All Teachings
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Is the Oral Torah the Wide Road to Destruction?
In Torah Judaism, the Oral Torah is not a path to destruction but a divinely sanctioned framework that enables Jews to fulfill God’s covenant, securing blessings and building a unified community. The Torah and Tanakh establish the Oral Torah’s mandatory role, particularly in resolving disputes over how to obey d’Oreitha (biblical commandments), linking it to…
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Unveiling The Virgin Prophecy: What the Dead Sea Scrolls’ Hebrew Confirm About Isaiah 7:14
Scholars have long debated whether the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest Hebrew manuscripts of the Tanakh, might reshape our understanding of key verses like Isaiah 7:14. Some point to the Septuagint, the Greek translation of Jewish scriptures, claiming its 70 rabbinic translators used a word for “virgin,” suggesting a messianic prophecy. Does the Great Isaiah…
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Could You Be Part of a 13th Tribe?
What if you, a Gentile who loves Hashem and cherishes His Torah, could stand as an equal heir with Israel, perhaps as part of a “13th tribe”? Many naturally wonder if following Torah, keeping Shabbat, honoring kosher laws, makes gentiles equal partners in Israel’s covenant, maybe even as a distinct group alongside the twelve tribes.…
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The Prerequisite of Righteousness for an Acceptable Blood Offering in the Jerusalem Temple
Even an absolutely perfect, spotless lamb, flawless in every way, can be rejected as a blood offering if the offerer is not first righteous. In the Jerusalem Temple, the blood of a sacrifice was the divinely ordained means of atonement (Lev 17:11), but its efficacy depended on the offerer’s prior righteousness, both ritual and moral.…
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Cannabis and the Temple: A Modern Misconnection
For Torah obedient adherents who enjoy recreational cannabis, the notion that it was an ingredient in the Temple’s Shemen Mishchah (holy anointing oil) or Ketores (incense) can hold a certain allure as a nod from Heaven toward its personal use. Some suggest that keneh bosem, listed in Exodus 30:23 as part of Shemen Mishchah, might…
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Miracles Are 100% Real, but the Torah Reveals a Test many will Fail.
In my teens, I joined maybe 150-200 worshippers at a Catholic charismatic meeting in a Christian bookstore. Drawn to the altar during fervent worship, I closed my eyes, unaware of the Torah’s prohibition against images I was imagining in my mind (Exodus 20:4). Healings erupted: the sick rose, crutches discarded, restored by faith. Returning to…
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The Misstep of Asking “The Big Question”
“Know therefore today… that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other” (Deuteronomy 4:39). When someone asks a convert to Judaism, “Do you still believe Jesus is the Messiah?” they enter into a Torah misstep, framing faith through a Christian lens that clashes with the Torah’s focus…
