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Jewish Roots, torah

Passover Invitation 2010 (Videos)

Passover Invitation 2010 (Videos)

A Passover Seder involves the whole family. It's an evening filled with stories and symbols to celebrate a Festival of Freedom from slavery in Egypt. Our Rabbi, Maran Yeshua later turned these promises of Israel's deliverance to a message of deliverance from our own slavery to sin. It is a telling witness to what He has done and is doing to redeem ...

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Anusim, Jewish Roots

History of the Jews in Poland (Videos)

History of the Jews in Poland (Videos)

The history of the Jews in Poland dates back over a millennium. For centuries, Poland was home to the largest and most significant Jewish community in the world. Poland was the centre of Jewish culture thanks to a long period of statutory religious tolerance. This ended with the Partitions of Poland and persecution especially by the Russian author ...

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Jewish Roots, Mashiach, torah

Lawlessness instead of Torah

Lawlessness instead of Torah

In Mattityahu / Matthew 5:17-19 For, amen, truly I say to you, until Shamayim and haaretz pass away, not one yod, not one tag, will pass from the Torah until everything is accomplished. Therefore, whoever annuls one of the least of these mitzvot and so teaches Bnei Adam, shall be called katon (least) in the Malchut HaShamayim; but whoever practice ...

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Jewish Roots, Parasha Terumah, torah

Overview: Parashat Hashavua Terumah

Overview: Parashat Hashavua Terumah

פרשת השבוע תרומה The nineteenth reading from the Torah is named Terumah (תרומה). In Exodus 25:2, HaShem commanded Moses to “tell the sons of Israel to [take] a contribution for Me.” The word translated as “contributio ...

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Jewish Prayer, Jewish Roots, Torah Video, torah

The Holy Temple in Jerusalem (Videos)

The Holy Temple in Jerusalem (Videos)

The Temple in Jerusalem or Holy Temple (Hebrew: בית המקדש, Bet HaMikdash ; "The Holy House"), refers to a series of structures located on the Temple Mount (Har HaBayit) in the old city of Jerusalem. Historically, two temples were built at this location, and a future Temple features in Jewis ...

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Jewish Roots, Parashat Yitro, Torah Video, torah

Overview: Parashat Hashavua Yitro

Overview: Parashat Hashavua Yitro

פרשת השבוע יתר Parashat Hashavua Yitro Here are this Week Aliyot of this week's Parsha: Torah: Shemot / Exodus 18:1-20:23 Prophets: Yeshayahu / Isaiah 6:1-7:6, 9:5-6 The seventeenth reading from the Torah is named Yitro (יתרו), which is the literal Hebr ...

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Jewish Roots, Zionism, torah

Tu B’Shevat – New Year of the Trees

Tu B’Shevat - New Year of the Trees

Judaism has several different "new years." This is not as strange a concept as it sounds at first blush; in the western world, we have the calendar year (January-December), the school year (September-June), and many businesses have fiscal years. It's basically the same idea with the various Jewish new years. On this day, it is customary to eat fro ...

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Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, Video of the Week

Manipur Jews – Bnei Menashe (Videos)

Manipur Jews - Bnei Menashe (Videos)

In east India in the States of Manipur and Mizoram exists a community which sees itself as descendants of the Menashe Tribe (which is one of the 10 lost tribes). These people have Chinese appearance and they claim that after their forefathers were exiled and enslaved by the Assyrians they somehow escaped from slavery and arrived in China. Later on ...

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Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, Video of the Week

Cochini Jews – Malabar Jews (Videos)

Cochini Jews - Malabar Jews (Videos)

The Jews of India aren't one singular community. Among themselves they are divided into different communities. Each community has its own different culture, background and origin. Each community claims its arrival in India in different ways and it is not always clear how they really came to India. The three main Jewish communities of India are: Be ...

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Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, torah

The Luach – Jewish calendar

The Luach - Jewish calendar

The first thing you might notice is that the Jewish calendar sometimes has an extra month. The years with an extra month are the Jewish calendar’s leap years. Regular years have anywhere from 353 to 355 days, while leap years have 383 to 385 days. Gregorian years have 365 days normally, and 366 days in a leap year. The reason leap years exis ...

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Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, torah

How to wear a Tallit (Videos)

How to wear a Tallit (Videos)

What is a tallit? The tallit (also pronounced tallis, or talet) is a prayer shawl, the most authentic Jewish garment. It is a rectangular-shaped piece of linen or wool (and sometimes, now, polyester or silk) with special fringes called Tzitzit on each of the four corners. The purpose of the garment is to hold the Tzitzit. Most tallitot (alternativ ...

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Anusim, Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, Video of the Week

The Marranos Jews (Videos)

The Marranos Jews (Videos)

The story of the Marranos, the lost Jews from Spain, started in the 14th century when the Spanish Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church persecuted the large Jewish community in Spain and Portugal. Many Jews preferred to die rather than to give up their faith and convert. Many other Jews were forced to become Christians. Despite this, the church ...

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Israel, Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, non-jews

Halakhic Status of the Bene Yisrael of India

Halakhic Status of the Bene Yisrael of India

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 ...

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Israel, Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, News

Bene Israel – Jewish customs

Bene Israel - Jewish customs

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 ...

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Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, News, Video of the Week

Jews of Iran (Videos)

Jews of Iran (Videos)

The beginnings of Jewish history in Iran date back to late Biblical times. The biblical books of Isaiah, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, Chronicles, and Esther contain references to the life and experiences of Jews in Persia. In the book of Ezra, the Persian kings are credited with permitting and enabling the Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild their ...

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