Holidays
Yael's Holy Land Reflections
The Promise of a New Season
If God can bring fruit from seemingly lifeless trees, I know He can turn around any situation — including the difficult one we find ourselves in right now.
Fellowship Blog
Hanukkah in the Year of COVID
As Jewish people around the world began a very different Hanukkah in 2020, Yael Eckstein shared a message of hope on Fox News.
Yael's Holy Land Reflections
It Was Winter
Yael comes to us from the Holy Land with a biblical message for Hanukkah – a message of rededication, of rekindling, and of light.
Yael's Holy Land Reflections
Sharing Our Traditions and Passing on Our Faith
We have been gifted a rich spiritual legacy from those who came before us, and it is a privilege and a responsibility to pass it on to the next generation and beyond.
Yael's Holy Land Reflections
Giving Thanks and Recognizing Our Blessings
This Thanksgiving, despite these uncertain times, I pray our hearts will be filled with gratefulness for the many blessings in our lives, and brim over with thanks to God for all that He has given us.
Stand For Israel
Sigd – A Holy Day for Israel’s Ethiopian Jews
The holy day of Sigd (which means "Day of Prostration") is observed by Israel's Ethiopian Jewish community 50 days after Yom Kippur.
Yael's Holy Land Reflections
Time — A Sacred Gift from God
Time is given to us by God, to be valued and celebrated. I intend to make the most of every day and I hope that you will too.
Stand For Israel
Photo Friday: In the Beginning
In this photo taken in Israel in 1974, Jews celebrate Simchat Torah, rejoicing in the beginning of the reading of the Torah readings for the year.
Stand For Israel
Photo Friday: A Festival to the Lord for Seven Days
In this photograph from 1912, one of Jerusalem's early photographers sits inside his sukkah, the temporary shelter used for Sukkot, the biblical Festival of Tabernacles.
Yael's Holy Land Reflections
A Shelter of Faith
Sukkot, the biblical Festival of Tabernacles, is known as the “time of our joy,” because there is no greater joy than having complete trust in God, no matter how difficult our situation may seem.
Stand For Israel
Photo Friday: Yom Kippur
Stand for Israel remembers the Yom Kippur War, when, in 1973, Israel was attacked on the holiest day for the Jewish people.
Stand For Israel
Photo Friday: A Day for You to Sound the Trumpets
The Jewish people prepare to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, which the Bible calls "a day for you to sound the trumpets."
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