Get under the rain!
By Sidharth Mohandas He will give the rain for your land in its season, the early and late rain that you may gather in your grain and your new wine and your oil. [Deuteronomy 11:14] In ancient Israel, the yearly seasons included the “early” or “former rain” and the “late” or “latter rain”. The early [...]
The Ketubah
By PJ Sorensen When the New Covenant was written, Jewish wedding customs included a betrothal period before the wedding ceremony. The bride gave her consent and the parties involved established the terms of the marriage contract (ketubah). When the covenant was sealed with the bride and groom drinking from a cup of wine, the couple [...]