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Welcome to the Shamar Towrah blog!
Welcome to Shamar Towrah! We’re so pleased you are here. Let us begin by sharing what Shamar Torah means. In Hebrew, shamar speaks of...

Shamar Torah
Jun 10, 20233 min read


Calendars and Cycles
How the calendar moved from agrarian cycles to civic duty, and what the Torah restores to a world which has forgotten how to live.

Shamar Torah
Jan 206 min read


Double Category Error ~ David vs Jesus
The Jesus mythos depends on two simultaneous false moves: the removal of Mashiach from David and the insertion of human sacrificial theology into a role where it does not belong. Removing Mashiach from David is not fulfillment of prophecy - it is its negation, compounded by a theology Torah explicitly condemns. Tanakh itself defines who Mashiach is, how Mashiach is identified, and whether that role can be transferred, replaced, or reinterpreted. If Tanakh is allowed to speak

Shamar Torah
Dec 26, 20254 min read


YHWH's name
YHWH is the One who brings a future into being for you and on your behalf!

Shamar Torah
Oct 30, 20253 min read


WAYQRA' 23 - SHABAT & MIQRÁEY QODESHYM
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Uky912gosUSB9PkqxmGYod_fwYNIrswY/view?usp=sharing The foundational treatise on YHWH's Shabat and Mowédym...
Mike Gunnink
Oct 3, 20251 min read


Yowm Kipurym | The Clarifying Day of Resolving Differences by Placing a Cover Over Them
Yowm Kipurym | The Clarifying Day of Resolving Differences by Placing a Cover Over Them

T Haston
Oct 3, 20251 min read


Mizmowr 124 - A Song of Ascents
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lf8cHZtGnnMzinZ3Fo3OAGGyMW6GG6Hg/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=111820023840444777419&rtpof=true&sd=true
Mike Gunnink
Sep 27, 20251 min read


Mashal / Proverbs 2
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_yR38HpV8f5nLEG3pQuQArmXWuRhQjb/view?usp=sharing
Mike Gunnink
Sep 12, 20251 min read


Mashal / Proverbs 1
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BEjHcbqIF2dLZ3DwnEsuf7bLQ2sLObaW/view?usp=sharing Pithy sayings for appropriate and fair governance.
Mike Gunnink
Sep 11, 20251 min read


Mashal 9
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10zqmxMIMQue-kdNslZSWB7t-27HpJFjS/view?usp=sharing A companion piece to Mashal 8, the continuance of Chakmah
Mike Gunnink
Sep 8, 20251 min read


2nd Chronicles 6
Sholomoh's Dedication of the Beyth YHWH
Mike Gunnink
Sep 5, 20251 min read


Towk - All-Encompassing Weariness
A study on towk , the "all-encompassing weariness" caused by his adversary that chased Dowd throughout his life, but delivered as a...
Mike Gunnink
Sep 4, 20251 min read


Wisdom
A personal translation of Mashal / Proverbs 8, in which we are introduced to Wisdom.
Mike Gunnink
Sep 4, 20251 min read


The Woman of Wisdom
We are advised to seek Wisdom like hidden treasure - to call out for Her, to search, to mine the depths until we find Her. From before...

Shamar Torah
Sep 2, 202519 min read


The Bikurim Omer is Not a Feast
Bikurim is not a feast, not a miqra (called-out assembly), and not a mow’ed (appointed meeting). It’s the lifting of an omer, a sheaf of...

Shamar Torah
Sep 2, 20252 min read


The Choter ~ Branch of Isaiah is David
There's no need for a man to come and be the branch, Dowd has already done it. Dowd has already heralded, and Dowd has already written...

Shamar Torah
Sep 1, 20257 min read


What is the Function of a Prophet?
The Hebrew word for prophet is nabi ~ mouthpiece. A naby’ of YHWH is devoid of his own message, acting only as a conduit for YHWH....

Shamar Torah
Sep 1, 20254 min read


Can a Human Redeem Souls?
Can a man offer his life or physical body to redeem or ransom another person? Please comment thoughts below! Dowd writes in Psalm 49:7-9...

Shamar Torah
Sep 1, 202510 min read
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