Rabbinic views . . . on the “Nazarene”

Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz, a representative of an anti-missionary organisation, questioned the reliability of the New Testament, saying it contained hundreds of errors or discrepancies, and even accusing the writers of “deliberately mistranslating the Hebrew Scriptures.” He contends that the following verse in the New Testament has been “fabricated and does not exist in our Hebrew […]

Reflections on birthday and Christmas celebrations

Christians will often say, in defence of celebrating the birth of Christ, that we must put “Christ” back into “X-mas” and that we should redeem the day from what has become a commercialized celebration filled with pagan revelry, feasting and excessive spending. Others argue that it is well known that the 25th December was celebrated […]