Daily Devotionals

Shalom, and welcome to a new year of Holy Land Moments Devotionals. This year, we’ll continue our time together studying the Psalms on Sundays and Proverbs on Fridays—two books that have brought comfort and wisdom to so many of us. But from Monday through Thursday, we’ll start a new journey through the entire Torah, from beginning to end, following the same weekly reading cycle the Jewish people have cherished for generations. Each day, we’ll open God’s Word together. We’ll step into the world of the Bible—or into moments where His people have felt His presence—and then reflect on a teaching rooted in Jewish tradition. It’s my prayer that this time will draw you closer to God, strengthen your faith, and remind you that His Word is alive and speaking to us still.

Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. As a mother of teens, one thing I try to teach my children is how to make good choices. And as I always tell them, one of the keys to making good decisions is to think long-term, rather than short- term. — Psalm 1:4

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity. — Proverbs 17:17

Live in temporary shelters for seven days: All native-born Israelites are to live in such shelters so your descendants will know that I had the Israelites live in temporary shelters when I brought them out of Egypt. I am the LORD your God. — Leviticus 23:42-43

On the first day you are to take branches from luxuriant trees—from palms, willows and other leafy trees—and rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. — Leviticus 23:40

Then the survivors from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD Almighty, and to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles. — Zechariah 14:16

Celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the first fruits of the crops you sow in your field.

My tongue will proclaim your righteousness, your praises all day long. — Psalm 35:28

A rebuke impresses a discerning person more than a hundred lashes a fool. — Proverbs 17:10

…if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. — 2 Chronicles 7:14

“This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: Atonement is to be made once a year for all the sins of the Israelites.” And it was done, as the Lord commanded Moses. — Leviticus 16:34

The priest who is anointed and ordained to succeed his father as high priest is to make atonement. He is to put on the sacred linen garments and make atonement for the Most Holy Place, for the tent of meeting and the altar, and for the priests and all the members of the community. — Leviticus 16:32-33