Jul 30, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Vengeance is Mine, and recompense; their foot shall slip in due time; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things to come hasten upon them. (Deuteronomy 32:35) Even though this song given to Moses addressed the issues that plagued Israel, God made certain...
Jul 29, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day, in 1099, that European Crusaders captured the city of Jerusalem from the Muslim Turks in a very bloody battle. History records that tens of thousands of Muslims, Jews and some Christians were slaughtered by the Crusaders. Records indicate that, as...
Jul 29, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
For their vine is of the vine of Sodom and of the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter. (Deuteronomy 32:32) In this verse, God still speaks of the nations that surround Israel and wish to see her destroyed. While it is true...
Jul 28, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in 1852 that poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, author of such poems as “Paul Revere’s Ride,” visited the Jewish cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island. His visit to the centuries-old cemetery inspired him to write a poem about those who were laid...
Jul 28, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
I would have said, “I will dash them in pieces, I will make the memory of them to cease from among men,” Had I not feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should misunderstand, lest they should say, “Our hand is high; and it is not the Lord who has done...
Jul 27, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in 1969 that the remains of 25 members of those who had committed suicide at Masada in 73 A.D. were interred at the foot of the mountain with full military honors. To most Israelis, the story of Masada is equivalent to what the Alamo is to many...
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