Who does the land of Israel belong to? This question is already answered in the very first verse of the Bible, but who is actually listening?

On the first day of creation, God says: “Let there be light,” and he separates the light from the darkness. He calls the light Day and the darkness Night, thus the first day comes into being.

Shemini Atzeret. After weeks full of movement, from Rosh Hashanah through Yom Kippur to the days of Sukkot, filled with guests, joy and visible symbols, there finally comes a single, almost silent day: Shemini Atzeret, the eighth day of assembly.

Just as the written Word is received with joy each Simchat Torah, as it is moved around a body of descendants of Israel meeting for worship on that day, so the Living Word moved among the Jews of His day in the form of the Man, Yeshua.

When your life moves between extremes, what helps you find your own point of balance again?

Just as Pesach was fulfilled by Yeshua when He became the sacrifice for sin on the Cross at Calvary, and the giving of the Holy Spirit became the fulfilment of Shavuot, so Yeshua showed Himself, during the time of His first coming, as the fulfilment of Tabernacles.

On the road to Emmaus, Yeshua met with two of His disciples and, beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. (Luke 24:27).

Every year, when we reach the Parasha Vezot Habracha, I have the feeling that this is actually not an ending at all.

The words of Moses, written in the Book of the Law, were to be taken seriously. The God of Israel certainly took them seriously.