Seeker of HAshem · Mevakesh Hashem
מְבַקֵּשׁ הַשֵּׁם
Devekut
A journey following Hashem to become a righteous gentile — written down as I walk it.
Meditation · Prayer · Faith · Praise · Virtues · Gratitude · Compassion · Purpose
Articles
Writings along the way
The Noahide laws, the Didache, the Ebionites and Arius, and what I’m learning as I go.
The first articles are being written. Check back soon.
The Way
Understanding 1st century message of Yeshua.
Understanding the purest sayings and teachings of Yeshua to follow The Way.
Looking for my path to become Hasid Umot ha-Olam — one of the righteous of the nations.
Words to live by
“Dreams are only dreams when you think about them. When you go after them, they are no longer dreams but goals.”
— Roberto C. Alfaro
O”Of this band of dupes and impostors, Paul was the great Coryphaeus, and first corrupter of the doctrines of Jesus.”
— Thomas Jefferson, Letter to William Short, April 13, 1820.
“[The prophet like Moses] would first of all admonish them… to cease with sacrifices… [he] instituted for them baptism by water… so that henceforth following a perfect life they might remain in [communion with God].”
— seudo-Clementine Recognitions, 1.39
“There are two ways, one of life and one of death, but a great difference between the two ways.”
— Didache 1:1
Under Research
The questions I’m working through
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.” — Jeremiah 29:13
Open questions
- Who were the Ebionites, what did they believe about Jesus, and why did they disappear?
- What did Arius teach about the Son, and why did the Council of Nicaea condemn him in 325?
- What are the seven Noahide laws, and how are they kept today?
- What does it mean to be Hasid Umot ha-Olam?
- What does the Didache teach, and who was it written for?
Sources to study
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.26 — the earliest account of the Ebionites
- Epiphanius, Panarion 30 — the Ebionites and their gospel
- Arius, Letter to Eusebius of Nicomedia (c. 318)
- Genesis 9 — the covenant with Noah
- Talmud, Sanhedrin 56a–60a, and Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Laws of Kings 8–10
- The Didache — the Teaching of the Twelve Apostles