Parasha Naso

Shalom and Blessings.

I have attached this week's D'var Torah (commentary).

Trust that you will be blessed by it.

Yours in Messiah Yeshua, our Lord, our God, our soon coming King.

Rabbi

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Kenya Mission

Shalom and blessings from Kenya. 

Tomorrow we return to Israel. Last night we celebrated my 75 birthday with a family form the Nairobi congregation. The evening started with a Bible study and ended with a meal and of course, a birthday cake. 

It is with sadness that we are leaving Kenya, there is so much work to be done here. We are already planning our return trip with a stopover this time in Uganda to encourage a Messianic congregation there. 

Your support has allowed us to financially help three families multiple times with food they could hardly afford. We were also able to bless, pray over and affix mezzuzot on the door posts of many homes and on the doorpost at the orphanage. We blessed the orphanage with a laptop so that we could continue to teach them over Skype, money for food for the children and with bunk beds for the girl's dormitory. Because we could not carry too large sums of money, for security reasons, we plan on providing for more of the orphanage's needs via wire transfer when we get back to Israel. We also introduced the orphanage to CBN's Orphans Promise ministry. Although they cannot provide immediate help, they put them on their short list for consideration next year. There is so much more that we accomplished far more than we can include here; salvations, re-dedications, preaching , teaching, ministering, encouraging, counselling and so much more, all with God's help and for His Glory. We are so grateful to The Lord for giving us the abilities and strength to accomplish what is needed to be done. He healed me from cancer and frustrated the plans of the devil to silence me and is now using Ellen and me for His Kingdom. To Him goes all praises and glory. 

Remember to plunder hell and populate heaven. I would like to introduce you to Pinchas; his home, his family, his son and his artistic talent. 

I will be sending this week's Parasha by a separate email. 

Yours in Yeshua HaMashiach, our Lord, our God and our soon coming King. 

Parasha Bamidbar

Shalom and Blessings from Kenya. 

My computer crashed and I'm finding it very difficult sending emails. We have visited the congregation and children's home in West Kenya and I will be telling you more about it and sending pictures when we arrive back in Israel and get the laptop up and running again. I attempted to send videos from my cell phone and was partially successful, some of you may have received them. For those that didn't I will be sending them to you a.s.a.p.

Yours in Messiah Yeshua, our Lord, our God, our soon coming King.

Rabbi

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Kenya Orphans

Shalom and Blessings; 

There was a bittersweetness to our visiting the congregation, school and orphanage in West Africa. It was sweet because we were able to minister and teach both the children and the congregation leaders. Five adults who had not previously invited Yeshua into their live did do with us. 

Ellen led the thirty or more children present, through God’s plan of salvation in the simplest of terms. She then, together with the other leaders had them invite Yeshua into their lives. What a joy it was to hear them recite the prayer of salvation and see their glowing faces. The sad parts are, the home is in much need of help. There is s shortage of food, beds, clothing, proper living conditions and no electricity. Yet, even though they are living in primitive conditions they are much better off then they would be without the home. 

I’m including a number of videos so that you can get an idea of what we saw. 

I will be sending this weeks Parasha by a separate email.

Parasha Bechukotai

Shalom and Blessings from Kenya;

Ellen and I are continuing our ministering in Nairobi, Karatina and the surrounding areas. Tomorrow (Thursday) morning we leave for Migori to minister with fledgling Messianic believers there. We are looking forward to what the Lord has in store for us. Please pray for; travelling mercies. protection from malaria and tzetze flies and of course God's blessings upon us and upon those we will be ministering to.

We have attached two pictures; one of the service we held in Karatina and the other, of me heading out immersion certificates to the people we immersed during our previous trip in February.

Thank You for your prayers and for sowing into the work we are doing in Africa.

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Parasha Bahar

Shalom and Blessings from Kenya; 

We are well into our ministering here and the Lord has blessed us abundantly. Here is a review of what we have been doing. We ministered 2 Shabbats at the congregation we helped planted in Nairobi; helped negotiate a larger temporary location for them; been teaching two Bible studies a week; participated in the march for Israel where Morris, a street boy came to salvation; attended a church in a very underprivileged area of Nairobi (Kyole), where I was able to share the truth about what's taking place in Israel. As a result the pastor committed that the congregation would start praying for Israel, Baruch HaShem! We traveled to Karatina where we spent three day, from Erev Shabbat to Sunday ministering and teaching. It's here that God gained two beautiful souls; Ann and Naomi who is 98; glory to God! I've attached their pictures below. In addition 12 people rededicated their lives to Yeshua. When we left Karatina we went to visit the home of two congregants where we prayed and and affixed mezuzot on their doors, pictures also attached. We will be ministering in Nairobi this Shabbat then we'll be travelling approximately 5 hours west to Miguri where I'll be sharing, preaching and teaching to pastors in the area, who were formally associated with the cult, Church Of God. Our main focus there will be with Pastor Evans who will be our host. His church is very active and it's there where we'll be visiting with the orphans his church cares for. Please keep us in prayer, this is a notorious malaria area.

Thank you for your prayers and support.

Yours in Messiah Yeshua, our Lord, our God, our soon coming King.

Rabbi Jack & Ellen

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Sermon - Breaking Generation Curses

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Parasha Emor

Yesterday we participated in an Israel Independence Day walk here in Nairobi. It was hosted by the African Transformers Youth Association. Many local churches participated in the march which was repeat with both Israel flags, Kenyan flags and speeches affirming the Kenyan Christian community's love and support for Israel. I had the honor to be invited to address the group and recite the Aaronic Benediction over them. With chants of praise for Israel, a marching band and the blowing of scholars the procession wound through the streets of downtown Nairobi, ending up at its beautiful, and only Jewish Synagogue.

You would expect that this event would have been the highlight of our day, but it wasn't. The march started at a large park in downtown Nairobi, a park infamous as a hangout for homeless youth. While the speeches and preparations were being made for the march, many street kids were hovering around us, but one in particular caught my eye. He was a gaunt looking 13 year old boy, whom I sensed had a different spirit than the others. I introduced myself and we talked for a bit. He recounted his story of how he ended up on the street. Having the experience of dealing with the homeless of Toronto, I took most of what he said as a ploy to get me to feel sorry for him and give him money. However, I did feel sorry for him but not for the reason he wanted me too. I felt sorry because his life was being held hostage by Satan. I knew if I had handed him money I would have been swarmed by the 10 or more other boys who were intently, hovering around us a vultures would their pray. I did get to pray for him and then invited him to receive Jesus as his Lord and Savior, which he did. Please pray for Morris, He received the greatest gift of all yesterday, the free gift of salvation. To God be the glory. 

In addition to the attached Parasha Emor, I have included the link to the sermon I shared with the Nairobi congregation last Shabbat.

Yours in Messiah Yeshua, our Lord, our God, our soon coming King.

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Parasha Kedoshim

Shalom and blessings;

Ellen and I arrived in Kenya safely and have begun our ministering. We've already shared Yeshua with many people and have had one confirmed salvation, Glory to God. So much to tell you about what has been accomplished in the short time we've been here, but I'll save it for when we're back in Israel. I've attached this week Parasha plus the link to the sermon I shared here last Shabbat. We so appreciate you and are regularly praying for you.We have also come across a powerful prayer that we want to share with you. Ellen and I have begun praying it every morning. It's by Cindy Trimm:

How to pray the promises of Deuteronomy 28:1-14 in our lives: 

I am blessed in the city; I am blessed in the country, I am blessed in my sitting down, I am blessed in my arising, I am blessed socially, I am blessed physically, mentally, psychologically, I am blessed relationally, interpersonally, I am blessed physiologically. Every part of my life is blessed. I speak into my day and I download prosperity into my day, success into my day. I speak over those that I love, I speak prosperity and success over them. I speak to my government that they would come into divine alignment; that they would lead morally and ethically, I speak into my business, I speak that my business is successful, that we are increasing, that there is no decreasing. I speak into my home, that my home is a haven of peace. I speak into my loved ones, I speak that their lives come into alignment with God's will. I speak into my mind, peace. I speak into my heart, courage. I speak into my feet that they walk on God ordained paths so that I can overcome every obstacle. I am the head and not the tail, I am first and not last, I am above and not beneath, I am loved by God, I am chosen by God, I am protected by God. Today I will come into alignment with the plans and purposes of God. Every good and perfect gift comes from God. Today is my gift, therefore it will end perfect and it will end well. In Yeshua's name I pray. Amen 

Yours in Messiah Yeshua, our Lord, our God, our soon coming King.

Rabbi

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Sermon - Purifying Presence of God

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Sermon - The Omer (from Kenya)

Shalom and Blessings;

For those of us who are living outside of Israel, you will not be receiving a D'var Torah from me this week. Because of the difference in D'var schedules between the diaspora and Israel, the Parasha being read this Shabbat is the one I wrote on last week, "Acharei Mot," please reread it for this week. Instead I am sending you the sermon I shared with our Kenyan congregations last Shabbat. To those who receive my D'var Torah teachings and live in Israel, to you I will be sending out Parasha Kedoshim Tuesday evening.

To open the sermon audio file, click on the link below. Drop Box will open. If you do not have Drop Box downloaded on your computer it's not necessary to download it to listen to the file. Simply click on the box that says "Continue to website." The audio file will open for your enjoyment.

God willing, Ellen and I leave for Kenya on Wednesday. I'll continue to send out the teachings from there, God willing as well. Please keep us in prayer; that God will bless our efforts and many souls will come into the Kingdom, that He will strengthen us, that He will protect us, that He will keep us healthy, that we will be a blessing, that we will find favor with everyone we come in contact with and that He will bring us home safely.

Blessings in Yeshua, our Lord, our God and soon coming King.

Rabbi

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Parasha Acharei Mot

Beloved, there are Bible teachers that are so complicating God's message that many are doubting they can discern the truth for themselves. It reminds me of when the Catholic Church forbade their followers from reading the Bible. Parishioners were taught that only the trained, learned experts in Scripture, the priests, could properly interpret and decipher the complex and difficult nuances of God's Word. The fact is, it wasn't true then and it's not true now. Where in Scripture does it say that we need sages, Hebrew or Greek scholars, or seminary trained professionals to interpret or enlighten us in God's Word? In fact the opposite is true: 

Devarim (Deuteronomy) 30:11

Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach….

When did God change His mind and replace the Holy Spirit (Ruach haKodesh) with the wisdom of mortal man?

John (Yochanan) 16:13

13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth…

Don't be fooled and don't be made a fool of, God constructed His Word so that a child could understand it.

P.S. The commentary I am sharing today is based on the Parasha that is being read this Shabbat in Israel and does not line up with what is being read in the diaspora. Eventually we will catch-up with each other.

Blessings In Yeshua

Rabbi

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Parasha Peasch 7th Day

Shalom and Blessings

The last day of Pesach (Passover) in Israel is Friday, April 26; we do not have an 8th day. As such the Torah reading on Shabbat will be different than the one being read in the diaspora. I will be following the Israel system and eventually we will catch with each other. I have prepared a commentary on both Torah portions, however, with this email I am only sending you Friday's commentary and later in the week I will be sending the one for Shabbat. 

I want to thank all those who have generously donated towards our mission trip to Kenya. I have made it more convenient for those from Canada to donate directly into our Canadian PayPal missions account. The US funds account remains the same. I also want to thank all who are praying for our trip, your prayers are precious to us.

In Yeshua

Rabbi Jack & Ellen

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