"And the fire on the altar shall be kindled on it, it shall not be extinguished" Leviticus 6:5
By Rabbi Gideon Sylvester
Don’t write off the black sheep of the family.
“And the cherubim are to spread their wings upwards forming a cover to cover the ark with their wings and their faces towards one another” Exodus 25: 20
"Moses spoke to the Children of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses from impatience and the cruel bondage" Exodus 6:9
“For I have known him that him may instruct his children after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is just and right in order that the Lord may bring about for Abraham what he has promised him” Genesis 18: 19
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