The Good Samaritan

Parable of the Good Samaritan is an illustration that Y’shua made up, but it was based on true situations at a site of many robberies and personal attacks by robbers. This site is four and a half miles east of Jerusalem on the road to Jericho, where in Bible times it...

Is Torah for Today?

Is Torah for Today? There can be no valid argument denying Torah, for it is the basic foundation of both Christianity and Judaism. Here are just a few of the Scriptures attesting to the Torah. Matthew 5:17. “Do not think that I came to do away with, or to bring an...

Priestly Blessing

Priestly Blessing, Numbers 6:22-26. In the days of the First and Second Temples this could only be given by a priest because verse 23 tells Moses to instruct Aaron and his sons to say this. With no Temple in Jerusalem it is to be spoken by someone of authority in the...

Isaiah 53:5

Isaiah 53:5 has an unusual twist because the word translated wounds or stripes is listed in modern Hebrew dictionaries with a different meaning. The word is Havurah. The confusion comes because another root, H-V-R, relates to fellowship, so at least one modern English...