Month: February 2016

About to start this blog when the unexpected happened….did surgery all morning, worked out at the gym then began appointments when I started having severe chest pain, began loosing consciousness, and called 911.  This could not be happening to me.  I am too young and health conscience and work out every day and eat right!  Well it happened…. an acute blockage to my left descending coronary artery….the “widow maker”!   If it were not for the quick acting team at BayState Medical in Springfield, Massachusetts I would not be starting this blog! Here it is two days later and I am not only starting this blog but just got back from a long walk in 9 degree weather and feel great!

Psalm 115

“Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory….But our G-d is in the heavens: he does whatever pleases him…the dead praise not the LORD neither any that go down into silence. But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore”

ShmaTorah is to express what G-d has spoken to you about in Torah and to listen to what others have found. It is not about religion. It is about Torah. A place to question and seek and find.  I love Torah. It sustains me everyday. It cleanses and waters my soul. I read it every morning and think about it every night. It brings me to my knees and gives me hope. It gives me patience with others and myself. It teaches me how to love and gives strength to the weary.

ShmaTorah is to listen, to question and to express my thoughts on Torah. Honest thoughts. Expressions of daily encounters with G-d.

G-d sees us as individuals. He thinks about us. He wants a relationship with us.

Jeremiah 29

“For I know the thoughts of Shalom (peace) that I think toward you….and you shall call upon me and pray unto me and I will listen (Shma) to you.  You shall seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart”