What Does Shavuot Mean?

The word bikurim was popularized in the Messianic movement in the wake of, “Yom haBikurim,” the day ‘after Shabbat’ The word—or more accurately, the words—for “first fruits” in this passage are reshit k’tzirchem, literally, “the beginning of your harvest. ...

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Mikveh: Israel’s Living Hope

Many people don’t want to have children. And those who do often don’t know what to do with them or how to raise them, so they end up in the hands of strangers or in the educational and social systems.

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First Steps to Freedom: The Shabbat

Many people don’t want to have children. And those who do often don’t know what to do with them or how to raise them, so they end up in the hands of strangers or in the educational and social systems.