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Friday, March 25, 2011

Yom Tov: (Jewish Studies) Friday, March 25, 2011 19 Adar II, 5771 (Your Jewish Calendar)

  
 Friday, March 25, 2011   
Yom Tov
ערב טוב
Yom Tov in two words "Good Day" symbolize and embody the Scripture 
 "This is the Day that the Lord has made I will rejoice and be glad in it"
Since God created the day from the night in genesis and called it good, it is possible He might have looked at the day dawning and said: "Yom Tov"
-Eben Micha'el Ya'akov ben Avraham-
                            


Today in Jewish HistoryOpen All
 Israel Secures Ein Gedi (1949)   Less
 

Following the War of Independance, Israel needed to secure its borders against the hostile Arab nations which surrounded it. Ein Gedi, on the western shore of the Dead Sea, was secured on Sunday, March 20, 1949.

 

 

# Jewish Studies on the "Natszal:Jewish Studies Network" will be adding a "Friday's Feast" series comparing how to enjoy something "Jewish" without being a legalist or religionist or labeled an Adventist or even Jewish. Check it out on Fridays in April starting.