Sunset, Tuesday, April 14th* (the 27th of Nisan according to the Hebrew calendar) is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Moshe Katsav said the Holocaust was “A failure of humanity.”
I thought about recent world events and realized that the affliction of [Read more…]
Shavu’ot (Pentecost) is one of the three main festivals of the Biblical year. In ancient Israel, the men were commanded to assemble at Jerusalem for the festivals of Passover, Shavu’ot and Sukkot.
Shavu’ot is [Read more…]
On 9 Av 586 BCE/BC, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon destroyed the city of Jerusalem and the First Temple. Over 50 years ago, on June 7, 1967 (28 Iyar 5727), during the Six-Day War, Israel regained control of biblical east Jerusalem, including the Temple Mount. [Read more…]
“while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.” [Read more…]
As a part of the covenant that God made with Israel, the land of Israel was given to him and to his descendants forever. In the past I have considered this part of the covenant as a reward to Abraham for his participation in the covenant. This would be like a piece of property awarded to a favorite son [Read more…]