Shavuot—also known as the Feast of Weeks or Pentecost—is a Jewish holiday celebrating the giving of the Ten Commandments and the Torah (the first five books of the Bible). Every year for over 3,300 years, God’s people have a celebration to mark the anniversary of the day they received the holy Torah and Ten Commandments.…
Think on this: “Praise be to you, O Yahweh, God and father of the Israel of God, from everlasting to everlasting. 11 Yours, O Yahweh, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O Yahweh, is the kingdom; you…
The Israeli Palestinian conflict is an often misunderstood political battleground where facts are mixed with opinion, preference, and prejudice. There’s so much confusion around the conflict that we want to bring light to what is truth and what is myth. What issues are actually standing in the way of bringing peace between the Israelis and…
Think on this: “You are my servant; I have chosen you and not rejected you. So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed , for I am you God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. … For I am Yahweh…
Think on this: “These men blaspheme in matters of which they are ignorant. They are like brute beasts, irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like beasts they too will perish. They will be paid back with suffering for the suffering they have caused.” (II Peter 2:24) Pray on…
Egyptian Salafi Cleric Murgan Salem told the Tahrir Square audience the Boston Bombing was meant to deliver a message. He admits that he has no idea who carried out the bombing but on his own analysis the bombing was too “amateur” to be the work of Al-Qaeda. He says that whoever did it was sending…
Happy Birthday Israel!
Traditional Shabbat Song.
Erick Stakelbeck educates Obama on history of Jews in Middle East
A central tenet in the faith life of any observant Jew is prayer. In synagogue, Jews join formal prayer services three times a day, every day. In addition to that they have dozens of spontaneous prayers for everything from washing hands to throwing out bread. The Siddur is the Jewish prayer book which contains all…