Apr 30, 2022
Shabbat shalom everyone, In just over six weeks’ time, we will be observing the Festival of First Fruits, also known as ‘the Festival of Weeks’. In Rabbinic Judaism, it is celebrated as the Giving of the Torah. However, Torah itself says that this took...
Apr 22, 2022
Shalom my sisters and brothers, There’s one topic I don’t talk that often about, but which is nevertheless an important one for a religious life, and that is mental health. A healthy spirituality and good mental health go together hand in hand. Fundamentalist...
Apr 17, 2022
Shalom everyone, First of all, let me take this opportunity to wish you all a happy Festival of Unleavened Bread! May you enjoy a joyous and happy Passover Seder! Hag Matzot saméach! The story of the Exodus is the foundational birth-story of the nation of Israel. It...
Apr 14, 2022
Shalom everyone, In the Hasidic Jewish community, each sect celebrates the life and teachings of their respective founding Rebbes, in much the same way as we celebrate the life and teachings of the Prophet Yeshua. If you ever need to explain to other Jews how we, as...
Apr 10, 2022
Shalom my dearest sisters and brothers, At the end of this week, we’ll be commemorating the martyrdom of the Prophet Yeshua, so today I thought it a good idea to look at his life as a prophet, and what such a calling might mean to us today. In the Hebrew Bible,...
Apr 2, 2022
Shalom, my dearest sisters and brothers, You show who your heavenly Father is, by the conduct of your life, and what you strive and aspire to. None of us are perfect, but we show who our Sovereign and King is, by the values we hold up as important truths. If you...