Scripture Reading for March 16, 2013
Torah: Leviticus: 1:1–6:7 “Vayikra” (And he called …) Haftorah: Isaiah 43:21–44:23 New Testament: Hebrews 10:1–28 Gospel: John 19:28–37, “Yeshua yadah” (Jesus knew …)
Torah: Leviticus: 1:1–6:7 “Vayikra” (And he called …) Haftorah: Isaiah 43:21–44:23 New Testament: Hebrews 10:1–28 Gospel: John 19:28–37, “Yeshua yadah” (Jesus knew …)
Avinu Malkeinu is a Jewish prayer for forgiveness. It is a Jewish prayer recited during Jewish services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, as well on the Ten Days of Repentance from Rosh Hashanah through Yom Kippur. There are many verses to the song but a rough translation of a portion of the supplication goes…
From November 14 – 21, 2012, 400 rockets were fired from Gaza into Israeli civilian populations. Just one week later, in a nearly unanimous vote, the UN rewarded this savage aggression by recognizing ‘Palestine’ as a nonmember observer state.
By ISRAEL TODAY— A 1-million strong swarm of locusts that broke away from the plague-sized multitude that continues to attack northern Egypt invaded Israel on Tuesday, only to be stopped in its tracks a day later. The locusts crossed the Sinai Peninsula into southern Israel overnight Monday. By Wednesday morning it had reached the northern…
By YORI YANOVER, JEWISH PRESS— In anticipation of U.S. President Barack Obama visit to Israel at the end of this month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering a significant package of gestures to the Palestinians, Maariv reports. The security system has submitted to Netanyahu its recommendations for goodwill gestures, with the stated proviso that these…
May we stand together & pray, may our prayers be like the evening incense, & may our lives be a living sacrifice as we walk in obedience to our Father, Adonai Tzava’ot as He Guides our feet on His Way. Music Video by Will Spires
By NAOMI REGAN — The American consulate seems to be exclusively aimed at benefiting West Bank and east Jerusalem Palestinians. Remember that scene in “Not Without My Daughter” when Sally Field sees the American flag waving over the American Embassy in Istanbul as she flees Iran? “We’re home baby, we’re home,” she tells her daughter.…
BY DAVID RUBIN— With the planned visit of U.S. President Barack Obama to Israel later this month, speculation is building as to the main focus that he will be bringing to his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. While pundits on both sides of the ocean are expecting the two leaders to put a…
BY EARL COX, ISRAEL ALWAYS— First, it was a bit surprising to hear the news that the United States President Barack Obama is planning to visit Israel in March. That’s surprising because, with all his multitudinous travels, the president did not once visit Israel during his entire first term in office. Secondly, it is even…
BY SHIRA SORKO-RAM, MAOZ— Nobody has a clue as to what our new government coalition is going to look like. Not the TV presenters, the Internet bloggers, the newspaper pundits. In fact, not even Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself. (Although by the time you get this issue of the Maoz Israel Report, miracles may have…