Tammuz and the Lunar Sabbath
This message is called "Tammuz and the Lunar Sabbath." This is a follow up to my last message "Don't Call It Tammuz!" In this audio recording I explain how Jewish months and English weeks have been...
View ArticleHebrew Voices #28 – The Renewed Sanhedrin
In this episode of Hebrew Voices – The Renewed Sanhedrin – Nehemia Gordon chats with Professor Hillel Weiss, official spokesperson for the Jerusalem Sanhedrin. Their conversation is recorded near...
View ArticleHebrew Voices #29 – From Slavery to Freedom
In this episode of Hebrew Voices, From Slavery to Freedom, Nehemia speaks to Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski who draws on his vast experience as a world-renowned Rabbi and psychiatrist to explain why it...
View ArticleWhen is Passover?
This year (2016), the Biblical date for Passover (The Feast of Unleavened Bread) will begin Saturday night April 23, 2016 at sunset until Saturday night April 30 at sunset. There are several issues...
View ArticleTraditional Karaite Matzah Recipe
Karaite Jews have a unique and intriguing way of making Matzah. The recipe was provided by Shoshi Dabach of Jerusalem. Ingredients: 4 cups flour (NOT self-rising or containing rising agents) 2 heaping...
View ArticleWhen was the Passover Sacrifice Brought
The Torah commands us: "In the First Month on the fourteenth day of the month, between the two evenings [Hebrew: "Bein Ha'arabayim"], is the Passover [Sacrifice] to Yehovah." In biblical Hebrew, the...
View ArticlePassover Special – Torah Pearls #55
In this Original Torah Pearl – Passover Special, Nehemia Gordon and Keith Johnson delve into the story of the exodus, beginning with Ex 12:21. They start off by sharing the time they personally...
View ArticleGuess Who’s Coming to Seder
In this Support Team study, I share how a Passover Seder when I was eight marked my life and ministry. This Passover experience was a seed that grew and eventually opened a crack in my Litvak...
View ArticleShavuot Feast of Oaths (Preview)
Here is a special audio study in honor of Shavuot for those who have supported my ministry. I would not be able to do what I do without my Support Team (that's you!). May Yehovah cover us with His...
View ArticleTammuz and the Lunar Sabbath
This message is called "Tammuz and the Lunar Sabbath." This is a follow up to my last message "Don't Call It Tammuz!" In this audio recording I explain how Jewish months and English weeks have been...
View ArticleHow Yom Teruah Became Rosh Hashanah
On the 1st day of the Seventh Month (Tishrei) the Torah commands us to observe the holy day of Yom Teruah which means “Day of Shouting” (Leviticus 23:23-25; Numbers 29:1-6). Yom Teruah is a day of rest...
View ArticleYom Kippur – The Day of Atonement
On the 10th day of the Seventh Month (Tishrei) is the holiday known as Yom Ha-Kipurim (or Yom Kippur), "The Day of Atonement". This is a day dedicated to fasting and prayer on which we ask Yehovah to...
View ArticleThe Yom Kippur War Miracle
On Yom Kippur 1973, while Jews throughout Israel were fasting and praying in synagogues, Syria and Egypt launched an unprovoked surprise attack. At the outbreak of the war Israel’s tanks were...
View ArticleThe Yom Kippur Jazz Singer
One Yom Kippur I watched a great movie, the original 1927 film The Jazz Singer. This was the first "talkie," containing several scenes with sound, although most of it was still silent. The second...
View ArticleUshpizin – My Favorite Movie
One Sukkot tradition I have developed over the years is watching the Israeli movie Ushpizin. This movie is really clever because it takes one of the classic Hollywood movie genres, the "Christmas...
View ArticleSukkot (Feast of Booths) & Shemini Atzeret (Eighth Day of Assembly)
On Chag Ha-Sukkot, Feast of Booths (Tabernacles) we are commanded to build a Sukkah (Booth) using as building materials the "4 species" listed in Lev 23:40. Rabbinical tradition teaches that a bundle...
View ArticleMy U-Haul Sukkot
One of my earliest childhood memories was Sukkot of 1976, when I was 3.5 years old. I remember sitting in the family Sukkah, looking up through the branches that formed the roof, at the clouds as they...
View ArticleTorah Pearls #15 – Bo (Exodus 10:1-13:16)
This episode of The Original Torah Pearls is on the Torah portion of Bo (Exodus 10:1-13:16). This week's episode of Torah Pearls begins with the plague of locusts in Egypt. From the stories of Moses...
View ArticleThe Hidden Meaning of Purim
In The Hidden Meaning of Purim, Nehemia Godon gives an overview of the story of Purim. Nehemia discusses the concept of this holiday being a national day of celebration, as opposed to a holiday...
View ArticleHebrew Voices #25 – A Sober Purim in Jerusalem (Rebroadcast)
In this episode of Hebrew Voices, A Sober Purim in Jerusalem, Nehemia visits with Rabbi "Big" Mike Gondelman to learn about the Jewish approach to treating alcoholism. The conversation opens with...
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