Last time, we started to compare the circumstances of Sarah’s maid Hagar, Ishmael’s mother, in two different chapters of Genesis where she had experienced an epiphany: in Genesis 16, when Hagar was pregnant and fled from Sarah, and in Genesis 21, after she, and her teenage son Ishmael, had been banished from Abraham’s camp. We […]
Our next comparison is taken from the story of Hagar – a very special biblical character. Hagar occupies quite a unique place in the Bible for many different reasons: She is the first runaway slave; the first woman in Abraham’s family to conceive and carry a child; the first slave to be freed. What puts […]
Our exercise today is taken from the famous story of Joseph and his brothers. You probably remember the story: the brothers come back to Joseph for the second time, this time with Benjamin, and after they had accomplished their mission, next morning they started their way back. You probably also remember that not long before […]
We are starting a new series today – one that I have been planning to share with you here for a long time. If you have ever read children’s magazines to your young ones, you are sure to have seen exercises in comparison, where you are presented with two seemingly identical pictures and have to […]
The Day of Revelation: Jewish Perspective 15 ‘And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed. 16 Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the Lord.[2] This is our Scripture for […]
Today, we are finishing our discussion of one of the most dramatic chapters in the Bible – indeed, one of the most dramatic chapters in entire human history. Punishment or Protection? 22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: And now, lest he put out […]
Corona-virus has changed the plans of millions – and this blog, of course, has not been exempted from this unfortunate influence. Originally, I planned to have my BEGINNING series from the beginning of 2020 through Passover – but as you know, that’s not what happened. This article resumes this series; and I am reminding you […]
The Counting of the Omer (Sfirat Haomer – ספירת העומר) is one of the most mysterious and the least understood customs of the Jews (the Messianic Jews as well). Forty-nine days separate the second night of Passover and Shavuot – and these days are marked by a counting of the Omer. But what exactly are […]
Once again, I find it necessary to speak about the situation in the world – and to seek the answers in the Word. When the world started to realize that the initial outbreak of the Corona Virus was becoming a threat to the whole world, we were reading the Torah Portion VaYikra, as we entered […]
We are going to talk about Coronavirus again – and, as it often happens with Hebrew, I believe some surprises await you today. Before we do that however, I would like to finish the topic we started to discuss here: the Last Supper. The Last Supper and the Sign of Jonah Last time, we reviewed […]
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