Posts Tagged ‘purim’
A Lesson from Esther
Most westerners call this the Dead Sea. But I like to call things what the Bible calls them.Yam HaMelach in Hebrew is the Salt Sea. In reading the Book of Esther (and that’s what Jews do on Purim), my mind went to the vastness of the Persian Empire. What Haman proposed was killing every Jew in almost the entire known world.
Read MoreArriving in Israel for Such a Time as This
Guy Leibovitz met us at the airport with PURIM baskets prepared by his family (his wife, Natalie and daughters, Ayelet and ShayLee).
Be sure to watch the spectacular blood moon eclipse tonight.
Totality will begin in the Branson area at 1:26 A.M. CDT.