The Devekut Blog

"Hanukkah" means "dedication" and we commemorate what led up to the Temple being re-dedicated 165 BCE. To understand the significance of this event, you need to have a deep appreciation for...

(Photo by Randy Heaton, Arches National Park, Utah, September, 2018

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Have you ever heard it said that the Torah portion for the week, when we know...

Can I be honest with you? I’m tired. Really tired. These last two months, Elul and Tishrei were some of the most spiritually significant months of HaShem’s¹ calendar that I...

Do you ever feel like you’re behind before you ever get started? Yeah, me too, sometimes. I certainly felt it when I started this Torah walk. Not having been raised this way, I always played...

Tishrei is a Hebrew month that is both the 7th month of the year and also (since the second century) referred to in the Mishna¹ as the “head” of the year for years, sabbatical...

Beth Guckenberger of Back2Back ministries shares in her devotional, Reckless Faith, about a time God's loving care was experienced in a big way. 

The Setting: An...

You prepare a table for me before my enemies. Psalm 23:5

My mother-in-law would have been 104 years old this last September had she lived that long. Her legacy still stands...

We're in the Hebrew month of Elul. This is a  month ripe with possibility and infused with the pull of return. Return to what? Ah! That’s the question we grapple with this month, as we...