Posts by Julia Blum

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 […]

TL;DR: Genesis 3 is examined as one of the most crucial chapters in the Bible, with the author also noting striking parallels between the Torah portion Ki Tissa and modern events like plague outbreaks and handwashing. We are back to our Beginnings series. We are entering  Genesis 3 today – one of the most crucial […]

The Mystery I know we are in the middle of our BEGINNINGS series, and I really hope that my readers are eager to read  the next post from this series – but as I have already paused for the Purim article, I will take liberty to continue this pause and post a commentary on the […]