Aug 13, 2023 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day, in 1920, that the Turkish government renounced all sovereignty over the Holy Land and officially recognized the British Mandate over the Holy Land. Before this, in 1917, British General Allenby walked into the city of Jerusalem through the Jaffa...
Aug 13, 2023 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Good Morning. And all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness!” (Numbers 14:2) The Bible says that, upon hearing the...
Aug 12, 2023 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day, in 1944, that the Amsterdam hideout of Anne Frank and her family was discovered by the Nazis. The Franks and other families had managed to live in very tight quarters, having to be extremely quiet and very particular about how they conducted their...
Aug 12, 2023 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Good Morning. Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.” (Numbers 13:30) When the spies came back with their report, the people were dismayed and gave into fear and doubt. This...
Aug 11, 2023 | All Posts, On This Day |
On this day, Judaism acknowledges the time when the Hasmoneans implemented the Pharisaic code. This code was the result of longstanding differences of opinion within Judaism that encompassed class distinctions, biblical interpretation and resistance to assimilation....
Aug 11, 2023 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Good Morning. Then Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, “Go up this way into the South, and go up to the mountains, and see what the land is like: whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, few or many; whether the land they...
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