Esther: The Upside Down Drama
The secretly Jewish orphan girl bravely offers up her life in order to save her people,
The secretly Jewish orphan girl bravely offers up her life in order to save her people,
“You must tell them the truth, the reality of the situation”, said my Ethiopian friend, when
Pentecost (the word “pente” relates to the 50 days counted since Passover) is also known in
You know these huge crosses we see inside big churches? For us Jews, the cross today is
If you are familiar with the Passover story, you will know that the killing and eating of
Sometimes, the celebrations of Passover and Easter coincide, but sometimes they can be weeks apart. Why is
What do a harvest festival, 49 days, and a passionate love story have in common? They
The Feast of Sukkot is a time of rejoicing and ingathering, but here we will concentrate on the
The Passover meal marks the beginning of the week-long “Feast of Unleavened Bread”. Israel was commanded
There are many ways in which the Biblical ordinance of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement,
Sukkot is an eight-day long feast. That’s a lot of feasting! The first evening and day
The book of Esther is a brilliant story with twists and turns of intrigue, disaster and
