The Month of Elul is here—time to prepare for the fall feasts!

Getting in Sync With YHVH Times and Seasons What are the forty days of teshuvah (the Hebrew word meaning “repentance”) all about? Let’s briefly explore this concept to see how why they occur when they do and how they relate to the … Continue reading

What’s first in your life? YHVH’s will or your own?

I’m amazed at how many so-called Torah or Hebrew roots people do not orient their lives around YHVH’s commanded feasts. They fit their carnal schedules to the feasts, and not vice versa. They observe these divine appointments and commanded assemblies only … Continue reading

Get Ready for Shavuot/Pentecost/the Feast of Weeks…It’s almost here!

Shavuot is this coming Sunday (June 12). Are you ready? From Mount Sinai to Acts 2; From Faithlessness to Miraculous Empowerment  What is Shavuot All About? In the roughly 49 days between Passover (Pesach) and the Feast of Pentecost (Chag … Continue reading

The Biblical Feasts and YHVH’s Plan of Salvation for Man

The Feasts Represent the Seven Steps of YHVH’s Plan of Salvation For Mankind  Passover (Pesach): The first annual festival in YHVH’s glorious lineup in the steps of redemption is Pesach which occurs in the early spring of the year at … Continue reading

The Christmas Tree in Jeremiah 10

The use of trees or wooden poles as an object of worship in the ancient world was universal as a fertility or phallic symbol.  In many places, the Bible strongly condemns involvement with this pagan custom.  Obviously the tree of … Continue reading

Why Celebrate the Passover?

Isn’t your life already busy enough? Who has time for a six-hour Passover Seder commemorating something that happened thousands of years ago? What could this possibly have to do with my life here and now, you may ask? How can … Continue reading

Isaiah and the Second Exodus

What is below is an extract from a much larger work I have published on this blog on the subject of the second exodus. You can find it at http://hoshanarabbah.org/blog/2014/04/19/the-second-exodus/. Natan Isaiah 11:10–12:6, The Second Exodus Although consisting of two chapters, … Continue reading