The oppressive tributes and the fearful conquest drawing near gives Jonah good reasons to desire Nineveh’s fall. And God himself is angry at Nineveh: “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city,” God tells ...
In the Jewish calendar, the holiest day of the year is Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement—Oct. 2 this year. It is a fast day. Observant Jews eat and drink nothing between twilight on the eve of Yom ...