Mar 19, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
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...
Mar 18, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
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,...
Mar 18, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
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...
Mar 17, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
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,...
Mar 17, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
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...
Mar 16, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
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...
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