Exodus 21:32: “If the ox gores a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.” Jewish tradition teaches something called a remez. Remez means a hint. In other words when you read a passage like Exodus 21:32 you find a hint
Isaiah 48:10: “Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” Someone on my blog asked me to comment on this verse. The really wonderful thing about writing a blog as opposed to speaking before a live audience is that when someone asks me a
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar; Proverbs 8:19: “My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold, and my yield than choicest silver. God is telling us that His fruit is better than gold and his yield better than silver. I heard an economist on the radio the other day say the best thing we
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Joel 3:5: “Because you have taken my silver and my gold and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things.” This is very odd indeed. The prophet is speaking of the time of King Jehoram and of course the time of the prophet himself, who
Good Evening Yamon Ki Yesepar; II Chronicles 16:7: “At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast not relied on the Lord they God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.” Asa was a Godly king. The prophet
