Apr 6, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in the year 561 B.C. that king Zedekiah, the last king of Judah, died in a Babylonian prison. On that same day, Yehoachim, the former king of Judah, was released from his Babylonian prison cell, after being held captive for 36 years. Why did God...
Apr 6, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
You shall not eat anything that dies of itself; you may give it to the alien who is within your gates, that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. (Deuteronomy 14:21) There is an interesting comment in Jewish...
Apr 5, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in 1948 that Operation Nachshon, Haggadah’s first large-scale offensive began. This was a military operation designed to break the Arab siege of Jerusalem by opening the road that ran between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Furthermore, it was intended to...
Apr 5, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
You shall not eat anything that dies of itself; you may give it to the alien who is within your gates, that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. (Deuteronomy 14:21) I’ll admit right off the bat that...
Apr 4, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in 1891 that a petition was sent to President Benjamin Harrison that requested the aid of the U.S. government in the reestablishment of a sovereign Jewish state in the Holy Land. This petition was initiated by Reverend William E. Blackstone, and...
Apr 4, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
You shall not eat any detestable thing. (Deuteronomy 14:3) As Moses moves onto different issues pertaining to those who are the children of God, it is interesting — maybe even a bid odd — that he addresses what and what not to eat. For several verses, he...
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