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.
“So are we Jews better off? Not entirely; for I have already made the charge that all people, Jews and Gentile alike, are controlled by sin. As the Tanach puts it, ‘There is no one righteous, not even one! No one understands, no one seeks God, all have turned away and at the same time become useless; there is no one who shows kindness, not a single one! Their throats are open graves, they use their tongues to deceive. Vipers’ venom is under their lips. Their mouths are full of curses and bitterness. Their feet rush to shed blood, in their way are ruins and misery, and the way of shalom they do not know. There is no fear of God before their eyes.” (Romans 3:9-18) This portion of scripture really shows the necessity of redemption in our lives from a life of sin, by the blood of [...]
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The vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak and not lie. Though he tarry wait for him, for it will surely come it will not be late! (Habakuk 2:3) Therefore wait for Me, says God, for the day that I rise to the prey; for My judgment is to gather nations, that I assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation, all M ...
The rabbis used to believe in a Messiah who would suffer and die, according to the prophets of Israel. The Talmud, for example, refers to a Messiah, Son of Joseph, who will be slain (Sukkah 52a). In presenting this concept of a Messiah who will be slain, the Talmudic rabbis refer to Zecharya 12:10. וְשָׁפ&# ...
חבל משיח “Chevlei Mashiach” means the “Birthpangs of the Messiah.” Messianic Judaism (All Judaism is by theory Messianic) teaches that the arrival of Mashiach is accompanied by birth pangs. This is also sometimes referred to as the “Time of Jacob’s Trouble.” J ...
When one studies rabbinic ideas of the Mashiach one comes upon a very curious idea: Mashiach is a Leper! Where does this idea come from? We’ll tell you below, but first consider some of the rabbinic references. Babylonian Talmud: "The Mashiach –what is his name?… The Rabbis say, The Leper Scholar, as it is said, `surely he ha ...
A Great Holy King has arisen from the House of David. Possessing chochma, binah ve’da’at (wisdom, knowledge and undestanding). Void of any evil. Possessing Torah and observant of the Mitzvot as they have been prescribed by the Torah of God. As King Messiah said: HaBesurah al pi Mattityahu HaLevi (Matthew) 5:17-19 "Don’t think ...
Rav Volbe Ztl states in his book, Ali Shur, that emunah (active faith) is a reality, not a concept. It is the purpose of creation and the foundation of existence. It’s our life preserver to which we cling with a vice like grip. Emunah is actually a way of thinking. A person who looks at the world with the mindset of Emunah looks f ...
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 English spelli ...
When one studies rabbinic ideas of the Messiah one comes upon a very curious idea: Messiah is a Leper! Where does this idea come from? We’ll tell you below, but first consider some of the rabbinic references speaking from the Biblical text Yeshayahu / Isaiah 53. Babylonian Talmud: "The Messiah –what is his name?…The Rabbis sa ...
When our Rabbi, Maran Yeshua HaMashiach was crucified the earth shook and the veil of the temple was rent from top to bottom. Surely this had significance, along with the strange miracles surrounding the temple after his death. During 200 years before 30 CE, when the high priest picked up one of the lots, again the selection was governed by chance. ...
The great Torah commentator and philosopher, Don Yitzchak Abarbanel (1437-1508), who wrote three lengthy works about the Scriptural prophecies and our Sages; sayings concerning Mashiach and the Geula (Redemption), writes in Yeshuos Meshicho (Jerusalem, 5753, p.104) that it is possible that Mashiach will be taken from this world and brought into the ...
"Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he who observes Torah, happy is he." – Proverbs 29:18 A pastor was visiting a rabbi friend, when the pastor asked, "What do you believe the world to come is like?" The rabbi responded, "Where the righteous dwell for eternity, one may study Torah all day long, without e ...
One day a famous Jewish teacher said, "Someone who is trustworthy in a small matter is also trustworthy in large ones, and someone who is dishonest in a small matter is also dishonest in large ones. So if you haven’t been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who is going to trust you with the real thing? If you haven’t been trus ...
"If the essence of proper hitbodedut is seeking what HaShem wants from us, then improper hitbodedut is the opposite, when one fails to seek HaShem’s Will during his hitbodedut. Rather, he prays to HaShem to fulfill his own physical and spiritual desires, and this is contrary to HaShem’s Will. He actually asks HaShem to help them do ...
The seventh day of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, 21st day of Tishrei, is known as Hoshana Rabbah (Aramaic: הוֹשַׁעְנָא רַבָּא, "Great Hoshana/Supplication"). This day is marked by a special synagogue service, the Hoshana Rabbah, in which ...
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