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23 Aug 2019
A selection of the week's happenings for your prayers.
23 Aug 2019
Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 Devarim (‘The words’) This week’s Torah portion, the start of the Book of Deuteronomy, is a recounting by Moses of the previous 40 years, including an 11-day journey that, due to Israel’s rebellion, took them 38 years (Deut 1:2). Having constructed the tabernacle and set up…
16 Aug 2019
Torah Portion: Numbers 30:1-36:13 Matot / Masei ('Tribes' / 'Journeys') We come to the end of our journey through Numbers this week, following Moses as he fulfils his final acts of service to the Lord and to Israel. Anticipation builds through these chapters as the Children of Israel are now…
16 Aug 2019
A selection of the week's happenings for your prayers. Society & Politics 1 in 4 babies aborted in England and Wales: Excluding miscarriages and stillbirths, a quarter of pregnancies were cut short by abortion in 2018. Read more here. Also this week, CARE have re-launched their campaign ‘Fearfully and…
09 Aug 2019
Torah Portion: Numbers 25:10-29:40 Pinchas (‘Phinehas’) Phinehas (Aaron’s grandson) was commended by God for what seems a brutal act, at the beginning of our portion for this week. In what appears to be a violent rage, Phinehas thrust a javelin through an Israelite and the Midianite woman with whom he…
09 Aug 2019
A selection of the week's happenings for your prayers. Society & Politics Welsh smacking ban still being pushed: Despite massive public opposition, Welsh Assembly Members on the Children, Young People and Education Committee are still backing a ban on parental smacking. Read more here. This comes despite news that…
02 Aug 2019
A selection of the week's happenings for your prayers. Society & Politics 2019 sees record number of anti-Semitic incidents in UK: The first six months of this year saw nearly 900 anti-Semitic incidents, according to the Community Security Trust – a 10% increase on the same period last year.…
02 Aug 2019
Torah portion: Numbers 22:2-25:9 Balak Following the Lord’s leading to take the land of the Amorites and of Bashan when their kings Sihon and Og fought against Israel to prevent them passing through the land (Numbers 21:23, 33), Israel camped in the plains of Moab. Here, King Balak, fearful of…
