The Olive Tree  Symbols: The Olive Tree is a symbol of Israel. Olive trees appear in the emblems of both the State of Israel, as well as the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The olive tree is also a symbol of peace, hope, and many other qualities that are important to Israel and the Jewish people. Striking:…

What Jewish People Believe A Look at Judaism – What Jewish People Believe Four Main Divisions of Judaism: Orthodox Orthodox Judaism believes in a personal Messiah, who though not divine, is super-human. They also embrace the authority of the Scriptures in conjunction with tradition. Conservative Conservative Judaism is, philosophically, the middle of the road Judaism.…

What comfort can be offered to the mother of a murdered son? Hersh kissed his mother good-bye after synagogue Friday night. The 23-year-old was heading out to a music festival with his buddy. It was the next morning that this festival became the main stage in Hamas’s surprise attack and massacre killing innocent hundreds. That…

Shabbat Shalom! Arriving just when the sun was going down we entered through the kitchen door in the garage.  There were several women, young and old, preparing food and setting place mats on the table. Cousins, aunts and uncles, brothers and sisters, plus friends were gathering.  You would think it was a family reunion after…

With the Babylonian exile in the past, and Jews returning to the land, work of rebuilding the Temple began.  However, the project was pushed aside as the people were putting their personal affairs first.  Things began to happen to the nation. Economic problems unfolded and Natural Disasters began to happen.  Let’s find out what happened some 2500…

Messed up! Second Passover God is a God of second chances.  For example, Peseach Sheni means “Second Passover.” One year after the Exodus, God instructed the people of Israel to celebrate Passover on the fourteenth-day of Nissan (springtime), to bring an offering, and to reenact the eating of the various foods as they had done…

The Heart of Worship during challenging times! When facing tragedy, we must prioritize our concentration! Our witness as believers becomes lackluster when we become preoccupied with self. When captivated with God, we find that looking at ourselves diminishes in the shadow of His glory. The preoccupation with self-fades immeasurably in the presence of the Holy.…

Who started the Wars?  1948 Arab-Israel War Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Transjordan and Egypt Attacked First 1948 – 1967 Fedayeen (Arab guerillas) skirmishes, Sinai War (’56) Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Palestinian militants, Attacked First 1967 Six-Day War Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq Attacked First 1967 – 70 War of Attrition Egypt, Jordan, PLO and allies Attacked First 1973…

The Abrahamic Covenant  The Land The tension is over the land.  Who owns this piece of real estate?  To begin to understand who owns the land, we need to look at the first book of the Bible, The Book of Genesis, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth” (Genesis. 1:1). Why does…

“You Matter” “Whoever saves a life, it is considered as if he saved an entire world”. (Mishnah Sanhedrin 4:5; Yerushalmi Talmud 4:9) Scientists say the probability of you existing at all comes out to 1 in 102,685,000  — yes, that’s a 10 followed by 2,685,000 zeroes!  The odds of you being alive are basically zero.…