Chanukah’s Inconvenient Truth

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Kevin in "Holidays" & "Feasts".

The most obvious and symbolic element of Chanukah is the ’chanukiyyah (commonly, though inaccurately, called the m’norah), used for the commemoration of the alleged miracle. The chanukiyyah is usually a nine-branched candelabra designed to hold eight Chanukah candles, one for each night, plus the shamash (meaning “servant”). In typical fashion, the shamash is lit, then [...]

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Should Christians Celebrate Christmas?

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Kevin in "Holidays" & "Feasts".
Updated on February 27, 2012

In my book about The Real Story of Chanukah, I included a lengthy endnote about Christmas. For those interested in one Messianic Jew’s opinion, here it is in its entirety. Since this is a significant issue among Messianics and Christians in pursuit of the “Jewish roots” of the faith, I feel that it is worthwhile [...]

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Jews, Choose! (A Chanukah Exhortation)

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Kevin in "Holidays" & "Feasts".

“A blogger writes about how one of Judaism’s holiest days ended, for her, in a strip club, while elsewhere a guy strolls into a tattoo parlor requesting a Star of David. Two women exchange wedding vows in a Jewish ceremony, and hipsters toss back bottles of HE’BREW, The Chosen Beer…. [Moses] couldn’t have seen these [...]

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