"Media Director at Israel College of the Bible, claimed that, ""The single best and most important way to support Israel is by sharing Yeshua with Israeli Jews and Arabs – and that is what we at oneforisrael.org are all about: Israeli Jews who share the gospel with our own brothers and sisters in a relevant way via media"". Regular excursions exploring Biblical Archaeology, Geography of the Bible, Cultural and Historical Background of the New Testament, and History and Theology of Modern Israel are scheduled for the students around the country of Israel as part of their studies and recreation. Additionally,"
"Promised Land The Promised Land (, translit.: ""ha'aretz hamuvtakhat""; , translit.: ""ard al-mi'ad; also known as ""The Land of Milk and Honey"""") is the land which, according to the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible), was promised and subsequently given by God to Abraham and his descendants, and in modern contexts an image and idea related both to the restored Homeland for the Jewish people and to salvation and liberation is more generally understood. The promise was first made to Abraham (), then confirmed to his son Isaac (), and then to Isaac's son Jacob (), Abraham's grandson. The Promised Land was"
"burn any yeast or honey in a food offering presented to the Lord"" (2:11). In the Books of Samuel, Jonathan is forced into a confrontation with his father King Saul after eating honey in violation of a rash oath Saul has made. Proverbs 16:24 in the JPS Tanakh 1917 version says ""Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones."" Book of Exodus famously describes the Promised Land as a ""land flowing with milk and honey"" (33:3). However, most Biblical commentators write that the original Hebrew in the Bible (דבש ""devash"") refers to the"
"Israel as a ""land flowing with milk and honey,"" as in as well as and 17, 13:5, and 33:3, and 14:8, and 11:9, 26:9 and 15, 27:3, and 31:20. MacDonald wrote that the term for milk (, ""chalav"") could easily be the word for ""fat"" (, ""chelev""), and the word for honey (, ""devash"") could indicate not bees' honey but a sweet syrup made from fruit. The expression evoked a general sense of the bounty of the land and suggested an ecological richness exhibited in a number of ways, not just with milk and honey. MacDonald noted that the expression"
"His book was very popular, and it provided ""the most complete available summary of biblical geography and described the geography of the Holy Land by tracing the travels of major figures from the Old and New testaments."" As a geographic term, the description ""Holy Land"" loosely encompasses modern-day Israel, the Palestinian territories, Lebanon, western Jordan and south-western Syria. In the Qur'an, the term (, ) is used in a passage about Musa (Moses) proclaiming to the Children of Israel: ""O my people! Enter the holy land which Allah hath assigned unto you, and turn not back ignominiously, for then will"
"of the description of the Land of Israel as a ""land flowing with milk and honey,"" as in and 17, 13:5, and 33:3, and 14:8, and 11:9, 26:9 and 15, 27:3, and 31:20. MacDonald wrote that the term for milk (, ""chalav"") could easily be the word for ""fat"" (, ""chelev""), and the word for honey (, ""devash"") could indicate not bees' honey but a sweet syrup made from fruit. The expression evoked a general sense of the bounty of the land and suggested an ecological richness exhibited in a number of ways, not just with milk and honey. MacDonald"
"27:3, and 31:20 describe the Land of Israel as a land flowing “with milk and honey.” Similarly, the Middle Egyptian (early second millennium BCE) tale of Sinuhe Palestine described the Land of Israel or, as the Egyptian tale called it, the land of Yaa: ""It was a good land called Yaa. Figs were in it and grapes. It had more wine than water. Abundant was its honey, plentiful its oil. All kind of fruit were on its trees. Barley was there and emmer, and no end of cattle of all kinds."" ""Eikev"" in is given a conditional meaning in some"
"Land of Tema The Land of Tema, te'-ma or tema', ( תֵּמָא, Θαιμάν, تيماء (مدينة) and Thaiman) is a place mentioned in the Bible where the descendants of Ishmael's son Tema dwelt. In Hebrew, the name means ""south country"" and was named for Tema, a son of Ishmael and the tribe descended from him The Bible mentions it five times. It was located in Edom and is described as a remote oasis on a main trade route through Arabia. It is often associated with the Land of Dumah. It was admonished by Amos and Jeremiah. It was mentioned by Ptolemy,"
"knowledge that Moses had, men. But according to God's level of knowledge, it would have been better, God said, to send women. Dr. Nathan MacDonald of St John's College, Cambridge, reported some dispute over the exact meaning of the description of the Land of Israel as a ""land flowing with milk and honey,"" as in and 14:8, as well as and 17, 13:5, and 33:3, and 11:9, 26:9 and 15, 27:3, and 31:20. MacDonald wrote that the term for milk (, ""chalav"") could easily be the word for ""fat"" (, ""chelev""), and the word for honey (, ""devash"") could indicate"
"of the whole people. “It does not speak of the God of Moses, or of the God of the Prophets, but of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, of the God of the whole race.” Dr. Nathan MacDonald of St John's College, Cambridge, reported some dispute over the exact meaning of the description of the Land of Israel as a ""land flowing with milk and honey,"" as in and 17, 13:5, and 33:3, and 14:8, and 11:9, 26:9 and 15, 27:3, and 31:20. MacDonald wrote that the term for milk (, ""chalav"") could easily be the word for ""fat"""
"not without reason that Israel could speak of her father as ""a wandering Aramean."" Dr. Nathan MacDonald of St John's College, Cambridge, reported some dispute over the exact meaning of the description of the Land of Israel as a ""land flowing with milk and honey,"" as in and 17, 13:5, and 33:3, and 14:8, and 11:9, 26:9 and 15, 27:3, and 31:20. MacDonald wrote that the term for milk (, ""chalav"") could easily be the word for ""fat"" (, ""chelev""), and the word for honey (, ""devash"") could indicate not bees' honey but a sweet syrup made from fruit. The"
"over the exact meaning of the description of the Land of Israel as a ""land flowing with milk and honey,"" as in and 17, 13:5, and 33:3, and 14:8, and 11:9, 26:9 and 15, 27:3, and 31:20. MacDonald wrote that the term for milk (, ""chalav"") could easily be the word for ""fat"" (, ""chelev""), and the word for honey (, ""devash"") could indicate not bees' honey but a sweet syrup made from fruit. The expression evoked a general sense of the bounty of the land and suggested an ecological richness exhibited in a number of ways, not just with"
"to God solely because of Divine decree at the time of the Exodus. Noting that and report that the Levites supplanted the firstborn in priestly functions, Sarna inferred that in God instructed Moses to install the firstborn to fulfill priestly duties. Dr. Nathan MacDonald of St John's College, Cambridge, reported some dispute over the exact meaning of the description of the Land of Israel as a ""land flowing with milk and honey,"" as in and 17, 13:5, and 33:3, and 14:8, and 11:9, 26:9 and 15, 27:3, and 31:20. MacDonald wrote that the term for milk (, ""chalav"") could easily"
"the Land of Israel did indeed flow with ""milk and honey,"" as described in and 17, and and and and 15, and Once when Rami bar Ezekiel visited Bnei Brak, he saw goats grazing under fig trees while honey was flowing from the figs, and milk dripped from the goats mingling with the fig honey, causing him to remark that it was indeed a land flowing with milk and honey. Rabbi Jacob ben Dostai said that it is about three miles from Lod to Ono, and once he rose up early in the morning and waded all that way up"
"a reenactment of the first hearing of the Law at Mount Sinai, an event that Deuteronomy repeatedly calls ""the day of the assembly."" Dr. Nathan MacDonald of St John's College, Cambridge, reported some dispute over the exact meaning of the description of the Land of Israel as a ""land flowing with milk and honey,"" as in and 17, 13:5, and 33:3, and 14:8, and 11:9, 26:9 and 15, 27:3, and 31:20. MacDonald wrote that the term for milk (, ""chalav"") could easily be the word for ""fat"" (, ""chelev""), and the word for honey (, ""devash"") could indicate not bees'"
"milk and honey. MacDonald noted that the expression was always used to describe a land that the people of Israel had not yet experienced, and thus characterized it as always a future expectation. Plaut observed that the precise meaning of the six words of the ""Shema"" in is not at all clear. In the Hebrew, after the opening ""Hear, O Israel,"" the affirmation itself states tersely: ""Eternal our God Eternal ""echad""."" Plaut wrote that the text can be understood to say: The early 20th century Oxford professor Samuel Rolles Driver taught that sets out the fundamental truth of Israel's religion,"
"to be God's. Jews who read the Torah according to the triennial cycle of Torah reading read the parashah according to a different schedule. The parashah has parallels in these ancient sources: as well as and 17, 13:5, and 33:3, and 14:8, and 11:9, 26:9 and 15, 27:3, and 31:20 describe the Land of Israel as a land flowing “with milk and honey.” Similarly, the Middle Egyptian (early second millennium BCE) tale of Sinuhe Palestine described the Land of Israel or, as the Egyptian tale called it, the land of Yaa: ""It was a good land called Yaa. Figs were"
"expansion of the promise from singular to the plural is not based on genetic/physical association, but a spiritual/religious one: In it is written: Promised Land The Promised Land (, translit.: ""ha'aretz hamuvtakhat""; , translit.: ""ard al-mi'ad; also known as ""The Land of Milk and Honey"""") is the land which, according to the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible), was promised and subsequently given by God to Abraham and his descendants, and in modern contexts an image and idea related both to the restored Homeland for the Jewish people and to salvation and liberation is more generally understood. The promise was first made"
"milk and honey of Sepphoris extend over an area of sixteen miles by sixteen miles. Rabbah bar bar Hana said that he saw the flow of the milk and honey in all the Land of Israel and the total area was equal to an area of twenty-two parasangs by six parasangs. The Rabbis cited the prophecy of that ""they shall have eaten their fill and grown fat, and turned to other gods"" to support the popular saying that filling one's stomach ranks among evil things. In a Baraita, the Sages interpreted the words of ""they shall run to and fro"
"have become famous. These accounts may be divided into two classes. In the first he records his observations, generally beginning with the words ""I have seen."" Among these are his remarks regarding the identity of the most fertile part of Palestine—""the land flowing with milk and honey""; the distance between Jericho and Jerusalem; the area of the district in the plains of Moab mentioned in as the camp of the children of Israel; the castor-oil plant cultivated in Palestine, or the gourd of Jonah. Here also belong his accounts of his relations with the Arabs, one of whom once used"
"closed portion (, ""setumah""), and the parashah end here. Jews who read the Torah according to the triennial cycle of Torah reading read the parashah according to the following schedule: The parashah has parallels in these ancient sources: and 17, 13:5, and 33:3, and 14:8, and 11:9, 26:9 and 15, 27:3, and 31:20 describe the Land of Israel as a land flowing “with milk and honey.” Similarly, the Middle Egyptian (early second millennium BCE) tale of Sinuhe Palestine described the Land of Israel or, as the Egyptian tale called it, the land of Yaa: ""It was a good land called"
"History of Israel The Land of Israel (also known as the Holy Land or Palestine) is the birthplace of the Jewish people, the place where the Hebrew Bible was composed and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity. It contains sites sacred to Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Samaritanism, Druze and the Bahá'í Faith. The region has come under the sway of various empires and been home to a variety of ethnicities, but was predominantly Jewish from roughly 1,000 years before the Common Era (BCE) until the 3rd century of the Common Era (CE). The adoption of Christianity by the Roman Empire in"
"so in ""little"" (, ""me'at"") must also mean 70 (head of cattle and sheep). The Gemara reported a number of Rabbis' reports of how the Land of Israel did indeed flow with ""milk and honey,"" as described in and 17, and and and and 15, and Once when Rami bar Ezekiel visited Bnei Brak, he saw goats grazing under fig trees while honey was flowing from the figs, and milk dripped from the goats mingling with the fig honey, causing him to remark that it was indeed a land flowing with milk and honey. Rabbi Jacob ben Dostai said that"
"they had set out with an evil design. The Gemara reported a number of Rabbis' reports of how the Land of Israel did indeed flow with ""milk and honey,"" as described in and 17, and and and and 15, and Once when Rami bar Ezekiel visited Bnei Brak, he saw goats grazing under fig trees while honey was flowing from the figs, and milk dripped from the goats mingling with the fig honey, causing him to remark that it was indeed a land flowing with milk and honey. Rabbi Jacob ben Dostai said that it is about three miles from"
"""Land of Milk and Honey."" In the Qur'an, there is a request to wonder on milk as follows: ""And surely in the livestock there is a lesson for you, We give you to drink of that which is in their bellies from the midst of digested food and blood, pure milk palatable for the drinkers"" (16-The Honeybee, 66). The Ramadan fast is traditionally broken with a glass of milk and dates. Abhisheka is conducted by Hindu and Jain priests, by pouring libations on the image of a deity being worshipped, amidst the chanting of mantras. Usually offerings such as milk,"
"expression of loyalty to our faith. . . . [I]n the spirit of a living and developing Halachah responsive to the changing needs of our people, we declare it to be permitted to use electric lights on the Sabbath for the purpose of enhancing the enjoyment of the Sabbath, or reducing personal discomfort in the performance of a mitzvah.” Dr. Nathan MacDonald of St John's College, Cambridge, reported some dispute over the exact meaning of the description of the Land of Israel as a ""land flowing with milk and honey,"" as in and 17, 13:5, and 33:3, and 14:8, and"
"it is said in ""And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb."" The Gemara reported a number of Rabbis' reports of how the Land of Israel did indeed flow with ""milk and honey,"" as described in and 17, and and and and 15, and Once when Rami bar Ezekiel visited Bnei Brak, he saw goats grazing under fig trees while honey was flowing from the figs, and milk dripped from the goats mingling with the fig honey, causing him to remark that it was indeed a land flowing with milk and honey. Rabbi Jacob ben"
"Beneberak Benebarak (""Sons of Barak"") (, ""Bnei Brak"") was a biblical city mentioned in the Book of Joshua. According to the biblical account it was allocated to the Tribe of Dan. In the Talmudic era, Beneberak became the seat of the court of Rabbi Akiva, and is identified as the site of his all-night ""seder"" in the Passover ""Haggadah"". Benebarak was also associated with agriculture, as evident from the Talmudic account of the sage Rami bar Yehezkel, who declared that he understood the meaning of the Torah's description of the ""Land of Israel"" as a ""land flowing with milk and"
"him in In reward for his reticence ""to look upon God,"" he beheld the similitude of God in The Gemara reported a number of Rabbis' reports of how the Land of Israel did indeed flow with ""milk and honey,"" as described in and 17, 13:5, and 33:3, and 14:8, and 11:9, 26:9 and 15, 27:3, and 31:20. Once when Rami bar Ezekiel visited Bnei Brak, he saw goats grazing under fig trees while honey was flowing from the figs, and milk dripped from the goats mingling with the fig honey, causing him to remark that it was indeed a land"
"of the highland towns and cities could afford it, or those who lived close to the sources, where it was less expensive. In the Galilee, small-scale fishing was a fundamental component of the agrarian economy. Goats, and to a lesser extent, sheep, provided milk for part of the year, and milk and dairy products were a significant source of food. Dairy products are mentioned in the Bible (for example, , , and , and a repeated description of the Land of Israel in the Bible is “a land flowing with milk and honey” (for example, , , and )). Fresh"
"11:9, 26:9 and 15, 27:3, and 31:20. MacDonald wrote that the term for milk (, ""chalav"") could easily be the word for ""fat"" (, ""chelev""), and the word for honey (, ""devash"") could indicate not bees' honey but a sweet syrup made from fruit. The expression evoked a general sense of the bounty of the land and suggested an ecological richness exhibited in a number of ways, not just with milk and honey. MacDonald noted that the expression was always used to describe a land that the people of Israel had not yet experienced, and thus characterized it as always"
"counted as nought!” The command to apply blood to the lintel and the two door-posts in parallels Babylonian Namburbi rituals in which blood was smeared on doors and keyholes so that ""evil [plague] shall not enter the house."" and 17, 13:5, and 33:3, and 14:8, and 11:9, 26:9 and 15, 27:3, and 31:20 describe the Land of Israel as a land flowing “with milk and honey.” Similarly, the Middle Egyptian (early second millennium BCE) tale of Sinuhe Palestine described the Land of Israel or, as the Egyptian tale called it, the land of Yaa: ""It was a good land called"
"and Jebusites, a region generally referred to as a whole by the term ""Canaan""; this is described as being a land of ""milk and honey"". According to the narrative Yahweh instructs Moses to confront the Egyptians and Israelites and briefs the prophet on what is to take place. Yahweh then performs various demonstrative miracles in order to bolster Moses's credibility. Among other things, his staff was transmuted into a snake, Moses's hand was temporarily made leprous, and water was transmuted into blood, In the text, Yahweh instructs Moses to take ""this staff"" in his hands, in order to perform miracles"