Messianic Judaism / יהודים משיחים is a biblically based movement of Jewish people who believe in Yeshua (Jesus) as their Messiah. In so believing they have chosen to worship the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob according to the Biblical customs and traditions of the Jewish nation.
People talk about "believing in Jesus…" Let me ask you something, you who profess to believe in the Rav (Master), Yeshua ben Yosef, MiNetzeret… Yeshua says, ‘THINK NOT that I have come to destroy the Torah and the Prophets. I HAVE NOT come to destroy but to bring them to their fullness. (Cf. Yeshayahu / Isaiah 42:21) For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass, not the smallest part of the Torah will by any means disappear from the Torah before everything is accomplished. Whoever therefore relaxes one of the LEAST of these commandments and teaches men so will be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great.’ (Mattityahu / Matthew 5:17-19) This saying of the Rav is CENTRAL to the correct understanding of his words and the words of his shlichim (ones sent, a.k.a. apostles). [...]
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Messianic Judaism – The Need for Halacha (Jewish Law) This is the next in a series of articles about the growth of Messianic Judaism within the broader Jewish movement. This time I will focus on the need for Messianic Halacha. Wikipedia defines Halacha as follows: Halakha (Hebrew: הלכה ) — also transli ...
There are two strains or types of prophecies about Messiah. One describes a figure known in Jewish literature as Mashiach Ben-Yosef, and the other is Mashiach ben-David. Ben-Yosef (son of Joseph) is the sad Messiah, rejected and tortured. The other, the son of David, is the victorious Messiah who brings peace and redemption. The popular imagination ...
Within the pages of the book of Shemot / Exodus in our Holy Torah, we are given a lesson in gratitude hidden within the text for us to discover and receive as an instruction from God to apply to our lives. (Shemot / Exodus 2:11-12) “One day, when Moshe was a grown man, he went out to visit his kinsmen; and he watched them struggling at forced ...
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&# ...
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 ...
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 ...
Earlier today I was browsing Facebook pages that belong to people who are on my friends list when I came across a sister who uses the Hebrew word "YAHshua" to describe our Master. This is the message I sent her. I would love your comments below – especially if you disagree with the conclusions of this note. However, I ask that you r ...
History and the Bible show that our holy Rabbi, Maran Yeshua identified Himself as a Perush (Pharisee). The Perushim were the "party of the people". There were different parties, the Saducees and the Essenes just to name a couple. Fisherman and carpenters were Perushim. How does this prove Yeshua was a Perushim? Well, Yeshua di ...
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 conve ...
The Shaliach (Emmisary) Shimon Kefa (Peter) and the Shaliach Shaul (Paul) are recognized as pivotal men in the establishing of Yeshua’s following. Interestingly, both men claimed at separate times that the Messiah Yeshua had not come to establish a new world religion, but rather had come to fulfill everything written in the prophetic writings ...
One of the signs of our times is increasing crime everywhere. In America this has been a problem for quite some time, but today it is also happening in Israel where common forms of crime include drug trafficking, money laundering, burglary, extortion, murder for hire, fraud, car theft, human trafficking, corruption, and black marketeering. – ...
One of the major tenets in the thirteen articles of Jewish faith that Rabbi Moses Ben Maimon (Maimonides) wrote is the belief and affirmation that the Mashiach (Messiah) would come. The Mashiach is always been the hope of Israel for generations past to the present, for as we know that even Father Avraham saw His coming and rejoice in that fact, as ...
Sitting in the Seat of Moses. (Mattityahu/Matthew 23:1-3) “Then Yeshua addressed the crowds and His talmidim: “The Torah-teachers and the P’rushim,” He said, “sit on the seat of Moshe. So whatever they tell you, take care to do it. But don’t do what they do, because they talk but do not act!” Within the Mes ...
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