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Echad Mi Yodea? אחד מי יודע ‘Who Knows One?’ We’re all familiar with this wonderful, cumulative-styled song is sung on Passover, after the conclusion of the Seder. It enumerates common Jewish motifs and teachings. Recitation varies from family to family. The song first had versions in Yiddish and Hebrew, and then many other languages. Sometimes it ...

SHEEP? OR GOATS? In Matthew 25:31-46, Jesus reveals that He is coming back, as King, to judge the nations. Please notice that this is not a judgement of individuals, but of nations.  He then goes on to illustrate the process of this judgement using a parable.  He describes two character traits – based on respective ...

The Power of Words – click to read article

This time of year finds Jewish people preparing for the ‘High Holy Days’ in the Jewish calendar: Rosh HaShanah (New Year), Yom Kippur  (Day of Atonement) and Tabernacles (Succot, or Booths). For this article, we are going to briefly look at the three autumn feasts, but focus on one in particular: the one known in ...

  On May 14, 1948, we saw the modern state of Israel come into being. Even earlier than that, we saw Hebrew revived as a living language, after it had been dead for millennia.  Also, to date, we have seen the return of hundreds of thousands of Jewish people, from every corner of the globe, ...

By Tom Mayr-Lori Some time ago, I gave a New Testament to Peter, a Jewish friend who had shown some interest in Spiritual things. A week or two later we met again and when asked what he had read, he said he had started reading Acts, but stopped after reading that the Jews killed Jesus. ...