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In the Articles section (accessible via the menu), I cover topics grouped into categories like Torah, Hebrew, Gospels, Paul, Mary, Prayer, and Hot Topics. However, I’ve noticed that some of you have questions that don’t neatly fit into these categories. To address this, I’m creating a dedicated space for those off-topic questions.
If you’ve been pondering something, this is your perfect opportunity to ask! Many of you appreciate my honest approach to theology—I’ll always admit when I don’t know something. Transparency is important to me, so you’ll know when I’m certain and when I’m not.
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Dear Dr Eli, I just wrote a request and I cannot edit it. I wanted to correct myself as I defined myself not in an appropriate way. I said I am a Torah observant Christian but that is not correct, thanks to reading your explanation on acts 15 I do understand now I follow more the Naaman' and not the Ruth's approach
Thank you
Thank you for this comment too.
Hello Dr Eli, I am a Torah observant Christian and I do appreciate the insights you give us all. I would love to read about lashon hara, a concept the Jews understand well and Christians need to grow in
Thanks,
Ludmilla
Spasibo/Thank you, Ludmila; perhaps one day I will. In some sense all Christians are Torah obsevant in the Jewish Christ. Thank you so much for writing!
In making the covenant in Gen 15 why was Abram to specifically bring a heifer and a female goat? Is there a reason why they were female?
In Genesis 15, God instructs Abram to bring a heifer, a female goat, a ram, a dove, and a pigeon—all mature (three years old). The specification of female animals (heifer and goat) is significant for several reasons.
First, these animals correspond precisely to the sacrificial system later given in the Mosaic law: female goats were used for sin offerings (Leviticus 4), and heifers for purification rites (Numbers 19). Their gender and maturity point forward to Israel's sacrificial worship, grounding the covenant promise in future atonement.
Second, as females capable of bearing young, they symbolize life, fertility, and the birth of the nation of Israel from Abram's seed. The ritual itself—cutting the animals in half—was an ancient covenant ceremony, but notably only God (as a fiery torch) passes between the pieces while Abram sleeps. This shows the covenant is God's unilateral, gracious promise. The female animals thus tie together the themes of sacrificial worship, future offspring, and God's faithful commitment to His covenant.
My parents were taken by the Nazis as forced labor - my father a Polish Catholic and my mother from Russia. Before she passed away she told me she was Jewish. We lived in Australia and I never met a Jewish person until much later in life. When I left the Catholic Church 24 years ago and found a group that celebrated God's Feast Days and the Sabbath she had fear in her eyes as I learned later that a lot of my lovely Polish friends and neighbors blamed the Jews for the War. I ask why did God give the Jewish nation the Shema. They do have the oracles of God and God is One. He has a Spirit and He did come down on earth and die for the sins of the world. In John 14/10 He also lets us know that He is One. I can understand why the Jewish people cannot understand anything other because of the commandment of the Shema. I feel it is better to leave the Jewish people alone because Christianity has many different teachings and sadly when they convert Jews then they also take part in pagan holidays.. Xmas and Easter. I love Israel and all Jewish people Also the Christians do not even know His name. It is Yah....Yahuah and Yahusha. He should not be called by a Greek name because names to Him were important.
I agree that evangelism of Jewish people is very difficult and challenging. because of some of the Christian past. But I disagree that somehow we should withhold Jewish, Real Jesus from his own people. Jesus is good for everyone and I think it should stay that way and we need to find appropriate ways to relate Jesus to everyone.
What is the practical differences between Jewish Studies for Christians, Israel Bible Center and Israel Institute for Biblical Studies and your affliation with each?
IIBS is a school of Biblical Hebrew (mainly) accredited by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, with teaching conducted LIVE in small groups. I serve as a dean of that school. Israel Bible Center is also an online school, but everything is on demand (like Netflix). Jewish Studies for Christians is unrelated to them; it is my ministry for which I provide my research and teaching for free. I am particularly focused on languages other than English and countries that are underserved wigh great Hebraic teaching. Trust this helps! Thank you for asking.
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Hello
Is there any books with Arabic translation.
Many thanks
Aref
I do not have them, but we will soon make this whole blog in Arabic too.
Kind Sir,
I appreciate you sharing your understanding of the Law and how Jesus fulfilled it. Jesus fulfilling the Law is one of the most crucial elements of our faith in Christ. Your explanations are well done and help us understand the Law.
That said, we are not under any obligation to make observances from the Law as part of our lives. To encourage Christians to participate in the observances and rituals of the Law misses this point. The Law was our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, and because of Christ, we are no longer under a school master.
In the love of Christ,
Paul
Hi, Paul. Thank you I recommend this section for your further studies and consideration - https://jewishstudiesforchristians.com/category/apostle-paul/
Dr. Eli
First, I apologize for bothering you with my impertinent and stupids questions.
I'm currently taking Kabbalah classes, and even a Christian woman interested in it isn't considered Orthodox.
Furthermore, "I'm like a widow" from a previous Catholic marriage. I've been caring for my husband, who has dementia, for 15 years. He's in a care facility, but little by little, this husband has become, first, a roommate, then my brother/friend, whom I wish no harm to. I'm his caregiver, not his wife, but rather his administrative and his representant for his wellbeing servant. My new boyfriend of four years is Hindu, so imagine the chaos...
He's also interested in studies, but in Jewish behavior and in Jews in general as a cosmopolitan people, given the large number of Jews overrepresented in the sciences, arts, finance, law, and business, where they excel. He'd like to understand how they achieve this.
Speaking of Orthodoxy, why do some Orthodox Jews spit on Christians, and why is this violence so frequent in Israel? Could someone explain to me what Orthodox Jews hate so much about Christians?
But apparently, this is even seen in non-Orthodox Jews.
(I'm not talking about all the atrocities we committed during the great wars, but about understanding what motivates these acts of violence instilled from a very young age, and we observe the same phenomenon among Muslims.) I ask myself the same questions, where Muslims respond indiscriminately to texts that have been altered with a mixture of texts reinterpreted by the early Sultans (and relatives of Muhammad) after Muhammad's death. In short, many questions that go beyond your studies but are worth exploring. I wanted to thank you for your excellent work; I love your teachings—they're a breath of fresh air in this dark world.
The reasons for these persistent acts of barbarity remain unknown. Why, moreover, is it happening primarily in Israel?
Well, Is there a link in Bible about these questions that appears really stupid to ask...
Thank you so much for your answers, and have a wonderful day.
Dear Irene, shalom. You have raised too many excellent questions for me to address in one comment. Perhaps you can explore this article—https://jewishstudiesforchristians.com/war-https://jewishstudiesforchristians.com/war-bible-and-nation/ ungodly and uncivilized behavior of minority of orthodox Jews' feelings towards Christians are due to many factors, central among which is understanding that Christ worship is idol worship. Naturally, they are mistaken (veil over their eyes). See Romans 11. In Israel, however, when violators are caught, they are punished in accordance with the law like any other criminals perpetuating hate crimes.
Hi Dr Eli,
I think your analysis is very possible. Rome under Caesar needed the authority to declare itself master of all,something Julius began by instilling himself into Romes religious institutions and also creating a new calendar, from whence the gregorian calendar derives. Pilate seems to be using the political ploy of being the man with the power to decide one way or the other,using it for empirical purposes,but denying responsibility.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us, Jon.
From a biblical Hebraic view, what is the difference, if any, of on “seeing” and one receiving his “sight”. I know one centers on physical actual vision and one perhaps deals with perspective. Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Shalom, Bill. Seeing and receiving sight has to be looked at not from Hebraic vs. not Hebraic perspective (I think) but from what Judeo-Greek of the Gospels actually says, that's the starting point. Then and only then could we be asking questions like what Hebrew or Aramaic was spoken by Jesus before it was made into the GOspel in the Greek language.
Hi, Dr. Eli. How do I access your previous articles on your website? I tried clicking on a couple of them (the picture tiles of your articles on the web page) but they don’t seem to work. I would appreciate if you could let me know how I can access those articles. Thank you.
Try a different browser or device. I checked that everything works fine. Everything is in the Articles section. Blessings!
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