I’d like to take just a few moments to explain the Spring biblical festivals millions of Jews around the world are observing. It is described by Moses in the Book of Leviticus. Leviticus 23:1-2 reads, “And the Lord spoke to Moses saying, speak to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The Feast of
Pesach or Passover as it’s known in English is a spring festival. In the springtime there’s a feeling of newness, of renewal. The land comes to life as trees bud and flowers bloom. It’s the time of year when a half a billion migrating birds fly over the land of Israel. The earth seems to
If the miracle of Hanukkah did not happen, Israel would have been destroyed and the line of King David would have been broken and Jesus would not have been born. Now I think you are asking the one question most Christians have about Hanukkah, “What is Hanukkah?” Not many Christians know the story of Hanukkah
Every year at this time Jews sit in a Sukkah, to commemorate how their ancestors journeyed from Egypt. On the Hebrew calendar it begins at sundown on the evening of the 14th of Tishrei and runs the day of the 15th. That’s tonight and tomorrow. “Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this
