by Shmuel Parzal | Aug 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
Shalom everyone, Tomorrow (Monday 4th August 2025), is the main daytime fast for Tisha be’Av, the 9th day of the Fifth biblical month, when we remember the destruction of the two Temples, and mourn for the fall of the Second Temple. When you convert to Judaism, you...
by Shmuel Parzal | Jul 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
IMPORTANT ADVISORY: In Jewish culture, beliefs about the afterlife are personal to the individual; this article is solely about what I have personally come to believe about the afterlife. Whatever may be your own personal beliefs about the afterlife, they should make...
by Shmuel Parzal | Jul 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
It is indeed heart-breaking to see pictures of innocent children starving in Gaza. I have lived long enough to remember decades’ worth of such images from every country around the world caught up in war. The fault lies with the far-right Israeli government and with...
by Shmuel Parzal | Jul 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Shabbat shalom, my dearest sisters and brothers, When there are more Sabbaths than there are assigned Torah portions for any given month, we re-read the second half of the previous week’s portion (Ex 34:10-28). I therefore didn’t just want to repeat last week’s...
by Shmuel Parzal | Jul 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Shalom everyone, Talmidaism’s rejection of the Oral Law does not mean that we reject ALL human interpretation outright – after all, there are definitely things in Torah which are unclear and ambiguous, and we would agree with the rabbis in that respect. Yeshua’s...
by Shmuel Parzal | Jul 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
Shalom everyone, Is the vocalisation of ‘Yahveh’ or ‘Yehovah’ correct? The answer is: both are correct. I’ll explain more a bit further on. But before I begin, I need to say that I personally LOVE the Holy Name! Christians have a deep and emotional connection with the...
