by Rabbi Elie Mischel | f 7, 2023 | Antisemitism, Obadiah
The Book of Obadiah is the shortest book in the Hebrew Bible with a total of only 21 verses. But boy, do those 21 verses pack a punch! Obadiah prophesies about Edom, the nation that descends from Jacob’s brother Esau, who will be punished at the end of days for its...
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 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...
