Jan 2, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. (Psalm 23:1) In just these few words, so much is revealed to us about God Himself and what He looks for in His people. In temporal ways, what is more lowly and, some might argue, more degrading than a simple shepherd who...
Jan 1, 2025 | All Posts, On This Day |
Today is the first day of the month called Tevet which falls in the midst of the Feast of Dedication, or Hanukkah. It was on this day that a young Benjamite girl named Hadassah – better known as Esther – was presented to the king of Persia as recorded in...
Jan 1, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
A posterity shall serve Him. It will be recounted of the Lord to the next generation, they will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born, that He has done this. (Psalm 22:30-31) As David concludes this psalm, he makes it clear that everything he...
Dec 31, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
Today is the last day of Kislev and the sixth day of Hanukkah. We’ve been addressing the story of Hanukkah because it is a microcosm of a greater message we see consistently throughout the Scriptures. Specifically, it is a story describing the struggle between two...
Dec 31, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall worship before You. For the kingdom is the Lord’s, and He rules over the nations. (Psalm 22:27-28) In most rabbinical writings, commentators go to great lengths to...
Dec 30, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in 1496 that King Manuel I of Portugal ordered the expulsion of all Jews from his country. If you remember your history, this was just a few short years after Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain had done the same thing. Manuel’s queen was also named...
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