Israel, the Jewish state. The terms “Jewish state” and “homeland of the Jewish people” are used to describe the Zionist movement and the State of Israel and refer to its status as a nation-state for Jews. God gave this land to the Jewish People, end of the negotiations.
Ki Tisa (כי תשא), the twenty-first reading from the Torah, literally means “when you lift up.” It comes from the first words of the second verse of the reading, which could be literally rendered, “When you lift up the head of the sons of Israel to reckon them” (Shemot / Exodus 30:12). The phras ...
Jerusalem the Center of the World City of David - עיר דוד, Jerusalem of ancient times, was located on a narrow ridge south of the present-day Old City. On the east it borders the deep Kidron Valley where the Gihon Spring, the city’s water source, is located. In Biblical theology, Jerusalem is the place whe ...
The Bene Israel (Hebrew: בני ישראל, "Sons of Israel",Marathi: बेने इस्र claim to be descended from Jews who escaped persecution in Galilee in the 2nd century B.C.E. The Bene Israel resemble the non-Jewish Maratha people in appearance and ...
The Bene Israels have a few Jewish customs almost unique only to them. The community members almost in every thanksgiving ceremony maintain a ritual called ‘Malida’. Malida is a home ritual in which the men sit around a plate full of roasted rice, fruits, spices and flowers. In this ceremony they sing songs praising the Lord. In the ma ...
Since the destruction of the Temple in 70 A.D. there has been a deep desire among many observant Jews both out in the Diaspora and back in Eretz Israel to rebuild the Jewish Temple. At the present time the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple is quite impossible from a political perspective. The Temple Mount area is under rather strict Islamic control. ...
The Hebrew word for "dedication" is Chanukkah. Chanukah is not one of the commanded feasts of Vayikra 23; however Yochanan tells us that our holy Rabbi, Maran Yeshua celebrated this feast. "Then came Chanukkah in Yerushalayim. It was winter, and Yeshua was walking around inside the Temple area, in Shlomo's Colonade. So the Jud ...
What does Chanukah mean? The word "Chanukah" means "dedication". The holiday celebrates the re-dedication of the Temple in 165 B.C.E., after the Maccabee family and their followers recaptured the Temple Mount from the Syrians. How is Chanukah spelled? Unfortunately for internet search engines, there is no standard E ...
At a time where Zionism is defamed and slandered, this article sets out the truth. I am a Zionist. I believe that the Jewish people established itself in the Land of Israel, albeit somewhat late. Had it listened to the alarm clock, there would have been no Holocaust, and my dead grandfather – the one I was named after – would have been ...
The Land of Israel is the only place on earth which God says He owns in terms of property ownership that can be transferred. (Of course, we know the whole world is His, yet this one parcel of land on the earth has a unique relationship to Him.) About Israel, He says, "The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine: fo ...
El apoyo que ofrece Beth HaDerej a Israel está basado en una interpretación sólida de la Palabra del Eterno. Todas las demás naciones de la tierra fueron creadas por los hombres, pero El Eterno mismo estableció las fronteras de la nación de Israel. El Eterno le dio a Abraham, a Isaac y a Jacob un pacto de ...
Benjamin Netanyahu - Speech to the United Nations General Assembly Iraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a speech in the UN General Assembly. Netanyahu directed his speech to the Holocaust denying Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Netanyahu brandished actual Nazi death camp plans. Prime Minister Netanyahu held up copies of minutes of ...
Ask someone coming out of Synagogue on a Shabbat, “Do you believe in God?” and the worshipper is shocked. “What type of question is that? Of course I do!” Then ask him, “Do you consider yourself religious?” and you’ll hear “Certainly. That's why I'm here!” This is normal. These conversations ma ...
Yom Kippur Summary Date: Tenth of Tishri. | Duration: One day. | Names: Together with Rosh Hashanah, it is known as Yamim Noraim (Days of Awe); Shabbat Shabbaton (Sabbath of Sabbaths). Source: "On the tenth day of this seventh month is a day of atonement. It shall be for you a [day of] holy assembly and you shall ...
"LaShannah Tovah" is the greeting common at this time of year among Jewish people everywhere. It means "A Good Year." According to the calendar of our forefathers, we have begun a new year. It has been 5769 years since HaShem created the earth, according to the reckoning of the rabbis. On the Feast of Trumpets, we celebrate Ros ...
The seasonal feasts of HaShem - Holidays in Israel. The Hebrew Scriptures tell us: “These are the appointed times of HaShem, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at the times appointed for them.” – Leviticus 23:4 Israel's Feasts, outlined in Vayikra / Leviticus 23, are worthy of serious study. There is much redemptive and p ...
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