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The Essenes and the beginning of Christianity
pre-Christian Jews held Christian beliefs

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Apr 216 min read


An Easter message an alternative history of the beginning of Christianity
Easter celebrates the burial and resurrection of Jesus as the beginning of Christianity

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Apr 212 min read


Exploring the Diverse Perspectives on Virginity in Judaism and Christianity
Within Judaism and Christianity, two closely related yet distinct faiths, attitudes toward virginity reveal important differences

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Mar 294 min read


Exploring the Absence of Greek Religion Elements in Judaism
This post explores the key elements of Greek religion that are absent in Judaism, revealing how these two traditions diverge in theology, ritual, and worldview.

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Mar 293 min read


Antisemitism and Monotheism
how the three monotheistic religions lead to Antisemitism

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Mar 243 min read


The Purpose of Tu Bishvat (The Jewish New Year for trees)
Judaism has laws to protect nature. The festival of Tu Bishvat comes to remind us of the importance of nature.

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Jan 304 min read


The Land and the Nation
Judaism consists of two parts, the Land of Israel, (known in the Bible as the Land, promised, to Abraham Gen 12:7, 15:18-21, to the whole Jewish Nation Ex 23:31, to Moses Deut 11:24, to Joshua 1:4,) and the Nation of Israel, specially chosen by God (Deut 14:2) The two concepts were considered to be joined together. Before the destruction of the Temple by the Babylonians it seemed that the nation could not survive without the land. With the exile of the Jews to Babylon, howev

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Dec 17, 20252 min read


Understand the Arab Israel Conflict
Israel and Arabs

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Nov 10, 20242 min read


Christian love of Israel
This is a copy of a letter sent to a Christian friend who loves Israel. I think it could be written to all Christians who love Israel, so...

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Aug 29, 20243 min read


News Commentary
Friday 8th August 2024 American arms embargo is nothing new. It's been going on since the first war that Israel has fought against the...

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Aug 9, 20242 min read


Family story Part 1
A Jewish family leaves Zarasai, where their ancestors lived for one hundred years, to settle in Asveja and later to South Africa

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Jun 22, 20247 min read


Ecce Homo Arch
Hadrian’s building operations in Jerusalem. The Ecce Homo Arch forms the 2nd station of the Cross, commemorating the site where Pontius...

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Feb 1, 20232 min read


The Wailing Wall
The Jewish religion does not leave the two important activities in life, mourning or wailing and rejoicing to chance. The fact is that...

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Feb 1, 20231 min read


The Spread of Christianity.
The expansion of Christianity was not simply an example of another successful cult within the Graeco-Roman world, but a development that...

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Jan 31, 20234 min read


My Father's Story
Note: I have put the story in my father’s mouth, as I believe he would have told it, had he been able. We had a child, a son, and wanted...

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Oct 22, 20225 min read


Back to school
"Put your child back in school", my old uncle Louie, looking through half-shut eyes, filled with smoke, hurled this command, at his...

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May 27, 20224 min read


Krugersdorp Jews
David Super calls himself Dovid, the way David is pronounced in Yiddish, the language spoken in Eastern Europe, where Jews had lived for...

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Mar 4, 20222 min read


Happy New Year
The History of Prayer God is attentive to the prayers of the weak and downcast, especially on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, according to...

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Sep 4, 20212 min read


Poem by Hanah Senesch
Blessed is the match consumed in kindling flame. ,אַשְׁרֵיהַגַּפְרוּרשֶׁנִּשְׂרַףוְהִצִּיתלֶהָבוֹת Blessed is the flame that burns in the...

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Jul 22, 20211 min read


The Festival of Tisha B'Av
The month of Av is the saddest month of the Jewish year.When the temple was destroyed on the 9th of Av.Which works out to Sunday 18th...

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Jul 11, 20211 min read
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