Posts by Julia Blum

The Day of Revelation:  Jewish Perspective 15 ‘And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed. 16 Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the Lord.[2] This is our Scripture for […]

 Today, we are finishing our discussion of one of the most dramatic chapters in the Bible – indeed, one of the most dramatic chapters in entire human history.   Punishment or Protection? 22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: And now, lest he put out […]

Corona-virus has changed the plans of millions – and this blog, of course, has not been exempted from this unfortunate influence. Originally, I planned to have my BEGINNING series from the beginning of 2020 through Passover – but as you know, that’s not what happened. This article resumes this series; and I am reminding you […]

The Counting of the Omer (Sfirat Haomer – ספירת העומר) is one of the most mysterious and the least understood customs of the Jews (the Messianic Jews as well). Forty-nine days separate the second night   of Passover and Shavuot – and these days are marked by a counting of the Omer. But what exactly are […]

Once again, I find it necessary to speak about the situation in the world – and to seek the answers in the Word. When the world started to realize that the initial outbreak of the Corona Virus was becoming a threat to the whole world, we were reading the Torah Portion VaYikra, as we entered […]

We are going to talk about Coronavirus again – and, as it often happens with Hebrew, I believe some surprises await you today. Before we do that however, I would like to finish the topic we started to discuss here: the Last Supper. The Last Supper and the Sign of Jonah Last time, we reviewed […]

My dear readers, since I’ve received a number of  questions regarding the Last Supper, I’ve decided, once again, to address the issue on these pages. The precise nature of the last meal that Jesus shared with his disciples, as well as the day and the date of His crucifixion, have been among the most debated […]

Shalom and Chag Sameach, dear friends! I am publishing this post on Wednesday  (April 8)  just a few hours before Passover – the most unusual Passover in our lives. Due to  coronavirus lockdown,  not only  this year we will not celebrate  with relatives and friends ,  – we can’t actually leave our homes till  Thursday, […]

 My dear readers, this blog  had never been meant to be a reaction to the events around us – and in all these years I’ve done my best to stick with biblical studies only, and not comment on events which, at one point or another, were filling the media (and trust me, that’s not an […]

Second Passover? Trying times are upon us, my dear readers – and, like everyone else, I am seeking the answers. The words that ring in my mind these days, are the words from Numbers 16: “And the plague was stopped”- and even though I know very well the Hebrew word, עָצַר atsar (“stopped”), that is […]