May 9, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
Today is the first day of the month of Iyar and it was on this day, according to tradition, that the first of the ten plagues to strike Egypt occurred. It is recorded in Exodus 7: Then the Lord spoke to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your rod and stretch out your hand...
May 9, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
If you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and desire her and would take her for your wife, then you shall bring her home to your house, and she shall shave her head and trim her nails. (Deuteronomy 21:11-12) I realize we’ve dealt with some interesting...
May 8, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
Today is the final day of the month of Aviv and we are currently in the time of “counting the Omer.” The word, עמר omer, is a unit of dry measure for things like grains and other dry commodities that was used in the era of the Sanctuary. It is estimated to be...
May 8, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
When you besiege a city for a long time, while making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them; if you can eat of them, do not cut them down to use in the siege, for the tree of the field is man’s food. (Deuteronomy...
May 7, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day, in 1945, that U.S. forces under the command of General George S. Patton, Jr., liberated the concentration camp at Buchenwald and its 21,000 inmates. A few days later, the citizens of nearby Weimar were forced to march five miles to the camp and...
May 7, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
When you besiege a city for a long time, while making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them; if you can eat of them, do not cut them down to use in the siege, for the tree of the field is man’s food. (Deuteronomy...
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