'Sitting At The Feet of Rabbi Jesus'; A Christian's Guide to Understanding Their Hebrew Heritage

A growing number of Christian scholars have begun to turn to the Jewish roots of Christianity to explore the customs and traditions that have once been thought of as no longer valid for today. Through their...

The Duggar Family America's Creepist Family?

One word, "yeech". Has anyone seen this show? They are so icky. Always smiling and patient, with 19 kids yet. Apparently, they are supporting themselves and their children and are not on the public dole....

Robert Burns - what he means to me

 Robert Burns is very famous in my home country of Scotland - in fact he is famous the world over - and I'd be very surprised if you hadn't already heard of him. He is known as Scotland's National Bard: a...

Tears in Heaven

It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I write this following article.  I don’t know why it has hit me so hard because it’s not as if it was anything new that the ultra-Orthodox Rabbanites have...

Jewish Blessing

Hi, Are you seeking an authentic Jewish Blessing? Jerusalem Prayers is a prayer society located in the heart of Jerusalem. We are Orthodox Jews that pray for people from all walks of life and different...

Why Karaism: The Same Old Same Old

For the major content of this hub I'm actually directing the interested reader over to my blog site where the major points of this discussion are taking place. As previous hubs of mine have indicated, there's...

THE EXCITING WORLD OF RABBI JANNATH

Israel's Mystical City of Safed

Tradition says that Safed was founded as long ago as the time of Noah, by one of Noah's grandsons Shem. This makes sense, if you consider how high Safed is, making it one of the most elevated areas in...

The Golem meets Meyrinck in the Old Prague

In Jewish folklore, 'a golem' is an animated being created entirely from inanimate matter. In modern Hebrew the word literally means 'cocoon', but can also mean 'fool' or 'stupid'; in Yiddish it is a slang...

What would you have done? - Avoiding anachronistic judgementalism in the church

My daughter Katie is 24 now with children of her own, but I well remember when she was only 8 or 9-years-old her asking me: “Dad! Did they have colour television during the First World War?” It may sound...