Jonathon’s story – part 2
The Maccabee story continues… The towers were strange and the large stone walls were defended by Greek soldiers. The beautiful city of David had been destroyed and rebuilt. It looked like a scary fortress, rather than the city of Elohim. A pagan altar at the end of the street and strange smells made me […]
Jonathon’s Story – part 1
Our tale of the Maccabees begins…. My name is Jonathan. I have four brothers, Simeon, Eleazar, Joannan, and Judas. When I was young, terrible times came to our people. We were told we could no longer obey the precious Torah of our fathers. A strong and mighty, but desperately wicked king named Antiochus Epiphanies […]
Chanukah
Our home is in full gear getting ready for Chanukah. We are planning the treats we will make and counting down the days. There has been some controversy about Chanukah because it is not listed as a biblical feast. The “miracle” of the oil cannot be substantiated with historical evidence. The nine candle menorah is […]
Torah portion copywork
As many of you have already noticed, we have a new ebook! You can find all the details here. We are pleased to make available several free resources on our site. But since this site also provides a supplementary income for our family, we are also offering some products at a small charge that offer […]
Our India box
We had a delightful time this afternoon making an “India” box. We will put our change in it, and then send the money to GCGM orphanage in India. We started with a box from dishwasher detergent packs. Then the kids drew pictures of things that make them think of India. We have tigers, […]
Always learning
My late father in law always said that the day you stop learning is the day you die. We must keep actively involved in the learning process. We must constantly check what we thought we knew. We must be humble enough to admit when we learn we were wrong. It is always amazing to me […]
Our school – blow by blow
We have recently changed things up a bit in our school. This change came about mostly because Doug and I sensed that too much was falling on me, and I needed a bit of relief. We needed the kids to take more responsibility and work more independently. So when I saw a friend of mine […]
True religion
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. (Jas 1:27) YHVH has been so good to me. He gave me loving parents that took good care of me and raised me to love and serve […]
Homeschool Sale
I know I’ve been quiet lately. I haven’t even written my Sukkot post yet! But we have been very happily busy here. We are switching to the Robinson Curriculum and are very excited about it. This busy momma of six is so thrilled to see studious children working hard on their lessons and thriving! As […]
Yom Kippur 2012
This has been an amazing feast season so far. Doug said it best when he said, “There’s just a good spirit here.” This is our sixth time through the feasts, but each time is so different. Leading up to Yom Kippur, I was able to have some wonderful discussions with friends online about how to […]
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