Tisha be’Av: The Result of a broken Society

Shalom everyone, The month of Av is for remembering the joy and sadness of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem – joy over its existence, and sadness over its destruction. The loss of the Temple is commemorated by the Fast of Tisha be’Av (the 9th of Av – see Jer...

The Israelite and Prophetic attitude towards Politics

Shalom everyone, If you have been brought up in a Christian environment, you have probably been taught that religion and politics don’t mix. You have probably also been taught that a religious minister or leader should not criticise the government, and that meddling...

Please don’t judge Talmidaism by the Limitations of my Autism

Shalom everyone, First of all, my apologies that I haven’t written anything in a while. This article is going to be a little different. I normally don’t focus on myself, because my job is to direct you all towards Yahveh, and Yahveh’s values. However, there have been...

Mistakes and Omissions in the Bible – How the Hebrew Bible evolved

Shalom everyone, Some of you might be aware that I have had an ongoing project since 2005, which I have called, ‘The Original Israelite Bible Project’. Thanks to the existence of four different versions of the Torah, it’s possible to bring together and reconstruct the...

The people’s king: God’s Covenant with David and his descendants

Shabbat shalom everyone, This is the seventh Sabbath of the Omer-counting period, so we are going to be taking a look at the seventh and final part of God’s Covenant. It is the fourth covenant with the Assembly of Israel (after the one with Abraham and the Patriarchs,...