Jan 19, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Show me Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; on You I wait all the day. (Psalm 25:4-5) In Hebrew, God is sometimes referred to as Ein Sof — “There is no end” — in order...
Jan 18, 2025 | All Posts, On This Day |
When God brought the children of Israel out of Egypt and into the wilderness of Sinai, He descended upon the mountain and said: “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.” He didn’t say, “I am the Lord your God who...
Jan 18, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul. O my God, I trust in You; let me not be ashamed; let not my enemies triumph over me. Indeed, let no one who waits on You be ashamed. (Psalm 25:1-3) In the days when Israel had a Sanctuary, if someone sinned there were sacrifices that...
Jan 17, 2025 | All Posts, On This Day |
In Judaism, this day commemorates the death of two prominent 18th century rabbis, who were also regarded as maggidim or “preachers.” A maggid, or preacher, is distinguished from a typical rabbi in that a rabbi’s audience tends to be scholars and students. A...
Jan 17, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O you gates! Lift up, you everlasting doors and the...
Jan 16, 2025 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in 1947 that the ship called “29th of November,” filled with Jewish immigrants to the Holy Land, was turned away by the British. The reason it was denied entry was because it contained, at least in Britain’s view, “displaced persons” they considered...
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