Echoes from Sinai

Fires, Shipwrecks and the Akdamut Poem. / Why, after Christ's ascension, did He ask the disciples to wait for the coming of the Holy Spirit? With Pentecost just around the corner, the first episode has everything to do with understanding the local Jewish cultural roots and events in both the Old and New Testament that absolutely collided when a Jews gathered for a festival that became an "And then, suddenly" moment that God had planned since the beginning of time, and that has changed the face of the earth since. / Interested in joining a Covenant House potluck dinner & Bible study? Contact: [email protected] / thanks for not minding the kids playing. / Akdamut Milin poem was taken from the Birnbaum 1949 English translation (from original Hebrew).