by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 25, 2022 | Bible Study
I had it all planned out. I told my parents I was going to hang out with friends. The story was that we were having a barbecue but the real plan was quite a bit wilder than that. I was shocked when my parents gave me their permission. I donned my stylish ripped jeans...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 24, 2022 | Israel
This morning, thanks to social media, I was able to have an argument with someone on the other side of the world who I have never met. The argument was over something trivial I didn’t really care about. Rather than bring the world together in harmony, the internet has...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 22, 2022 | God, Numbers, Shemini Atzeret, Sukkot
Last week was our anniversary and our kids threw us a surprise party. They invited all of our friends and brought in spectacular catering. It was amazing and the party went on until the early hours of the morning with the guests trickling away. The next morning, we...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 21, 2022 | Jeremiah, Repentance, Revelation and Prophecy, Temple
What do you like to hear first, the good news or the bad news? Jeremiah is known as the prophet of destruction and rebuke. Indeed, he was given the unenviable task of warning the Jews of the impending destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem. But were all of his...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 21, 2022 | Bible Study
Eeny, meeny, miny, mo… How do YOU choose when you have a decision to make? Do you flip a coin? Sometimes it is hard to make trivial decisions. What about really important ones, like who will lead the Jews into the Promised Land? Twelve spies went into Israel,...