On this day, Israel arrived at Elim where they discovered twelve springs and remained there for twenty days. This is recorded in Exodus 15. “Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees so they camped there by the waters.” (Exodus 15:27) Yesterday we spoke of the bitter […]
It was on this day that Israel paused at Marah after crossing the Red Sea. It’s recorded in Exodus 15: “So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no water. Now when they came to Marah, […]
It was on this day, according to tradition, that Joshua and the children of Israel began their march around the city of Jericho. It’s recorded in Joshua 6: Then Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets […]
It was on this day, so says tradition, that Israel crossed through the Red Sea followed by Pharaoh and his chariots. When the waters closed upon the Egyptians and they were destroyed, Israel sang the “Shirah” – the song celebrating their deliverance. A portion of that song says: “I will sing to the Lord, for […]
According to Jewish tradition, it was on this day that Pharaoh, thinking that the wilderness had shut them in, caught up with the Hebrews while they were encamped at Pi Hahiroth – “the mouth of the gorges.” Israel came to be at this place because, as they were leaving Egypt, God told them to make […]
It was on this day that, having learned of their flight the previous day, Pharaoh began his pursuit of Israel into the wilderness. Ironically, on this same date over 3500 years later, on April 20, 1889, another tyrant, Adolph Hitler was born. As we go through these Hebrew dates, it’s amazing to see how there […]
According to tradition, it was on this day that Pharaoh was informed that the Hebrews were escaping, and soon after, he began his pursuit. “Now it was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled, and the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people; and they said, ‘Why have […]
According to some traditions and interpretations of Scripture, this is the day that Noah’s ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat, as recorded in Genesis 8: “Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.” (Genesis 8:4) The seventh month is interpreted, at […]
According to tradition, it was on this day that the angel of the Lord commanded Gideon to attack the Midianites as recorded in the book of Judges. Now the Angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon threshed […]
Today is the 15th day of Aviv and the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Matzah). According to the Bible and tradition, there are many very important events that took place on this day. For instance, tradition believes that it was on this day that God made the “covenant of the pieces” with […]
Today is the fourteenth day of Aviv, the preparation day for the Passover and it was on this day that two prominent events with similar themes are believed to have happened. First, it’s believed to be the day that Cain and Abel brought their sacrificial gifts as recorded in Genesis 4. “And in the process […]
It was on this day that the German Worker’s Party was officially renamed the National Socialist German Worker’s Party – we know them as the Nazis. Ironically, or maybe not ironically, this event happened on the very same day that Haman the Agagite published his decree for the extermination of the Jews who were living […]
