Sayings of the Fathers, Sayings of Jesus

Maybe we expect Paul to echo The Sayings of the Fathers. One section, attributed to Hillel sounds almost exactly like Paul in 1 Timothy 6. In my most recent reading of the Pirkei Avot, I have been noticing many similarities between the sayings of the Fathers and the sayings of my Great Rabbi. Here is […]

The Jewish Roots of Thanksgiving?

Do you know of a holiday that celebrated the Fall harvest and took time to thank God for providing for the people as they settled in a new land?  This holiday is introduced in Leviticus 23:39-44.  It was not celebrated on the third Thursday of November but on the 15th day of the 7th month […]