Jul 21, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
According to tradition, it was on this day that Hur, the son of Miriam, died in defense of the faith against those who wanted to build a Golden Calf. This was the same Hur who, along with Aaron, held the hands of Moses in the battle against Amalek. This...
Jul 21, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Is He not your Father, who bought you? Has He not made you and established you? (Deuteronomy 32:6) The preface for this verse speaks to the fact that Israel, though called to be a holy people, very often corrupted themselves thus prompting the LORD to ask, more or...
Jul 20, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
On this day in 1776, a Jewish plantation owner from South Carolina named Francis Salvador, was killed in a skirmish with British regulars. The reason this is noteworthy is because it’s believed that Salvador was the first Jewish patriot killed in the American...
Jul 20, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Ascribe greatness to our God. He is the Rock, His work is perfect. For all His ways are justice, a God of truth and without injustice; righteous and upright is He. (Deuteronomy 32:3-4) In the course of this song, we are reminded nine different times that our God is...
Jul 19, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day, in 1906, that the Home Construction Company organized and began to build homes outside of ancient Jaffa. Over time this area would become known as the city of Tel Aviv. In Hebrew, Tel Aviv means the “hill” or “mound of spring.” We could shorten it...
Jul 19, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Let my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, as raindrops on the tender herb, and as showers on the grass. (Deuteronomy 32:2) We must remember that it was the LORD who gave Moses the words to this song, and so, that the wording strikes a poetic tone...
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