Chag HaShavuot
Chag HaShavuot is the second of the three annual chagim (Pilgrimage Festivals) in the Hebrew Calendar. In English Shavuot is known as the Feast of Weeks or Pentecost. The chag is known by various names. It is known as Chag…
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10 Principles of Faith (Karaite)
In this video, Eli Shmuel discusses the first five of the 10 principles of faith as set forth by the 12th Century Karaite Sage Yehudah Hadassi. These principles of faith were actually written before Maimonides’ principles of faith. In this…
Book Review: Riddle of the Exodus
Riddle of the Exodus Author: James D. Long Publisher: Lightcatcher Books Year: 2006 Pages: 160 plus Introduction and Appendcies Riddle of the Exodus explores the “startling parallels between ancient Jewish sources and the Egyptian archaeological record” regarding the exodus from…
Site Update – Looks and Links
As you may have noticed, I have updated the look of the blog I have chosen a template that is responsive so it will work on any size screen from smartphone to desktop monitor. However, due to some limitations with…
Jewish Apologetics – Son of God: A Closer Look (Part 2)
Next, let’s look at two specific instances of the Christian Bible’s usage of the term “Son of God” that was not in the original text or was in the original text but later taken out. Matthew 24:36: But of…
Jewish Apologetics – Son of God: A Closer Look (Part 1)
Christianity would have you believe that Jesus – the son – is part of a trinity. Christianity would have you believe that Jesus is the physical son of God. The term “son of God” is not something new that was…
Refuting the “Oral Law” – Legal System and Inheritance
Legal System When any legal matter is too extraordinary [פָּלָא] for you, in justice, between blood and blood, between judgment and judgment, between stroke and stroke, in matters of quarreling within your gates, you are to arise and go up…
Chag HaMatzot and the Omer
Chag HaMatzot is the first of the three annual chagim (Pilgrimage Festivals) in the Hebrew Calendar. In Rabbinical Judaism, Chag HaMatzot is called Pesach and in English this chag is known as Passover or Feast of Unleavened Bread. The very…
Refuting the “Oral Law” – Birds and Shabbat
Kosher Birds Now these you are to hold detestable from fowl – they are not to be eaten, they are detestable-things: the eagle, the bearded-vulture and the black-vulture, the kite and the falcon according to its kind, every raven according…
Refuting the “Oral Law” – Slaughter and Fat
Slaughter Only: in all your appetite’s craving you may slaughter (animals) and may eat meat according to the blessing of the Eternal One your God that He has given you within all your gates; the tamei and the pure (alike)…