“Our Passover Lamb” – Live Webinar – Passover 2025April 13, 2025More details coming soon for this post.Continue Reading
Torah Pearls #36 – Beha’alotecha (Numbers 8:1-12:16)May 29, 2023In this episode of The Original Torah Pearls, Beha’alotecha (Numbers 8:1-12:16), where are the teaching priests today? Move with the cloud – what was the purpose of the trumpets? Quail and “the graves of lust” – was the mixed multitude framed? … Continue reading →Continue Reading
Hebrew Voices #154 – Reaping the Benefits of the Medieval Aviv Calendar: Part 1March 8, 2023In this episode of Hebrew Voices #154, Reaping the Benefits of the Medieval Aviv Calendar: Part 1, Nehemia speaks with a scholar at University College London about why Jews transitioned from sighting the new moon to a precalculated calendar, how … Continue reading →Continue Reading
Torah Pearls #15 – Bo (Exodus 10:1-13:16)January 23, 2023This episode of The Original Torah Pearls, Bo (Exodus 10:1-13:16), begins with the plague of locusts in Egypt. From the stories of Moses stretching his hands toward Egypt we gain some fascinating insights on the power of prayer. The discussion then moves … Continue reading →Continue Reading
Torah Pearls #14 – Vaeira (Exodus 6:2-9:35)January 16, 2023This episode of The Original Torah Pearls is on the Torah portion of Vaeira (Exodus 6:2-9:35). At face value, the first sentence of Vaeira appears to contradict other Scripture but several common-sense explanations clear things up. We learn why Moses’ lineage … Continue reading →Continue Reading
Yom Kippur – The Day of AtonementOctober 2, 2022On 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 atone for … Continue reading →Continue Reading
Hebrew Voices #71 – When is Shemitah (Sabbatical Year) [Rebroadcast]May 11, 2022In this episode of Hebrew Voices, When is Shemitah (Sabbatical Year), Nehemia Gordon discusses why we don’t know when the Shemitah (Sabbatical) and Yovel (Jubilee) years are today, whether Shemitah should be observed outside of Israel, and the problem with … Continue reading →Continue Reading
Passover and LeavenApril 12, 2022These days one hears much about the “Holiday” of Passover and even we Karaites refer to it often. But in the Hebrew Bible there is no such holiday! In the Tanach “Passover” is the name of a sacrifice, while the … Continue reading →Continue Reading
When was the Passover Sacrifice BroughtApril 11, 2022The 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 word “evening” (Ayin-Resh-Bet) indicates both the “early part … Continue reading →Continue Reading
Shavuot Feast of Oaths (Preview)May 17, 2020This is a special preview of Nehemia Gordon’s Support Team Study, Shavuot Feast of Oaths. In this study, Nehemia shares a life-changing experience he had in China and how that caused him to re-evaluate a 2,200 year old interpretation found in … Continue reading →Continue Reading
Hebrew Voices #25 – A Sober Purim in Jerusalem (Rebroadcast)March 8, 2017In 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 profound insights into the character of the Persian King … Continue reading →Continue Reading
Unity vs UniformitySeptember 14, 2016Since the 1980s I have been striving to understand our Creator’s holy calendar and live in accordance with the times He hard-wired into Creation. Over the years I have seen a proliferation of calendar systems among those turning to Scripture, … Continue reading →Continue Reading
Support Team Study – Tammuz and the Lunar SabbathJuly 22, 2016This Support Team Study, Tammuz and the Lunar Sabbath, is a follow up to my last message “Don’t Call It Tammuz!” In this audio teaching I explain how Jewish months and English weeks have been usurped by pagans, covering over … Continue reading →Continue Reading
Traditional Karaite Matzah RecipeApril 18, 2016Karaite Jews have a unique and intriguing way of making Matzah. The recipe was provided by Shoshi Dabach of Jerusalem.Continue Reading
When is Passover?April 17, 2016This 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.Continue Reading
Hebrew Voices #28 – The Renewed SanhedrinApril 6, 2016In 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 David’s tomb—the strategic meeting place of this Sanhedrin. They begin with an historical overview of … Continue reading →Continue Reading
Aviv Barley and the Gold PandasMarch 12, 2016Shalom All Y’all, With the Aviv Search now over, last night I finally got my first good night of sleep in a week! The intensity of the Aviv Search had me going on adrenalin, coffee and prayers. This year’s Aviv Search has … Continue reading →Continue Reading
Hebrew Voices #24 – Proclaiming a Leap Year of FaithMarch 10, 2016This week’s episode of Hebrew Voices, Proclaiming a Leap Year of Faith, was recorded live on the Aviv Search in 2016. We take you to the very place of the proclamation in the barley fields of Israel. Walk with us through the … Continue reading →Continue Reading
Support Team Study – Aviv Barley and the Spirit of ConstantineFebruary 24, 2016In this Support Team Study, Aviv Barley and the Spirit of Constantine, Bible Scholar Nehemia Gordon shows how the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD led to a change in the observance of the Biblical Calendar for both Jews and Christians. … Continue reading →Continue Reading
Aviv Barley in the Biblical CalendarFebruary 24, 2016Biblical Leap Years The Biblical year begins with the first New Moon after the barley in Israel reaches the stage in its ripeness called Aviv. The period between one year and the next is either 12 or 13 lunar months. … Continue reading →Continue Reading
Yom Teruah 2015September 3, 2015Nehemia talks with Dev Arndt-Daniel about the upcoming new moon sighting of Yom Teruah on September 14, 2015. Will the moon be visible making Yom Teruah begin that evening or will it begin the following evening? They also talk about … Continue reading →Continue Reading
#002: Pre-Aviv in the Jordan Valley Feb 27, 2015February 27, 2015I went down to examine the barley in the Jordan Valley today (Friday Feb 27, 2015). I was thought I might find barley in the vegetative state (like grass) after the snow and hail. Instead, I found barley in the … Continue reading →Continue Reading
#001 – Leaving for the Aviv Search 2015February 26, 2015I recorded this brief discussion about the Aviv and the Biblical Calendar just before heading to the airport in San Antonio, Texas on my way to Israel for the 2015 annual Aviv Search.Continue Reading