THE ASHKENAZIM Although I want to focus more on contemporary history, it's good to start by saying that between the 11th and 15th centuries, major rabbinic schools (yeshivot) developed in the area of Spain (known today as Sepharad) and the Eastern European region...
A General Overview A few days ago, someone wrote to me asking to explain the differences between the various Jewish groups, although we have several articles on this Blog that discuss this (here), the topic is so complex that questions always remain. So, I take this...
The word inspired by God, the Bible, not only empowers us to strengthen our spirit but also nourishes us with teachings and phrases capable of filling us with encouragement and hope. Its 613 commandments offer human beings guidance towards God (before the messianic...
Fragmentation is a phenomenon that spread across various spheres of social life at the beginning of the 20th century through art. This phenomenon gave rise to the possibility of representing truth, life, and even objective reality from an individual perspective. This...
What we know as the Renaissance marked a period of remarkable transformations that reverberated across various spheres. This phenomenon, which took place between the 14th and 17th centuries, revolutionized culture, the perception of the world, and human thought. We...
It is nearly impossible to find theological analysis from the fathers and apologists of the early centuries, in the writings that have reached us today, that take into account the context of the apostolic writings. We see literal or allegorical interpretations of the...
During the lifetime of the apostles, beyond the first half of the 1st century, several groups appeared that did not harmonize with the doctrinal body of the Way. But this cannot be analyzed in a simplistic way under the presupposition of how the church lives today....
To have clarity on this matter, we must contextualize our minds with what was happening in the first half of the 1st century regarding those followers of the Messiah Yeshua. In the first three years, all of them belonged to the lineage of Israel, coming from different...
The edict of expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492 is one of the greatest crimes carried out in the name of Christianity. The words of the apostle Paul in his letter to the Romans: "Do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who...