Shalom and Good Morning! I am blessed! Every day, we should begin our day thanking our Adonai that we are blessed by His great Love and Grace. Perhaps, even if we do not have time for a morning prayer, or forget the importance of saying Shema every single day - actually, most followers of Yeshua are lacking in their education on the importance or even understanding of what Shema is at all. Do you know about Shema? No? That is OK, I think that this explanation will help a little: Shema Yisrael (Shema Israel or Sh'ma Yisrael; Hebrew: שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל Šəmaʿ Yīsrāʾēl, "Hear, O Israel") is a Jewish prayer (known as the Shema) that serves as a centerpiece of the morning and evening Jewish prayer services. Its first verse encapsulates the monotheistic essence of Judaism: "Hear, O Israel: YHVH our God, YHVH is one" (Hebrew: שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְהוָה אֶחָֽד׃), found in Deuteronomy 6:4. The first part can be translated as either "The LORD our God...

As members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we have all been hit with the question of whether or not we are “full tithe payers.” I guess, if you are like me, you might have asked yourself what that even means anyways. There is the primary answer of it being 10% of our increase. Noone however seems to want to discuss what that means, and since I have been a member of the church, I have heard a variety of opinions on the topic ranging from, “gross income,” and “net income,” to “Tithe how you want to be blessed brother, if you want more blessing tithe more money.” While these answers seem to appease many members they are far from sufficient to satisfy my voracious attitude towards learning and my desire to follow the spirit of the laws that the Savior and our Father have given us to help us. For, “All things unto me are spiritual, and not at any time have I given unto you a law which was temporal; neither any man, nor the children of men; neither Adam, your father, whom...

Opening Ceremony at Sundown Yom Teru’ah, the Feast of Trumpets, has been practiced by the House of Israel since ancient times.  Teru’ah means a loud noise made by a shofar (a ram’s horn, Lev.25:9), a trumpet (Num. 10:5-6), or a shout (Psalm 100:1). The Feast of Trumpets was commanded by God as one of the 7 Holy Days His people were to keep. Of these special holidays the Lord said, “The feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My feasts…. which you shall proclaim at their appointed times," and, "It shall be a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations,” (Leviticus 23 NKJV). Yom Teru’ah was changed by Jewish leaders during Talmudic times to include the celebration of a new year, and was subsequently called Rosh Hashanah, meaning “The Head of the Year.” We strive in our observance to remain as close to the way God commanded as our understanding allows. The Torah teaches: “Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, speak to...