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Messiah (Hebrew: משיח‎; mashiah, moshiah, mashiach, or moshiach, ("anointed [one]") is a term used in the Hebrew Bible to describe the hope of Israel. Melech HaMashiach.

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Do you really want Mashiach now?

Do you really want Mashiach Now? Many people have that cry in their lips, but do not mean it. In the Amida which is a set of prayers composed by eighteen different prayers, we find at the end of it a prayer asking for Mashiach to come, to reveal Himself, and to bring Yeshuah / Salvation to our people, to our lives, to bring true Shelema (peace) to us and for all Israel His people. The text says: “May the Shoot of David blossom and flourish, and let the light of Yeshuah / Salvation shine forth according to Your word, for we await Your Yeshuah all every day. We praise You, O HaShem, who causes the light of Yeshuah to come.” With that prayer in mind, we should not be affraid at all to ask God to reveal the Holy Mashiach to us, HaShem is waiting for us [...]

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Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, Mashiach

Centrality of Mashiach in Judaism

Centrality of Mashiach in Judaism

If one is in search of a single codification that represents the essential core of Jewish belief, no source is better than the Rambam’s thirteen principles of faith (apart from the Hebrew Bible of course). The Rambam himself refers to these thirteen principles as "the fundamental truths of our religion and its very foundations" (Pir ...

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Mashiach, Messianic Judaism, Torah

Torah Jews for Mashiach – Messianic Jews

Torah Jews for Mashiach - Messianic Jews

Many people asks us or assume who we are through the historical understanding of historical Christianity. Nothing can be further from the truth. Here is a small sample of what we believe. The unity of God. We do not believe in the trinity. God is one. Maran Yeshua HaMashiach said: "One of the Soferim came up, hearing them reasoning together. T ...

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Jewish Prayer, Jewish Roots, Mashiach

Armilus / Anti-Messiah?

Armilus / Anti-Messiah?

Armilus / Anti-Messiah? – ארמלגוס "Rab said: All the predestined dates [for redemption] have passed (according to Daniel 9:26 Mashiach was to come before the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash / Temple), and the matter [now] depends only on repentance and good deeds. But Sh’muel maintained: ...

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Emunah, Jewish Roots, Mashiach

Messianic Jewish Emuna: Discipleship

Messianic Jewish Emuna: Discipleship

(Mattityahu/Matthew 28:18-20) “Yeshua came and talked with them. He said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore, go and make all people from all nations into talmidim, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember! I will be with you always, yes, even until the end of the ag ...

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Jewish Studies, Mashiach, Messianic Judaism

What is Messianic Judaism?

What is Messianic Judaism?

The earliest followers and disciples of Rabbi Yeshua of Nazareth believed that Yeshua was the promised Mashiach (Messiah) of Israel and the Redeemer of all nations. However, they did not believe that Yeshua came to start a new religion or to abolish the Torah (Teaching, Instruction) of Moshe; instead, they continued to worship the God of Abraham, I ...

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Mashiach, Messianic Judaism, Newsletter

Is it Jewish to Believe in our Rabbi Yeshua HaMashiach?

Is it Jewish to Believe in our Rabbi Yeshua HaMashiach?

To some, the concept of a Jew believing in our Rabbi Yeshua seems to be a contradiction. The reason is, many people have a dichotomy set up in their minds. On the one hand, you have Jews and Judaism and on the other hand, Christians and Christianity. You are either one or the other…..so the thinking goes. But this simple dichotomy is in real ...

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Mashiach, Messianic Judaism, Newsletter

The Leper Messiah (Isaiah 53)

The Leper Messiah (Isaiah 53)

In the Talmud it is written, "When will the Messiah come?" And "By what sign may I recognize him?" Elijah tells the rabbi to go to the gate of the city where he will find the Messiah sitting among the poor lepers (Sanhedrin 98a). ‎"The Messiah — what is his name?… The sages say, the Leper Scholar, as it is s ...

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Mashiach, Messianic Judaism, Parashat Shemini, Torah

The Number Eighth – Shemini

The Number Eighth - Shemini

Weekly Sidra: Shemini (Eight) Torah Portion: Vayikra / Leviticus 9:1-11:47  Haftorah: Sh’muel Bet / II Samuel 6:1-6:19 This week’s Parasha is called Shemini, which could be translated the Eighth. The number eight represents a level that is higher than nature, and above time. This is the level of the miraculous, which ...

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Jewish Prayer, Jewish Roots, Mashiach

A Jewish Message for Mankind

A Jewish Message for Mankind

Our Rabbi, Maran Yeshua is Jewish. This obvious reality has too often been obscured by both Christian and Jewish attitudes polarized by prejudice, hatred, and fear. There is a growing number of Jewish people who, like Rabbi Lichtenstein, Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri, have been prompted, for one reason or another, to investigate seriously what the Good News ...

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Chag Passover / Pesach, Jewish Studies, Mashiach, Torah

The Korban Todah (Pesach)

The Korban Todah (Pesach)

The Korban Todah (offering of thanksgiving) of a Nation. The special laws of the korban Pesach (offering of Passover) can be understood in a similar manner, for it too is an offering of thanksgiving – not for a personal case of redemption, but rather for our national redemption. Let’s review the special laws of the korban Pesach to show ...

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Beit HaMikdash, Jewish Roots, Mashiach

Mashiach, Torah and the Jewish Temple

Mashiach, Torah and the Jewish Temple

Mashiach kept the whole Torah. He told every one that Torah was to be kept (see Mattityahu HaLevi / Matthew 5, also 28). All his teachings have as a base the Holy Torah and the Prophets. ANY ONE who teaches or proclaims that the Holy Mashiach broke the Torah and such notion is acceptable to him; this individual must be judged that his so called Mas ...

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Jewish Studies, Mashiach, Messianic Judaism

Become like our Rabbi Yeshua

Become like our Rabbi Yeshua

One of the Sages from the Mishnah is quoted as this, "May you be covered in the dust of your Rabbi." Rabbis are passionate and animated. They would spend their days taking their disciples around teaching them, and as they traveled from place to place, they would literally kick up a cloud of dust. And because the disciples were following t ...

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Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, Mashiach

Who needs an idol?

Who needs an idol?

What is Avoda Zara (Idol worship)? Idol worship is not just a plastic Mary on the dashboard of a taxi in Mexico city.  Idol worship is coming into the presence of a holy God on your own terms, not on God’s terms. Doing what you want because your god loves you and changes His standards as you go along.  Idol worship is placing your f ...

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Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, Mashiach

Messianic Judaism – We are not the "Jewish church"

Messianic Judaism – We are not the "Jewish church"

For many Christians that are supportive of Messianic Jews and the work of Messianic synagogues they support us as the “Jewish church”. The “Jewish church” being defined as a Jewish cultural form of Christian faith. This can be seen in Hispanic, Korean, Filipino, Arab and other culturally sensitive forms of Christianity. Using the wording of ...

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