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Iran: Fighting Israel Means Continued Support for Hamas

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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari affirmed earlier this February that it is state policy in Iran to support Hamas activity against Israel because fighting Israel is a state policy. Iran’s Tasnim News Agency reported last week that since the 1979 change to the Islamic regime, Tehran has had a fixed policy of backing Hamas and other actors of “Palestinian resistance.”

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Parasha Terumah (Offering): Building the Sanctuary

Two 13-year-old Jewish boys share the weight of carrying a Torah scroll encased by a silver Torah tik.

The title of this week’s Torah reading, Terumah (תְּרוּמָה), is taken from a Hebrew word meaning offering, gift, or contribution. In this Parasha, the Lord commands Moses to take up a free will offering from the people of Israel in order to build a sanctuary in the wilderness. This sanctuary, called the Mishkan, was meant to be a visible reminder for the people of God’s holy Presence that dwelt among them.

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The Life-Changing Hebrew Roots of Love

As Valentine's Day draws near, love is stirring all around us. In English, we say from the heart that we love our spouse, our children, and our job. We also quite sincerely say that we love donuts, our favorite vacation spot, even NFL football. For that reason, the word “love” has become almost meaningless, but Scripture presents it in all its intended glory. The Hebrew roots of the word "ahava" contain a marvelous secret. One root is hav, which means to offer or to give. The other root is ahav, which means to nurture or to devote completely to another.

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Parasha Mishpatim (Laws): The Covenant Code of Freedom

A Jewish teen holds a Torah scroll covered by an ornately decorated Torah mantle that commemorates those who perished in Nazi death camps during the Holocaust.

Since the Israelites had just been released from slavery, the first of God’s mishpatim deal with servants and slaves. “When you acquire a Jewish bondsman, for six years he shall work and in the seventh year he shall go free...” (Exodus 21:2) Several verses later, the painful experiences of the Israelites in Egypt are highlighted again, this time to create empathy for the foreigner. God commands the Israelites that foreigners be treated with kindness and respect.

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