H, Sanford
Answer: Yes, in fact there’s plenty of evidence of that. We have had the Torah for at least 3,313 years, when Hashem gave it to us at Mount Sinai. Can we prove that the Torah is really that old? Yes, we can. Let us trace the existence of the Torah back through history. We ...
On Simchat Torah 5784, one year ago, over 1,200 Israeli civilians lost their lives in acts of barbarity that immediately thrust us into theIsrael-Hamas war, which expanded to seven fronts and is still ongoing; currently, most intensely in Lebanon. As of this writing, 101 hostages remain in...
Early Christians used the Hebrew Scriptures (which came to be known as the Old Testament) in order to understand angels. In the Old Testament the patriarch, Jacob, wrestles with an angel, who is specifically said to stand in the place of God. Angels appear throughout the Scriptures to brin...
Technically, you could say that I became a man over Memorial Day weekend in 1993, when I was bar mitzvahed. All of my friends and extended family gathered at Temple Sinai in Downtown Saratoga Springs, where I recited ancient Hebrew text from the Torah, wrapped in a prayer shawl, wearing...
The HUGE mistake that women make, is, instead of being themselves, they are taught by Satan the master of illusion*, and learn from him to pretend to be something they are not, with make-up, jewellery, and fancy-revealing clothes, and that they are to be worshiped instead of God, as...
Plus, a lot of that “ethnic” stuff is from the Talmud, which Jesus himself stated was contaminated by man, not like the Torah as given to Moses from God. The true, “spiritual Children of God” are those whom have accepted his Holy Son. Jesus said, “They (Jews) are of their fat...
Idolatry: The people worshipped foreign gods and idols, breaking the covenant (Jeremiah 2:11-13). “My people have exchanged their glory for worthless idols. They have forsaken me, the spring of living water.” False Worship: Their religious practices were superficial and not rooted in genuine...
In this week’s Torah reading, the Jewish people are told, “You shall proclaim liberty throughout the land for all its inhabitants.” These words seem to speak for themselves as a rallying cry for freedom. However, they are more than that. They are a bulwark against polarization, against...
9“Then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that all of them may callon the name of theLord and servehim shoulder to shoulder. 10From beyond the rivers of Cush[d] my worshipers, my scattered people, will bring me offerings. ...