Today, the 16th day of Tishri is the second day of Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles). It was on this day in the year 539 B.C. that King Cyrus of Persia captured the city of Babylon, thus bringing an end to the once-great Empire of Nebuchadnezzar. Many verses of Scripture speak of Cyrus, and sometimes he […]
Today is the 15th day of Tishri, the first day of Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles). It was on this day that, according to tradition, Abraham sent his servant, to Nahor in order to fetch a wife for his son, Isaac. This is recorded in Genesis 24:3-4: “And I will make you swear by the Lord, […]
If we could comprehend this invitation in its entirety we would not just draw near, we would run to Him. It is not just a command that requires action, but it is a promise from our heavenly Father to draw near to us if we draw near to Him. He longs to have a personal […]
Tradition teaches that it was on this day that the Temple of Solomon was finally dedicated. The Bible records the prayer that Solomon offered on that momentous day in 2 Chronicles 6:18-21: “But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less […]
On this day it is believed that God rained down fire and brimstone and destroyed the cities of the plain, including Sodom and Gomorrah. It’s recorded in Genesis 19:24-25: “Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the Lord out of the heavens. So, He overthrew those cities, all the plain, […]
It’s believed that on this day Abraham was visited by three angels who promised that his wife, Sarah, would give him a son. It’s recorded in Genesis 18:10: “And He said, ‘I will certainly return to you according to the time of life and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son.” (Sarah was listening […]
It’s believed that on this day Moses made the first appeal for the contributions of material and metal for the building of the Tabernacle. We can read about this in Exodus 25:1-2: “Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ‘Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring Me an offering (terumah). From everyone who […]
Today is Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. There are so many events that are believed to have occurred on this day, but our focus will be on just one. Tradition has it that on this day Moses returned from the top of Mt. Sinai, carrying the second tablets of the Law. This was in […]
Today, the 9th of Tishri, is the day before Yom Kippur. And so, on the eve of Yom Kippur – the day when we entreat the Creator to forgive us of our transgressions – do we stop and consider just what are the most serious of our crimes? Perhaps with some, it is anger; with […]
It was on this day in 1939 that Reinhard Heydrich met with aids in Berlin to discuss the so-called “Final Solution” for the “Jewish problem.” In the minds of people like Heydrich, Goebbels, Göring and of course, Hitler, Jews were considered to be mongrels, criminals and less than human and thus worthy of extermination. This […]