How is Torah study like dying cloth in a vat?
Yeshua saying "the Father" sounds kind of stiff...is that how he said it?
Do you light Shabbat candles? Here are some starter tips.
That "frontlets on your forehead" thing is literal, here's proof
How did the sages feel about packing a piece?

The Hebrew term for "preparing the bride" will blow your mind
Why did Jewish people carry a nail from a cross for healing?
Flutes at funerals, and oil and wine on wounds, in the ancient Middle East
Kids playing with grasshoppers and fighting over dessert is nothing new
The Hebrew words for midwif...

"Roll away the stone" means something that will take your breath away
What does "Rebekah" mean? The Bible doesn't say, but Mishnah does
How is a cistern of water like you when you're meditating on Torah?
The way you measure people is a reflection of YOUR character, here's how
How are evil spirits...

If I'm a Messianic Jew should I leave my non-Messianic synagogue?
"If you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord", is that a formula?
What if your spirit's outside and your body's inside instead of vice versa?
In Jewish law you become one through wine or bread, sound familiar?
"Light and heavy" in...

The Jewish euphemism for the night of Passover will chill you
What was Israel doing during the Last Supper and Crucifixion?
The Jewish nickname for Yeshua means "undecided" and "suspense"...WHY?
What's the difference between yeast and leaven? How about symbolically?
What did a Passover Seder l...

Wasn't Passover on the 15th? What was Yeshua eating on the 14th?
What does the relationship between a rabbi and disciple look like?
The Passover sacrificial procedures were a graphic picture of Christ's passion
Charming story about a Dad getting his sons to race to Jerusalem
Why are there mysteri...

Why are there four cups in a Passover seder, and how old is that tradition?
Why is there a fifth cup for Elijah, and how Messianic is that?
Jesus is coming to take us...where? (brace yourself)
What was the hymn Yeshua and his disciples sang after their seder?
How many of the prayers in the Siddur...

The Hebrew word for the salty parsley is so beautiful it'll bring tears to your eyes
Here's how we know that much of the Seder is from the time of Jesus
Passover teaches us to tell our whole stories - the good, bad, and ugly
Do you know which of the Passover elements isn't actually commanded?
Afi...

Have you seen the images on the holy half-shekel coins?
Did they celebrate Purim in the time of Jesus?
Why is the "two-drachma tax" story Izzy's favourite?
Did you know having the upper hand is a Hebrew expression?
Why are non-Greek words like "mammon" in the Greek NT?

The Jerusalem Temple and Messianic Community both had seven "deacons"
The Second Temple had a room for "giving in secret"...sound familiar?
A Priest found the Ark and died before he could tell anyone!
Example of how the "takanot and ma'asim of the Rabbis" aren't evil
Holiness is all about accompl...

Why do Jews call God "Hashem"? How old is that tradition?
Are non-Jewish believers Gentiles, or is that a dirty word?
The "takanot" of the Rabbis are "tikkun" olam and aren't all evil.
Hit rock bottom? You're in the best place of your life if you do this.
You're not going to believe what happene...

Count with me the many ways that a man's wife is his home
Is Yeshua 100% spiritual or 100% physical, or both?
Single and married are both good gifts from God and have pros and cons
You don't have agree with the Mishnah for it to have historical value
New to the Jewish prayerbook? Here's the best ...

Where did Jesus get the idea of apostles from...was that Jewish?
Peter's nickname meant Rock in Greek and Runaway in Hebrew. Coincidence?
What was the high priest doing on the night of Yom Kippur?
Three people who inspired me when I first starting teaching Hebrew
If the ark wasn't in the Second ...

Where was God during the "silent years" between Malachi and Matthew?
Multiplication of loaves under Shimon HaTzadik's ministry, sound familiar?
Alexander the Great shocked everyone by bowing to the Kohen Gadol, here's the story
3 miracles stopped happening in the Temple starting in 30 AD...why?
S...

Why is God's name "ineffable" and what does that actually mean?
The Jewish prayerbook is full of echoes from the time of Messiah
Is God's kingdom a geographical political entity, or is it even bigger?
Yom Kippur doesn't work in these two situations
Beautiful midrash from a word meaning "hope" and...

How do you know what a Sukkah is...and isn't?
Why were the disciples sleeping under the Rabbi's bed?
Why did Shammai the sage tear a hole in his in-law's roof?
Was Yeshua the only Hebrew guru who told parables?
The Jewish holiday when they shake it...like shake the lulav.

Why didn't Jared Kushner's romantic bouquet have any flowers?
Dr. John Gill's Hebraic Bible commentary is gorgeous and FREE
Why did John specify which day Yeshua said "If anyone is thirsty"?
This "takanot of the Rabbis" literally kept people from losing an eye
The commandments are the seeds of Ki...

What was happening on "the last day, the great day of the feast"?
Here's how I came to grips with commandments that aren't in the written Torah
The Mishnah displays internal evidence of historical accuracy
The lost meaning of "Siloam" charges the old story with new power
They're doing the ancient...

Why is Abraham's bosom the Hebrew version of "happily ever after"?
The real Hillel sandwich was two Gamliels between three Shimons
Sometimes the Jewish religious leaders followed Rabbi Yeshua's teachings!
One of the 1050 NT commandments is...do everything in Yeshua's name.
"Many bodies physically...

What's better for relationships, you in judging mode or perceiving mode?
The "if this, then how much more that" equation in Jewish logic
What's pictured by snowflakes, olive oil, crystal, and frankincense resin?
The Jewish concept of the merit of the righteous in a Messianic context
How is "worth...

If Nisan's the first month why is the new year in Tishrei?
The Torah calls it "Yom Teruah" so where did "Rosh Hashanah" come from?
Upon which dates is it believed that God decides for food, water, and physical life?
Women, gamblers, and traffickers couldn't testify, what did Yeshua think?
Imagine...

How did New Moon signal fires foretell the spread of Yeshua's movement?
Why does Judaism expect two Messiahs, sons of Joseph and David?
How does rough rope symbolize who Yeshua is and what he does?
Did you know "serpent" and "Messiah" have the same numerical value?
These year-long performances wi...

The nickname for the Mount of Olives pointed to Yeshua in startling ways
Setting the NT in its Semitic context is hard work! Here's an example.
Which directions can you go in the fifth dimension you can't in the four?
Here's how the title "midwife" is one of Hebrew's highest compliments.
John the...

Fights about the calendar are nothing new, so what did the sages do?
A beautiful story about the relationship between rabbi and disciple
Why does the Hebrew word for Torah-observance also means Exodus?
"Our Father who art in Heaven", is that a Christian or a Jewish prayer?
How much of the synagog...