May 17, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
During the Messiah’s ministry, He encountered many types of people and had different types of exchanges with these people. For the most part, He exhibited great compassion for those He met but there were occasions, though, when He chided some for their...
May 17, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
You shall not sow your vineyard with different kinds of seed, lest the yield of the seed which you have sown and the fruit of your vineyard be defiled. (Deuteronomy 22:9) This instruction, in conjunction with other similar commands, prohibits the mingling of mutually...
May 16, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in 1516 that Jews were compelled to move into a restricted area in Venice, Italy. The area they were restricted to was, formerly, the site of a foundry where slag was stored for the manufacture of weapons. The Venetian term for a foundry is ghetto...
May 16, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
If a bird’s nest happens to be before you along the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, with the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young. (Deuteronomy 22:6) In the grand scheme of things, why did...
May 15, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day that Nehemiah dedicated the rebuilt outer wall of Jerusalem. On this same day, approximately 500 years later, the Jews surrendered that same wall to the Romans. Nehemiah had to rebuild the wall because, decades before him, the people of Judah...
May 15, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman’s garment, for all who do so are an abomination to the Lord your God. (Deuteronomy 22:5) Okay — so how can we possibly find inspiration in such a commandment? I mean, to most...
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