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I shall continue with where I left off in PART 1 of this two-part program on Shavuot or Pentecost. Shavu’ot, in the Bible, presents itself as an annual festival about biblical restoration, renewal, and completion. Today, I will return to my focus on the link between the Festival of Shavuot and what many often refer […]

Let’s talk about the annual celebration of the Festival of Weeks or what Yehovah refers to in Scripture as Shavu’ot or in Greek – “Pentecost.” Shavu’ot, in the Bible, presents itself as an annual festival about biblical restoration, renewal, and completion. What is equally interesting is that Shavu’ot contains a Messianic Prophecy for an End […]

This is PART 2 of my continued discussion with Eddie Chumney, director of Hebraic Heritage Ministries in the USA. We will be discussing the Qumran House of Tzadok Priestly authority and their festival calendar along with its historical context and prophetic significance for these days as we eagerly await the return of Yeshua the Messiah. […]

The Second Temple Period of Judaism was a unique time in the history of the Jewish People. Among the many religious issues of the Jewish people at that time, one major point of conflict was that of the calendar. You wouldn’t think that this would be such a major issue, however, we know this to […]

This is PART 2 of my interview with Barrie Schwortz, the Official Documenting Photographer for the 1978 Shroud of Turin Science Team. Barrie had been asked to join the Shroud Science team due to his extensive specialized skills in photography and his subsequent contract work with the Los Alamos National Laboratory, analyzing films and photos […]

With this episode of Real Israel Talk Radio, we will speak with Barrie Schwortz who was the Official Documenting Photographer for the Shroud of Turin Science Team in 1978. Barrie Schwortz will speak with us about the Shroud as evidenced by his extensive professional photography background. Barrie had been asked to join the Shroud of […]

Each year at the season of Passover, multitudes of millions of Jewish people from all over the world, as well as those who are not natively born to the Jewish faith and culture, all gather together around each of their local family tables to remember a very special festival that is called Passover in the […]

NOTE: The following program was recorded in late August of 2023. Sadly, near the end of November 2023, attorney Iver Bruce Bye was the victim of a horrible assault on his life. He passed away on June 8, 2024, due to the serious head injuries that he received. Though it could be classified as manslaughter, […]

NOTE: The following program was recorded in late August of 2023. Sadly, near the end of November 2023, attorney Iver Bruce Bye was the victim of a horrible assault on his life. He passed away on June 8, 2024, due to the serious head injuries that he received. Though it could be classified as manslaughter, […]

I will close my 30-part series on the Last Passover Week Chronology of Yeshua in this Real Israel Talk Radio episode. With this extended study (one hour and six minutes), I will summarize all I have presented since starting the series.  I will begin and end with three questions: 1)  How did Yeshua manage to […]

We read from the Hebrew text of Psalm 110:4 – “Yehovah has made AN OATH and will He will not be comforted [with any other decree], “You are a Cohen or Priest forever through The WORD of Melchizedek.” English translations usually express this as “The Order of Melchizedek,” but based on the context of Psalm 110:4, […]

Beginning around 150 years before Yeshua, the Pharisee was called a Hasid because the Hebrew term means a “loyalist.” In other words, Pharisees were political and religious loyalists supportive of the family dynasty of the Hasmoneans. The Tzadokim, or Sadducees, relates to the term Zadok, which was a different group of priests not related to […]

What we know is that the Levitical Sadducees were not legally of the bloodline of Aaron to Eleazar to Phinchas to Tzadok. Rather, they were more likely of the line of Aaron’s son Ithamar, whose priestly line ended in the days of King Solomon, but they continued seeking priestly legitimacy going back to the days […]

Avi ben Mordechai here. Shalom! You are tuned into Real Israel Talk Radio. Today’s show is  “Why I Exchanged My Christmas Tree for a Menorah,” a special edition 2023 teaching hosted by my wife Suzanne. Suzanne will share with you some of her thoughts about the tradition of Christmas and the Christmas Season. All of […]

Yeshua (Jesus) was known in his time by three titles: 1. The Word made Flesh (John 1:14) 2. Melchizedek, King of the Celestial Kingdom of Shalem (Acts 22:14, John 18:36, i.e., The Kingdom of Heaven) 3. Melchizedek, Eternal Priest of the Kingdom of Shalem (Genesis 14:18 and Psalm 110:1-4) From Genesis 14:18 to Daniel 9:24 […]

Within the priestly line of Tzadok, there were several well-known priests, according to Nehemiah 11:11, which included such personalities such as Jeremiah the Prophet (Jeremiah 1:1) and Ezra the Priest/Scribe (Ezra 7:1-5). Previously, I focused on the priestly line of Aaron and how it came to be established through his firstborn son, Eliezer, who passed […]

Today’s episode continues our study of the well-known House of Tzadok (the “Zadokites”) as it relates to the life of Yeshua, Hebrew Scripture, and the New Covenant. Recall from Hebrew Scripture a hereditary line that began with Abraham and then to Isaac, to Jacob. Then, through Leah, Jacob’s wife, she conceived and gave birth to […]

With today’s episode, we will learn about the well-known House of Tzadok (the “Zadokites”) from Hebrew Scripture. We will look at four specific aspects of their collective life as they wrote about it in the Dead Sea Scrolls. We will learn that  The House of Tzadok was not associated with the so-called Community of the […]

Let us examine the biblical terminology often called “First Fruits” or “Bikkurim.” This terminology is often confused with another ceremony called the Omer Wave-Sheaf offering, more accurately referred to in biblical parlance as Reisheet Katzir – Harvest of the First Cutting of the Grain. “First Fruits” is about the scriptural festival of Shavuot or Pentecost. […]

Once again, remember that in Pharisaic and Second Temple times, two different festival calendars were operationally running side by side. The Pharisaic and Sadducean traditional sighted moon calendar. One day always advances to the next day, beginning with sunset. The House of Tzadok priestly calculated sevens’ solar calendar. One day always advances to the next […]

If we want to understand the timing of Yeshua’s Third-Day resurrection, we must first understand how the priestly families of the House of Tzadok (“Zadok”) defined a day. For the priestly House of Tzadok (Ezekiel 44:23-24), a 24-hour day was measured from sunrise to sunrise.  For the Pharisee Separatists, a 24-hour day was measured from […]

We will learn four important principles in this extended (90-minute) podcast for Passover and Unleavened Bread (Festival of Matza). In fact, I think the information in this podcast is vital to learn and understand, particularly in these days in which we are living. Therefore, I strongly encourage you to download, listen and share this special […]

On our podcast today, we’ll look at the gospel narratives showing us that it was now early Thursday morning the second day of Unleavened Bread (Aviv 16) according to the House of Tzadok reckoning of the annual festivals BUT according to Judean reckoning, it was Aviv (Nisan) 14 – the Passover Preparation Day (John 19:14). Yeshua was once again brought before […]

It is often assumed that Yeshua’s overnight inquisition was under the auspices of a legal hearing conducted by Annas and his family. Be assured, there was nothing legal about it. The real and legal trial of Yeshua began at sunrise and continued through the bulk of the daylight hours. In the early morning of the […]

In today’s program, we will continue with our study in Event Number 14 and look into the life of Annas also called Ananias or Annas, and his son-in-law Caiaphas as referenced in Luke 3:1 and Luke 16:19-31. A coregency of two high priests was not permitted in biblical law, and yet here we see that […]