In the small town of Alba, Texas, something unthinkable happened one dark night in 2008. Sixteen-year-old Erin Caffey sat in a car outside her house while her boyfriend and two of his friends broke in. They were carrying guns and a samurai sword. In just minutes, Erin’s mom and two little brothers were dead. Her […]

I wanna share an excerpt from the Rubin Edition of the Artscroll Commentary on the Hebrew Bible. This encyclopedic work is a multi-volume English-language translation and commentary series on the Tanakh, published by ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications. It’s known for presenting traditional Jewish (Orthodox) interpretations of the biblical text and draws from classic rabbinic sources.  This particular […]

“’Please,’ she said, ‘let the king swear by Adonai your God that the blood avengers won’t do any more destroying, so they won’t destroy my son.’ He said, ‘As Adonai lives, not one of your son’s hairs will fall to the ground.’”-2 Samuel 14:11 Yesterday, we determined that David was WRONG for pardoning the murder […]

“The king said to her, ‘What’s the trouble?’ She answered, ‘I’m a widow. After my husband died, my two sons were out in the field; and they got into a fight with each other. There was no one to separate them, and one hit the other and killed him.’”-2 Samuel 14:5-6 I need to remind […]

“The woman of T’koa said to the king, ‘My lord, king, let the guilt be on me and my father’s family; the king and his throne be guiltless.’”-2 Samuel 14:9 So we’ve been discussing the story the woman of Tekoa told David… How one son killed the other… And now the dead son’s family demands […]