A Few Good Witnesses
Of the many women that were there, only three are named. That is in keeping with the requirement of the law which says that …on the evidence of two or three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed. Deut. 19:15b…
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The Day the Messiah Died
What makes these signs so significant is that they are not only recorded in the Bible, but also in secular history books…
The Tav’s Cry for Israel
But what is the message and the significance of this sudden darkness? What did it mean to the people then? This darkness brings us from the first Passover and then to its final fulfillment…
The Dawning of that Special Day
In the story of Peter’s repentance, the rooster plays a very significant role. Why use the rooster?…
The Taming of Infobesity
Today they have created machines which can process this overload of information, but they are so powerful that the scientific world has started to worry about its strength and about how it could, as they say, take over our world…
Insults and Assaults
“Some began to spit at Him, and to blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists, and to say to Him, “Prophesy!”” (…) by covering the face of the Messiah, they showed their disdain and contempt toward Him, but see that, unknowingly, they were fulfilling another prophecy found in Isaiah 53:2-3…
Living on the Edge, Protected
The word Sukkah itself, is from the word suk סׄךְ; it means to protect, to cover, to defend and the sukkah itself speaks of a pavilion of protection…
A New Garden of Eden
Sukkot is the last and 7th fall feast of Israel mentioned in the Torah… It is from this word where we get the word Sabbath. These connections point to Succoth as the Feast of Rest, speaking deep into our souls and projecting us forward to a time and to a place we are all longing for. This time and place is when man will live in harmony with his neighbor and with nature…
His Way and Not Ours
But what is most intriguing, is that back in Leviticus 10 when the death of these two priests is detailed, no one could pin-point the reason why these two were suddenly killed. What was this strange fire they had offered to the Lord? One can count some 12 different rabbinical explanations on what might have happened there…
What are We to Remember?
… were the Israelites supposed to blow the trumpet? For what occasion exactly?… Medieval rabbis have posed this same question. Ibn Ezra, spoke of religious mysteries, Rabbi Abarbanel, a 15th century rabbi and bible commentator asked, Why does the Torah not explain the purpose for this festival? It is indeed an enigma of a feast… Let us consider this mystery…