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March 14, 2024
Challah
Challah bread, translated from the Hebrew as referring to a cake, loaf, or morsel of bread, is a well-known food served at the weekly Shabbat as well as other various holidays, excluding Passover.…
March 13, 2024
Why Do Jews Cover Their Heads?
Why do Jews cover their heads when they pray or read the Torah? What does Paul mean when he says, “Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered disgraces his own head” (1 Cor. 11:4)?
Havdalah
Mar 05, 2024
Havdalah is a beautiful multi-sensory ceremony and one of the most ancient blessings in Jewish religious life that symbolically marks the end of Shabbat after the appearance of three stars in the sky, usually 45–60 minutes after sundown, depending…
144,000 – Revelation 14
Mar 05, 2024
Revelation 14:1–5 mentions the mysterious group of 144,000 again. We will explore the awe-inspiring vision of the Lamb standing on Mount Zion with the 144,000. We will try to answer the following questions: What does it mean for them to be undefiled…
666: The Mark of the Beast
Feb 28, 2024
What if the Mark of the Beast isn't just a distant prophecy but a present reality subtly infiltrating our lives? Is the Mark of the Beast a symbol of conformity, and are we already being pressured to conform to a system that compromises our values?…
Kiddush
Feb 27, 2024
As zikaron le-ma’asei v’reishit ("a memorial to Creation"), Kiddush ("sanctification" or "separation") is a beautiful Shabbat benediction and one of the central traditions of the Shabbat in Jewish life. It is a blessing said over a cup of wine on…
Bagels and Lox
Feb 22, 2024
Neither bagels nor lox originated in the Big Apple, or in America, for that matter. Yet the combination of bagels and lox was somewhat accidental and undeniably an American creation. Where did the concept come from?
The Ten Virgins, Jewish Wedding, and the Second Coming
Feb 21, 2024
The twenty-fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew contains two important parables: the parable of the ten virgins and the parable of the talents. The parable of the virgins, presented at the beginning of the chapter, is intended to illustrate not…
Lecha Dodi
Feb 15, 2024
Lecha Dodi (“Come my Friend”) is a well-known eight-stanza hymn of mystical origins that is commonly sung at Friday night synagogue services to usher in the beginning of the Sabbath. It is a beautiful song that incorporates various scriptural…
The Two-Horned Beast: Exploring Revelation 13
Feb 15, 2024
What does the symbol of the Beast from the Earth represent? Why does it come from the earth? What do the two horns symbolize? What is the purpose of the great signs? How can we avoid this beast’s deception? Join us as we attempt to answer these and…
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The Joy: To Remember and Hope
This is a holy time, a special occasion, in which to enjoy celebration. The feasts help us to remember the past miracle of salvation and to hope for the future.
Modern Messiahs
What is the meaning of this strange phenomenon? Hegel, looking at the state of the world, once said, “Only God can save us.”
The Hebrew Concept of Health
It seems that there is no Hebrew concept of health. Nowhere in the Bible do we find prescriptions about how to be healthy. We do not have a word in the Hebrew Bible for “health.”