26 Tevet — Enforcing the Truth vs Embracing the Truth
It was on this day in 1826 that Maryland’s so-called “Jew Bill” went into effect. This was a law that stipulated Jews who wished to hold public office were required to profess belief in a reward and punishment for mankind in the hereafter. For the previous 50 years,...
Daily Bread — Thursday, January 19, 2023
Good Morning. Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord had commanded Moses. And with him was Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and designer, a weaver of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of...
25 Tevet — He Came To Save, Not Destroy
We are living in very unique and perilous times. Troubling events are occurring all over the world, in the nation and even locally, exposing the inconsistencies, hypocrisy and wickedness of the day in which we live. For the believer, these things serve as a reminder...
Daily Bread — Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Good Morning. This is the inventory of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, which was counted according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. (Exodus 38:21) There are many things...
24 Tevet — Let’s Be Selfless
It was on this day in 1785 that Haym Salomon, one of the primary financiers of the American Revolution, died. Salomon was a Polish born Jew who immigrated to the American colonies just as the first shots of the Revolution were fired. In a very short time, Salomon...
Daily Bread — Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Good Morning. He made the laver of bronze and its base of bronze, from the bronze mirrors of the serving women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. (Exodus 38:8) The Laver that was in the court of the Sanctuary was where washing and cleansing would...
23 Tevet — Conceived In Iniquity
When my oldest son was born, he became the first-born grandchild on both sides of the family. Naturally everyone doted on him and, frankly, spoiled him rotten. He was given a multitude of gifts from family members, as was his mother who was presented a particular...
Daily Bread — Monday, January 16, 2023
Good Morning. He also made the mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits was its length and a cubit and a half its width. (Exodus 37:6) All of our lives, we have heard the cover of the Ark of the Covenant referred to as the "mercy seat." As a child I always...
22 Tevet — The Fence Around the Torah
Back in 1969 my Dad took our family to a drive-in theater to see Walt Disney’s animated feature, 101 Dalmatians. Besides the excitement of seeing the movie on the big screen and eating popcorn in the car, the memory that lingers in my mind about that particular...
Daily Bread — Sunday, January 15, 2023
Good Morning. Then Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; two and a half cubits was its length, a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height. He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold all around it. (Exodus 37:1-2)...
21 Tevet — The Significance of the Insignificant
Tradition says that it was on this day that Simeon, the son of Jacob and Leah was born: “Then she conceived again and bore a son, and said, ‘Because the Lord has heard that I am unloved, He has therefore given me this son also.’ And she called his name Simeon.”...
Daily Bread — Saturday, January 14, 2023
Good Morning. Then all the gifted artisans among them who worked on the tabernacle made ten curtains woven of fine linen, and of blue, purple, and scarlet thread; with artistic designs of cherubim they made them. (Exodus 36:8) I have always found it interesting that...