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Conversations about Chanukah with Dr. Richard Booker and Gidon Ariel

Conversations / By / December 6, 2021

Conversations about Chanukah with Dr. Richard Booker and Gidon Ariel We hereby launch our Conversations channel at Root Source! For the time being, we will be featuring a pre-recorded video of a conversation that Gidon Ariel, CEO of Root Source, had with Dr. Richard Booker, founder/director of the Institute for Hebraic-Christian Studies. In this week’s …

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Our Root Source teacher, Dr. Rivkah Adler, featured in the Jerusalem Post

News / By / December 6, 2021

Our Root Source teacher, Dr. Rivkah Adler, featured in the Jerusalem Post In September we celebrated the launch of Rivkah’s book, “Lighting Up The Nations.” This week, the Jerusalem Post decided to celebrate as well! Here is an important Op-ed that Rivkah wrote, describing her journey and how important it is for Christians and Jews …

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Miketz: Rabbi Gedalia Meyer’s Weekly Torah Study

Weekly Torah and Prophets Reading / By / December 6, 2021

Miketz: Rabbi Gedalia Meyer’s Weekly Torah Study Our popular Root Source teacher Rabbi Gedalia Meyer has been giving short weekly teaching on the Weekly Portion for the Temple Institute. We are grateful to our friends at the Temple Institute who have allowed us to provide Rabbi Meyer’s teachings here too. If you’ve never been to the …

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Bob O’Dell interview with First Century Foundations

Interviews / By / December 3, 2021

Bob O’Dell interview with First Century Foundations How could Christianity – which initially was completely Jewish – suddenly turn against the Jewish people and claim to have replaced them in God’s plan for the world? When did the first non-Jew convert to Christianity? Did he have a good relationship with the Jewish people? In this …

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Dr. Richard Booker and Gidon Ariel in Conversation

Conversations / By / December 6, 2021

Dr. Richard Booker and Gidon Ariel in Conversation Gidon Ariel and Dr. Richard Booker have been enjoying each others’ company and engaging in friendly open conversations for months, and this week we initiate featuring these conversations in our weekly newsletter. In this week’s conversation: Gidon explores the “Table of Contents” of the New Testament and …

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Vayeshev: Rabbi Gedalia Meyer’s Weekly Torah Study

Weekly Torah and Prophets Reading / By / November 29, 2021

Vayeshev: Rabbi Gedalia Meyer’s Weekly Torah Study Our popular Root Source teacher Rabbi Gedalia Meyer has been giving short weekly teaching on the Weekly Portion for the Temple Institute. We are grateful to our friends at the Temple Institute who have allowed us to provide Rabbi Meyer’s teachings here too. If you’ve never been to the …

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Chanukah: All about the holiday

Weekly Torah and Prophets Reading / By / November 30, 2021

Chanukah: All about the holiday Chanukah is the Jewish eight-day, wintertime “festival of lights,” celebrated with a nightly menorah lighting, special prayers and fried foods. The Hebrew word Chanukah means “dedication,” and is thus named because it celebrates the rededication of the Holy Temple (as you’ll read below). Also spelled Hanukkah (or variations of that spelling), the Hebrew word is actually pronounced with …

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Gidon Ariel, Root Source, Part 2 of 2

Blog / By / November 22, 2021

Gidon Ariel interviewed on “Core Principles” Podcast Part 2 My friend Clay Howerton interviewed me for his popular podcast Core Principles a few weeks ago. He split the interview into two episodes. Here is part one, and here is part two. Please listen to the link below and tell us what you think!https://core.buzzsprout.com/1146671/9513705-gidon-ariel-root-source-part-2-of-2

Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Hanukkah!

Blog / By / November 22, 2021

Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Hanukkah! Hannukkah is actually next week, and Thanksgiving is in a few days, but here is a very enjoyable video that we found that celebrates both! We’d love to hear your comments!

A Very Important Talk by Dennis Prager

Blog / By / November 22, 2021

A Very Important Talk by Dennis Prager Our good friends Merv and Merla Watson shared this Youtube presentation that the famous speaker Dennis Prager gave at Awaken Church about a month ago. In this powerful message, Dennis Prager, Founder of PragerU, discusses various topics including politics, religion, human nature and more. I hope you’ll like …

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Vayishlach: Rabbi Gedalia Meyer’s Weekly Torah Study

Weekly Torah and Prophets Reading / By / November 23, 2021

Vayishlach: Rabbi Gedalia Meyer’s Weekly Torah Study Our popular Root Source teacher Rabbi Gedalia Meyer has been giving short weekly teaching on the Weekly Portion for the Temple Institute. We are grateful to our friends at the Temple Institute who have allowed us to provide Rabbi Meyer’s teachings here too. If you’ve never been to the …

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Parashat Vayeshev

Weekly Torah and Prophets Reading / By / November 22, 2021

Parashat Vayeshev Genesis 37:1–40:23 Jacob settles in Hebron with his twelve sons. His favorite is seventeen-year-old Joseph, whose brothers are jealous of the preferential treatment he receives from his father, such as a precious many-colored coat that Jacob makes for Joseph. Joseph relates to his brothers two of his dreams which foretell that he is …

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What Was Jesus’ Favourite Book? Gidon Ariel Talks to Jeff About The “Bible” in the First Century

Blog / By / November 15, 2021

What Was Jesus’ Favourite Book? Gidon Ariel Talks to Jeff About The “Bible” in the First Century If someone asked you, “What was Jesus’ favorite book,” how would you respond? In this episode of Keeping It Israel Jeff Futers of First Century Foundations talks to Gidon Ariel, an Israeli Orthodox Jew and founder of Root …

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Vayeitzei: Rabbi Gedalia Meyer’s Weekly Torah Study

Weekly Torah and Prophets Reading / By / November 15, 2021

Vayeitzei: Rabbi Gedalia Meyer’s Weekly Torah Study Our popular Root Source teacher Rabbi Gedalia Meyer has been giving short weekly teaching on the Weekly Portion for the Temple Institute. We are grateful to our friends at the Temple Institute who have allowed us to provide Rabbi Meyer’s teachings here too. If you’ve never been to the …

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Gidon Ariel interviewed on “Core Principles” Podcast

Blog / By / November 9, 2021

Gidon Ariel interviewed on “Core Principles” Podcast Yesterday I had the pleasure of being interviewed by my new friend, Clay Howerton, who interviews people of interest on his podcast. Please listen on the link below and tell us what you think! https://core.buzzsprout.com/1146671/9512605-gidon-ariel-root-source

Parshat Vayetzei

Weekly Torah and Prophets Reading / By / November 8, 2021

Parshat Vayetzei Genesis 28:10–32:3 Jacob leaves his hometown of Beersheba and journeys to Charan. On the way, he encounters “the place” and sleeps there, dreaming of a ladder connecting heaven and earth, with angels climbing and descending on it; G‑d appears and promises that the land upon which he lies will be given to his descendants. In the morning, Jacob raises the stone on which he laid his head …

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Toldot: Rabbi Gedalia Meyer’s Weekly Torah Study

Weekly Torah and Prophets Reading / By / November 8, 2021

Toldot: Rabbi Gedalia Meyer’s Weekly Torah Study Our popular Root Source teacher Rabbi Gedalia Meyer has been giving short weekly teaching on the Weekly Portion for the Temple Institute. We are grateful to our friends at the Temple Institute who have allowed us to provide Rabbi Meyer’s teachings here too. If you’ve never been to the …

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Chayei Sara: Rabbi Gedalia Meyer’s Weekly Torah Study

Weekly Torah and Prophets Reading / By / November 1, 2021

Chayei Sara: Rabbi Gedalia Meyer’s Weekly Torah Study Our popular Root Source teacher Rabbi Gedalia Meyer has been giving short weekly teaching on the Weekly Portion for the Temple Institute. We are grateful to our friends at the Temple Institute who have allowed us to provide Rabbi Meyer’s teachings here too. If you’ve never been to …

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