Monthly Archives: October 2012

THE ORIGIN OF HALLOWEEN by Gerhard O. Marx (From The Plain Truth October 1967) What about this strange festival? What have goblins, witches and ghosts to do with this feast of All Hallows Eve? And why the demoniacal masks and … Continue reading →

The role of women in traditional Judaism has been grossly misrepresented and misunderstood. The position of women is not nearly as lowly as many modern people think; in fact, the position of women in halakhah (Jewish Law) that dates back … Continue reading →

“A parent brings a child into this world; a child can bring a parent into the world to come.” As a soul leaves this world and begins its journey upward, its children can help it along its way. When a … Continue reading →

God made the first human being and placed him in a paradise called Eden. God made Adam as a hybrid of spirit and flesh. Man possesses two souls—a “divine” soul and an “animal” soul. The divine soul is that pre-existent … Continue reading →

Lekhah Dodi (‘Come my friend’) is the hymn sung during the synagogue service on Friday night to welcome the Sabbath. The opening stanza reads: ‘Come my friend, to meet the bride; let us welcome the presence of the Sabbath’; and … Continue reading →

The light, when first created, would have enabled man to see from one corner of the earth to the other; but the wicked men of the generation of Enos, the flood, and the Tower caused that light to be withdrawn … Continue reading →

After destroying Jerusalem and the temple, plundering all its valuables and doing much what he liked, Titus became intoxicated with his success and indulged in gross blasphemy. “It is all very well,” he said, “for the God of the Jews … Continue reading →

Job was born when the Jews went down to Egypt; he married Dinah, Jacob’s daughter, and he died when the Israelites left Egypt. The Midrash (later explications of the bible by the rabbis) provide many further investigations of the story … Continue reading →

…. at the end of the passover… The record reads: “And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the Mount of Olives” (Mark 14:26). Unquestionably what YESHUAH and his disciples sang was from the Psalms. It was … Continue reading →

1 Love righteousness, you rulers of the earth, think of the Lord in goodness and seek him with sincerity of heart; 2 because he is found by those who do not put him to the test, and manifests himself to … Continue reading →