by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 4, 2022 | Bible Study
After commanding Israel to make the Tabernacle, rather than begin with the structure itself, God tells the Children of Israel to make the utensils that go into the tent, beginning with the Ark of the Covenant, the table, and then detailing the construction of the...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 3, 2022 | Community, God, Holiness, Temple, Terumah
When God commanded the Children of Israel to build a Tabernacle for him to dwell among them, he also commanded them to build furnishings. Perhaps the most intricate piece was the golden table, or shulchan, that held the 12 showbreads, and some commentaries place the...
by Eliyahu Berkowitz | f 2, 2021 | Chanukah
Everyone knows that Hanukkah is the Festival of Lights celebrated by the lighting of candles. But there is so much more to the holiday that makes it an eight-day family event. Lighting the Menorah Lighting the nine-branched menorah is not just a tradition. It is a...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 1, 2021 | Kings, Ninth of Av, Temple
The Arch of Titus, constructed in 81 CE by Emperor Domitian to commemorate the victory over the Jewish rebellion in Judaea, stands on the Via Sacra in Rome to this day, bearing witness to the fact that the Romans carried away the golden Menorah from the Second Temple...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 30, 2021 | Chanukah, Kislev, Temple, Tetzaveh
The holiday of Hanukkah is most famously identified with the story of the miracle of the single cruse of pure olive oil that burned for eight days. The story of Hanukkah does not appear in the Bible but it is told in the Talmud (Shabbat 21b). The story begins in...
