I have a calendar I would like to share with you. Unlike most calendars that add Hebrew dates to the traditional Gregorian months, here is a calendar organized around the Hebrew months with Gregorian dates added for reference. One purpose … Continue reading →
Yom Kippur has long been considered the most holy day in the Jewish Biblical calendar (Kasden, in God’s Appointed Times). There are a great many customs associated with Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. An entire section or tract of … Continue reading →
I am just finishing up a calendar for the year 5780. I have two primary goals with this calendar. First is to list the weekly Torah Portions, which I also post over at MessianicTorahPortion.com. For this I use a traditional … Continue reading →
I’ve been reading through the Tree of Life Version (TLV) this year and really like this Messianic Bible translation. Each year I read through a different translation. This is actually my second time through this one. A few years ago, … Continue reading →
Title: The Greatest Commandment Author: Irene Lipson Publisher: Lederer Books, a division of Messianic Jewish Publishers Publication Date: 2007 Binding: Paperback, 173 Pages Yeshua was once asked, “What is the greatest commandment?” Yeshua answered, “The first is, ‘Shema Yisrael, … Continue reading →
The fifth book of Torah, Devarim, gets its name in the same way as the rest of them. The book begins eleh hadevarim “These are the words…” In the Hebrew Bible, the five books of the Torah are named simply … Continue reading →
A priest, a rabbi and a minister walk into a bar on Saint Patrick’s Day. Each takes a seat at the bar and grabs a handful of pretzels. They talk for a while, then the bartender comes over and says, … Continue reading →
I purchased my first Keith Green album, No Compromise, in 1979. There may have been a song I heard from it on the radio, or maybe it was just the unique album cover that attracted my attention. I got it … Continue reading →
“Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of Summer, those days of soda and pretzels and beer” … so sang Nat King Cole back in 1963. And if you look at the Biblical calendar, there isn’t a lot going on … Continue reading →
I like to sing songs in Hebrew. Since I don’t speak that language, I’m not very good at it, but I like to do it anyway. It’s the language of the Bible, or at least the parts of the Bible … Continue reading →
