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"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 ever having need to stop for sleeping or eating or anything." The pastor then asked, "And what do you believe hell will be like?" The rabbi responded, "The wicked will have to study Torah all day long, without being able to stop to rest or drink or anything." Messiah is the goal of the Torah's Shabbat (Sabbaths): The goal of the Torah is to show us Maran Yeshua the Messiah -- who alone by his example makes us righteous. The emissary Rabbi Shaul / Paul said, "Messiah is the goal of the Torah, to make righteous everyone that believes" (Romim / Romans 10:4). This was written after Maran Yeshua's death, resurrection, and ascension; it says that the goal of the Torah is (still) Messiah. A famous holy, orthodox rabbi agrees, saying, "The coming of Mashiach is not a peripheral addendum to the Jewish people's service of God through the Torah and its commandments; rather, the coming of Mashiach is its core, the goal to which all else leads. So long as Mashiach...
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Weekly Sidra: Balak Torah Portion: Bamidbar/ Numbers 22:2-25:9 Haftorah: Micah 5:6-6:8 Bamidbar 22:2 And Balak son of Zipor saw all that Israel did to the Emorites. Balak the king of Moav is introduced to us as בן צפור Ben Tzipor. Why are we only told he is the King of Moav later in the passage?&n ...
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Can we as women be “beautiful” without wearing designer clothes, which reveal more than they cover, or do we have a secret beauty that is most radiant when the focus is not on the physical? I have seen the evidence of how desensitized we are as a society in the way we view flesh, and the open display of sexuality. This saddens me, not ...
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I’ll be sharing a cornucopia of plentiful Sukkot delights over the next 8 days or so. I do hope you keep the Feast in love with family and friends. If you are Jewish and have not discovered the joys of this most merry aspect of your heritage, I hope to be an encouragement. If you are a Christian and wish to join with Israel in some aspects o ...
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Eikev, Ekev, Ekeb, or Eqeb, עקב, is this week's portion. It's Deuteronomy 7:11 - 11:25. Ekev carries the simple meaning of "if". This section of Torah has Moshe retelling the story of the sin of the Golden Calf with the repercussion and consequences for making an idol. Throughout the portion it also contai ...
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A siddur (Hebrew: סידור; plural siddurim) is a Jewish prayer book, containing a set order of daily prayers. During times of prayer, a Siddur is used. Jews do not read through the entire prayer book at every service. Depending on the service, is the part of the Siddur which is used. Jewish prayer is as ancient as ...
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