Articles
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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…
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Have You been Conditioned to Reject the Messiah Who Fulfills All Prophetic Requirements?
The world quivers on the edge of destiny, its heartbeat quickening with longing. For Jews, the ache for the Messiah glows with an ancient fervor, a readiness carved into every prayer and tempered by centuries of struggle, their souls ablaze with hope for a deliverer who will crush enemies and stitch world peace from the…
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From “Never Again”…to “Once Again”
The time is now. For decades, “Never Again” has been our rallying cry, a solemn vow to shield our people from the horrors of history. But today, a bolder vision dawns: “Once Again”…a sacred call to restore Israel’s greatness as in the days of King David, when Torah governed, Temple offerings sanctified our land, and…
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Born as God Made Me: Embracing Intersex in God’s Design
A Biblical Call to Honor the 1.7% Without Redefining Gender When God spoke the world into being, He crafted humanity with a breathtaking design: “male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27), a binary symphony of purpose and complementarity. Yet, in His infinite wisdom, God also wove rare threads of difference—intersex individuals, the 1.7% born…