A Jewish View of Christmas

A taste of Jewish history concerning Christmas—and how Christ can make all the difference. “Where were you on Christmas?” The unexpected question from U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to Elena Kagan came during her 2010 Senate confirmation hearing for associate justice of the Supreme Court. It was unexpected because it was unrelated to the law. [mks_pullquote align="right" width="300" s

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3 thoughts on “A Jewish View of Christmas

  1. Christianity is not about holy days or special days or do and don’t, if we still look at Christianity in such a way it means we are not yet born agains. John 3:5 says, Jesus said those born of the Spirit are spirit and born of flesh are flesh. So we have to choose. Those born of the Spirit have one celebration called Christ Jesus. That’s the center point of all creation. Jesus said in Luke that is the Lord and Even of sabbath. Meaning why celebrate the day when then Lord( giver) of the day has come. We live in a better covenant hebrews 8:7, the first convent of observing days was heavy, faulty and a better one was sought for.

  2. All well known “christian” holidays are pagan in origin with easter (goddess of fertility) as one of the most vile in origin, rabbits, eggs???
    I do some christmas activities within the freedom that I have in knowing who I am in Christ Jesus, but I take none of those holidays serious. I would be more apt to celebrate the Jewish Holy Days given an opportunity.
    I recently was blessed with the opportunity to teach three Hasidic gentlemen on a technical subject for their mfg facility in NJ and I had to explain that most Christians do not give any credence to this replacement theology garbage. Never understood anti-Semitic attitudes, whats not to love.

  3. Very interesting article. Being raised a Christian and having the pastor of the first church I joined as an adult, a messianic Jew, I learned to love scripture and my Jewish roots.
    Please Correct the statement that those who refused to give room to Joseph and Mary were Christian. They were all Jews- Jesus, Mary, Joseph and innkeepers. Followings of Jesus Christ were first called Christian in Antioch. And like the Jews you described, they were persecuted. Please understand the European Christians who persecuted the Jews were not the Christians of the 1st century. It’s a shame they didn’t learn from our persecuted Jewish brothers; now Christians are the persecuted faith, in this country (USA), and in the 10-40 window.
    Thank you for reminding us of the true meaning of Christmas- salvation to the Jews first and also the Greeks.

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