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Yom HaShoah: Remembering the Six Million Who Died in the Holocaust

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As the sun set last night, all places of public entertainment closed, and Israel began its annual remembrance of the six million lost souls who were sacrificed on the Nazi altar of hate and genocide. At Yad Vashem—The Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority in Jerusalem—a special ceremony was held at the “Warsaw Ghetto Square” as the flag was lowered to half-staff and Holocaust survivors lit six torches symbolizing the six million murdered innocents.

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Parasha Tzav (Command): The Transforming Power of Praise

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God gave to Moses the laws of the korbanot (animal and meal offerings). While such offerings seem strange, even outrageous, to modern man, they do pertain to worship and the attitude of the heart. Understanding them ultimately helps us to understand what Yeshua (Jesus) did for us on the Roman execution stake (cross), and why His death was necessary.

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Parasha Vayikra (And He Called): Drawing Near to God

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This Shabbat is also the first Sabbath (day of rest) in the Hebrew month of Nisan, which God ordained as the first month of the Biblical calendar. Biblically speaking, then, we are in a new year! God made Nisan the first month of the year because it was the month in which the Jewish people were freed from slavery in Egypt and became a nation. Nisan is regarded today as the start of the ecclesiastical new year, but the first of Tishri, which is the seventh month, is regarded as the start of the civil year.

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First Seder Since the Spanish Inquisition – Seder Security Steps Up

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"How is this night different from all other nights?" is a question asked during a typical Pesach (Passover) Seder, a special ceremonial meal held on the first and second nights of Passover. The northern Spanish town of Ribadavia will hear that question at a Passover Seder held for the first time in more than 520 years, since the 1492 expulsion of Iberian Jews in the Spanish Inquisition.

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Parasha Vayakhel-Pekudei (And He Assembled-Accounts): The Completion of the Temple

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Vayakhel records the actual implementation of God's instructions on how to build the Mishkan, which was recounted earlier in Parasha Terumah. The Israelites did not veer away from the plans given to them by God to do their own thing. They faithfully carried out His directions. Moses did only according to the heavenly pattern that was shown to him on the mountain. Likewise, we need to make sure that our works are what our Father is asking us to do, the way He is asking us to do it, and that we are not just doing our own thing.

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