News and commentary for Monday, 20 July, 2026.
News and commentary for Monday, 20 July, 2026.
Love and Torah – what’s love got to do with it? This study series is based on the “Two Great Commands” – love Yahweh and love your neighbor. To refresh our minds and hearts, Rabbi Steve Berkson brings us back to 1 John chapter 1 to expound on who Messiah Yeshua is and...
Prophetic Pattern of the Psalms Pt 2. It is very interesting that we are currently in the 3 week time period known by the Jews as ‘between the Straits’ which started the evening of July 1st this year and ends the evening of July 22nd this year. The war in the Strait of Hormuz has certainly intensified this past week after what was supposedly a ceasefire peace deal. The Strait of Hormuz kept popping up on my news feed until finally this past Shabbat Abba prompted me to look up the word Hormuz in Hebrew to see if it in any form was in scripture. So I looked up the translation for a Hebrew word spelled Hey Resh Mem Zayin which are the consonants for the word Hormuz in Hebrew. That word spelled that way is HaRemez and means the hint, allusion, or symbol. Ha is a prefix meaning the and remez is hint allusion or symbol. Turns out there is a very interesting connection between HaRemez, the Strait of Hormuz, AND this time of fasting and mourning known to the Jews as the time “Between the Straits” and in this message I will tell you all about it. Additionally and interestingly our Psalm per day reading that I told you about in the last message seems to be lining up with the current escallation of the war in the Strait of Hormuz and the “Between the Straights” last 9 days known as an intensification in the mourning and fasting. This Wednesday and Thursday July 22 and 23, 2026 are the end day of the fast and the infamous 9th of Av. The corresponding Psalms of 109 through 111 are very interesting… could they be prophetic of events that may take place either shortly before, on, or shortly after the end of the time “Between the Strait(s)… or Hormuz? We only have a few days before we find out.
The Food of the Gods “I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, as to what you will tell him: for I am lovesick. What kind of beloved is your beloved, O most beautiful among women? What kind of beloved is your beloved, that thus you adjure us?”...
Parsha 'Devarim' (Deuteronomy chapters 1 thru 3) are the "Words" that Moshe spoke to 'all Israel' during the last month of his life, and thus his "farewell address." It's also an elegant summary of His Torah, or the total Instruction, that was given by YHVH through...
News, commentary, and some important reflection, for the week ending Friday, 16 July, 2026.
This week the war, already long-escalated, took another quantum leap toward finality. And there was more show trial, more nomination posturing and lies, and more revelation of utter corruption in any unconstitutional agency with three or more letters. And yet,...
"Do Governments ALWAYS Lie?" Or is it just the safe way to bet? After all, even King David lied about at least one thing - his complicity in the murder of Uriah the Hittite, to cover up adultery. But maybe there is a bit of truth on occasion -- after all, the "80/20...
News and commentary for Thursday, 16 July, 2026.
News and commentary for Monday, 13 July, 2026.
Have you maintained a faithful, straight walk in Torah? Or have you gotten “off the path” a little or a lot? Do you sense a call to return to the path, to Yahweh? As Rabbi Steve Berkson concludes this teaching series, he begins with Joel 2:12, where we see Elohim...
The Bed of Tribulation Sickness Good news! Transcripts of Heaven Shaking the Bear are still coming thanks to a volunteer. Click here to view Transcript 1. Click here to view Transcript 2. Click here to view Transcript 3. Click here to view Transcript 4. Click here to...