by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 2, 2022 | Counting the Omer, Emor, Shavuot (Pentecost)
Shavuot is an annual Jewish holiday, one of the three Biblically mandated pilgrimage festivals when, in Temple times, Jews ascended to Jerusalem. It is observed after the Jews complete a seven-week count beginning on the second day of Passover: You must count until...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 22, 2022 | Bechukotai, Community, Covenant, Faith, God, Temple
Agriculture in Israel is a joint venture in which God partners with the farmers. God promises that if the Jews are faithful to the Torah and keep the commandments, He will ensure that the rain will fall in its proper season and the land will yield its bounty. And just...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 17, 2022 | Bible Study
If all debts were wiped out and all work was forbidden, the world would be a paradise with everyone free to focus on serving God. In fact, the Bible mandates that this becomes the reality once every fifty years. And after a lapse of 2,000 years, the Jubilee is making...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 16, 2022 | Bible Study
In addition to the weekly Shabbat which was observed in the desert, Leviticus instructs the Children of Israel to keep the Shemittah. Shemittah (literally, ‘release’) is usually translated as the sabbatical year, and is described as ‘Shabbat’ of the land in Leviticus...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 3, 2022 | Bible Study
Leviticus 19 describes the prohibition against eating fruit produced by a tree during the first three years after planting: When you enter the land and plant any tree for food, you shall regard its fruit as forbidden. Three years it shall be forbidden for you, not to...
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