Kesher Quick - Take Me Up from Egypt, I Have No Other Land
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December 29, 2023 | 18 Tevet 5784 | Issue # 498
A Shabbat Message from Rabbi Spike Anderson
Take Me Up from Egypt, I Have No Other Land
In the final Torah portion of the Book of Genesis, Jacob (aka Israel) delivers an ethical will to his children. Jacob’s first request was to be returned to his homeland, the Land of Israel when his descendants left Egypt. This isn’t the first nor the last instance of our people’s connection to the land that God promised Abraham. When we describe the Jewish connection to the modern-day State of Israel, we look back 3000 years to a story like Jacob’s. In life and death, our people turn toward Israel.
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Get your "BRING THEM HOME" bracelets at services and in the TE office!
Bring them home now! More than two months into this war and, at the time of this writing, there are still 130+ hostages being held in Gaza. We will not forget about the sons and daughters, mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers who are enduring unimaginable conditions.
We created these bracelets as a constant reminder of two important messages we carry with us these days. First, that the people of Israel will live, Am Yisrael Chai. Second, that our family has been taken from us and we will not forget them.
We hope you’ll wear these bracelets until every hostages returns home.
We will not be silent. We will not forget.
Am Yisrael Chai
You can pick up one of these bracelets on Friday, Dec. 22 and 29 after Shabbat services.
In the wake of the brutal and devastating attack by Hamas on October 7 and the unfolding war in Israel, we are introducing a special series from the For Heaven's Sake podcast with Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi, For Heaven's Sake: Israel at War.
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