The Festival of First Fruits, known as ‘Bikkurim’ in Hebrew, holds a significant place within the Jewish religious calendar, vividly connected to the cycles of agriculture and life in the ancient Holy Land. Deeply embedded in historical context and spiritual symbolism, Bikkurim offers an extraordinary glimpse into the everyday lives …

As we continue our journey through the biblical festivals, we come to the Feast of Unleavened Bread—Chag HaMatzot in Hebrew—closely intertwined with Passover in both timing and thematic resonance. This seven-day festival begins immediately after Passover, to the extent that the two are often combined or confused. Yet the Feast …

Passover, known as Pesach in Hebrew, is far more than just a historical observance—it is a sacred intersection where the divine narrative of liberation, redemption, and profound symbolism converge. As we journey into its depths, we find it echoing across centuries, speaking powerfully into both Jewish and Christian traditions. At …

The Apostles’ Creed is one of the earliest and most enduring confessions of Christian faith. Though not written directly by the apostles themselves, it restates an earlier version or encapsulates their fundamental teachings and has served for centuries as a baptismal creed and a standard of orthodoxy. It likely took …

The story of Israel begins not with a nation, but with a man who would not let go of God. In the midnight struggle by the Jabbok River, Jacob wrestled with the divine until daybreak, and there received a new name: Israel — “the one who strives with God” (Genesis …

The Olive Tree: Grafting, Not Replacing Grafting an olive tree is an ancient agricultural skill used to preserve and strengthen trees. The process involves carefully cutting a branch from one tree and inserting it into a slit in the bark of another. The farmer then binds it tightly so that …

I remember vividly the day Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated. Thirty years ago, I was a child in Tel Aviv. I recall the shock, the grief, and the overwhelming sense that something irreversible had occurred. The ideological war in Israel was at its height. It was different from the climate surrounding …

Few verses have been more misread than Paul’s declaration in Galatians 3:28–29: “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s …

The Crusades, pogroms, the Inquisition, blood libels, expulsions, and the Holocaust — so much Jewish suffering has occurred under banners displaying the cross, in Jesus’s name, or by individuals identifying as “Christians.” How can such horrors possibly square with Yeshua? They don’t. These acts were not obedience to Yeshua but …

The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you shall heed such a prophet. (Deuteronomy 18:15) Jewish people often say, “We believe in Moses, not Jesus,” as if their views on Moses cancel the honor of one for the other. …