by Daniel Trimpey | Sep 4, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
by Moshe Gold Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the most sacred day ordained by God for the Jewish people – a day of fasting, affliction of the soul, sacrifice and prayer (Leviticus 23:27-31). In the days of the Tabernacle and the Temples the...
by Daniel Trimpey | Sep 4, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
By Jeffrey Berg One of the first signs of autumn in the Jewish community is the sound of the shofar, or ram’s horn, bellowing through the leaves. When one hears the blast of "Tekiah" and the staccato sound of "Shevarim" from the...
by Daniel Trimpey | Aug 10, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
by Mark Robinson The arrival of the first day of Passover in the year 1096 was eagerly anticipated. The Jews of Trier had celebrated the night before in their homes with a Seder. Trier was a city on the Moselle River in Germany. What had been a joyous event in...
by Daniel Trimpey | Aug 10, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
Moshe Gold When we have guests visiting Israel, we take them to a store in Jerusalem owned by two Orthodox Jewish men who have become authoritative spokesmen in Jewish apologetics and welcome conversation regarding the Jewish perception of Christianity. Most of...
by Daniel Trimpey | Aug 10, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
By Ken Symes The Old Testament era closed with the writing of the prophet Malachi in about 430 B.C. From Malachi to the advent of Jesus in 4 B.C., there were about four hundred "silent" years where there is little record of God’s activities...
by Daniel Trimpey | Aug 10, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
by Mark Robinson The glow of the light from the Temple Menorah, piercing through the windows of the Temple, illuminated the court-yard of the Temple area. The crowds mingling in the courtyard this winter day were reminded by the menorah light of the ever present...
