Daily Bread — Monday, March 31, 2025
Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints! There is no want to those who fear Him. (Psalm 34:9) It is written that “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge” (Proverbs 1:7), “the beginning of wisdom” (Proverbs 9:10) and “the fountain of life” (Proverbs 14:27). In...
29 Adar — A Place Called “Beautiful”
It was on this day in the year 1799 that, in his campaign against the Ottoman Turks, Napoleon captured the city of Jaffa or, in Hebrew, Yafo, which means, “beautiful.” The city is indeed beautiful and I have been fortunate to have visited it many times. It’s not...
Daily Bread — Friday, March 28, 2025
I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. They looked to Him and were radiant, and their faces were not ashamed. This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. (Psalm 34:4-6) The book of Samuel...
26 Adar — Choose Life
It was on this day in the year 1940 that the Nazis issued an order barring Jewish physicians from treating Ayrans and Aryan physicians from treating Jews, thus accentuating the separation between the two peoples. The Nazi provocation for this was their hatred of the...
1 Aviv — Purpose Over Pedigree
Today is the first day of the month Aviv and, according to Exodus 12, this is the first day of the biblical new year. “Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, ‘This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the...
Daily Bread — Saturday, March 29, 2025
The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them. (Psalm 34:7) Several years ago, the county in which we live experienced an outbreak of several tornadoes, most of which were quite destructive; unfortunately, some resulted in deaths. That...
27 Adar — The Furnace of Affliction
It was on this day in the year 1979 that Menachem Begin of Israel and Anwar Sadat of Egypt signed the peace treaty between their countries. Since that time, Israel has enjoyed three decades of relative peace with Egypt. We say, “relative peace,” because Egypt has...
Daily Bread — Wednesday, March 26, 2025
I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. (Psalm 34:1) Through the years, I have heard this verse sung, recited and proclaimed but seldom, if ever, have I heard it discussed within the context to which it is dedicated: A Psalm of...
Daily Bread — Sunday, March 30, 2025
Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who trusts in Him! (Psalm 34:8) Tasting is a sensory experience that allows us to comprehend and appreciate the different delicacies the physical world has to offer. Yet David suggests that tasting, like all...
28 Adar — Love Your Enemies
It was on this day in the year 163 B.C. that Antiochus V (not to be confused with Antiochus the IV of Hanukkah fame), granted freedom of religion and political autonomy to the Jews living in the land of Israel. This was to cancel the decrees of his father, who had...
Daily Bread — Thursday, March 27, 2025
My soul shall make its boast in the Lord; the humble shall hear of it and be glad. Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together. (Psalm 34:2-3) The Bible says that boasting that is born out of arrogance is evil (James 4:16). It is also written that...
25 Adar — Babylon Resurrected
It was on this day in the year 561 B.C. that Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon and the conqueror of Jerusalem, died. Years before, Nebuchadnezzar had been told by the prophet Daniel that he, and by extension Babylon, was represented in a dream by a head of gold,...