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...
May 14, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in 1948 that the British Mandate over Palestine officially came to an end, 28 years to the day, after it had begun in 1920. And as we shared in the previous devotion, it was on this day that Israel officially became a nation. It was also on this day...
May 14, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
You shall not see your brother’s ox or his sheep going astray, and hide yourself from them; you shall certainly bring them back to your brother. (Deuteronomy 22:1) While the primary emphasis of this command is to point out our responsibility to restore someone’s lost...
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