Preparing for Shavuot or Pentecost

A (Re)New(ed) Covenant Involving YHVH Writing Torah on Our Hearts Long ago Jeremiah prophesied that YHVH would make a new (or renewed) covenant being with his people Israel, which would involve both houses of Israel (Judah and Ephraim, or, prophetically … Continue reading

Natan’s 2018 Shavuot Talking Points—The Deeper Meaning of Shavuot

What is the purpose of religion? What’s should be the higher purpose of religion? It should answer the deeper questions of life. What’s the meaning and purpose of life? Who am I? Where did I come from? Who made me? … Continue reading

When Is the Feast of Weeks, Shavuot or Pentecost?

When is the Feast of Weeks (Heb. Chag Shavuot) or Pentecost? This has been a subject of debate among the Jews going back for two thousand years to the first century, and still is today among well meaning people who … Continue reading