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 Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 15, 2024 | Prayer, Va'etchanan
In 1946, shortly after the end of World War II, Rabbi Isaac Halevi Herzog, the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Mandatory Palestine, traveled to Europe in the hopes of finding Jewish children who had survived the war. He visited a large monastery that was known to have...
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 13, 2024 | Israel, Vayishlach
The night before the encounter with his brother Esau after so many years apart, an angel wrestled with Jacob. After Jacob showed his strength and resilience in overcoming the attack, the angel blessed Jacob and gave him a new name – Israel. This verse, spoken by the...
by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki | f 6, 2024 | Bible Study, Faith, Psalms
This verse, like many others in the book of Psalms, is a seemingly repetitive poetic couplet. The first half of the verse and the second half of the verse appear to be saying the same thing in slightly different words. Zion is another name for Jerusalem. Exalt and...
