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A cracked clay vessel, an olive branch, and Jerusalem stone at sunset

3 Hebrew Words for Peace, Grace and Hope

Full guide: 5 min · 4 chapters · 5 Hebrew words

Ancient stone steps rising toward warm light

4 Hebrew Words for Worship and Wisdom

Full guide: 6 min · 5 chapters · 7 Hebrew words

A stone arch opening toward the land at dawn

Shalom: The Word That Means Whole

Full guide: 9 min · 14 chapters · 8 Hebrew words

A figure sounding the shofar, ivory woodcut on a deep pomegranate field

Rosh Hashanah: The Sound That Interrupts Us

Full guide: 10 min · 7 chapters · 20 Hebrew words

Two ivory goats facing opposite directions in an indigo wilderness, illustrated in a woodcut style

Yom Kippur: Once for All

Full guide: 12 min · 7 chapters · 24 Hebrew words

Ruth offering barley to Naomi, illustrated in ivory and ochre on an indigo background in a woodcut style

Ahava and Hesed: Love in the Book of Ruth

Full guide: 6 min · 6 chapters · 4 Hebrew words

Simeon holding the infant Jesus in the temple, illustrated in ivory and garnet on an indigo background in a woodcut style

Yeshua: What the Name of Jesus Means

Full guide: 3 min · 4 chapters · 5 Hebrew words

Abraham and Isaac walking a rocky Judean path, illustrated in ivory and garnet on an indigo background in a woodcut style

Why You Can Trust God With What Matters Most

Full guide: 4 min · 4 chapters · 6 Hebrew words

A family sharing cups inside a sukkah at night under branches and lanterns, water pouring from a jug into a stone basin, illustrated in olive and gold on a dark green background in a woodcut style

Sukkot: Why Jesus Spoke of Living Water

Full guide: 6 min · 4 chapters · 6 Hebrew words

A Judean teacher at dusk on a stone rooftop, a closed scroll on the parapet and a single leaf in the wind, illustrated in parchment and lilac on a deep plum background in a woodcut style

Vanity of Vanities? Four Hebrew Words from Ecclesiastes

Full guide: 7 min · 5 chapters · 8 Hebrew words

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