Pentecost (Shavuot in Hebrew) is not the birth of the church per se. Rather, Shavuot celebrates the cutting of a marriage covenant and the fruit produced from that union. In Judaism, the giving of...
The story of the binding of Isaac (Gen. 22) is read every Rosh HaShanah. Many theories have been put forth as to its meaning. This teaching suggests that the entire story is really an...