Shalom Aleichem!

                  (Peace be with you) 

May you be blessed in your visit here. May the Lord guide you and provide you with the answers that you may seek.

What is the Tallit?

By Ariel Smith - Eshofar

Often we see worshippers in Israel involved in prayer under a striped garment. This type of thing is normally synonymous with the Jewish religion. The question that now arises is one that asks, whether this assumption is necessarily the only truth?

The answer to this question is a resounding, No!!

What then is a Tallit, Tallis, Tallit Katan, Talleisim or Prayer Shawl and why can we as believers in Yeshua (Jesus) Messiah also make use of...

A plea for Hebrew study

In this short article, John Piper attempts to cajole his fellow pastors to take their duty to study the original languages of the Scriptures seriously. I would qualify Dr. Piper's comments, however, by insisting that the study of Hebrew must take priority over the study of the Greek text (though of course both are important).

After all, the Greek text of the New Testament derives its authority and veracity from the Jewish Scriptures, and not the other way around. In other words, while it's possible that the Hebrew Scriptures are true and the Greek Scriptures are not, i...

Shavuot measuring our days

By Monte Judah

At the time of this writing it is May of 2010, and we are about to complete God’s instruction of counting of the Omer begun in mid-April with the Feast of First Fruits. On Sunday, May 23, we will count the fiftieth day (the day after seven complete Sabbaths) and observe the feast day called Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks. What significance is there for us today about this one-day festival? Does it have future significance? There is much we can learn from the command to count the Omer to the celebration of the day itself, as we shall see ahead.

Moses instru...