Jan 10, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein. For He has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the waters. (Psalm 24:1-2) Consider this scenario: a very wealthy man builds a great housing complex replete with all the...
Jan 9, 2025 | All Posts, On This Day |
Tradition believes that it was on this day that Ezra the priest passed away. Ezra holds a very prominent place in Jewish history, regarded as being the restorer of the Torah after the Babylonian captivity. He came to prominence at a critical time in Jewish history...
Jan 9, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. (Psalm 23:6) In Hebrew, the words “goodness” and “mercy” are טוב tov and חסד chesed respectively. The first of these words, tov, denotes things that...
Jan 8, 2025 | All Posts, On This Day |
In Judaism, today is considered to be a fast day commemorating the completion of the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scripture, otherwise called the Septuagint. The original purpose of the Septuagint was to meet the needs of those Greek speaking Jews who lived...
Jan 8, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over. (Psalm 23:5) It is always been of great interest to me that God situated the land of Israel in one of the most violent and explosive regions on earth. In fact,...
Jan 7, 2025 | All Posts, On This Day |
Have you ever gone through a difficult time and wondered, “Is this a test or is this a consequence of something I did or didn’t do?” Most likely, we have all felt that same way at some point and sometimes have discovered that the answer we receive is, “Both.”...
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