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Hadash

Techiyat HaMeitim – the Resurrection

Techiyat hameitim means the resurrection of the dead. Rambam stated: "I believe with perfect faith that the dead will be brought back to life when God wills it to happen." (This is the 13th and last of Rambam’s Principles of Faith) Is there no hope for the dead? Is our life simply finished — over — when we die? No, not at all. Notice the words of the Rav Shaul. "If in this life only we have hope in Mashiach, we are of all men most miserable. But now is Mashiach risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the RESURRECTION of the dead" (I Cor. 15:19-21). There is the TRUE HOPE of the believer! The Hebrew Scriptures teaches a resurrection from the dead — not a cycle of misery and suffering in the [...]

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Chag Shavuot, Haggim, Torah, Torah Video

Hag Shavuot: Pentecost (Video)

Hag Shavuot: Pentecost (Video)

Over 3000 years ago this day, the entire People of Israel stood at the foot of Mount Sinai and received the Torah. The Jewish People were the only ones to accept it willingly, declaring "We will do and then we shall listen". Date in Hebrew calendar: 6th-7th of Sivan (May-June). Scriptural references: Lev 23:16; Exodus 23:15-21; Acts Chapt ...

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Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, Torah

Shavuot and Melech HaMashiach

Shavuot and Melech HaMashiach

Seven weeks after Passover, in accordance with the Torah (Vayikra 23:15-16, 21 and Devarim 16:20), the Jewish people celebrate the Festival of Weeks, or Hag HaShavuot. When the Har HaBayit (Temple) was still standing, Shavuot, along with Passover and Succoth, was one of the shalosh regalim (three pilgrim holidays) on which all Jewish male adults wh ...

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