Beit Or ~ The House Of Light

You can search all over the history books and the Internet to see that Christmas is nothing more than a mishmash of pagan festival and church theology mixed together to either bring the pagans into church or keep the church from being persecuted. I am not going to detail the various origins and history of Christmas here- there are plenty of good sources “out there”. Though I will mention there is a great section about Christmas in “The Two Babylons” by Alexander Hislop.

We say Yeshua for we know his name to be so. Therefore we do this out of respect for the very Son of God whose name is Yeshua and it means "salvation" in the Hebrew. There is a lot of debate and background surrounding the use of Yeshua verses Jesus. You can read a short article here for a better understanding of the names.

Rabbi Isaac Levy has taught that in the Hebrew culture, names are important. Names carry meaning and convey the character of a person. Particularly in Hebrew, the names provide a link to the Creator. The importance of names and their meanings came to the Hebrews from the God of Israel. From the very beginning in Genesis to the very end of the bible in Revelations, names are integral to the people of God and to God Himself.