Sep 17, 2023 | All Posts, On This Day |
Today is considered by Judaism to be the second day of Yom Teruah (a.k.a. Rosh Hashanah or “head of the year.”). And so on this day, the story of the akedah or “the binding” of Isaac, found in Genesis 22:9-10, is read in the synagogue. “Then they came...
Sep 17, 2023 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
A clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water, sprinkle it on the tent, on all the vessels, on the persons who were there, or on the one who touched a bone, the slain, the dead, or a grave. (Numbers 19:18) Thus far, we have looked at the waters of...
Sep 16, 2023 | All Posts, On This Day |
Today is Yom Teruah (a.k.a. Rosh Hashana) or the Feast of Trumpets. According to tradition, there are several key events in history that happened on this day. For starters, tradition says that the creation of Adam and Eve occurred on this day. It’s also believed,...
Sep 16, 2023 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
This is the law when a man dies in a tent: All who come into the tent and all who are in the tent shall be unclean seven days; and every open vessel, which has no cover fastened on it, is unclean. (Numbers 19:14-15) It would be one thing to encounter a corpse out in...
Sep 15, 2023 | All Posts, On This Day |
Today is the last day in the month of Elul and it was on this day that tradition believes God created the sea creatures and fowls of the air. The Bible says: So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded,...
Sep 15, 2023 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Whoever touches the body of anyone who has died, and does not purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of the Lord. That person shall be cut off from Israel. He shall be unclean, because the water of purification was not sprinkled on him; his uncleanness is still on...
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