by holidayconnections · Published 04/29/2023
According to Baruch StermanJudy Taubes Sterman, for ancient Israelites, tekhelet was God’s chosen color. It was the color of the sumptuous drapes adorning Solomon’s Temple (2 Chronicles 3:14) as well as the robes worn by...
by holidayconnections · Published 03/27/2023 · Last modified 04/30/2023
Abraham was born in thecity of Ur, of the Chaldees, Ur was a major Sumerian city-state located in Mesopotamia, marked today by Tell el-Muqayyar in southern Iraq Abraham[a] is the Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic...
by holidayconnections · Published 12/13/2022
In 2022, Hanukkah begins at sundown on Sunday, December 18, and continues through Monday, December 26. Hanukkah has become a very public Jewish holiday all over the world. The fact that it is celebrated between late...
by holidayconnections · Published 08/27/2021 · Last modified 12/02/2021
Jewish craftsmanship evolved from agriculture to trade, to alchemy, and metallurgy, medicine. They learned alchemy and metallurgy from the Egyptians and Babylonians, they also learned health remedies like the use of Salix the bark of...