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...
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.”...
by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki | f 8, 2024 | Psalms
Jerusalem: City of Peace The Hebrew word for “peace”, Shalom, is often misunderstood. Shalom does not mean “peace” in the sense of compromise or a lack of hostilities. This contemporary meaning of “peace” is the farthest thing from Shalom. Shalom comes from the Hebrew...
