“You shall eat your own issue, the flesh of your sons and daughters” Deuteronomy 28:53
By Rabbi Neil Janes
“Now therefore why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, then we shall die” Deuteronomy 5:21
“The Israelites arrived in a body at the wilderness of Zin on the first new moon, and the people stayed at Kadesh. Miriam died there and was buried there” Numbers 20:1
“Assuredly, I will speak tenderly to her and lead her through the wilderness and speak tenderly to her” Hosea 2:16
“And Aaron was silent” Leviticus 10:3
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“The children of Israel brought a freewill offering to the Lord; every man and woman” Exodus 35:2
“And the Lord came down upon Mount Sinai” Exodus 19:20
“And Joseph fell upon his father’s face and wept upon him and kissed him” Genesis 50:1
“And Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s” Genesis 31:19
“They said, ‘Come, let us build for ourselves a city and a tower, the top of which is in heaven and make for ourselves a name. Lest we be scattered across the face of the all the earth’” Genesis 11:4
Knowing how it feels to flee our homes and search for safety means we must help