Our Parsha is 'Miketz' this Shabbos."Vayehi Miketz," - "And it happened at the end."This was exactly two years since the Chamberlain of the Cupbearers had been released from prison.Yosef had been in prison for twelve years and it was now time for him to be freed.The fact that is was exactly two years, shows that everything has a specific time to happen and not before according to our actions.When HaShem ordains things by our actions,then,it will happen as HaShem wishes it to happen.When HaShem has had enough "Dai" in Hebrew which has the same Gematrical value as the Hebrew word "Miketz." Though time can sometimes lag on,when HaShem Ordains,nthen it will come like a flood.This is thge same as the coming of Mashiach.Though 'he may tarry,' and we wait centuries,through difficult times and torture (as a Jewish people) when HaShem will bring on the end times,it will come like a flood.As this verse says "Vayehi Miketz Sh'nataim Yamim," -"To the Day," - on the exact day that HaShem says so.The time had come for Yosef to show that HaShem is the One and Only.Up until now,this Pharoah did not acnowledge any other power but himself,but now he saw that he could not even understand the meaning of his own dream and nor could anyone else that he asked.It came through the Neshoma of a Jew - a Yid - the Yad of HaShem. That is what we Jews are to be.We are to make this world a Holy place.We are to be a light unto the nations,teaching the true One HaShem.When we Jews do not do this,we do not fulfill our task with the nations.We have been given a beautiful special task to be the representatives of our Holy Creator to bring HaShem's Light and Shechinah to every part of this world.This is a Holy responsibility that we have been entrusted with.A responsibily that HaShem Blessed us with.A responsibility that HaShem gave us with much love.We cannot turn Him down.This path is a path of Torah and Holy example to the nations - a path of Kashrut - a path of our Holy Shabbos - a path of HaShem's Commandments that we are entrusted with, so that the very light of our precious Torah can shine out of us,to every man woman and child in this world .A path to bring light to all.This is what Yosef did.This is what each one of us can do.HaShem watches and sees all and if we stay close to Him and follow ,out of love , that which The Creator of all asks is to follow,then HaShem can and will "Miketz" - bring on the end time.Right now the End Time seems so far away.Almost like an object we are not permitted to touch on Shabbos that is "Muktzeh (the same root as "Miketz).""This is not how the "End Times" are to be.They are to be a time that is within reach,within our grasp,if only we would put our own feelings aside and listen to Our Creator Blessed Be He.HaShem would graciously bring on our "Miketz" - our end times.This is also Chanukah,when we fought against those who would lead us astray and against our own people who wanted to follow other ways that were not of HaShem.There is only one wayy- HaShem's way.When the Maccabees sought to do the right thing,HaShem brought victory and the miracle of thr oil.HaShem brought an end "Miketz" to our enemies.So must we work to follow HaShem only and bring all our people back to the true path of Torah- HaShem's Way. With love,I wish HaShem a beautiful Shabbos and Blessed Chanukah and to all a beautiful Shabbos and Chanukah.

Daniel Sternberg

Have you ever noticed how as each gospel in the nt continues ,the story of how many people see j (jub jub) increases.In mathew,it is hardly any,but by the time it gets to john,many people see the j and he stays so much longer than he does in mathew.

Dressing in pure & modest ways is the light of HaShem(in Hebrew Modesty-"Tzanuah,"&'Pure'- "Toher),"Putting the Gematriah of these 2 words together we get 7-as is MaShiach 7.The light of HaShem's MaShiach & it's time is the light of pure modesty & humility with HaShem above us.HaShem is always there.As we'd dress for a king modestly & purely,how much more so before the King of Kings the Holy One Blessed Be He.

Our Parsha this Shabbos is Parshat VaYeishev,where Jacob settles in the land of Canaan.The land of Canaan is Israel,our beautiful promised land from HaShem.If we take the word "VaYeishev," and separate it ,we get "Vayeish" ('and have') and 'Shav" ('return') which together is "And we have a place to return."This is Eretz Yisroel,our precious and beautiful homeland-a place of return - place to come back to HaShem - a most beautiful gift that HaShem has given to every Jew to return home to return to HaShem.A place where HaShem can forgive us and allow us to return in repentance and be able to face HaShem again.This is 'true settling.'We call Israel the land of Return and so it will alwyas be our Blessed Home.A Jew that is away from Israel,has an unfulfilled longing deep within our hearts that can only be filled by going back home.A Jew that is away from Israel feels incomplete.Israel and our Jewish people are partners and are ordained from the beginning of time,to be together.Israel and us Jews are Soul-mates as the Shabbos is our Soul-Mate partner.When Jacob "Settled ," in the land of Canaan (Israel) ,he too had come home and so,the Torah could go into the narative of his (and our ) family (chronicles).But this was not the final return home,as Jacob's family was to be dispersed from Canaan as we have been for centuries.The true redenmption in Mashiach's time will bring all Jews together into Canaan (Eretz Yisrael) where we will never again be dispersed.That will be the true and final "VaYeishev," - "Settling," of our people.This,I see hiden within this very first verse of our Parsha VaYeishev ,as if we count the number of words within this very first verse,is comes to the nunber seven,which is the same as the Gematrical value of the word Mashiach.This final return to HaShem,will be the beautiful return to Gan Eiden ,where we will again,walk and talk with HaShem in closeness.This is the essence of our Shabbos and keeping HaShem's Shabbos as ordained.Let us all enter into this Shabbos with a pure and sweet love for HaShem,making every effort to perform all that HaShem wants us to on HaShem's Special Day of Shabbos and truly make HaShem smile and look upon us with sweet and tender love.With love HaShem,I wish You a most beautiful and sweet Holy Shabbos Kodesh and to all of you,a beautiful and very Holy Sweet Shabbos Kodesh with love.

On the Temple Mount,from ground level to the Women's Courtyard were 12 steps.Another 15 steps from there led up to the main Courtyard.Then 1 large step up from the Israelite Section(of the Courtyard) to the Kohanim's Section and then another 12 steps up to the Temple Entrance itself. So from ground level to the Temple Entrance itself was 40 steps up,the same as the amount of days and nights that Moshe was on Mount Sinai and the same time that it rained in the Mabul (Noah's Flood) . As we climb up in Holiness ,so do we come closer to HaShem.We cannot do it all in one go.It is a matter of steps every day and every moment.HaShem gives us the opportunities to climb all the time.We need to look out for it all the time.Not all opportunities are obvious.Some are hidden in the course of life.Other opportunities like keeping HaShem's Laws ,are beautiful times to climb,that we can see.These opportunities that we can see and know,we must always make sure to do,as they are a gift to help us accomplish HaShem's Closeness.The other opportunities that we don't always realize,are one's we must look out for all the time.Some can be a positive action to do something or help someone and others can even be tines where we are not to do something,like not joining in and speaking Loshon Horah.Each day and each moment,we are given opportunities by HaShem to climb toward Him and away from the 'flood' of negativity,traveling only to the Holiness of HaShem as Moshe did.All the time,even though we await the coming of the Third Temple,we can climb up a step toward the spiritual entrance of the Third Temple and when we can all reach the Third Temple's Spiritual Entrance,HaShem can Bless us by bringing it down to Earth.Let us all climb up toward HaShem for being with HaShem is the most beautiful place to be-with HaShem.

Remind messianics that the people said j has an evil spirit -see mark 3:30. What more need be said.They lived when he did so they should know better.

Our Parsha this Shabbos is "Vayishlach," - "And (he) sent," and starts with Jacob sending "Malachim -Angels," to his brother Eisav."Yaakov has just fought and overcome the angel of Eisav (and also the angel of Amalek)-the angel Sama'el who was the same angel that tempted Chava in Gan Eiden- and now is ready to face His brother.Each nation has an angel who stands in the Heavenly Court arguing the case of their nation.A nation's angel is called a "Sar."A nation cannot be destroyed till its "Sar," has been destroyed.Thus,HaShem gives all nations a fair chance to do the right thing and each has the opportunity to follow HaShem faithfully. Here,Jacob sends angels to his brother Eisav.If we look at the word "Vatishlach," it directly translates as "And He Sent." But who is the "He?"The "Yud" gives us a clue for it is the first letter of HaShem's Name in "Yud Kei Vav Kay."So it is actually HaShem who sends the angels -thus at the permission of HaShem,Jacob sends these angels.Also,HaShem is always with a Holy Man.I have always thought that an angel is like the "Thought of HaShem." When we have thoughts,they can become a reality if we do something to see that they will become real,but when HaShem has a thought I have always believed that an Angel is Created-so beautiful is HaShem.Nothing in this Creation happens without HaShem.Even when Jacob sends angels,it is with the allowance of HaShem.This verse also points out that when a Jew goes out into the world,if they remain close to HaShem's Torah values,HaShem can send an angel with them on their way.The word "Vayishlach," can also be taken to be in the future tense,that when Jacob's progeny will go out to face our enemies at the End Of Days,HaShem will send "Malachim-Angels," to fight for us and help us against Amalek and other enemies we need to do is to keep to HaShem-to His Holy Torah.If we take all the Hebrew words that say "Vayishlach Yaakov Malachim L'fanaiv,"-"Then Jacob sent angels ahead of him," it comes to 853 in Gematriah and 853 is 8+5+3=16 which is 1+6=7 the number of the word Mashiach and the ushering in of the End Of Days.So if we keep to Torah as Yaakov did,then HaShem will send His angels before us to destroy our enemies and usher I'm The End Of Days.May HaShem always watch over you and keep you safe .With love HaShem,I wish You a beautiful Shabbos Kodesh and to all of you and beautiful Shabbos Kodesh.

See how petals grow on a flower,starting in the middle,growing outwards yet are connected to that middle.HaShem Creates us & let's us grow outwards ourselves yet we are always connected to HaShem.No matter how far away from the middle we grow,we will always be connected to HaShem.How we choose to grow,HaShem gives us free choice.Let's always grow according to HaShem & HaShem's Torah for then we'll be HaShem's flower.

Missionaries seem to think that atonement is gotten the j"s blood.No it is not.As it says in Proverbs 16:6,it is gotten through love and faithfulness.only HaShem takes away sins Isaiah 43:25 and Isaiah 45:21.Only HaShem is the only saviour- Hosea 13:4;Isaiah 43:11 and Psalms 25:5.

No matter how bad something looks,only HaShem can truly see what is really going on.We,mere mortals,have no idea and tend to judge others through our own personal view.Through our own personal bad experiences.People are very complex,and without knowing all there is to know about another person,we must never jump to rash conclusions that only HaShem can truly know and see.We do not see all.All is only seen by HaShem.

In Parsha Vayetzei,Yaakov leaves Beer Sheva and goes toward Haran.'Vayetzei," means to depart,to leave,to go out.To 'go out' of what?We know that Yaakov left one place and headed out of another,but more is meant here.Every morning,we wake up and say 'Modeh Ani,' Thanking HaShem for restoring our Neshomeles back within us and we bless His Faithfulness.Everyday HaShem gives us a new opportunity to improve ourselves.To lift ourselves above the mundane-above the physicalities that surround us and tempt us.These Stepping stones ("Even" in Hebrew) of opportunities to overcome our Yetzer Harah's are like rungs on the ladder of Yaakov,allowing us ,every day to climb toward HaShem and reach into the realms of beauty that make up the spiritual world where we can hear HaShem's Love and sweetness in the most beautiful and Holy way."Vayetzei," - "to go out," means also to go out from our physicality-from our own personal physical desires and reach for that,which is so much more meaningful,long-lasting and Holy.HaShem gives us this opportunity all the time-every day- every moment-every instant,to climb-to leave that which tries to hold us down and become who we truly are ,HaShem's beautiful Holuy Creation of light.The very word "Vayetzei," is 107 Gematrically which is 1+0+7=8 ,the same as the word "Even" in Hebrew -"Stone," (53 which is 5+3=8) and the number '8' is above '7',where '7' is Mashiach and Mashiach's time that takes us higher to meet HaShem in the spirtual,where 8,is that spiritual realm where we can be at one with our beloved HaShem.So,when we "VaYetzei," - "Go Out of " ourselves and rise above ourselves and use every 'Stone' that comes our way as a means to become more Holy,then we will truly retirn the HaShem's presence in love.Our hardest battle is always to conquer ourselves.So the reward is the most beautiful reward we can ever hope for-to be in the Loving and Most Beautiful Presence of all-HaShem.To be within the beauty of HaShem Himself.That is true Heaven.So as Yaakov lay the 12 stones around him and they ended up as one and as Yaakov climbed each rung of the ladder toward more Holiness,so may we climb ,with the help of every 'Stone' HaShem puts infront of us,using each one,as a rung of the ladder to finally reach the most beautiful of beautiful, HASHEM.With love HaShem,I wish You a very beautiful Shabbos,where all your children may finally realize the specialness of You and where our people will see te beauty and Holiness of the Shabbos Day and Keep it to be close to you and may all have a most beautiful and precious Shabbos Kodesh with love.

HaShem gave our Jewish people the beautiful gift of Torah to carry from generation to generation and so we may instruct our children in the way that HaShem wants us to live.HaShem went to all nations and asked if they would acept His  precious Torah but all refused.When HaShem came to our people-our Jewish people,we said ,"Na'aseh Ve Nishma," - "We will do and we will hear."
We didn't need to see first what was in this precious gift from HaShem.We just accepted it on faith.
We are given the chance from generation to generation,to teach our children this precious Torah ,and so,continue the will of HaShem,and move closer to His Holiness.
We all,who are born Jews today ,can thank the generations before us,for keeping our Holy Torah alive.
Those who come to be one of ours,through proper conversion,have a special place in HaShem's love.
All Jews who were,are and will be Jewish ,all were at Mount Sinai to hear HaShem speak.
This special miracle,we are to carry through our people and never to let a single Jewish Neshoma stray (Chas Ve Shalom).
Jews are to remain Jewish.Through the centuries,our people have faced so many hardships and we have had to flee for our lives.It is so vitally important that we work toward ensuring that not a single Jewish person is ever lost to Yiddishkeit and for this reason,we are to do all we can to teach and continue the Holy learning of Torah and help in Jewish person who is searching.This is every Jewish person's obligation.For our Torah says "Lo Ta'amod al Dam Rei'echa," "Do not stand by the blood of your brother." (VaYikra 19:16).So if we see a fellow Jew,in need of help,we are to go and assist.
I run an organization that works to keep Jews Jewish and see that our precious Torah is taught.This is called,"Lions Of Judah."Let this be a link back to he proper way of truth back to HaShem and let us all work together to see that not a single Jew ever strays (Chas Ve Shalom).