Shalom literally means peace. We use this when saying hello or goodbye. It is a nice way of wishing peace onto the other person. If someone wants to wish you a happy Sabbath they would say Shabbat…
The introduction to the Ten Commandments starts out like this, “Then God said all these words: ‘I am Adonai your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the abode of slavery. You are to…
The Angel of the Lord appeared to a Jewish man named Gideon. At first Gideon did not realize that this Angel of the Lord, who appeared to him as a man, was really God Himself. He told Gideon that he…
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters when God said let there be light and there was light. Then He divided the light from…
Joash, who was only 7 when he became king, was the youngest king that ever reined in Jerusalem. This story is very interesting. Joash's great grandfather, Jehoshaphat, was a very good king, following…
"And Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob." Genesis 25:28 "Now Isaac pleaded with the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord granted his plea, and…
As I was growing up, and old enough to read the Torah, I always felt sorry for Moses. The people ofIsraelhad a lot of problems (still do), and Moses had to listen to a lot of complaints. It got so…
Within Judaism there is a belief that some laws only apply to Jews while Gentiles have their own set of laws to obey that requires less obedience than what God expects from Jews. Because the Torah…
Hezekiah reigned as king of Judah for 29 years and he followed God. In his first month as king he cleared out all the idols his wicked father King Ahaz placed in the sanctuary. He had the Temple…
When David was a young man he went to take food to his brothers, who were fighting for Israel against the Philistines. He heard a Philistine man named Goliath defying God and challenging the…