The Truth About Yom Teruah | 2026

Is Yom Teruah the Jewish New Year? In this edited recording of their live Yom Teruah 2026 webinar, Nehemia Gordon and Lynell go back to the Torah on the first day of the seventh month — why the Hebrew word for "month" means "new moon," how new moon witnesses were examined (and how sincere people still get it wrong), the Talmudic clash between Rabban Gamliel and Rabbi Yehoshua over who sets the calendar, the three "otam" passages in Leviticus 23 the rabbis read as "atem", you, and why Numbers 10 describes silver trumpets rather than a shofar, plus a candid Q&A on calendar disagreements and keeping the feasts in exile.

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Support Team Study/Partner Studies – Tanakh and the New Testament: Myth or History? Part 2

In this Support Team Studies/Partner Studies - Tanakh and the New Testament: Myth or History? Part 2, Nehemia continues his discussion with Marc Brettler regarding the difficulty in determining which parts of the Bible were intended to be treated as historical record as opposed to enlightening fiction, and what happens to their value if they aren’t.

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SNEAK PEEK! Tanakh and the New Testament: Myth or History?

Watch the Sneak Peek of Tanakh and the New Testament: Myth or History? Part 2, where Nehemia continues his discussion with Marc Brettler regarding the difficulty in determining which parts of the Bible were intended to be treated as historical record as opposed to enlightening fiction, and what happens to their value if they aren’t.

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Hebrew Voices #252 – Tanakh and the New Testament: Myth or History? – Part 1

In this episode of Hebrew Voices #252 - Tanakh and the New Testament: Myth or History? - Part 1, Nehemia Gordon and Professor Marc Zvi Brettler, co-editor of The Jewish Study Bible and The Jewish Annotated New Testament, discuss creating “a safe New Testament for Jews to read,” the New Testament’s evidence for weekly Torah readings, and the danger of biblical anachronism.

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