20 Shevat — Don’t Worry: Be Happy
Jewish tradition believes that on this day Jacob’s son, Asher, was born. And Leah's maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. Then Leah said, “I am happy, for the daughters will call me blessed”: and so she called his name Asher. (Genesis 30:12-13) As we just read, the...
Daily Bread — Tuesday, January 30, 2024
You shall make no covenant with them nor show mercy to them. Nor shall you make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to their son, nor take their daughter for your son. (Deuteronomy 7:2-3) If Israel was not to make covenant with the nations in the...
19 Shevat — Breaking Man’s Interpretation of God’s Law
It is recorded in the Gospels that on one Shabbat when Messiah and His disciples were walking, they became hungry and began to pluck grains of wheat and eat them. Some Pharisees observed this and accused Yeshua and His disciples of profaning the Sabbath claiming they...
Daily Bread — Monday, January 29, 2024
You shall make no covenant with them nor show mercy to them. Nor shall you make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to their son, nor take their daughter for your son. (Deuteronomy 7:2-3) There is a passage in Isaiah addressing the fact that certain...
18 Shevat — Our Eternal Father
The sacred name of the Creator is יהוה. Regarding His sacred name, what seems to get the most attention is how to pronounce it. Some people think it’s “Yahweh,” others think it’s “Yahveh”; some believe it’s “Yehovah.” Frankly, there are several pronunciations advanced...
Daily Bread — Sunday, January 28, 2024
When the Lord your God brings you into the land which you go to possess, and has cast out many nations before you, ... seven nations greater and mightier than you, and when the Lord your God delivers them over to you, you shall conquer them and utterly destroy them....
17 Shevat — He Will Make Us A Great Nation
It was on this day in 1965 that Spanish officials met with Jewish representatives to discuss the legal status of the Jewish community in Spain. It was the first such meeting between Jews and the head of the Spanish government since the expulsion of Jews in the year...
Daily Bread — Saturday, January 27, 2024
And the Lord commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that He might preserve us alive, as it is this day. Then it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to observe all these commandments before the Lord our...
16 Shevat — As Little Children
Messiah made it very clear that if we are to enter the kingdom of heaven, then we must do so with the heart of little children. This is recorded in the Gospel of Matthew. Then Yeshua called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, “Assuredly, I...
Daily Bread — Friday, January 26, 2024
When your son asks you in time to come, saying, “What is the meaning of the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which the Lord our God has commanded you?” then you shall say to your son: “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of...
15 Shevat — Tu B’Shvat
Today, the 15th day of Shevat is also called Tu B’shvat, which is simply translated as the 15th of Shevat - the “tu” being the pronunciation of the Hebrew letters, טו tet and vav, that together have the value fifteen. Tu b’shvat is regarded as the new year for trees...
Daily Bread — Thursday, January 25, 2024
And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land of which the Lord swore to your fathers. (Deuteronomy 6:18) There are several instances in the Scripture where it is...