Ever heard the story of Choni the Circle-Drawer? Little boy Yeshua did!
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Yeshua grew up on the story of Choni, who lived a couple generations before him and was famous for that time he drew a circle around himself and told God he wouldn't move until it rained and...let's read the story and see what happened! This is a takeaway from my newest Mishnah Snapshots study. We also talked about these questions: ~Why did people blow shofars in ancient times? ~Is there internal evidence the Mishnah is historically accurate? ~Here's how helpmeet means "Hero" and not "Hamburger Helper" ~What do the Hebrew letters on Izzy's fingers spell? ~If the Hallel is Psalms 113 to 118, what's the Great Hallel? Watch the full lesson and check out this ongoing series by clicking through this episode or by going to holylanguage.com > Learn > Mishnah Snapshots.
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