http://s.huffpost.com/images/HuffingtonPost_250x20.png tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2012:/tag/scripture-commentary Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-naamah-kelman/breaking-the-stained-glass-ceiling-women-and-numbers-4-41-7-89_b_1554089.html 2012-05-29T17:03:50Z 2012-05-29T17:55:46Z Rabbi Naamah Kelman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-naamah-kelman/ This week's Torah portion, <i>Naso</i>, is a dramatic reminder of women's vulnerability. One of the most notorious ordeals regarding women is found within it. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/scripture-study">Scripture Study</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-commentary">Scripture Commentary</a>, <a href="/tag/on-scripture">On Scripture</a>, <a href="/tag/jewish-women">Jewish Women</a>, <a href="/tag/parshat-naso">Parshat Naso</a>, <a href="/tag/torah">Torah</a>, <a href="/tag/gender-and-religion">Gender and Religion</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-the-bible">Women in the Bible</a>, <a href="/tag/judaism">Judaism</a>, <a href="/tag/weekly-torah-portion">Weekly Torah Portion</a>, <a href="/tag/biblical-women">Biblical Women</a>, <a href="/religion">Religion News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-j-hamori/biblical-standards-for-marriage_b_1540159.html 2012-05-29T16:11:01Z 2012-05-29T16:56:15Z Esther J. Hamori http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-j-hamori/ Opponents of marriage equality often appeal to the Bible to support their views. So what is this "biblical standard for marriage" we keep hearing about? Marriage in the Bible is not restricted to one man and one woman, or in fact to any one model. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/scripture-study">Scripture Study</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-commentary">Scripture Commentary</a>, <a href="/tag/christianity">Christianity</a>, <a href="/tag/marriage">Marriage</a>, <a href="/religion">Religion News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-shmuel-herzfeld/confessions-of-a-freeaholic_b_1542530.html 2012-05-27T08:16:02Z 2012-05-27T08:26:54Z Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-shmuel-herzfeld/ I confess! I am a freeaholic. What is a freeaholic? I am addicted to offering things to other people for free. But there is no such things as a free lunch, so it is time to look at my own behavior. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/jewish-education">Jewish Education</a>, <a href="/tag/torah">Torah</a>, <a href="/tag/judaism">Judaism</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-study">Scripture Study</a>, <a href="/tag/birthright-israel">Birthright Israel</a>, <a href="/tag/torah-wisdom">Torah Wisdom</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-commentary">Scripture Commentary</a>, <a href="/religion">Religion News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jack-levison/pentecost-for-the-rest-of-us_b_1540129.html 2012-05-26T14:43:56Z 2012-05-26T14:41:18Z Jack Levison http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jack-levison/ A violent, rushing wind. Fiery tongues. Foreign languages. The spectacle of apparent drunkenness. Peter's successful debut. These are the accouterments of Pentecost that leave most of us out of this story. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/scripture-study">Scripture Study</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-commentary">Scripture Commentary</a>, <a href="/tag/christianity">Christianity</a>, <a href="/tag/jesus-christ">Jesus Christ</a>, <a href="/tag/pentecost">Pentecost</a>, <a href="/tag/teachings-of-jesus">Teachings of Jesus</a>, <a href="/religion">Religion News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chief-rabbi-lord-sacks/the-leader-of-the-future-comes-from-the-past_b_1542286.html 2012-05-26T09:04:39Z 2012-05-26T09:16:46Z Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chief-rabbi-lord-sacks/ f we are to negotiate the coming years safely, we may need a new kind of leadership. We need the rediscovery of an ancient kind of leadership that has rarely been given the prominence it deserves. I mean the leader as teacher. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/scripture-commentary">Scripture Commentary</a>, <a href="/tag/judaism">Judaism</a>, <a href="/tag/economy">Economy</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-study">Scripture Study</a>, <a href="/tag/european-debt-crisis">European Debt Crisis</a>, <a href="/tag/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="/tag/economic-crisis">Economic Crisis</a>, <a href="/religion">Religion News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-laura-baum/why-i-am-skipping-shavuot_b_1542613.html 2012-05-25T14:07:53Z 2012-05-25T17:02:18Z Rabbi Laura Baum http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-laura-baum/ I'm a rabbi. But I won't be observing the Shavuot holiday this weekend. Not because I don't have the time. It's because the traditional message of Shavuot doesn't speak to me. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/shavuot">Shavuot</a>, <a href="/tag/judaism">Judaism</a>, <a href="/tag/mythology">Mythology</a>, <a href="/tag/torah">Torah</a>, <a href="/tag/god">God</a>, <a href="/tag/bible">Bible</a>, <a href="/tag/hebrew-bible">Hebrew Bible</a>, <a href="/tag/jewish-holidays">Jewish Holidays</a>, <a href="/tag/jewish-history">Jewish History</a>, <a href="/religion">Religion News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-jason-miller/i-was-at-mt-sinai-a-personal-revelation-story_b_1543374.html 2012-05-25T17:00:52Z 2012-05-25T17:02:02Z Rabbi Jason Miller http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-jason-miller/ Never has the spiritual force of revelation affected me more than it did on the early morning of May 31, 1998. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/shavuot">Shavuot</a>, <a href="/tag/jewish-holidays">Jewish Holidays</a>, <a href="/tag/god">God</a>, <a href="/tag/bible">Bible</a>, <a href="/tag/torah">Torah</a>, <a href="/tag/judaism">Judaism</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-study">Scripture Study</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-commentary">Scripture Commentary</a>, <a href="/tag/mount-sinai">Mount Sinai</a>, <a href="/religion">Religion News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-avraham-arieh-trugman/shavuot-mt-sinai-and-the-big-bang_b_1546750.html 2012-05-25T16:16:31Z 2012-05-25T16:29:45Z Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-avraham-arieh-trugman/ Just as there is a background sound permeating all the universe as a result of the initial instant of the big bang, we can say similarly that there is a spiritual background voice in the world resulting from the giving of the Torah at Sinai. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/religion-and-science">Religion and Science</a>, <a href="/tag/omer-2012">Omer 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/judaism">Judaism</a>, <a href="/tag/shavuot">Shavuot</a>, <a href="/tag/big-bang">Big Bang</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-commentary">Scripture Commentary</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-study">Scripture Study</a>, <a href="/tag/mount-sinai">Mount Sinai</a>, <a href="/tag/kabbalah">Kabbalah</a>, <a href="/religion">Religion News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/25/israel-ancient-jewelry_n_1545856.html 2012-05-25T11:37:20Z 2012-05-25T12:59:35Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ TEL AVIV, Israel &mdash; Israeli archaeologists have discovered a rare trove of 3,000-year-old jewelry, including a ring and earrings, hidden in a cer... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/rare-jewelry">Rare Jewelry</a>, <a href="/tag/new-testament">New Testament</a>, <a href="/tag/israel-finkelstein">Israel Finkelstein</a>, <a href="/tag/israel-archaelogy">Israel-Archaelogy</a>, <a href="/tag/ancient-jewelry">Ancient Jewelry</a>, <a href="/tag/armageddon">Armageddon</a>, <a href="/tag/israel-history">Israel History</a>, <a href="/tag/tel-aviv-university">Tel Aviv University</a>, <a href="/tag/israel">Israel</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-laura-geller/beyond-the-letter-of-the-law_b_1542436.html 2012-05-25T08:02:32Z 2012-05-25T08:13:06Z Rabbi Laura Geller http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-laura-geller/ Saturday night is the anniversary of the giving of Torah at Mt. Sinai. Strange, isn't it, that on the holy day we celebrate the Giving of the Law, we traditionally study the Book of Ruth, the most transgressive of the Bible, a book that explicitly defies a Divine command. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/shavuot">Shavuot</a>, <a href="/tag/book-of-ruth">Book of Ruth</a>, <a href="/tag/judaism">Judaism</a>, <a href="/tag/loving-kindness">Loving Kindness</a>, <a href="/tag/chesed">Chesed</a>, <a href="/tag/jewish-law">Jewish Law</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-study">Scripture Study</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-commentary">Scripture Commentary</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-the-bible">Women in the Bible</a>, <a href="/tag/biblical-women">Biblical Women</a>, <a href="/religion">Religion News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-fleet/parshat-bamidbar-weekly-torah-portion-summary-resources_b_1541235.html 2012-05-24T19:41:30Z 2012-05-24T19:46:32Z Josh Fleet http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-fleet/ One year, one month and one day after the Exodus. God speaks to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the desert at Sinai, telling him: Take a census of the Children of Israel. Count their names. All the men, 20 years of age or older. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/scripture-study">Scripture Study</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-commentary">Scripture Commentary</a>, <a href="/tag/judaism">Judaism</a>, <a href="/tag/book-of-numbers">Book of Numbers</a>, <a href="/tag/parshat-bamidbar">Parshat Bamidbar</a>, <a href="/tag/bamidbar">Bamidbar</a>, <a href="/tag/hufftorah">Hufftorah</a>, <a href="/tag/weekly-torah-portion">Weekly Torah Portion</a>, <a href="/religion">Religion News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/24/atheist-supports-putting-bibles-in-public-schools_n_1542318.html 2012-05-24T10:06:47Z 2012-05-24T11:28:27Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ He is a famed atheist, a disbeliever in the existence of an Almighty, and now an outspoken supporter of bringing Bibles back to state schools in Engla... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/british-bible-plan">British Bible Plan</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/bible">Bible</a>, <a href="/tag/the-bible-in-public-schools">The Bible in Public Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/bible-in-schools">Bible in Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/british-public-schools">British Public Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/king-james-version-anniversary">King James Version Anniversary</a>, <a href="/tag/richard-dawkins">Richard Dawkins</a>, <a href="/tag/king-james-bible">King James Bible</a>, <a href="/tag/secretary-grove">Secretary Grove</a>, <a href="/religion">Religion News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/catherine-meeks-phd/live-without-fear-because-god-loves-you-like-a-mother_b_1535638.html 2012-05-24T07:01:37Z 2012-05-24T07:43:16Z Catherine Meeks, Ph.D. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/catherine-meeks-phd/ Each person will have to come to terms with their own fears in their own way. The most helpful first step is to have the intention to live without fear and then to seek every path that will help in realizing that intention. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/fear">Fear</a>, <a href="/tag/god">God</a>, <a href="/tag/love">Love</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-commentary">Scripture Commentary</a>, <a href="/tag/christianity">Christianity</a>, <a href="/tag/mindful-living">Mindful Living</a>, <a href="/tag/faith">Faith</a>, <a href="/religion">Religion News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christopher-lane/biblical-homophobia-and-christian-pastors_b_1531553.html 2012-05-23T14:33:03Z 2012-05-23T16:23:29Z Christopher Lane http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christopher-lane/ To see a Republican lawmaker and a prominent Christian pastor try to outdo each other in their bigotry and murderous hate puts in unpleasant but clear relief the moral health of the organizations they represent. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/homophobia">Homophobia</a>, <a href="/tag/leviticus">Leviticus</a>, <a href="/tag/andy-gipson">Andy Gipson</a>, <a href="/tag/bible">Bible</a>, <a href="/tag/charles-l-worley">Charles L. Worley</a>, <a href="/tag/new-testament">New Testament</a>, <a href="/tag/religion-and-sexuality">Religion and Sexuality</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-study">Scripture Study</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-commentary">Scripture Commentary</a>, <a href="/tag/book-of-deuteronomy">Book of Deuteronomy</a>, <a href="/tag/christianity">Christianity</a>, <a href="/tag/book-of-exodus">Book of Exodus</a>, <a href="/religion">Religion News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-dr-eric-d-barreto/acts-2-1-21-think-differently-about-difference_b_1539115.html 2012-05-23T12:00:23Z 2012-05-23T12:01:28Z Rev. Dr. Eric D. Barreto http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-dr-eric-d-barreto/ Christians have often hoped for a time when our racial and economic differences would cease, when in Christ we would all be indistinguishable. Such impulses are earnest but fundamentally misguided. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/scripture-study">Scripture Study</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-commentary">Scripture Commentary</a>, <a href="/tag/christianity">Christianity</a>, <a href="/tag/new-testament">New Testament</a>, <a href="/tag/tower-of-babel">Tower of Babel</a>, <a href="/tag/jesus-christ">Jesus Christ</a>, <a href="/tag/on-scripture">On Scripture</a>, <a href="/tag/book-of-acts">Book of Acts</a>, <a href="/tag/teachings-of-jesus">Teachings of Jesus</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/religion">Religion News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-hickman/benzbala-prayer-wheel-dream-vision_b_1532526.html 2012-05-23T08:00:53Z 2012-05-23T08:37:25Z Lisa Hickman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-hickman/ Ezekiel spoke the difficult truth to a community in exile: perpetual sin left them spinning their wheels, going nowhere. His vision of a wheel within a wheel provided a new mechanism not only for prayer, but also for hope itself. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/viola-davis">Viola Davis</a>, <a href="/tag/ezekiel">Ezekiel</a>, <a href="/tag/dreams">Dreams</a>, <a href="/tag/the-circle-maker">The Circle Maker</a>, <a href="/tag/prayer">Prayer</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-study">Scripture Study</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-commentary">Scripture Commentary</a>, <a href="/tag/religious-books">Religious Books</a>, <a href="/tag/christianity">Christianity</a>, <a href="/tag/mark-batterson">Mark Batterson</a>, <a href="/tag/prayer-and-meditation">Prayer and Meditation</a>, <a href="/religion">Religion News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tim-suttle/what-is-the-chief-political-concern-of-the-bible_b_1533738.html 2012-05-23T08:16:04Z 2012-05-23T08:37:09Z Tim Suttle http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tim-suttle/ Both religion and politics are concerned with how we should organize societies. What does the Bible tell us about how we are supposed to organize our common life together so that we can actually bear the image of God to all creation? <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/william-t-cavanaugh">William T. Cavanaugh</a>, <a href="/tag/nt-wright">N.T. Wright</a>, <a href="/tag/james-ka-smith">James K.A. Smith</a>, <a href="/tag/brian-mclaren">Brian McLaren</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-hauerwas">Stanley Hauerwas</a>, <a href="/tag/brent-strawn">Brent Strawn</a>, <a href="/tag/sarah-coakley">Sarah Coakley</a>, <a href="/tag/john-milbank">John Milbank</a>, <a href="/tag/walter-brueggemann">Walter Brueggemann</a>, <a href="/tag/miroslav-volf">Miroslav Volf</a>, <a href="/tag/ellen-t-charry">Ellen T. Charry</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-study">Scripture Study</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-commentary">Scripture Commentary</a>, <a href="/tag/religion-and-politics">Religion and Politics</a>, <a href="/religion">Religion News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/23/dig-proves-bethlehem_n_1538665.html 2012-05-23T10:12:00Z 2012-05-23T07:12:00Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ JERUSALEM, May 23 (Reuters) - Israeli archaeologists said on Wednesday they had discovered the first physical evidence supporting Old Testament acco... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/israeli-archaeologists">Israeli Archaeologists</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/seal-of-bethlehem">Seal of Bethlehem</a>, <a href="/tag/eli-shukron">Eli Shukron</a>, <a href="/tag/reuters">Reuters</a>, <a href="/tag/jesus">Jesus</a>, <a href="/tag/biblical-archeology">Biblical Archeology</a>, <a href="/tag/christianity">Christianity</a>, <a href="/tag/bethlehem">Bethlehem</a>, <a href="/tag/old-testament">Old Testament</a>, <a href="/tag/first-temple">First Temple</a>, <a href="/religion">Religion News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pamela-h-long/citizenship-test_b_1531898.html 2012-05-22T16:30:15Z 2012-05-22T16:35:36Z Pamela H. Long http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pamela-h-long/ Most of the people in my Sunday school class are immigrants -- they know very well what it is like to be living in a land where everything around you is foreign to you, and you're foreign to the people around you. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/scripture-study">Scripture Study</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-commentary">Scripture Commentary</a>, <a href="/tag/christianity">Christianity</a>, <a href="/tag/immigration">Immigration</a>, <a href="/tag/alabama-immigration-law">Alabama Immigration Law</a>, <a href="/tag/jesus-christ">Jesus Christ</a>, <a href="/tag/teachings-of-jesus">Teachings of Jesus</a>, <a href="/religion">Religion News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maria-mayo/forgiveness-you-cant-have_b_1531327.html 2012-05-22T15:13:06Z 2012-05-22T14:39:16Z Maria Mayo http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maria-mayo/ Conflating biblical understandings of forgiveness with individual, therapeutic notions distorts the biblical text and creates pressure on individual victims. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/restorative-justice">Restorative Justice</a>, <a href="/tag/truth-and-reconciliation-commission">Truth and Reconciliation Commission</a>, <a href="/tag/christianity">Christianity</a>, <a href="/tag/new-testament">New Testament</a>, <a href="/tag/bible">Bible</a>, <a href="/tag/desmond-tutu">Desmond Tutu</a>, <a href="/tag/forgiveness">Forgiveness</a>, <a href="/religion">Religion News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-jacob-elisha-fine/the-earth-is-the-lords-our-responsibility-for-gods-creation_b_1534128.html 2012-05-22T11:00:03Z 2012-05-22T11:00:23Z Rabbi Jacob Elisha Fine http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-jacob-elisha-fine/ Those of us whose faith demands that we protect <i>all</i> of God's Creation should be vocal in defending our holy texts from those whose shortsighted anthropocentrism causes them to deny the earth's fragility and human culpability. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/scripture-study">Scripture Study</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-commentary">Scripture Commentary</a>, <a href="/tag/green-faith">Green Faith</a>, <a href="/tag/judaism">Judaism</a>, <a href="/tag/climate-change-denial">Climate Change Denial</a>, <a href="/tag/climate-change">Climate Change</a>, <a href="/tag/jewish-environmentalism">Jewish Environmentalism</a>, <a href="/tag/shavuot">Shavuot</a>, <a href="/tag/eco-judaism">Eco-Judaism</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/religion">Religion News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-bermeister/the-honey-bee-paradox_b_1522735.html 2012-05-21T15:22:42Z 2012-05-21T15:28:19Z Kevin Bermeister http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-bermeister/ Honey is the only kosher product that comes out of a non-kosher producer. So what were Israel's greatest scholars and mystical thinkers trying to convey as to uniquely regard it in Jewish law? <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>, <a href="/tag/bible">Bible</a>, <a href="/tag/torah">Torah</a>, <a href="/tag/greeks">Greeks</a>, <a href="/tag/shavuot">Shavuot</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-study">Scripture Study</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-commentary">Scripture Commentary</a>, <a href="/tag/symmetry">Symmetry</a>, <a href="/tag/religion-and-science">Religion and Science</a>, <a href="/tag/judaism">Judaism</a>, <a href="/religion">Religion News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/reverend-william-e-flippin-jr/thou-shalt-not-live-by-street-food-alone_b_1501463.html 2012-05-21T11:28:40Z 2012-05-21T12:14:40Z Reverend William E. Flippin, Jr. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/reverend-william-e-flippin-jr/ Just like Jesus, you and I know what it's like to be tempted. We know what it's like to have a hunger for something we want, something that others might say we need, but that we know will serve only to distract or derail us. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/dominican-republic">Dominican Republic</a>, <a href="/tag/social-justice">Social Justice</a>, <a href="/tag/child-hunger">Child Hunger</a>, <a href="/tag/jesus">Jesus</a>, <a href="/tag/helping-the-poor">Helping the Poor</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-study">Scripture Study</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-commentary">Scripture Commentary</a>, <a href="/tag/gospel-of-matthew">Gospel of Matthew</a>, <a href="/tag/christianity">Christianity</a>, <a href="/tag/poverty">Poverty</a>, <a href="/tag/christian-social-justice">Christian Social Justice</a>, <a href="/religion">Religion News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/w-hunter-roberts/christian-pastors-thoughts-on-same-sex-marriage_b_1528133.html 2012-05-21T11:52:07Z 2012-05-21T11:56:08Z W. Hunter Roberts http://www.huffingtonpost.com/w-hunter-roberts/ Jesus was more interested in love than he was in rules. That was what got him into so much trouble with the fundamentalists of his day <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/marriage">Marriage</a>, <a href="/tag/teachings-of-jesus">Teachings of Jesus</a>, <a href="/tag/jesus">Jesus</a>, <a href="/tag/biblical-literalism">Biblical Literalism</a>, <a href="/tag/christianity">Christianity</a>, <a href="/tag/love">Love</a>, <a href="/tag/same-sex-marriage">Same-Sex Marriage</a>, <a href="/tag/religion-and-sexuality">Religion and Sexuality</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-study">Scripture Study</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-commentary">Scripture Commentary</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-same-sex-marriage">Obama Same-Sex Marriage</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-marriage">Gay Marriage</a>, <a href="/tag/family-values">Family Values</a>, <a href="/religion">Religion News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sr-hewitt/remembering-a-great-warrior-on-shavuot_b_1528022.html 2012-05-21T11:00:41Z 2012-05-21T11:07:50Z S.R. Hewitt http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sr-hewitt/ This year, Memorial Day poses an interesting conflict with the Jewish calendar as it overlaps directly with the holiday of Shavuot. The coincidence is not without some significance. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/psalms">Psalms</a>, <a href="/tag/king-david">King David</a>, <a href="/tag/shavuot">Shavuot</a>, <a href="/tag/memorial-day">Memorial Day</a>, <a href="/tag/feast-of-weeks">Feast of Weeks</a>, <a href="/tag/judaism">Judaism</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-study">Scripture Study</a>, <a href="/tag/scripture-commentary">Scripture Commentary</a>, <a href="/tag/counting-the-omer">Counting the Omer</a>, <a href="/tag/omer-2012">Omer 2012</a>, <a href="/religion">Religion News</a></p>