Happy Purim

I love word plays, which are often hidden in the English translations but found everywhere in the Hebrew. Word plays are a literary device used used to give greater insight into the intention behind the Author’s words and can also be used for emphasis. A common...
WORD STUDY – MYRTLE

WORD STUDY – MYRTLE

Isaiah 55:13:  “Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign [that] shall not be cut off.”   Throughout history and through the many world...

Devotional Ezra 4:4

Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Ezra 4:4: “Then the people of the land weakened the hands of Judah and troubled them in building.” First a little background.  This story takes place at the time of the return of Israel from captivity.  Judah was...