May 19, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
According to one traditional viewpoint, it was on this day that Methuselah died, thus signaling Noah that it was time to enter the ark. (There’s another tradition that believes his death occurred on 11 Cheshvan). Regardless of which tradition is correct, the point is...
May 19, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
If any man takes a wife, and goes in to her, and detests her, and charges her with shameful conduct, and brings a bad name on her … then the father and mother of the young woman shall take and bring out the evidence of the young woman’s virginity to the elders...
May 18, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
Tradition believes that, on this day, the Ark of the Covenant was captured by the Philistines. In addition to this tragedy, Hophni and Pinchas, the sons of the High Priest Eli, were killed and the High Priest died as well. It was also on this day that a message was...
May 18, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together. You shall not wear a garment of different sorts, such as wool and linen mixed together. (Deuteronomy 22:10-11) Once again we have instructions that, on the surface, might leave us wondering why Moses felt it...
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...
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