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26 Cheshvan 5781 CHAYEI SARAH (Life of Sarah) Genesis 23:1–25:18; Haftarah Hayyei-Sarah: M’lakhim Alef (1 Kings) 1:1–31 B’rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah Hayyei-Sarah: Mattityahu (Matthew) 8:19–22; 27:3–10; Luke 9:57–62; 1 Peter 3:1–7 “And the life of Sarah [Chayei Sarah] was a hundred and seven and twenty years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.” (Genesis 23:1) Genesis 25:12-18 1 Kings 1 - Biden is like Adoniyah claiming to be King 5  Adoniyah the son of Haggit was beginning to claim that he would be king; to this end he organized chariots and horsemen, with fifty men to run ahead of him. 6  (His father had never in his life confronted him by asking, “Why are you behaving this way?” Moreover, he was a very handsome man; he was born next after Avshalom.) 28 King David answered by saying, “Summon Bat-Sheva to me.” She entered the king’s presence and stood before the king. 29 Then the king swore an oath: “As Adonai lives, who has delivere...

   A Watchman's Report Shabbat Shalom! It's another restful Saturday, and I thought it would be so but this was no other Saturday that I've known... it's not as ordinary as I though it would be. This morning I had breakfast with my mother. Mom - the person whom GOD has used to bring so much pain to my heart, yet I sat with her today having breakfast and suddenly I felt so emotional I was crying because I shared things in my heart with her like I would never have shared before. I was just so glad that she became a happier person now a days because GOD had been answering my prayers to make her joyful and grateful for all that GOD has blessed her with. She seems to have forgotten how far she's come and how much GOD has showered her with so much love and blessings. This morning, I felt like I was talking to a new person, a person who realized she had forgotten her blessings. And to see GOD answer my prayers brought tears to my eyes... I just cried and cried...

29 October Reading: Genesis 14-15:6 | Jonah 4 | Revelations 8 Tehillim: Psalm 19   Genesis 15 1 Some time later the word of Adonai came to Avram in a vision: “Don’t be afraid, Avram. I am your protector; your reward will be very great.” 2  Avram replied, “ Adonai , God, what good will your gifts be to me if I continue childless; and Eli‘ezer from Dammesek inherits my possessions? 3  You haven’t given me a child,” Avram continued, “so someone born in my house will be my heir.” 4  But the word of Adonai came to him: “This man will not be your heir. No, your heir will be a child from your own body.” 5  Then he brought him outside and said, “Look up at the sky, and count the stars — if you can count them! Your descendants will be that many!” 6  He believed in Adonai , and he credited it to him as righteousness. Jonah 4 11 So shouldn’t I be concerned about the great city of Ninveh, in which there are more than 120,000 people who don’t know their right ...

Reading: Genesis 14 | Jonah 3 | Revelations 7 Tehillim: Psalm 18 Genesis 14 Abram and Melchizedek 18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High. 19 And he blessed him and said: “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; 20 And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” And he gave him [ f ]a tithe of all. Jonah 3: 10 When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it. Revelations 7 9 After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. 10 And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.” 13 One of the elders asked me, ...