May 31, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some uncleanness in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house … (Deuteronomy 24:1) Divorce...
May 30, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day, according to tradition, that Israel observed their first Shabbat in the wilderness. This is recorded in Exodus 16: “See! For the Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore He gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Let every man...
May 30, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
When you come into your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes at your pleasure, but you shall not put any in your container. When you come into your neighbor’s standing grain, you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not use a sickle on...
May 29, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day that Israel collected a lechem mishnah or “double portion” for the first time, as recorded in Exodus 16: And so it was, on the sixth day, that they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. And all the rulers of the...
May 29, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
When you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay to pay it; for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and it would be sin to you. But if you abstain from vowing, it shall not be sin to you. (Deuteronomy 23:21-22) It is quite natural for us when...
May 28, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day that Israel left the vicinity of Mt. Sinai as they made their way to the Promised Land. There is a misconception of sorts that Israel left Egypt to go to the land of Canaan. However, the Scripture makes it clear that it was always God’s intention to...
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