Unlocking The Gospels With Tanach: Luke (2)
We are still in Luke’s Gospel – but today, from Ein Karem we are moving to Nazareth. Something of incredible importance is happening right before our eyes – however, in order to unlock…
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Unlocking The Gospels With Tanach: Luke (1)
Last time, we spoke about the very beginning of Matthew’s Gospel. This time, let us move to the beginning of Luke’s Gospel and try to see it through the Tanach and Jewish…
Unlocking The Gospels With Tanach: Matthew
Happy New Year, my dear readers! Most of us love new beginnings – and most of us enter a new year with some wonderful New Year resolutions. No doubt some of my…
Backward And Forward: Entering 2019 From Jerusalem
We have just finished the book of Genesis, my dear readers, and are about to enter book of Exodus – along with entering a new year of our lives. I am not…
Christmas Torah Portion: Vayechi
I know, some of my readers would smile skeptically at this title: the statement that “Christmas is a pagan holiday” is so popular nowadays that many people prefer to have nothing to…