Post Bible Buying Guide Reviews “The Israel Bible” The popular Bible review website and Youtube channel “Bible Buying Guide” (BBG) recently reviewed “The Israel Bible” and, according to Randy Brown of BBG, “I recommend “The Israel Bible to… Read More
Post The Connection Between Sukkot and Gog and Magog When Shabbat occurs during Sukkot, rather than reading from the weekly Torah portion, there is an ancient, yet unusual, Jewish tradition of reading about the famous war of Gog and… Read More
Post Creation is God’s Song Rabbi Akiva Gersh, a musician and educator in Israel, presents a unique perspective on Jewish music in the Book of Genesis, as part of a course for The Israel Bible… Read More
Post The Seven Days of Creation in Jewish Art Emily Shapiro Katz, an artist and educator in Israel, presents a unique perspective on the seven days of creation in Jewish art, as part of a course for The Israel… Read More
Post Experience Sukkot’s Priestly Blessing I have always taken great pride in my family tradition, passed along from father to son for countless generations, that I am a ‘Kohen,” a direct descendant of Aaron the… Read More
Post From Animals to Men When Naomi, and her daughter-in-law Ruth, returned to Israel from the plains of Moab, they arrived at the beginning of the barley harvest. In fact, this is one reason why… Read More
Post Haazinu | Poetic Promise of Israel’s Future Redemption In the poem Moshe delivers on his last day on earth, he guarantees the future redemption of Israel, as explained by Rabbi Moshe Lichtman. … Read More
Post How is the fig similar to the Bible? In Micah chapter 4, the prophet Micah describes what life will be like at the time of the ultimate redemption. Like Isaiah (2:2-4), he describes how the Temple Mount will… Read More
Post Isru Chag: Last but certainly not least The day following Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot is known in Hebrew as “Isru Chag.” It’s a minor holiday on the Jewish calendar but a major holiday for Israeli school children,… Read More
Post Don’t Underestimate the Jews Like most Jews, I spent the last two days of Rosh Hashana in prayer. We heard the powerful blasts of the Shofar and recited Hebrew prayers that focused on coronating… Read More