by Kim Troup | May 12, 2022 | Shabbat Shalom
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on email Email Share on print Print A Day of RestThis week’s portion opens with the laws of the Sabbatical year and the Jubilee. The first section describes the Sabbatical...
by Elyshia Johnson | Apr 26, 2022 | Shabbat Shalom
We can aspire to holiness! You shall be holy for I the Lord your God am holy. (Leviticus 19:2) Throughout Leviticus, God commands Moses to teach the Children of Israel, or to instruct them in various commandments and rules of behavior. With this scripture, God...
by Elyshia Johnson | Oct 5, 2020 | Newsletters, Shabbat Shalom
Shabbat Succot Exodus 33:12-34:26 Numbers 29:23-28 Ezekiel 38:18-39:16 This week we celebrate one of my favorite holidays… Succot, the Feast of Tabernacles. It is quite remarkable that the Torah readings discuss sacrifices brought to the Temple thousands of years...
by Kim Troup | Oct 1, 2020 | Reflections from Israel, Uncategorized
The Feast of Tabernacles, or Sukkot, as it is known in Hebrew, has begun to resonate among Christians in recent years. Churches host Feast of Tabernacles celebrations and thousands of Christians celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem each year in fulfillment...
by Elyshia Johnson | Sep 14, 2020 | Reflections from Israel, Uncategorized
Did you know that the very concept of a Sabbath, of a day of rest, is unique to the Bible? The Sabbath was first given to the Jewish people and first practiced by them – no other faith or culture before Judaism had a day of rest. Later on, Christianity adopted the...
