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 Rabbi Elie Mischel | f 4, 2023 | Antisemitism, Ezekiel, Redemption
This is not business as usual. Though Israel has fought many small wars against Hamas, everyone understands that the current war is different. After Hamas slaughtered 1,200 innocent Israelis on October 7, nations throughout the world immediately felt the...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 7, 2023 | Ezekiel, Good and Evil, Messiah
We are living in prophetic times. For close to 2,000 years, prophecies predicting the return of the Jewish people to the land of Israel were but a dream. But in 1948, the Jewish homeland in the land of Israel was re-established. Israel has a thriving economy, and Jews...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 9, 2021 | Ezekiel, Messiah, Redemption, Revelation and Prophecy, Temple, Vayigash
The Torah portion of Vayigash (Genesis 44:18-47:27) completes the story of Joseph’s slavery in Egypt. The story culminates in a dramatic meeting between Judah and Joseph, ending in revelation and reconciliation. Jacob’s household comprised of 70 people descends into...
by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 12, 2021 | Community, Ezekiel, Israel, Messiah, Redemption, Revelation and Prophecy
The return of the lost tribes of Israel and Judah is of great concern as having all twelve tribes together is an essential element to bring about the End of Days. This concept is known as the “Ingathering of the Exiles” and appears in several places in the Hebrew...
by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 24, 2021 | Ezekiel, Sukkot
When Shabbat occurs during Sukkot, rather than reading from the weekly Torah portion, there is an ancient, yet unusual, Jewish tradition of reading about the famous war of Gog and Magog from the Book of Ezekiel in chapters 38 and 39. The terrifying battle is described...