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Hadash

The Jewish Month of Adar

"When Adar arrives, we increase our joy." (Talmud – Taanit 29a). The Hebrew / Jewish month of Adar is synonymous with joy because Adar has traditionally been a month of hope and blessing for the Jewish people. Adar is the last of the Hebrew months on the Jewish calendar, and in this way represents completion. The word Adar is cognate to the Hebrew "strength" (אדיר). The sages say of Adar: "Its mazal [fortune] is strong." The Gemara (Ta’anis 29a) tells us that "Just as from when the month of Av enters, we minimize our happiness, so too from when the month of Adar enters, we increase our happiness." This is a joyous month for various reasons; it wasn’t just the Purim story that marks this month as glorious. The 3rd of Adar was the anniversary of the completion of the second temple, which was built by the Torah [...]

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Jewish Studies, Mashiach, Torah

Mashiach ben Yosef #1

Mashiach ben Yosef #1

I am making available to you, the reader, writtings on Mashiach ben Yosef from a non Messianic Jew. Very interesting. Background: Jewish tradition speaks of two redeemers, each one called Mashiach. Both are involved in ushering in the Messianic era. They are Mashiach ben David and Mashiach ben Yosef. Now to the article: A number of months ago, I sa ...

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Parasha Pinchas, Torah, Torah Video

Raising the Lowly on High

Raising the Lowly on High

Weekly Sidra: Phinehas (Pinchas) Torah Portion: Bamidbar/ Numbers 25:10-30:1 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / I Kings 18:46-19:21 Bamidbar 25:11: Pinchas ben Elazar ben Aaron the Kohen turned My anger away from the Children of Israel, in his zealousness is My zeal, from among them, so I did not consume the Children of Israel in My jealousy. ...

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Jewish Roots, Mashiach, Zionism

Wanting Mashiach now!

Wanting Mashiach now!

Wanting Mashiach now! In the days of the coming of  Mashiach, all of Israel will be gathered to Israel were they will dwell in safety forever. In the days of Mashiach, the world will be full of the knowledge of God. In the days of Mashiach, all the Laws of Torah will be enforce and observed, including the Temple services and its sacrifices. In ...

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Emuna, Jewish Studies, Torah

Reciting Parashat HaMan

Reciting Parashat HaMan

Parshat Bashalach in the Torah not only teaches about how HaShem split the Red Sea, but it also teaches us the secret of an easy income, or making a living effortlessly, with no headaches, without breaking our backs like a pack mule, and without working from sunup until sundown. “Parshat HaMan”, which you’ll find in Exodus 16:4-36 ...

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Parashat Chukat, Torah, Torah Video

The Red Heifer (Videos)

The Red Heifer (Videos)

“Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein no blemish is, and upon which never came yoke.” [Numbers 19:2] The Red Heifer (Hebrew: פרה אדמה‎; Parah Adumah; translated to English as: Red Cow) in Judaism, is a sacrificial cow whose ashes are used ...

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