Day: October 30, 2009

Land of Milk and Honey

After leaving Jerusalem on the road due east, one eventually reaches the famous town of Jericho which fell to the blast of Joshua’s trumpets about 1250 BCE, and although Joshua forbade reconstruction of the city, in the ninth century BCE “Hiel the Bethelite did build Jericho” (Melachim I 16:34).

In Bereshit 12:1, G–d enjoins his faithful servant, our forefather Abraham, “Go from your land, from your birthplace and from your father’s home to the land that I will show you.”  That land is the land of Canaan. G–d tells Abraham to leave the comfort of his home and his birthplace.  He is asked to […]