by Kim Troup | Aug 31, 2023 | Shabbat Shalom
First Fruits of the Land of Israel This week’s portion opens with the ceremony of first fruits that is performed in the Temple, after the Children of Israel have entered the Land of Israel. When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an...
by Kim Troup | Aug 17, 2023 | Shabbat Shalom
Annointed Leaders must be Righteous In this week’s Torah portion, we read about the restrictions placed on a king of Israel. “But he shall not have many horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt in order to obtain many horses since G-d...
by Elyshia Johnson | Oct 30, 2020 | Newsletters, Reflections from Israel, Word to the Nations
by Kimberly Troup Numbers 13 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel. Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan and said to them, “Go up into the Negev and go up into the hill country, and...
by Elyshia Johnson | Sep 4, 2018 | News from the Land, Newsletters
by Sondra Oster Baras September 4, 2018 We were treated to wonderful news last week as US President Donald Trump declared that the US would no longer fund UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, and criticized the agency for hindering rather than helping...
by Elyshia Johnson | May 17, 2018 | Newsletters, Reflections from Israel
By Tessy Agassi This week we celebrated Shavuot, my personal favorite holiday of the Jewish year. While the Bible references this holiday as the Festival of First Fruits, on this holiday we also commemorate receiving the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai. In fact, since...
