The rainbow symbolizes God’s first covenant with mankind
“I will remember my covenant with Jacob also My covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham I will remember, and I will remember the Land.”
LEVITICUS (26:42)
וְזָכַרְתִּי אֶת בְּרִיתִי יַעֲקוֹב וְאַף אֶת בְּרִיתִי יִצְחָק וְאַף אֶת בְּרִיתִי אַבְרָהָם אֶזְכֹּר וְהָאָרֶץ אֶזְכֹּר
(Transliteration of Hebrew below)
Hebrew Lesson and About the Photo
Vezachartee et breetee Ya’akov ve’af et breetee Yitzchak ve’af et breetee Avraham ezkor veha’aretz ezkor.
“The Jewish people descend from the three Patriarchs – Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the Four Matriarchs – Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah. The Hebrew name for Israel, Yisrael, bears within it the acronym for every one of our spiritual forebears: Yod = Ya’akov, Yizhak; Shin = Sarah; Resh = Rachel, Rivkah; Alef = Avraham; Lamed = Leah. From Rabbi Benjamin Blech’s “The Secrets of Hebrew Words.” Today’s Hebrew lesson is from Ulpan LaInyan at http://ktzat-ivrit.ulpan.com
About Today’s Photograph
Photograph of rainbow by Eliyahu Alpern, www.tziloom.com. The rainbow symbolizes God’s first covenant with mankind, promising to remember His promise to Noah. The next Biblical covenant represents God’s eternal promise of the Land to Abraham and his descendants. “God gave the Jewish people the land of Israel by divine covenant. That covenant is a blood covenant; it is eternal and unbreakable. It cannot be amended by the United Nations or by the US State Department.” Pastor John Hagee’s “In Defense of Israel.”