Daily Bread — Monday, February 10, 2025
Teach me Your way, O Lord, and lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies. Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and such as breathe out violence. (Psalm 27:11-12) It occurs to me that there are a couple of...
11 Shevat — The Pursuit of Knowledge
It was on this day in 1601 that all Hebrew documents, manuscripts and books were confiscated by the Catholic Church and burned. This was a feeble attempt to rid the world of what the Church disagreed with. It could be argued that some of the confiscated commentary and...
Daily Bread — Sunday, February 9, 2025
Do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation. When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take care of me. (Psalm 27:9-10) There is a hint of sadness in David's words in that he conveyed a sense of feeling totally alone were it not for the...
10 Shevat — You Are My God
On this day in 1939, Adolf Hitler announced his intention to exterminate all Jews in the event of a war. By this time, however, Hitler had already determined there was going to be a war and that he was going to destroy Europe’s Jews. We know that he already had their...
Daily Bread — Saturday, February 8, 2025
When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, I will seek.” Do not hide Your face from me; do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help. (Psalm 27:8-9) We live in a day when communication has become extremely convenient, and...
9 Shevat — The Highway of Holiness
It was on this day in 1980 that the border between Egypt and Israel was declared open, once again, allowing travelers to follow the ancient “King’s Highway” that connected these two nations. This was a very significant event in the maturing relations between Israel...
Daily Bread — Friday, February 7, 2025
When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, I will seek.” Do not hide Your face from me; do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help. (Psalm 27:8-9) As expressed in this and many other prayers, David was a person focused...
8 Shevat — Teach Your Children Diligently
In times past, today was considered a day of fasting in commemoration of the belief that today marked the end of the period of the Elders who were contemporaries of Joshua. These were the people who witnessed the miracles in the wilderness and the crossing over the...
Daily Bread — Thursday, February 6, 2025
For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; in the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock. (Psalm 27:5) The Hebrew word translated as “hide” (צפן tzafon) is never used when speaking of something trivial but...
7 Shevat — Making Aliyah
It was on this day in 1930 that the fifth aliyah to the Holy Land began. Perhaps some of you are not familiar with this term, aliyah. It is the Hebrew word that defines immigration to Israel; if someone is going to move to Israel, it is said that they make “aliyah.”...
Daily Bread — Wednesday, February 5, 2025
One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple. (Psalm 27:4) The desires of men tend to be in a constant state of flux and...
6 Shevat — Let Him Vindicate You
What do you do when someone says something negative about you, publicly? It might be true or it might not be true. It might be something that happened a long time ago. Regardless of the situation, someone - maybe another believer - discloses something about you for...