Oct 12, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
Today is Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. There are so many events that are believed to have occurred on this day, but our focus will be on just one. Tradition has it that on this day Moses returned from the top of Mt. Sinai, carrying the second tablets of the Law....
Oct 12, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
The Lord shall endure forever; He has prepared His throne for judgment. He shall judge the world in righteousness, and He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness. (Psalm 9:7-8) David begins this verse with an obvious truth — the LORD is eternal;...
Oct 11, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
Today, the 9th of Tishri, is the day before Yom Kippur. And so on the eve of Yom Kippur – the day when we entreat the Creator to forgive us of our transgressions – do we stop and consider just what are the most serious of our crimes? Perhaps with some it...
Oct 11, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
When my enemies turn back, they shall fall and perish at Your presence. For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat on the throne judging in righteousness. (Psalm 9:3-4) As David continues, all of the marvelous works he wished to give thanks for included...
Oct 10, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in 1939 that Reinhard Heydrich met with aids in Berlin to discuss the so-called “Final Solution” for the “Jewish problem.” In the minds of people like Heydrich, Goebbels, Göring and of course, Hitler, Jews were considered to be mongrels, criminals...
Oct 10, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works. I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High. (Psalm 9:1-2) In the previous devotion, we addressed the circumstances that may have led to the...
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