Psalms 136:1, “Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.” There was something so nice about our Thanksgiving being on Shabbat. Saturday dawned cool and quiet. I am always amazed at how things stop and slow down and how quiet it gets on Shabbat—hardly any cars on the […]
(read more)Rosh Hashanna is the New Year on the Jewish calendar. God commands in Exodus 12:2 that the month of Nissan shall be the beginning of the year. Nissan, which is in the spring, is indeed the first month of the Jewish calendar, and the same month as Passover. So why then is the New Year […]
(read more)I went to the north again yesterday to view the damage done to the forests and agricultural fields by fire. Quite a large amount of land was consumed by fires from Hizbullah rockets that missed the populated areas, but still caused damage. A spokesman for the Jewish National Fund recently wrote in an article that […]
(read more)I traveled to the north again today as part of a Bridges for Peace mission to deliver food and supplies to needy families there. Passing us on our way north were several tanks on flatbed trucks heading south. Our first stop was to Kiryat Shemona, where some 800 rockets fell over the course of the […]
(read more)On my way back up to the north yesterday, I passed through Tiberias again. It was about 11:30, and this time there were people everywhere. While some shops remained closed, a great many more were open again. There were people in the streets, shopping, eating, and going about their daily life again. I had a […]
(read more)I went on Saturday up to the north again, not looking for a particular story, just the overall feel of what is happening there. I stopped first in Tiberias and the streets were almost totally empty, except for the 5 or 6 ambulances staged at a building in the city center. Most of the businesses […]
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