On Monday, Jews around the world will begin celebrating the weeklong Passover holiday, recounting the biblical story of their exodus from Egypt after hundreds of years of slavery. But for many Israelis, it’s hard to fathom a celebration of freedom when friends ...
and socially by some secret group, but also feeling an optimistic sense that if we can overcome that group, I can wake up into my true self and into being conscious and filled with light and the world will be transformed in a way that ultimately is going to be something to celebrate. ...
of the 49 days betweenPassoverandShavuot. Significantly, it is the only day during the Omer when Jewish weddings are allowed. There are various unique ways to celebrate and mark the occasion, so we shall take a closer look at this special day and what it involves for those who observe it...
It is the observance of the time during the Jewish enslavement in Egypt, when the Jews were Passed Over by God at the time of the Plagues. Jews do not believe that Jesus was the Son of God and, therefore, do not celebrate Easter. ...
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internal subversion was real as well; the Gunpowder Plot conspirators had been executed less than a year before the Jamestown settlers departed England. Many of those Puritans’ descendants still see the world much as their ancestors did, though their great enemy is no longer godless pap...
there’s more than enough room to make it your own, starting with the pièce de résistance: the Seder plate. Different sects of Judaism celebrate Passover in slightly different ways, so there is no single correct celebration, but all types include some form of Seder plate. This is what's...
Barnett was a gifted teacher and leader, but also a deeply flawed individual who took on a very powerful foe, namely the devil. While he did the best he could do, he did make mistakes and was unable to bring the move of God forward to where the Holy Spirit was leading it. However,...
men are traveling from their supper, late at night, across the magnificent city of Jerusalem. The city is packed to overflowing with both Jews and Romans military. It is the time of one of the great feasts that all Jews are commanded by God to go “up” to Jerusalem to celebrate. ...
“I hope you’ll be reading this today not to grieve, but to celebrate life. I assume if this were the real thing, you’re here because at some point in our lives we connected and developed a relationship. For that chance intersection, I am so grateful. My life would not have been ...