Christmas and Hanukkah fall on the same day this year – this is only the fourth time this has happened in 100 years! Even though they are always very close in time, I believe that this year’s special occasion requires special reflections. Hence the name of this post: Hanukkah Reflections for Christmas. The […]
In the story of Joseph in Genesis 42, we read about his first meeting with his brothers: 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to […]
Not long ago, we spoke about Key Number Four – how Yeshua was recognized while breaking the bread: “As He sat at the table with them, … He took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him”[1] We said that this recognizing Him as Messiah had […]
Today, we are opening Lock Number Three – and therefore we will be using Key Number Three: as though. In Luke 24:28 we read: he made as though he would have gone further. This is a very remarkable word and a very remarkable key indeed: there are not many places in the Bible where God […]
We are coming close to the Thanksgiving Day – and since a great many of my readers are from the United States, first and foremost, I would like to wish everybody Happy Thanksgiving! I think it is a wonderful celebration, it used to be my favorite holiday when I lived in America, and even though […]
Do you remember our KEY NUMBER TWO: making the latent image visible? We spoke about developing photographs in the past: a film would be placed in a special solution, the developer, and sometime later a picture would begin to appear. At first the contours would appear, and then the finer details of the image, and finally […]
Finally, we are Acherei Hachagim – after the Holidays – here in Israel. Many institutions and courses only begin their annual activity after the Holidays (for instance, the Fall semester in most of the universities in Israel starts after the holidays, and sometimes, like this year, it is very late). Other courses and schools just go […]
When was the Silent Night? In Luke 2, an angel appeared to the shepherds in the fields and said to them, “I bring you good news … great joy for all the people”[1]. When did that happen? When was this great joy declared? The Gospel writers either did not know the time of Jesus’ birth […]
Sukkot is a Biblical Festival of Joy, it’s even called zman simchateinu – “the season of our joy”. The Scripture commands us explicitly to be joyful during Sukkot: 13 Celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress. 14 Be joyful at your festival—you, your […]
A key part pf the Day of Atonement liturgy at the Tabernacle and Temple was a sin offering involving two goats: They were chosen to be as similar as possible to one another; then they were brought before the High Priest; and then lots were drawn, one bearing the words “To the Lord,” the other, “To […]
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