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June 17, 2026 / 2 Tamuz 5786
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Sunlight spills across the valleys of northern Israel (vvvita, Shutterstock.com)
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Shalom -, Please enjoy today's Daily Inspiration from Israel.
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The precepts of GOD are just,
rejoicing the heart;
the instruction of GOD is lucid,
making the eyes light up.
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פִּקּוּדֵי יְהֹוָה יְשָׁרִים מְשַׂמְּחֵי־לֵב מִצְוַת יְהֹוָה בָּרָה מְאִירַת עֵינָיִם
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pi-ku-DAY a-do-NAI y'-sha-REEM m'-sam-khay LAYV mitz-VAT a-do-NAI ba-RAH m'-ee-RAT ay-NA-yim
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Owning a Bible Isn't Knowing It
By Shira Schechter
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Long before anyone had heard the name of the God of Israel, the whole world was already deeply religious. People looked up. They watched the sun rise in fire over the eastern hills, cross the whole sky in a blazing arc, and sink in glory every evening, only to be born again the next morning. What else could that be but a god? The Egyptians called him Ra and built temples to greet his rising. The Babylonians called him Shamash and made him the divine judge of the earth. From one end of the ancient world to the other, the most natural religion there ever was came down to one simple thing: worship whatever you can't stop staring at in the sky.
So when King David opens one of his best-loved psalms with the words, "The heavens declare the glory of God; the sky proclaims His handiwork" (Psalm 19:2), it sounds like he's joined that ancient chorus. Here, it seems, is the great hymn to the God of nature — the psalm of mountains and sunrises and starry skies. For centuries readers have loved it exactly that way.
But halfway in, David suddenly stops talking about the heavens. The sun disappears from the poem. And out of nowhere he starts praising something completely different.
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Open Every Book of the Hebrew Bible
Join the Bible Month Challenge and watch 24 FREE videos, one for each book of the Hebrew Bible. Discover the original language, the story of Israel, and the life-changing ideas woven through Scripture from Genesis to Chronicles.
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His Rabbi Warned Him: Don’t Come to Israel
Yonatan came anyway. “In Brazil they warned me I might lose myself in Israel,” he said. “Instead, I found myself.”
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Backlash From All Sides Mounts Against Trump’s Secret Iran Deal
A ceasefire agreement between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran was supposed to close the book on months of war. Instead, the secrecy surrounding its terms has produced something rare in Washington: Republicans, Democrats, Jewish organizations, and members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s own government are voicing the same complaint within days of the announcement.
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Rabbi Tovia Singer: The War With Iran is Ezekiel’s “War of Gog,” Unfolding in Real Time
Rabbi Tovia Singer, founder of Outreach Judaism, delivered an urgent message on the Parsha Inspired podcast last week: the war now underway between Israel and Iran is not a future event awaiting fulfillment. It is the war described in Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39, and it is happening as Israelis read these very words.
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Want to bring the Torah to life each week? Rabbi Pesach Wolicki’s The Weekly Word turns the weekly portion into a wellspring of insight. Perfect for study, reflection, or Shabbat reading, these teachings help you grow in wisdom, faith, and purpose — one portion at a time.
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Blessings from the land of Israel,
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