Author Archives: DShalom

“You, HaShem, withhold not Your mercy from me; may Your kindness and Your truth always protect me.” Psalms 40:12 The Temple of HaShem in Jerusalem: What a magnificent structure and an amazing teaching tool HaShem has given to us to learn about Who He is! In addition to His Temple being His literal Throne on […]

“The lawless witness will mock judgment, and the mouth of the wicked will swallow his words of iniquity. Judgments are readied for the scoffers, and blows for the backs of fools.” Mishlei (Proverbs) 19:28-29 Folks, I think we can say pretty confidently that we are witnessing very troubled times in the United States as of […]

“There is abundant peace for the lovers of Your Torah, and there is no stumbling block for them.” Psalms 119:165 As I put this Op together, it is Shabbat, 23 May 2020, just a few days before the great Feast of Shavuot arrives…Baruch HaShem! Now more than ever, with all that is going on around […]

I have recounted my ways and You answered me, teach me Your statutes (Torah). Let me understand the way of Your precepts (Torah), then I shall discuss Your wonders (My desire for clear understanding is not a selfish one, rather my wish is to comprehend Your wonders so that I may relate them to others […]

“Treat Your servant according to Your kindness, and teach me Your statutes. I am Your servant, grant me understanding, so that I may know Your testimonies. There is a time when HaShem will act, they voided Your Torah. Therefore I loved Your commandments, more than gold, even more than fine gold.” Psalms 119:124-127 As I […]

“For a commandment is a lamp and the Torah is light; and reproving discipline is the way of life, to guard you from an evil woman (Idiom for idolatry), from the smoothness of a foreign woman’s tongue.” Proverbs 6:23-24 As of late, the cyber world is ablaze in discussions concerning the End of Days, end […]

“Through kindness and truth, iniquity will be forgiven, and through fear of HaShem one turns from evil.” Mishlei (Proverbs) 16:6 This Op is a follow up to the previous Op discussing Pesach (Passover) which is coming up very shortly. I have included in this Op all eight chapters of the book of the Song of […]

“Thus said HaShem: ‘Let not the wise man glorify himself with his wisdom, and let not the strong man glorify himself with his strength, let no the rich man glorify himself with his wealth. For only with this may one glorify himself – contemplating and knowing Me, for I am HaShem Who does kindness, justice […]

“Sanctify yourselves and be kadosh (Holy), for I am HaShem, your Elohim.” Vayikra (Leviticus) 20:7 Well, here we are…we made it to another Shabbat, Baruch HaShem! The news just seems to get better and better (Sarcasm!). Economic hardships, grocery shortages, lock-downs, shelter in place orders combined with the daily tally of all those new cases […]

“The Torah of his Elohim is in his heart; his footsteps do not falter.” Psalms 37:31 This Op will be a pretty in-depth one. Normally I like to keep my Op’s as short as possible but yet still convey what I believe HaShem is leading me to say. In this Op, however, we are going […]