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 […]
It was on this day that Ezra and his followers left the river Ahava, making their way to Jerusalem, as recorded in the book of Ezra. “Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. And the hand of our God was upon us, […]
It was on this day that the generation of Israelites born in the wilderness were circumcised upon entering the land of Israel. This is recorded in Joshua 5: “So it was, when they had finished circumcising all the people, that they stayed in their places in the camp till they were healed. Then the Lord […]
It was on this day that Israel, under the leadership of Joshua, the son of Nun, crossed over the Jordan River and erected the twelve-stone monument at Gilgal. This is recorded in the 4th chapter of Joshua: Now the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they […]
It was on this day in 1722 that Judah Monis, the first publisher of a Hebrew book in New England, became a believer in Jesus as the Messiah. Three months following his conversion, Monis, considered to be an apostate by Judaism, became the instructor in Hebrew at Harvard University. And so we have two interesting […]
The Bible tells us that children are a heritage of the Lord and happy is the man whose quiver is full of them (Psalm 127:3-5). As it turned out, my quiver would only hold four – Brandon, Nathan, Alan and Allison, my one and only little girl. There is something that transpired between she and […]
