To read the longer and more complete version of this article, click here. Shalom everyone, I have put together this article mostly as a reference article for enquirers. It focuses on defining our Massorite Talmidi views regarding the person of the messiah. As you...

Shalom everyone, Before I begin, first a little about my own ethnic background. I was born in Sri Lanka – the non-Asian side of my family have been there for about 500 years. In addition to my Jewish ancestors, I also have ancestors from various countries in South,...

Shalom everyone, This article was mostly written in response to the unsubstantiated claim that the Jewish Followers of the prophet Yeshua were always called Ebionites, right from the very beginning, and that Ebionites were the only legitimate ‘Jewish-Christian’ (that...

(If you want the quick answer to this conundrum, please go to the final three paragraphs of this article. If you want an explanation of the answer, please read on) . I've asked ChatGPT an unsolvable question again, just to see what answer an impartial intelligence...

Shalom everyone, Yesterday at sunset began the day which rabbinic Judaism knows as ‘Simchat Torah‘ (‘Rejoicing of the Torah‘), but which the Torah itself refers to as Yom Shmini ha-Atzéret (Eighth Day of Closed Assembly) – you will soon find out that they are not...

Introduction Quite a few ex-Christian teachers and theologians approach this question starting from the Christian Gospel and working backwards. However, that’s not how I am going to approach it. If we ever want to understand what ‘gospel’ / ‘good news’ means in its...

For former religious fundamentalists, their greatest sticking point to having a closer relationship with God, is often the Bible itself. I had the same problem, even though I was never a fundamentalist. I had to completely change the way I saw the Bible, because it...

Shalom everyone, Over the years, I have listened to various people who have severe and extreme difficulty in forgiving, because of the nature of what they have suffered and had to endure. I have also taken note of the rabbinic Jewish attitude to forgiveness, along...

The Golden Age of Yahwism, and what it teaches us about what is important For me, the Golden Age of the Israelite faith was the time of David and Solomon. The richest fruits of that time are most of the Psalms, and the Book of Proverbs. What you glean from reading...

Shalom everyone, Yeshua said, “Be as cunning as snakes, and as innocent as doves” (Mt 10:16). There is a tendency among people who are inherently good, to subconsciously refuse to admit that evil even exists, and as a result, bad people succeed in taking advantage of...