Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold, for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.
#proverbs 8:10-11

God's #wisdom is like silver and gold in its purity, like jewels in its clarity and depth. Wealth can be had by the application of wisdom, but money can't buy any more wisdom than is already available for free to those who make the time and effort to seek it out.

All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them. They are all straight to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.
#proverbs 8:8-9

The words of #wisdom are clear and uncomplicated to those who understand them and who seek out knowledge of wisdom. The sayings of the wise might sound obscure, but the meaning behind them is plain once understood, like the solution of a riddle after the riddle has been solved.

There is a foolishness that adds unnecessary "nuance" and there is a foolishness that is so simple that it is animalistic. Wisdom takes the center road, walking deliberately with uncomplicated self-discipline.

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WORD FOR TODAY “many are those drawn away from the word”: Eze 32:20 "They shall fall in the midst of those who are slain by the sword. She is given over to the sword; they have drawn her and all her hordes away.

WISDOM FOR TODAY: Pro 26:4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Or you will also be like him.

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"If I regard wickedness in mine heart, the Lord will not hear me.
But God hath heard me, and considered the voice of my prayer."

Ps 66

Exodus 20:3, “You shall have no other gods before Me.” Sounds easy and straight forward, but even the faithful will stumble over this at times. Sometimes it may be another person, a job or a thing that comes between our Creator and ourself. There are many things in the world that will try to shift your focus away from our Creator, be wary and be wise.

Celebrate Erev Shabbath with

Sabbath Keepers Fellowship!

Every Sabbath Eve at 8:30pm Central Time we will host an informal get-together on our YouTube channel to bring-in and honor the seventh-day rest. We will have:

- A short Sabbath eve prayer service

- Greetings to all present

- Highlights of the weekly Torah parasha with some commentary

- Followed by live music and discussion with whomever wishes to bring it.

His yoke is easy and the burden light! Join us for some simple celebration and fellowship to end your week. The entirety of the service should be about 1.5 hours long. If you play an instrument or sing, contact the service admin to join in. If you don’t, just listen as others do their best to honor our Creator on His holy day.

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Shalom, friends,

We invite you to join us live on YouTube at 3:30pm Central Time on this Sabbath afternoon, 08/09/2025, for scripture study and prayers.

The lesson for the day is titled:

"Chapter 6 - Ivrym (A Concise Commentary on the Book of Hebrews)"

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FROM THIS WEEK’S TORAH PORTION – VA’ETHCHANAN:

Sh’ma Yisrael: YHWH Eloheynu. YHWH echad!

V’ahav’tha eith YHWH Eloheyka, b’kal-l’vav’ka, uv’kal-naf’sh’ka, uv’kal-m’odeka.

V’hayu, had’varym, haeleh, asher anoky m’tzav’ka hayom, al-l’vavka.

V’shinan’tam l’vaneyka, v’dibar’ta bam b’shiv’t’ka b’veytheka, uv’lekt’ka vaderek, uv’shak’b’ka, uv’qumeka.

Uq’shar’tam l’oth al-yadeka, v’hayu l’totafoth beyn eyneyka.

Uk’thav’tam al-m’zuzoth beytheka uvish’areyka.



Hear, O Yisra’el: YHWH is our Elohim. YHWH is one!

And you shall love YHWH your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your being, and with all your might.

And shall be, the Words, these, which I am commanding you today, upon your heart,

and you shall teach them to your children, and shall speak of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up,

and shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.

And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

FROM THIS WEEK’S TORAH PORTION – VA’ETHCHANAN:

In writing about Va’ethchanan, a Torah portion which contains a recap of the Ten Commandments and the Sinai revelation, the Shema statement of Elohim’s oneness, Moshe’s plea to YHWH to enter into the land of Kana’an, any number of warnings against the dangers of idolatry, and no fewer soaring statements of faith in YHWH and His love for us, it is hard to decide upon what to focus. But the unambiguous statement, “But you who cleave to YHWH your Elohim are alive, all of you, today” touches upon all the above expressions of our unbreakable bond with YHWH our Elohim, who is One.

Moshe tells the people “But you who cleave to YHWH your Elohim are alive, all of you, today” in the context of his recounting of Israel’s horrific lapse into the idolatrous worship of the Moabite deity of Ba’al Peor, following the prophetic praises of Bila’am. Those who bowed down before Peor were all killed, and those who kept faith with YHWH were spared. But this simple statement of fact broadcasts an unmistakably universal message, especially when we hear the closing words, “all of you, today.” Moshe is talking to us. We are all alive today by virtue of our attachment to YHWH, our faith in the One Elohim, and our love for our Creator. YHWH is our breath and our heartbeat. People who have distanced themselves from YHWH, or have cut their ties to Him, are alive, but not fully so. We live and breathe but our lives are not lived to their fullest in the absence of a living relationship with Elohim. We need to keep in touch! How we conduct our conversation with YHWH is our private business, and our relationship with Elohim, if it is truly a living relationship, will change and grow each day, sometimes colder and sometimes warmer, depending on what is happening around us and how we see YHWH in our day to day lives. Sometimes we will feel like we are so close to YHWH we are practically touching His hand and sometimes we will feel that Elohim is further away than ever. To “cleave to YHWH” is not static and we don’t only cleave to Him in excellent times, but in bad times as well. We cleave to YHWH by asking Him questions whose answers we will never fully understand, and we cleave to YHWH by seeing the sublime beauty of a sunset and knowing that His hand crafted our world.

The danger of idolatry is not that we attach ourselves to meaningless things and misplace our faith in vanities. The danger of idolatry is that we disconnect ourselves from YHWH our source of life and squander our faith in the work of our own hands and the misguided musings of our own imaginations.

“Beware, lest you forget the covenant of YHWH your Elohim, which He made with you, and make for yourselves a graven image, the likeness of anything, which YHWH your Elohim has forbidden you. For YHWH your Elohim is a consuming fire, a zealous Elohim.” When we drift so far from YHWH that we turn to idolatry, whether it be the deities of the market-place, or the deities of social media, or whatever deities are in fashion, it does not go unnoticed. Elohim has no tolerance for those who actively and wittingly choose to cut their ties to Him. But Elohim, being Elohim, is always right here, ready to receive all who desire to rekindle their relationship.

When Elohim first formed woman from man, He decreed that a man shall “cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh,” employing the same word – to cleave – used by Moshe in his confirmation that “you who cleave to YHWH your Elohim are alive, all of you, today.” The word “cleave,” in Hebrew, is “dabaq,” which means: cling to, stay close, cleave to, follow closely, join with, overtake, catch, be joined together. We need to cleave to one another no less than we need cleave to YHWH, and to truly love another is to love YHWH, for He is our common denominator. YHWH and the life He blessed us with is what we humans share. To cleave to one another is to cleave to YHWH – to be alive.

“It is not right that man is alone” Elohim determined and set out to fashion for man a helpmeet, a significant other, so that we can truly live. Cleaving to one another is a gateway toward cleaving to YHWH. The pursuit of idolatry, in all its forms, ancient, as well as contemporary, is the path to loneliness. We cut ourselves off, not just from Elohim, but from our fellow man, and, ultimately, from ourselves. Pursuing Elohim’s wish that we not be alone brings Him into our lives. When we connect to one another Elohim’s Oneness becomes clear, His nearness becomes palpable.

The Shema, which the greatest of all commandments and is our creed says, “Hear, O Israel: YHWH is our Elohim, YHWH is One. And you shall love YHWH, your Elohim, with all your heart and with all your soul, and with all your might.” This is how we live! This is how we stay alive! Cleaving to YHWH is not merely a way of life. It is life, itself!