A Gay Old Time
Every single society ever has had members who fall in love with people deemed the wrong gender for them (or…
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Browsing Category: Biblical
Honoring Your Parents
If the ten commandments are Torah distilled, then each of the ten is vitally important and reflects far more than…
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The Teachings of Marah
The once bitter, now sweet, waters of Marah aren’t just a place for the Hebrews to refresh their water barrels…
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From the Red Sea to Marah
Once our travelers cross the Red Sea and find themselves on the Arabian Peninsula, they watch the Egyptian soldiers drown,…
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Crossing the Red Sea
Our Exodus travelers are at Pi-Hahiroth, at the western shores of the Red Sea. They look out to the east,…
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Song of the Sea
The Children of Israel have all safely crossed the Red Sea. The Egyptian army is close behind. Before any of…
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The Morning Watch
Instead of using modern hours and minutes, the Ancient day was broken up into descriptive chunks of time. The nighttime…
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Sing! Sing a Song
I am looking for songs or sung prayers that might have existed in the pre-Exodus period. To be used by…
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The View from the Beach
The Exodus travelers enter the Sinai Peninsula at its northwestern corner, make their way along the wide flat road to…
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Tribal Banners
Each under the banners (or flags or standards) of his father’s house. What does that mean? When I think of…
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The Tribes Go Marching
In the Exodus story we have 13 tribes, each named for a son or grandson of Jacob. Thirteen? No, no,…
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I Call to You: Jonah’s Prayer
In my search for prayers and songs original to Tanakh, but earlier than The Song of the Sea, my Rabbi…
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God Language
In Judaism, God has many names. Some are quite ancient, others not so much. And many stem from the fact…
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