The story of Hannah’s urgent plea for a child in the Tabernacle at Shiloh happened during Sukkot, or Tabernacles. This 7-day festival has just ended, bringing, along with Simchat Torah (Joy in Torah), the season of Jewish High Holy Days* to a close.
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FREE LIVE TEACHING THIS TUESDAY, JUNE 11TH – SCROLL DOWN FOR INFO! The Scroll of Ruth (Megillat Ruth) will be read into the night in synagogues the world over next week as part of the pilgrimage festival of Shavuot (Weeks), occurring 7 weeks after the last pilgrimage festival of Pesach (Passover), the third such festival
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Today, by popular demand, Bible Women We Love the Most will explore the stories of two OT women: Sarah and Achsah. You may not have heard of Achsah, yet she was a landmark figure in women’s biblical history. This series so far has looked at favourites Mary of Nazareth, Naomi and Rachel, Noadiah, Abigail, the
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Today we will be hearing about three more of the Bible Women We Love the Most: Esther, Huldah and Jochebed. So far in this series we have looked at favourites Mary of Nazareth, Naomi and Rachel, then Noadiah, Abigail and the Daughters of Zelophehad and, in Part 3, Ruth, Deborah and Jael. Esther, Huldah, and
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Today, by popular demand, we dive into the stories of three more Bible Women We Love the Most: Ruth, Deborah and Jael.
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My fave Bible women last time were Mary of Naz., Naomi and Rachel. Now, it’s your first three : Noadiah (!), Abigail and The Daughters of Zelophehad.
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The Bible Women I love the most are those who are the most transformed. What about you? Who is your best Bible woman?
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Bithiah, the adoptive mother of Moses, is a well-respected ‘mother’ in Hebrew thought, although most of her life is shrouded in mystery.
Have you heard that Pharaoh’s daughter was a Convert to Judaism named Bithiah? Read More »
Good writing creates engaging characters by showing not telling. We shall use an example from Chapter 2 of the biblical Book of Ruth that is beautifully and economically written to demonstrate how we learn masses about three characters just from action and dialogue.
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As I write about Mary of Nazareth, I am having to consider her Bethlehem, her Nazareth, her Jerusalem and anywhere else her account of her finding purpose after mothering Jesus takes me.
Transporting ourselves back in time, walk with me the streets of Jerusalem in Mary’s day.
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