Hanukkah, or Chanukah (Festival of Lights or Feast of Dedication) – Dec 18th-26th 2022It never fails, each year I always end up hearing some “Christian” explaining/complaining that we shouldn’t be celebrating this holiday.  Normally the argument is that it was originally a pagan holiday, and we should not be participating in it. This year however, I actually heard something different.  This guy I ...  Read More

Feast of Tabernacles/Booths/SukkotObserved: 15th of the Hebrew month Tishri (7th month on the calendar)7th and Final Feast Instituted by GodAlright, before you say anything, I know I’m a little late with this one.  This one was celebrated back in October from the 9th through the 16th.  While Rebecca and I were in Israel, we started to see all the tabernacles being built around the city.  They were...  Read More

Yom Kippur – Day of Atonement – “The Sabbath of all Sabbaths” I know this is late, but you know I have good excuse.  This holy day took place on Tuesday, Oct 4th this year. Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year for Jews.  This day was started back when the people of Israel were wandering the desert and when Moses went up to Mount Sinai to meet with God and pray for forgiveness for worshiping a...  Read More

Rosh Hashanah aka Feast of Trumpets (Sept 25th – 27th)/Yom Kippur aka Day of AtonementScripture References: Leviticus 23:23-25; 27-28, Numbers 29:1Well, it’s that time again.  Time for another post on the next Jewish holiday.  And right in time for our trip.  Not sure if this is a good thing or not.  I will let you know.  This is the first of the Fall Feasts.  Rosh Hashanah, which means “head of t...  Read More

If you look at a Catholic Bible or even an early copy of scripture, like the Septuagint, one of the things you are likely to notice first is that there are additional books/letters in there.  So, one might ponder, “Why are there other books included there and not in mine?”, “Why are there other books mentioned in scripture that aren’t in the Bible?”.  Those are some great questions.  Let’s try to ...  Read More

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