Lucky 7

Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.  Joshua 6:4  NASB Seven – The numeral 7 in Hebrew is the word shiva.  Like almost all Hebrew nouns, it has…

The Sound of Recovery

How blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! O Lord, they walk in the light of Your countenance.  Psalm 89:15  NASB Joyful sound– But of course, it isn’t just any joyful sound.  This is the sound of tĕrûʿâ, the call of the Shofar to the assembly, the critical reminder of a community under Torah. Why does…