Why, then, does God instruct Moses to “come up to the Lord” (Exodus 24:1)? Isn’t Moses already on the mountaintop with him? Indeed he is, which is why he does precisely the opposite: “Moses came down and told the people” (Exodus 24:3). Moses ascends the mountain (Exodus ...
Also, as awriting teacher, it’s my duty to give you a free writing lesson. Everything in an essay should logically follow what came before it, and lead into what’s coming after it. Finding a linear order for these ideas was the hardest part about writing this piece. But because I ...
The ancients had little if any knowledge about how the universe worked, how old the earth was, how life came to be, etc. Moreover, their world was infused with powers that are more akin to what we would call magic than what we would call science. History was a mix between factual kno...
a tractate of theMishnah:"Moses received the Torah from Sinai and transmitted it to Joshua; Joshua to the elders; the elders to the prophets; and the prophets handed it down to the men of the Great Assembly. They said three things: Be deliberate in judgment, raise up many disciples...
He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’ 9Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ...
It is recognition of this point that every sinner is on equal ground before the Savior: we all are completely and categorically at God’s mercy for saving. Thankfully, “mercy triumphs over judgment” (James 2:13). So, we can affirm wholeheartedly the point of the verse, that any sin ...
* Meirav on Simchat Torah 5784, exactly one year after the kidnapping, surrounded by hundreds of people, standing before a Torah scroll and speaking from the heart. It was a moment I haven't yet found the words to describe. Maybe in the future. ...
(Pharaoh) and his people erected. 138. And We brought the Children of Israel (with safety) across the sea,and they came upon a people devoted to some of their idols (in worship). —(The land of Canaan where idols were worshiped was what was given to The Children of Israel. These ...
In the case of the first one, he came home from school with some horrible marks on his arms (these marks indicated that my son had been struck at least three times). I asked him what had happened, and he said that he had blocked a shot on goal in physical education class (with a...
Our worship theme this month has beenseeking, and when I started to think of what I would say in a sermon on this theme, one of the first things that came to mind was the song I just quoted, “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” by U2. This was the second track ...