Mar 31, 2025 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in 1492 that King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain signed a decree expelling all Jews from Spain giving them about five months to leave the country. This expulsion culminated on August 2nd of that same year which was, on the Hebrew calendar,...
Mar 31, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
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...
Mar 30, 2025 | All Posts, On This Day |
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...
Mar 30, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
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...
Mar 29, 2025 | All Posts, On This Day |
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...
Mar 29, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
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...
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