The Earliest Unnamed Sects of the Congregation of the Way

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...

What was the original intent and meaning of Yom Shmini ha-Atzéret?

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...