Post A Day After Conquering Temple Mount, One Rabbi Conquered Hebron On the 28th of Iyar, Israel celebrates Jerusalem Day which commemorates the reunion of the Jewish people with their holiest site, the Temple Mount, in the 1967 Six-Day War. What… Read More
Post Agricultural Gifts for the Poor Chapter 19 of Leviticus introduces agricultural-based charity: When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap all the way to the edges of your field, or gather… Read More
Post Are We Really Required to Give an Eye for an Eye? Leviticus seems to tell the Children of Israel that when someone hurts his fellow he should be punished in kind. Understood literally, the verses seem to say that we must… Read More
Post Counting the Soldiers in God’s army The Book of Bamidbar, which literally means ‘in the desert’, is referred to in English as Numbers. Rather appropriately, it begins with a census of the Children of Israel (Numbers… Read More
Post God’s New Covenant With Israel With the Exodus, God began to manifest his covenantal promise to the patriarchs. From the outset, God told Abraham that his descendants would be “strangers in a land not theirs,… Read More
Post Interest Free Loans: A Family Matter Leviticus instructs the Children of Israel regarding how to deal with money matters, and one of the clearest and unequivocal prohibitions is usury:Â If your kinsman, being in straits, comes… Read More
Post A First-Hand Account of the 1967 Temple Mount Battle Jerusalem Day commemorates the reunion of the Jewish people with their holiest site, the Temple Mount, during the 1967 Six-Day War. It is celebrated annually on the 28th of Iyar… Read More
Post Jubilee: Free to Celebrate the Glory of God If all debts were wiped out and all work was forbidden, the world would be a paradise with everyone free to focus on serving God. In fact, the Bible mandates… Read More
Post Kil’ayim: Forbidden Mixtures Leviticus presents the prohibition of mixing animal breeds, plants, and cloth: You shall observe My laws. You shall not let your cattle mate with a different kind; you shall not… Read More
Post Lag BaOmer: Sparks of Joy Lighting Up the Darkness Lag Ba’Omer is the 33rd day of the 49-day count between Passover, when a barley wave offering was presented in the Temple, and the holiday of Shavuot (Feast of Weeks),… Read More