Jan 11, 2025 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in the year 921 that the Jews of Egypt were made aware of a different calendar that had been adopted by a group of Jews in the land of Canaan. The Hebrew calendar, also known as the Hillel calendar, was initially instituted in a time when the...
Jan 11, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his...
Jan 10, 2025 | All Posts, On This Day |
Jewish tradition believes that, on this day, Jeremiah purchased a field in the region of Benjamin and then prophesied: “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Take these deeds, both this purchase deed which is sealed and this deed which is open,...
Jan 10, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein. For He has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the waters. (Psalm 24:1-2) Consider this scenario: a very wealthy man builds a great housing complex replete with all the...
Jan 9, 2025 | All Posts, On This Day |
Tradition believes that it was on this day that Ezra the priest passed away. Ezra holds a very prominent place in Jewish history, regarded as being the restorer of the Torah after the Babylonian captivity. He came to prominence at a critical time in Jewish history...
Jan 9, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. (Psalm 23:6) In Hebrew, the words “goodness” and “mercy” are טוב tov and חסד chesed respectively. The first of these words, tov, denotes things that...
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