by Eliyahu Berkowitz | f 6, 2021 | Uncategorized, Blog
❝Then Queen Esther daughter of Avichayil wrote a second letter of Purim for the purpose of confirming with full authority the aforementioned one of Mordechai the Yehudi.❞ Esther 9:29 The Megillah Reading Divided into ten chapters, the story recorded in the Megillah of...
by Eliyahu Berkowitz | f 31, 2021 | Uncategorized, Blog
What do figs have to do with the Bible? More than you may realize. That’s because the land of Israel was blessed but even more so through the seven traditional species (wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives and dates) as listed in Deuteronomy: For...
by Eliyahu Berkowitz | f 28, 2021 | Uncategorized, Blog
❝There is hope for a tree; If it is cut down it will renew itself; Its shoots will not cease.❞ Job 14:7 Despite not being specifically mentioned in the Bible, Tu B’Shvat has Biblical implications and, as the holiday that connects Jews to the land, has become massively...
by Eliyahu Berkowitz | f 28, 2021 | Uncategorized, Blog
❝The word of Hashem came to me: What do you see, Yirmiyahu? I replied: I see a branch of an almond tree.❞ Jeremiah 1:11 Going out to the fields in Israel in the winter presents the beautiful sight of almond trees in bloom, covered in white blossoms. But it is not...