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Do you have burning questions you always wanted to ask rabbis but never could? If so, this is the forum for you! Open, no-holds-barred question-and-answer sessions give registered participants the opportunity to ask any Bible-related question they choose — as well as questions pertaining to Jewish beliefs and practices — and hear cogent responses from a traditional Jewish perspective based firmly on the words of the Bible, seen through the prism of ancient Jewish traditions.

The only land God calls “My land” is Israel. It represents the starting point, destiny, and ultimate destination of all of humanity, not just the nation of Israel. As both a physical location and the spiritual epicenter of the world, its story and history are His story. By considering its centrality in the Bible and the prophecies pertaining to it that are more current than today’s newspapers, we come to appreciate that missing this is not missing part of the Bible’s message, it is missing the Bible.

Holy days punctuate the cycle of the Biblical calendar almost monthly. Observing them obligates Israel, but their messages impact everyone who takes the Bible seriously as God’s will revealed in His word. By focusing on the themes that are unique to each of these days, our growing through God’s word comes to include our growing according to the rhythm God mapped out in the Bible. We probe what each of these themes invokes — and what responses they should evoke from us.

Solely by answering the question “What is God’s word saying?” can we approach the question “What is God’s word saying to us?” The words of the prophets can truly inspire us once we first allow them to inform us. Only by listening attentively to them can we glean their salient messages and abiding, universal impact. We immerse ourselves in their words, in light of all the nuances of the original Hebrew text, to understand what they said then — and what that means now to us.

Do you have burning questions you always wanted to ask rabbis but never could? If so, this is the forum for you! Open, no-holds-barred question-and-answer sessions give registered participants the opportunity to ask any Bible-related question they choose — as well as questions pertaining to Jewish beliefs and practices — and hear cogent responses from a traditional Jewish perspective based firmly on the words of the Bible, seen through the prism of ancient Jewish traditions.

The only land God calls “My land” is Israel. It represents the starting point, destiny, and ultimate destination of all of humanity, not just the nation of Israel. As both a physical location and the spiritual epicenter of the world, its story and history are His story. By considering its centrality in the Bible and the prophecies pertaining to it that are more current than today’s newspapers, we come to appreciate that missing this is not missing part of the Bible’s message, it is missing the Bible.

Holy days punctuate the cycle of the Biblical calendar almost monthly. Observing them obligates Israel, but their messages impact everyone who takes the Bible seriously as God’s will revealed in His word. By focusing on the themes that are unique to each of these days, our growing through God’s word comes to include our growing according to the rhythm God mapped out in the Bible. We probe what each of these themes invokes — and what responses they should evoke from us.

Solely by answering the question “What is God’s word saying?” can we approach the question “What is God’s word saying to us?” The words of the prophets can truly inspire us once we first allow them to inform us. Only by listening attentively to them can we glean their salient messages and abiding, universal impact. We immerse ourselves in their words, in light of all the nuances of the original Hebrew text, to understand what they said then — and what that means now to us.