Recent Publications
March 28, 2024
The Symphony of Judgment: The Bowls of Wrath
Contemplate the symphony of divine justice as we explore the vivid imagery of Revelation chapters 15 and 16. This lecture unpacks the poetic and powerful language used to describe the bowls of wrath,…
March 27, 2024
Yiddish
The Yiddish (“Jewish”) language, derived from medieval west High German but also intermingled with Hebrew, Aramaic, and different Slavic and Romance languages, became the vernacular of the Ashkenazi…
Purim
Mar 22, 2024
Set in the land of the Persian city of Shushan, located in modern-day Iran, the story of Purim (“Festival of Lots,” as derived from the ancient Persian language) depicts the Book of Esther and Haman’s plot to exterminate all the Jewish people living…
Angelic Warnings and Eternal Choices
Mar 22, 2024
In this lecture, we will unpack Revelation 14:6-12 and attempt to understand the urgency behind the angelic proclamations. We will discover the call to fear God, give Him glory, the consequences of aligning with the wrong powers, and the fall of…
Challah
Mar 14, 2024
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. Numbers 15:18–21 serves as the first reference to…
Why Do Jews Cover Their Heads?
Mar 13, 2024
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…
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Purim
Evening of Sat, Mar 23
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Shavuot
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The Woman or the Genesis of Man
Without the woman, the world would not be; without the woman, Israel would not be. The Jew not only exists thanks to his mother, who gave birth to him, but also because his mother is Jewish.
Wine and Spirits
The question of alcoholic beverages has been the concern of many religious communities. For both Jewish and Christian communities, drunkenness is considered morally inadequate. Yet, we often fail to…
The God of Cain
Now Abel kept his flocks, and Cain worked the soil. In the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. But Abel brought fat portions from some of the…