Dear friend, I wanted to wish you a very happy and joyous holiday season!!!! It was a pleasure to have you as part of Jewish Studies for Christians Study Group in 2013. We have grown from around 400 members to well over 2500 this year! More importantly we all learned a lot through research and […]
TL;DR: The word ‘Armageddon’ comes from the Hebrew phrase ‘Har Megiddo,’ meaning ‘Mount of Megiddo,’ a real ancient site used by Solomon’s cavalry, which was later transliterated into Greek in the Book of Revelation. The word Armageddon has captured popular apocalyptic imagination since ancient times. Armageddon, which is mentioned in the Book of Revelation, became […]
For better viewing click HERE. 20 Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. 21 So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. 23 And Jesus answered them, […]
This is one of my daughter’s first poems. I love it, I think you may like it too. (In Hebrew this piece is written out in acrostic that spells my daughter first and last name!). *** I love to laugh I also like to dance My favorite season is spring […]
The word תּורָה – Torah most often refers to the Five Books of Moses. Although the Torah contains many stories, such as those of Cain and Abel, the Exodus from Egypt, as well as the story of Abraham’s life, it also contains various laws, statutes and commandments. Many have gone to great lengths to count […]
1Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table. (For better viewing click HERE). Previous verses (John 11:55-56) place us very close to […]
The Hebrew word for Rainbow is קֶשֶׁת – Qeshet . Interestingly enough Keshet, other than Rainbow, also means a war bow. We can easily see the connection between Rainbow and a bow in English, but since it is one and the same word in Hebrew the connection there cannot be clearer. Why would the ancient Hebrews […]
Various people in the Bible encountered manifestations of God’s Holiness. One key text that always comes to mind is the experience of Isaiah the prophet when he saw the vision of Israel God sitting on the heavenly throne. Remember? It was the year of death of a righteous King of Judah and the people found […]
In Ps.133:1 we read (and often times sing!) – הנה מה טוב ומה נעים שבת אחים גם יחד – (Pronounced: hiney ma tov u’ma-nayim Shevet ach-im gam ya-chad), which translated means “How good and how please it is for brothers to sit (literally)/to dwell together”. The root (י-ח-ד) signifies the basic idea of being “together” […]
TL;DR The Hebrew name ‘Judah’ comes from a verb meaning ‘to thank’ or ‘to praise,’ a meaning that carries deep significance in both Jewish and Christian traditions. The word יְהוּדָה Yehudah is usually translated as “Judah” in English Bibles. This name has such rich meaning for both Jewish and Christian traditions. For example, in the […]
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