Scripture Reading for May 19, 2018
Torah: Numbers 1:1 – 4:20, “Bamidbar” (In the desert …. ) Haftorah; Hosea 2:1 – 23 New Testament: Acts 2:1 – 11 Gospel: Luke 24:13 – 35, “Amaum” (Emmaus … )
Torah: Numbers 1:1 – 4:20, “Bamidbar” (In the desert …. ) Haftorah; Hosea 2:1 – 23 New Testament: Acts 2:1 – 11 Gospel: Luke 24:13 – 35, “Amaum” (Emmaus … )
This week we begin the fourth book in our weekly Torah readings. We covered the grand sweeps of human history in the book of Genesis. We followed the sons of Jacob into Egypt and reached the dramatic climax of the Jewish story when Pharaoh finally let God’s people go. Leviticus beat the drum for purity…
By Herb Keinon, JPost— Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales arrived in Israel on Tuesday to take part in the official reopening of the Central American country’s embassy in Jerusalem’s Malha Technology Park on Wednesday. Guatemala had an embassy in Jerusalem until 1980. But it pulled it out – along with several other countries – when the…
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— On Monday, the US Embassy was officially opened in Jerusalem as per the orders of President Donald Trump in what many believe was an integral part of the Messianic process that will culminate in another architectural landmark: the building of the Third Temple. Several prominent rabbis weigh in…
By Israel Kasnett, JNS.org— U.S. President Donald Trump made a campaign promise few thought he would keep. “We will move the American embassy to the eternal capital of the Jewish people, Jerusalem,” he announced in 2016. Now that promise is about to be fulfilled. Preparations for the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on…
Think on this: “I have posted Watchmen on your walls , O Jerusalem: They will never be silent day or night. You who call on the name of Yahweh, give yourselves no rest and give Him no rest till He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of all the earth.” (Isaiah 62:6-7) Pray like…
BY Yaakov Lapin, JNS.org In striking more than 50 Iranian military targets within 90 minutes early on Thursday morning, the Israel Defense Force displayed just a sample of its advanced, intelligence-fueled precision firepower, dealing a crushing blow to Iran’s assets in Syria. This exchange of fire represents a new, stepped-up phase in the escalating Israeli-Iranian…
By Haaretz— Israel attacked dozens of Iranian targets in Syria in what the military said was the most extensive strike in the neighboring country in decades. The strike was carried out in response to a barrage of 20 rockets that were fired from Syria at Israeli military outposts. The Israeli military accused the Revolutionary Guards’…