yirat ha-Shem

  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Babylon (4)

    He has told you, mortal one, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?  Micah 6:8  NASB What is good – The simple truth.  Three things God asks of us.  Do justice, love kindness, walk in His ways.  That’s it.  No lofty theoretical propositions….

  • The Fear of the Lord

    And he said to the man, “One is the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom . .”  Job 28:28  Rabbinic Midrash translation One is – What is yirat adonai?  What does “the fear of the Lord” mean in your life?  If the fear of the Lord is the foundation of all His instructions to…