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Scholars have long debated whether the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest Hebrew manuscripts of the Tanakh, might reshape our understanding of key verses like Isaiah 7:14. Some point to the Septuagint, the Greek translation of Jewish scriptures, claiming its 70 rabbinic translators used a word for “virgin,” suggesting a messianic prophecy. Does the Great Isaiah […]
In Torah Judaism, the Oral Torah is not a path to destruction but a divinely sanctioned framework that enables Jews to fulfill God’s covenant, securing blessings and building a unified community. The Torah and Tanakh establish the Oral Torah’s mandatory role, particularly in resolving disputes over how to obey d’Oreitha (biblical commandments), linking it to […]
I was an angry young man with a motorcycle and an attitude and not much else going for me when, left with no alternatives, I moved back in with my folks. They lived on an island that was a Jersey Shore vacation locale for clean suburbanites in the summer, but was almost uninhabited in the […]
And when the good lord comes to take me away Wrapping me in his gentle white wings of holiness And he leans close to whisper in my ear Asking me if I drank of his goodness while on his blessed earth I shall smile and whisper I greeted every man as your son and messenger […]
Watcha gonna doWhen the beast is running wildDon’t you feel stupid With the key in your handGive him a kick, tough guy See if he don’t bite yer leg offHe didn’t seem so big Lying there asleepWhen the door was shut, the cage was lkocked You were gonna just let him out Take him for […]