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Israel Institute of Biblical Studies Discover the roots of your faith with online Biblical Hebrew & Bible courses. Learn from expert teachers in live classes! 🤩 Return to the Bible’s origins!

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Simchat Torah: the Torah reading ends in Deuteronomy… and starts again in Genesis! 📜✨A reminder that God’s Word never en...
01/10/2026

Simchat Torah: the Torah reading ends in Deuteronomy… and starts again in Genesis! 📜✨

A reminder that God’s Word never ends, and that in the Bible, joy is a commandment. 🙌

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27/09/2026

Sukkot: The Feast of Tabernacles
A time to remember God’s shelter, protection, and everlasting joy.
“Rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.”
(Leviticus 23:40)
Sukkot is the Feast of Joy - celebrating the harvest, God’s protection in the wilderness, and His presence dwelling with His people.
* May this season be filled with gratitude, joy, and the sweetness of dwelling in God’s shelter!
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Before temples, before walls, God chose to dwell in a tent. ⛺סֻכּוֹת (Sukkot), the Feast of Tabernacles, remembers forty...
24/09/2026

Before temples, before walls, God chose to dwell in a tent. ⛺
סֻכּוֹת (Sukkot), the Feast of Tabernacles, remembers forty years in the wilderness, when Israel lived in fragile booths and God Himself came to dwell among His people (Leviticus 23:43).
Every year, Jewish families still leave the safety of their homes to sit in a sukkah. And the prophet Zechariah promised that one day, all nations would come to keep this feast (Zechariah 14:16).
It’s an invitation thousands of years old, and it’s still open.
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🌿 The Four Species of Sukkot — Etrog, Lulav, Hadas, Arava. Each one carries its own meaning, but none is complete alone....
22/09/2026

🌿 The Four Species of Sukkot — Etrog, Lulav, Hadas, Arava. Each one carries its own meaning, but none is complete alone.

Sukkot is called זְמַן שִׂמְחָתֵנוּ — “the Season of Our Joy.” Because true joy is found in unity, before God.

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What if there were one day a year when the distance between you and God could close?Yom Kippur was never just a ritual —...
19/09/2026

What if there were one day a year when the distance between you and God could close?

Yom Kippur was never just a ritual — it was a rehearsal. An annual reminder that sin is real, atonement has a cost, and God still chooses to draw near.

The veil was torn. The distance was closed. But the invitation never stopped being open.

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17/09/2026

Kippur. Kapara. Kaporet. 🕯️
Three words that look separate in English — but in Hebrew, they share the same root, revealing a connection between atonement, sacrifice, and mercy hidden in plain sight.
The high priest entered the Holy of Holies only once a year, carrying sacrificial blood to the mercy seat. His survival was the sign: atonement accepted.
What if the Bible has layers you’ve never seen? 👀
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14/09/2026

The sound of the shofar echoing through the Kotel ✡️ These are the Yamim Noraim — the Ten Days of Awe between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur — a sacred time for reflection, repentance, and return. In Hebrew, we call it Teshuva — עֲשֶׂרֶת יְמֵי תְּשׁוּבָה — meaning “return.” As the Psalmist writes, “Create in me a clean heart, O God” (Psalm 51:10).

El sonido del shofar resonando en el Kotel ✡️ Estos son los Yamim Noraim — los Diez Días Terribles entre Rosh Hashaná y Iom Kipur — un tiempo sagrado para la reflexión, el arrepentimiento y el regreso. En hebreo lo llamamos Teshuvá — עֲשֶׂרֶת יְמֵי תְּשׁוּבָה — que significa “regreso”. Como escribió el salmista: “Crea en mí, oh Dios, un corazón limpio” (Salmo 51:10).

Five husbands. A man who was not her husband. For generations, this story has shaped how we see the Samaritan Woman from...
14/09/2026

Five husbands. A man who was not her husband. For generations, this story has shaped how we see the Samaritan Woman from John 4 — but is that really what the text tells us? 🌿

Join Dr. Eli Lizorkin, Head of School at the Israel Institute of Biblical Studies, for a FREE live online seminar rethinking her story through its original Jewish and Samaritan context.

Saturday, September 19 | 1PM NYC / 8PM JER. Comment “WEBINAR” below and we’ll send you the link!

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11/09/2026

📯✨ Rosh Hashanah: The Day of Trumpets ✨📯

From the Bible to today, the sound of the shofar calls us to awaken — to reflect, repent, and begin again. 🍎🍯

Rosh Hashanah is more than a new year — it’s a reminder of God’s covenant, His mercy, and the hope of renewal. 🌍🙏

Shanah Tovah — May you be written in the Book of Life. 🕊️📖

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