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Messianic Jewish Emuna: A new creation: from darkness to light

When we are called by the father to receive the gift of faith, in the redemptive work of our Rabbi Yeshua the Messiah (His death and resurrection), upon acceptance we are instantly a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17) “Therefore, if anyone is united with the Messiah, he is a new creation- the old has passed; look, what has come is fresh and new!”. So what exactly is a new creation? God gives us some very insightful lessons from the Torah and the Good News scriptures that paint a picture to deepen our understanding of what it means. In the book of Bereshit / Geneses there is a picture God gives us of the process of creation, which can be used to show us our life with and without Yeshua as our Messiah. Without our Rabbi Yeshua in our life, we are separated from God and His Torah (teachings) as well as His love, which Rabbi Shaul teaches that we are nothing without it. So what does it mean to be nothing? (Bereshit / Geneses 1:2) “The earth was unformed and void, darkness was on the face of the deep”. The dictionary defines the word void as; empty, useless, vain, and gives us synonyms to the word such as; fruitless, and meaningless. Do these definitions look familiar? If we look back into our previous studies about love and our life...

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Anti-Semites, Anusim, Israel

The ‘Secret Jews’

The 'Secret Jews'

I strongly recommend that you research a fascinating and tragic period of Jewish history that stretched for more than three hundred years yet is little known. The story of the Anusim, the Secret Jews, is a valuable and significant, yet rarely discovered, Jewish event that, in its world range, the numbers of Jews killed or affected by it for centur ...

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How to Videos, Jewish Roots, Mashiach, Torah

The Shabbat (Sabbath) Table – Video

The Shabbat (Sabbath) Table - Video

Honoring the Sabbath day, known as Shabbat in Hebrew, is considered the most important observance in Judaism. The order to celebrate Shabbat originates in the ten commandments handed down to Moses by God on Mount Sinai. The fourth commandment (Exodus 20: 8-11; Deuteronomy 5: 14-15), translated from Hebrew, reads “Remember [observe] the Sabba ...

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Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, Mashiach

Mashiach and the month of Shevat

Mashiach and the month of Shevat

Today I am writing on the 19 January 2012 or 24th of the Hebrew month Tevet (which means Ark), in five days we will enter into the month of Shevat (This Shabbat we bless the new Hebrew month of Shevat). The name Shevat relates to the Hebrew word shevet meaning "staff" that is associated with the concept of authority and kingship as it is ...

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Emunah, Hitbodedut, Jewish Roots

Messianic Jewish Emuna: Man of Tvunah

Messianic Jewish Emuna: Man of Tvunah

(Shaar HaYichud, the Holy Rabbi Dov Ber of Lubavitch) “Nonetheless, to bring these emotions out into revelation in a separate matter, such as to shed light upon a certain case according to this concept and reasoning, and to [actually] cause the judgment on this matter to lean either to kindness or sternness, specifically requires a man of Tv ...

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Emunah, Jewish Roots, Messianic Judaism

Messianic Jewish Emuna: Our Eternal Torah

Messianic Jewish Emuna: Our Eternal Torah

The Torah: Never Changing but Always Refreshing. (RAMBAM 13 Principals of Faith - Principal Nine, Lesson Eight Excerpt; Page 269) The Spiritual identity of the Torah appears, at first glance, to present us with two contradictory themes. On the one hand, we are taught that the Torah is static: “This Torah of Moshe will never be revoked and no ...

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Emuna, Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies

Tevunah: spreading forth of the light of Binah

Tevunah: spreading forth of the light of Binah

Messianic Jewish Emuna: Tevunah – תבונה “Now, it is known that in Binah itself there are two levels; Binah and Tevunah. The matter of Tevunah is the aspect of the spreading forth of the light of Binah. (Shaar HaYichud, the Holy Rabbi Dov Ber of Lubavitch) The concept of Tevunah (תבונ ...

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Hebrew, Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies

Hebrew – The Language of the Soul

Hebrew – The Language of the Soul

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (Genesis 1:1) Now, when one reads the verse above in English, it sounds very straightforward.  However, if you read the same verse in Hebrew (the original language of Torah) you get so much more.  Let us look at the same verse in Hebrew. בְּרֵא ...

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Islam, Israel, Jewish Roots

History The Jews of Arabia (Videos)

History The Jews of Arabia (Videos)

The Jewish history of the Jews of Arabia The Arabia Peninsula lying between the mainlands of Africa and Asia. It is separated from Africa on the south by the Red Sea and on the north by the Sinaitic peninsula and the strip of land which in modern times has been cut through for the Suez canal. On the south and southeast its shores are washed by the ...

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Chanukah, Jewish Roots, Torah

Chanukah VS Kwanzaa

Chanukah VS Kwanzaa

Kwanzaa (meaning first fruits) is a made up holiday by African Americans to commemorate how far they have come and where they want to be for the coming year. It was originally instituted in 1966 by a man named Ron N. Everett who also goes by Maulan Karenga. He was a presumed cult leader for many years and according to official documents only creat ...

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Jewish Roots, Mashiach, Torah

Tassels / Tzitzit / Fringes – Mashiach

Tassels / Tzitzit  / Fringes - Mashiach

ציצית - Tzitzit, or Tessels: The children of Israel are commanded to wear tassels on the 4 corners (canfei) of their garments with a cord or thread of blue in each one (see Bamidbar 15:37-41 and Devarim / Deut. 22).   HaShem has given us many reminders of who He is and what He desires for us to do. The ...

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Bat Torah, Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies

Tzitzi Wearing Woman

Tzitzi Wearing Woman

Can / Should Women Wear Tzitzit? Women are exempt from wearing tzitzit because it is a time-bound mitzvah which a woman does not have to follow. If women are exempt from this commandment, does that mean she cannot observe it at all if she willingly chooses?  We often see Reform and Conservative women draped in a tallit gadol. Many times it is ...

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Emunah, Jewish Roots, Messianic Judaism

Messianic Jewish Emuna: Divine Fences

Messianic Jewish Emuna: Divine Fences

(Pirkei Avot 3 Mishnah 17) “Rabbi Akiva said: Mockery and levity accustom a man to immorality. The transmitted Oral Torah is a protective fence around the Torah; tithes are a protective fence around wealth; vows are a protective fence around abstinence; and a protective fence for wisdom is silence.” All fences, whether physical or spir ...

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Hitbodedut, Jewish Prayer, Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies

What is Hitbodedut? Praying in Seclusion

What is Hitbodedut? Praying in Seclusion

When you pray, do not use a lot of meaningless words, as the pagans do, who think that their gods will hear them because their prayers are long. Do not be like them. Your Father already knows what you need before you ask him. Mattityahu / Matthew 6:5-15 (TEV) God created you and so he wants you to be the real you. By being authentic when you speak ...

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Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, Mashiach, News

Can I Be Jewish and Believe in Yeshua?

Can I Be Jewish and Believe in Yeshua?

If I believe in Maran Rabbeinu Yeshua as the Messiah, won't I lose my Jewishness?  No you won't! HaShem made you Jewish and no one can ever change that, regardless of what people say. You are still a descendant of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Besides, the real question is, "Is Maran Rabbeinu Yeshua the Jewish Messiah?" If he really is ...

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