When I was at the Western Wall on the Shabbat, I wondered why the men were dancing in circles and praising God with loud voices, but the women were not. I asked some young women who were studying at a yeshiva (school for religious study) in Jerusalem. I was told that ‘only men dance’. I asked why they could not praise God through the dance. Were they not joyful too? It was the Shabbat after all! They didn’t know the answer.
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Daniel, the Levite – February 10
My husband, daughter and I all had ‘appointed times’ at the Western Wall our last night there. My husband met a man from Philadelphia who thought he was Jewish and began asking him questions. My husband explained that he was not Jewish but considered himself Messianic and ‘grafted into the Olive Tree of Israel.’ He…
Ancient Paths – February 7
Shalom Aleichem means ‘peace be upon you.’ The response should be ‘Alecheim Shalom’, ‘upon you peace.’. This is what Yeshua meant in Luke 10:5-6 when he told his disciples to put peace a upon a house they entered. “When you enter a house, first say, ‘Shalom to this house.’ If someone who promotes shalom is there,…
Jerusalem – February 6
We have arrived in the Promised Land. The sun is shining and we’re feeling rather warm after being in blistering cold for the past several days. We leave the plane and walk through a beautiful international terminal in Tel Aviv. There’s virtually no Customs and we receive our Visas with our Passport. Israel is…