In the 1960's and 1970's, Messianic Judaism became a household word. Many people were familiar with the movement. Throughout the 80's and into the 90's, this movement has grown to worldwide proportions, with thousands of congregations. Nearly every major U.S. city has its own ...
There are three legitimate ways of reckoning the Hebrew dates. The dates listed on my website follow a calendar that is calculated to begin each Hebrew month as a new moon would be seen from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Even within our small congregation there are disagreements on which ca...
I was astonished at that time to know that Christianity sprang from Judaism and that the first Christians were Jews! I shall never forget that night as long as I live! I ran as fast as I could to the farmhouse which was now my home. A group of Christians were conducting a prayer ...
near humanistic reconstructionism to highly mystical Chasidism. His apparent regard for the many facets of non-traditional Judaism surprised me, coming from such a staunchly conservative traditional Jew. Later, I realized that for Gordis it is the community that holds the religion together. The ...
Prior to being hijacked by 'Rabbinical Judaism' prior to and during the middle ages, Jews were always taught to expect the appearance of their Messiah twice. He was to appear first as the 'Suffering Servant' depicted so exacting by the prophet Isaiah - and a second time in Acharit Hayami...
Within Judaism, a book of formal prayers covers possibly every need. That book is called the Siddur, a Hebrew noun derived from seder (סדר) meaning order.
Is it a small thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do the work of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to serve them; and that He has brought you near to Himself, you an...