I thought that I would pass this on because it is so appropriate for
tomorrow. Have a wonderful 4th!

In the love of Yeshua,

Roger Gauthier, RN, M.Div.




Fresh Manna for Tuesday, July 3, 2007 by Pastor Tim Burt
http://readfreshmanna.blogspot.com/



John 15:13 (NIV) “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down
his life for his friends.”


Kosher Fireworks
How a Jewish man Saved America and the Fourth of July by Dr. Richard
Booker

In 1975 the United States Postal Department issued a stamp honoring a
man named Haym Salomon for his contribution to the cause of the
American Revolution. This stamp was uniquely printed on the front and
the back. On the glue side of the stamp, the following words were
printed in pale, green ink.

“Financial Hero - Businessman and broker Haym Salomon was responsible
for raising most of the money needed to finance the American
Revolution and later to save the new nation from collapse.” I
personally have one of these stamps. Historians who have studied the
story of Haym Salomon all agree that without his “contribution to the
cause” there would be no America today.

Haym Salomon bought and sold financial papers to raise money for
Robert Morris who was the Superintendent of Finance for the
Continental Congress. He believed that America would be a safe haven
for the Jews. But this son of a rabbi, also believed that one day in
the future, Jerusalem would rise from the dust, the Jews would return
to their ancient homeland, and Israel and Jerusalem would once again
be the home of the wandering Jew. Salomon determined to do all that
he could to finance the Revolution so that America could survive
until that future time when his people would once again fill the
streets of Jerusalem.

From one crisis to the next, Robert Morris went to Haym Salomon for
help, and Salomon always responded. Haym Salomon gave his entire
personal fortune of over $800,000 to the cause of the Revolution.
This debt was never repaid. He died sick and penniless at the age of
45, January 6, 1785, leaving behind a young widow, Rachel, and four
children all under the age of seven.

Rachel tried for months after Haym’s death to collect on personal
loans that he had made to Robert Morris, to the Congress and others.
She was requested to turn all her securities and certificates over to
the State Treasurer of Pennsylvania for evaluation. After several
months she made further inquiries and was informed that all of the
papers relating to her inheritance had been lost.

Haym Salomon was buried in Mikveh Israel Cemetery in Philadelphia in
a grave which is now unmarked. Since we don’t know which his grave
is, we cannot even pay our respects at his graveside nor erect a marker.

But the story of Haym Salomon doesn’t end with an unmarked grave.
There is a plaque on a brick wall bordering the cemetery that was
placed by Haym’s great-grandson, William Salomon in 1917. It says,
“To the Memory of Haym Salomon … interred in this Cemetery the
location of the grave being now unknown ….”

Was it just a coincidence that the year this plaque was erected was
the same year of the Balfour Declaration issued by the British which
begins, “His majesty’s Government views with favor the establishing
in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.”?

Was it just a coincidence that in 1975 when the U.S. Postal
Department issued the stamp honoring Haym Salomon, that same year the
Israeli government issued a stamp honoring Harry Truman, the American
president who was the first head of state to recognize Israel?

As Haym Salomon believed, America has been that safe haven for the
Jewish people and Israel has been reborn. As we celebrate America,
may we remember the great debt we owe to Haym Salomon. While we may
not be able to repay him personally, we can honor him by standing
firm in our support and prayers for a strong and secure Israel and a
united Jerusalem under the rule of Haym’s Salomon’s spiritual
descendants, the Jewish people. Happy Fourth of July!

Dr. Richard Booker is President of Sounds of the Trumpet, Inc., and
the Founder/Director of the Institute for Hebraic-Christian Studies
in Woodlands, TX. He may be contacted at, shofarprb@...

In His Love,
Pastor Tim Burt
http://www.freshmanna.org

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