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Jordan Parliament Calls for Removal of Israeli Ambassador

March 19, 2014 Last week, after Israeli soldiers killed a Jordanian judge at the Allenby Bridge border crossing, Jordan’s parliament threatened to topple the Jordanian government if it did not remove Israeli ambassador and recall Jordan’s ambassador to Israel. Yesterday, Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour escaped a no-confidence vote by Jordan's parliament. He told the parliamentarians that the government “does not see that expelling the Israeli envoy and recalling the Jordanian ambassador serve the path of our martyr’s case." (Times of Israel)

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9 Miniature Dead Sea Scrolls Discovered

March 19, 2014 Nine miniature phylactery scrolls from the Dead Sea collection that have lain unexamined since the 1950s have recently been discovered at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. In Judaism, phylacteries (tefillin) are worn during the morning prayers. They consist of a pair of leather cases, one worn over the forehead and the other wrapped around the arm and pointing toward the heart.

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Prophecy, Signs, and the Jewish Holidays: The Coming Blood Moon Tetrad

March 17, 2014 Recently, there has been a surge of interest in heavenly signs relating to end-time Bible prophecy, partly due to John Hagee’s book, Four Blood Moons: Something Is About to Change. "A blood moon is when the Earth comes between the sun and the moon," Hagee writes. "And the sun is shining through the atmosphere of the Earth and casts up on the moon a red shadow. And so the moon appears to be red." Hagee connects key events in Jewish history to several sets of four lunar eclipses (scientifically called tetrads) that have occurred around Jewish holy days and significant events in Israel’s history.

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Parasha Tzav (Command!): Remembering the Amalekites on Shabbat Zachor

March 14, 2014 Parasha Tzav begins with the command for the burnt offering (korban olah) and the command to keep the fire burning upon the altar continually. Every morning, the priests were to shovel the ashes of the olah and to kindle wood in the fire to keep it burning. This reveals the continuity of our service to God in the offerings and prayers, one kindling the next. As well, as priests of the Lord, we are to keep a fiery enthusiasm burning in our hearts for our relationship with God. It is natural that there are times when the fire burns down to a lower level, but we must never let the fire totally go out. We must tend to the fire by removing the ashes and placing fresh kindling in the embers lest our service becomes routine and our fire for the Lord dies.

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Israelis to Pray for Rain at the Western Wall

March 10, 2014 Israel’s Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau has called for day of prayer for rain on this week’s upcoming Fast of Esther (Ta’anit Esther). Lau made the announcement during a meeting with the Chairman of the Agricultural Caucus in the Knesset (parliament), MK Zevulun Kalfa, at which time they discussed the drought and the Shemita agricultural Sabbath. “The Master of the World teaches us that the rain is ‘ours’ because it depends on the Jewish people and their prayers,” said Lau. The prayer rally for rain will be held on March 13 at the Western (Wailing) Wall and will end with Mincha (Afternoon Prayer).

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Parasha Vayikra (And He Called): The Book of Holiness

March 7, 2014 This Shabbat, we begin the study of the Third Book of Moses, which is called Leviticus in English Bibles. The name Leviticus is derived from the Septuagint (Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures). The Hebrew name for Leviticus is Vayikra, from the opening word which means "and He called." In chapter one of Leviticus, God calls to Moses from the Tent of Meeting, giving him the laws of the animal and meal offerings.

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Israeli-Arab Preschoolers to Receive Free Books

March 5, 2014 A foundation that distributes free Jewish books to Jewish children in North America and Israel is launching an initiative to provide 45,000 Israeli Arab preschoolers with Arabic children’s books. The goal of the project, called Maktabat al-Fanoos, which is Arabic for Lantern Library, is to instill a love of reading and provide the opportunity for children to enjoy reading together with teachers and parents. Once a month during the school year, 1,750 kindergartens will give Arab-Israeli students four books that they can bring home to read with their parents.

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Jordan’s MPs Vote to Expel Israeli Ambassador

March 5, 2014 Israel has experienced a backlash caused by a Knesset (parliament) debate regarding Israel’s sovereignty at the Temple Mount. In response to the debate, 86 of 150 Jordanian MPs voted to expel Israel’s ambassador to Jordan, Daniel Nevo, and to recall Jordan’s ambassador to Israel. The vote came one day after 47 MPs signed a motion demanding that Jordan’s 1994 peace treaty with Israel be annulled. (Times of Israel)

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Parasha Pekudei (Accounts): The Shekhinah Glory of God Fills the Temple

February 28, 2014 Parasha Pekudei addresses the mystery of how an unlimited, eternal God who transcends all time and space can possibly take up residence within the limitations of a man-made building. Once Moses and the people finished the work of constructing the Mishkan, the Glory of God filled the tabernacle. Imagine! God chose to place His Shechinah Glory in the finite space of the Mishkan (Sanctuary). The presence of the Lord was so weighty that Moses himself was unable to enter.

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Parasha Vayakhel: The Sabbath and Being Equipped for Service

February 20, 2014 Less than a week earlier, this Israelite community that assembled before Moses had worshiped the Golden Calf. Now Moses instructs them in the ways of Adonai. The first instruction Moses gives the people concerns the Sabbath, which God set apart as a day of holiness, elevating it above the rest of the week. On this day no work was to be done.

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