The Land of Israel
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Borders of the Promised Land
G-d promised Abraham that everywhere he set his foot, it would be land given him for his people, the Jews. I have heard that this goes from Ur of the Chaldees (Saudi Arabia) up to Lebanon, into Egypt. The exception…
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Kosher Slaughter and the Temple
Is there anything in the Talmud about kosher killing? I heard that was when the priest would put his finger and thumb on the jaw of the sacrifice and he would stroke the head of the sacrifice to put the…
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Sacrifice Today
What is the story with animal sacrifices today? Today, we give no animal sacrifices, but doesn’t it clearly say we need to sacrifice animals to atone for our sins? See these verses – Hosea 14:3 Take with you words, and…
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The Temple, Jesus, and Atonement Through Blood
How do we atone for our sins if there is no Temple? Isn’t it convenient that Jesus’ death was extremely close to the destruction of the Temple? If the Temple is destroyed how do we atone for our sins, I…
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The “Rabbinic Judaism” Myth
I think the holier than thou attitude of Jewish Orthodoxy is rather funny. Orthodoxy is not at all similar to traditional Judaism. Real traditional Judaism was based on the Temple, with a special class of people, Priests, making animal sacrifices.…
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Leaning on the Arm in Prayer
During prayer now-a-days why do people bow their heads and lean on their arms? What’s the purpose of this and how did it originate? This is done during a service called “Tachanun” – literally “Supplication”. It seems that bowing in…
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Israel Independence Day – Topics for Study
I was wondering how you would recommend teaching teenage Jews (grade 10) about Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israel Independence Day). I’m trying to put a class together to teach some students about this holiday. I wanted to focus on one aspect of…
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Dashing the Blood on the Altar
Leviticus Chapter 3:2 “And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tent of meeting; and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall dash the blood against the altar around it.”…
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Sabbatical Years and the Year of Jubilee
Why have the Jews stopped counting the sabbath years and the years of jubilee? We lost count. š We actually do count the Sabbatical years – next year for instance is one. However, this current counting is of Rabbinic origin…