Teaching

BY ELDER A. WORTHY On Tuesday morning, I found myself sitting at the airport, waiting to board a flight home. Upon my arrival, I noticed a twenty-minute delay in my flight—but honestly, that didn't bother me. What stood out more was how smoothly everything else had gone. I had arrived at the airport two hours prior, bracing myself for a long morning. I bought into the chatter that had been playing for a few days about airports having long TSA lines and delays. To my surprise,

We are rapidly approaching Passover (Pesach) and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Exodus 12:15 says, "For seven days you are to eat matzah—on the first day remove the leaven from your houses." What does that mean? Literally in the natural, we are to work to remove anything that has chametz (leavened grain products forbidden for Passover), and I adhere to Sephardic Passover requirements. Sephardic Passover requirements differ from Ashkenazi or Orthodox traditions primarily by al

S unset on Friday has come, and the household is preparing for a day of rest and renewal, like the Creator, who rested from all His work on the seventh day (Genesis 2:2-3). H ealing and provision have come as the day produces of itself. The Most High made the Shabbat to meet the needs of His children (Isaiah 58:13-14; Leviticus 25; Mark 2:27-28). A n appointed time to spend with the Most High and to be obedient to this weekly mitzvah, a sign between the Most High and us forev

Purim, pronounced "poo-REEM," begins at sundown today, Monday, March 2, 2026, and ends at nightfall on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 (the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Adar). The name Purim comes from the word “pur,” meaning “lot,” because Haman cast lots to determine the date for the destruction of the people of G-d (Jewish people) (Esther 3:7). What was intended for evil, the Most High turned into victory. Though Purim is not one of the Levitical feasts (Leviticus 23), it celebr

This is an 8th-day fully lit hanukkiah