It is interesting that, as a Messianic rabbi the question I am asked most often by Christians is if I believe that they as Christians have to celebrate, or observe, the biblical Holy Days. They are usually asking about those days listed in Leviticus 23: Shabbat, Yom...
We are now in the Hebrew month of Av, which means Menachem Av or Father Comforter. This is a special month to remember God as our Father and the One who comforts us. Traditionally, August is a month of promotion on the Gregorian calendar because it is the eighth...
Over the past year, my wife and I both started living healthier lifestyles, which has resulted in our both losing a large amount of weight. Actually, between the both of us we have lost more than the weight of an average person. One thing that both of us noticed...
I can’t count the number of pastors who had confided in me about issues relating to modesty in their churches. Many will tell me how distraught they are when they see their members out at the mall or in some other setting, dressed in ways that would never correspond...
I remember the first time I heard the story of Balaam as a child. My attention went directly to the part of the story in which a donkey was talking. This was probably because at that time there was a popular television program, “Mr. Ed,” about a talking horse, and I...
In the movie Fiddler on the Roof, there is a scene where two men are arguing and Tevye tells two men on different sides of an issue that they are right, then someone challenges Tevye with the following words: “He’s right, and he’s right? They can’t both be right.”...
One of my favorite miracles in the Bible takes place in the book of John chapter 21. Like many of the supernatural acts of Yeshua (Jesus) that we read about in the Scriptures, there was much more to what took place than most people realize. This is because most of the...
Note: This is the third of a three-part series. Please click here for part 1 and here for part 2. Many Evangelical Christians have an appreciation for the Jewish people and would love to be involved in the developing relationship between the two faiths. But the...
One of the wonderful things about reading through the Bible is that the more you read it, the more things you find within its pages. No matter how many times you read a verse or a series of verses, because the Bible is a living document, there will always be more to...
In Part 1 of this series, we covered the history of Jewish-Christian relations from the book of Acts through the Holocaust. And while it is a very sad tale of separation and contempt, there has been much positive development since that time. The death of 6 million...
As President Joe Biden prepares to visit Israel and Saudi Arabia from July 13 to 15, the eyes of the global mainstream media will be trained on the citizens and leaders of the epicenter as they cover the Biden trip every step of the way. Yet an exclusive new poll...
For the first time in almost 2,000 years, Jews and Christians are learning how to be friends and relate to one another with respect and appreciation. To fully understand how new and how delicate this relationship is, we must know our history and what has brought us to...
Like most Americans, Friday morning my phone began to ding with notifications from news sites reporting on the Supreme Court decision to reverse Roe v. Wade. Like most people who are pro-life and anti-abortion, I rejoiced in the decision. Then I began to pray. I...
Have you ever wondered what heaven was like? What does a person see and experience when they are in heaven? Is the arrival in immediate when a believer dies? These are great questions and ones that Rabbi Felix Halpern can answer. A mix-up in medicine brought about a...
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