Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship for this week’s teaching of “Ekev,” (Deuteronomy 7:12 through 11:25), where ‘because’ (the way the portion begins) really IS only the beginning of the story.<\/p>\n
And the Erev Shabbat overview of course begins there, and follows the text, including still more insight into Moses’ continuing theme, “hear,” obey,” do, and LIVE:<\/p>\n
SSM Ekev 2018<\/a><\/p>\n The Sabbath Day teaching starts with some understanding that the Hebrew words don’t necessarily mean exactly how they’re [mis]translated into English. A word like “shema\/shemar”, for example, is actually even more than “hear and OBEY”, because that obedience is an INFORMED choice, if we ‘love Him’.<\/p>\n And how can we “love” Him, trust Him, even “obey Him” if we have not only ‘forgotten Him,’ but can’t even “hear” Him?<\/p>\n And on such “trivial” distinctions, civilizations fall.<\/p>\n “Ekev: ‘Because’ – and It’s Simple, Repetitive, Crucial – and IGNORED”<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The permalink for the Hebrew Nation Radio link is up here<\/strong><\/a>, and combined part 1 and 2 files for both sections are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa’s 2018 Torah cycle teachings for parsha “Ekev” (Deuteronomy 7:12 through 11:25) Continue reading