by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki | f 18, 2024 | Ezekiel, Redemption
Then say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land (Ezekiel 37:21) This verse in Ezekiel is taken from one of...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 15, 2024 | Isaiah, Light Unto the Nations, Redemption
He will raise a banner for the nations, and He will gather the outcasts of Israel; He will assemble the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth. (Isaiah 11:12) The verse just before this one described the ingathering of the dispersed exiles of Israel to...
by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki | f 15, 2024 | Freedom, Isaiah, Redemption
In that day, my Lord will apply His hand again to redeeming the other part of His people from Assyria—as also from Egypt, Pathros, Nubia, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the coastlands. (Isaiah 11:11) In this verse, Isaiah prophesies regarding the redemption and the...
by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki | f 5, 2024 | Isaiah, Psalms
What blessings does God need? Psalm 135:21 begins, “Blessed is the LORD from Zion.” The obvious question is, does God really need to be blessed by us? What are we actually doing when we bless God? I understand what it means to bless another person. It...
by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki | f 4, 2024 | Miracles, Zechariah
“So said the Lord of Hosts: Old men and old women will again sit in the squares of Jerusalem, each man with his cane in his hand due to advanced age. The squares of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in its squares. So said the Lord of Hosts: If...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 1, 2024 | Zechariah
The city of “truth” This is the only place in the Bible where Jerusalem is called the “city of truth.” The Hebrew word for “truth” is emet. This word does not only mean “truth” as in the opposite of falsehood. The word emet also means “faithfulness” or “reliability.”...
