, the Elohim of Abraham, […]