Sep 2, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
Jewish tradition believes it was on this day that Moses was instructed to hew two stones for the tablets of the law. The first set of tablets, hewn by the finger of God, were broken as a consequence of the Golden Calf incident. Later, Moses was instructed to hew two...
Sep 2, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. (Psalm 1:1-2) As we shared in the previous...
Sep 1, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
Jewish tradition believes that, on this day, Moses returned from his second ascent to the top of Mt. Sinai. On this trip to the top of the mountain he learned that God was not going with the people, but was sending an angel before them. That was much better than what...
Sep 1, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. (Psalm 1:1-2) Within Judaism it is said that...
Aug 31, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day, in 1868, that members of the KKK lynched Mr. S. A. Bierfield in Franklin, Tennessee. Allegedly, this was the first time the Klan had killed someone who was Jewish, although it was not the first time they had murdered someone. In today’s world, the...
Aug 31, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Since then there has not arisen in Israel a prophet like Moses … in all the signs and wonders which the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt, before Pharaoh, before all his servants, and in all his land, and by all that mighty power and all the great terror...
Aug 30, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day, in 1920, that the Turkish government renounced all sovereignty over the Holy Land and officially recognized the British Mandate over the Holy Land. Before this, in 1917, British General Allenby walked into the city of Jerusalem through the Jaffa...
Aug 30, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Since then there has not arisen in Israel a prophet like Moses … in all the signs and wonders which the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt, before Pharaoh, before all his servants, and in all his land, and by all that mighty power and all the great terror...
Aug 29, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day, in 1944, that the Amsterdam hideout of Anne Frank and her family was discovered by the Nazis. The Franks and other families had managed to live in very tight quarters, having to be extremely quiet and very particular about how they conducted their...
Aug 29, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Since then there has not arisen in Israel a prophet like Moses … in all the signs and wonders which the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt, before Pharaoh, before all his servants, and in all his land, and by all that mighty power and all the great terror...
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