by Shmuel Parzal | Nov 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Modern Misconceptions about ancient Jewish denominations Because most modern people formally belong to one sect, church or denomination, most Christians think that Yeshua must have belonged to one of the 4 sects mentioned by Josephus: either an Essene, a...
by Shmuel Parzal | Oct 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
Redefining the Kingdom In Yeshua’s day, the Aramaic word malkhuthā had many of the same negative connotations as the English word ‘kingdom’ has now. Did he seek to replace it with something else? Like qārivūthā קָרִיבוּתָא (kinship), or ʽiddath qyāmā עידת קימא...
by Shmuel Parzal | Oct 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Shalom everyone, On the other days of the week during Sukkot, we asked for blessings upon all the Peoples and Nations of the earth; today, now that the sukkah is down, we pray for our needs as Yahwists, and for the needs of Israel, and we take a look at what it means...
by Shmuel Parzal | Oct 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
Introduction I felt I had to write this article, because there are a growing number of people out there saying that, since the historical, ancient Ebionites believed this and that about Yeshua – that Yeshua was ‘the messiah’ and ‘the son of God’ – therefore, that’s...
by Shmuel Parzal | Sep 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Shalom everyone, In the Talmidi and Karaite communities, Yom Truah is our Simchat Torah – Rejoicing in God’s Torah. Whenever we come to discuss Torah, our community’s history inevitably means that we have to address the elephant in the room. What Torah is not Through...
by Shmuel Parzal | Sep 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
Shabbat shalom everyone, I had an after-thought, that my Shabbat commentary on the Yahwist theology behind the sin-offerings (in Lev. chapter 4) might have been a bit too much for those who are not familiar with pre-Christian, pre-rabbinic, biblical Israelite...
