Post How Passionate Love for the Land Set a Tribe Apart I had it all planned out. I told my parents I was going to hang out with friends. The story was that we were having a barbecue but the real… Read More
Post Expanding the Borders of the Land of Israel “Can I get you something to drink?” “No, thank you. I don’t want to bother you.” “Maybe a cup of water?” “Well, okay. If it is not a bother, a… Read More
Post Mandrakes are the Biblical Love Plant The conflict between the sister-brides Rachel and Leah takes a strange twist when Reuben finds some mandrakes, in Hebrew dudaim (דוּדָאִים), while harvesting wheat and brings them to his mother,… Read More
Post The Golan Heights: Indispensable Part of the Holy Land Joshua chapter 12 summarizes the wars fought by the Children of Israel to take possession of the Promised Land. In this chapter, we are also reminded of the wars that… Read More