11 Adar II – Rain On Thirsty Ground
Today is the 11th day of the second Adar and you might be noticing, depending on where you live, that Spring is upon us or it’s just right around the corner. If you are looking outside and there’s still snow on the ground, just hold on - Spring is on the way. For...
Daily Bread — Thursday, March 21, 2024
Be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life; you may not eat the life with the meat ... You shall not eat it, that it may go well with you and your children after you, when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord. (Deuteronomy 12:23, 25)...
10 Adar II – He Is Our Peace
It was on this day in 1862 that the U.S. Congress amended the Chaplaincy Laws, thus permitting Jewish clergymen to serve as Army Chaplains. While it could be justifiably argued that this adjustment had been a long time coming, the United States had, when compared to a...
Daily Bread — Wednesday, March 20, 2024
But when you cross over the Jordan and dwell in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to inherit, and He gives you rest from all your enemies round about, so that you dwell in safety, then there will be the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His...
9 Adar II – The Good Shepherd Never Sleeps
It was on this day in 1938 that the German Army marched into and occupied Austria. In celebration of their victory, they decided to launch numerous attacks on about 200,000 Jews. Why? Simply put; because they were Jews. Sadly, the adversary has found others in our...
Daily Bread — Tuesday, March 19, 2024
You shall not at all do as we are doing here today—every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes— for as yet you have not come to the rest. (Deuteronomy 12:8-9) Until the Sanctuary was built in Jerusalem, it would seem that private altars were permitted, a fact...
8 Adar II – The Long Reach of Obedience
It was on this day in 1943 that over 4,000 Jews of Thrace were seized by Nazis and deported to Treblinka and Auschwitz. These Jews included inhabitants of the island of Samothracia, most all of whom were exterminated upon arrival at the death camps. One week later,...
Daily Bread — Monday, March 18, 2024
But you shall seek the place where the Lord your God chooses, out of all your tribes, to put His name for His dwelling place; and there you shall go. There you shall take your burnt offerings ... and there you shall eat before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice...
7 Adar II – When They Come For Your Bible
It was on this day in the year 1240 that copies of the Talmud possessed by the Jews of France were confiscated by the Church and ultimately destroyed by fire. Book burning seems to have been a popular past time in Europe throughout the ages. We say that because,...
Daily Bread — Sunday, March 17, 2024
But you shall seek the place where the Lord your God chooses, out of all your tribes, to put His name for His dwelling place; and there you shall go. There you shall take your burnt offerings ... and there you shall eat before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice...
6 Adar II – Keeping the Commandments of God
For centuries, the people of God have debated whether or not we are obligated to keep the commandments that were written by Moses in the Torah. Obviously there are some that should be kept by all people - “You shall not murder,” for example. But are the other...
Daily Bread — Saturday, March 16, 2024
But you shall seek the place where the Lord your God chooses, out of all your tribes, to put His name for His dwelling place; and there you shall go. There you shall take your burnt offerings ... and there you shall eat before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice...