Yeshaiyahu 1-9

The last two posts I made on prophetic analysis covered my approach to scripture and prophecy and the context of Yeshaiyahu’s (Isaiah’s) prophecies.  This post discusses the first nine chapters of Yeshaiyahu, and subsequent posts will cover similarly sized chunks of this book. Before I discuss what I think are particular points of interest in … More Yeshaiyahu 1-9

Reading Scripture

Over the course of the last year, I have written and beta tested a schedule for reading the entirety of the TaNaKh in the course of a year.  My efforts have partially been based on an expressed desire for such a schedule from other Jews and partly based on my own desire for a schedule … More Reading Scripture

Iyov

In my quest to read the entire TaNaKh this year, I’ve progressed to Iyov (The reading schedule I’ve worked out will be available as an ebook once I’ve finished testing it!).  Iyov has always been a difficult book for me.  It offends many of my sensibilities about religion, practice, and the individual relationship between the … More Iyov

Tzitzit

1. And YHWH said to Moshe saying: Speak to the Children of Yisrael, and say to them, and they shall make for themselves sisith [fringe/tassel] on the extremities of their garments throughout their generations, and they shall place upon the sisith [fringe/tassel] of the extremity a twisted thread of blue. And it shall be to … More Tzitzit