Jul 26, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in 1863 that President Abraham Lincoln revoked orders that had been issued by Ulysses S. Grant expelling all Jews from military districts under his command. Grant’s General Order #11 ordered Jews off of their property simply because they were Jews....
Jul 26, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they did not know, to new gods, new arrivals that your fathers did not fear. (Deuteronomy 32:17) Throughout this prophetic song, there are those constant reminders of Israel’s penchant for infidelity and the...
Jul 25, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
According to Jewish tradition, it was on this day that Moses ascended Mt. Sinai for the second time in order to intercede for the people because of the sin of the Golden Calf. Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses said to the people, “You have committed...
Jul 25, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; you grew fat, you grew thick, you are obese! Then he forsook God who made him, and scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation. (Deuteronomy 32:15) There are two important points being made in this very brief statement. First of all,...
Jul 24, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
Tradition says that it was on this day that Moses destroyed the Golden Calf as recorded in Exodus 32: So it was, as soon as he came near the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing. So Moses’ anger became hot, and he cast the tablets out of his hands and...
Jul 24, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
As an eagle stirs up its nest, hovers over its young, spreading out its wings, taking them up, carrying them on its wings, so the Lord alone led him. (Deuteronomy 32:11-12) In this song, God likened Israel to an abandoned child that He found in the desert. Upon seeing...
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