Beth HaDerech; Messianic Jewish Congregation, Toronto, Canada

Christian Rabbis or Kabala for Christians

The Sage Hillel formulated a negative form of the golden rule. When asked to sum up the entire Torah concisely, he answered: That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn. —Talmud, Shabbat 31a, the "Great Principle" Let me just start by saying I am not writing this to argue with or make fun of Christians, but that I love and respect Christians very much.  I also believe that the Torah is the inspired word and must be our first source of study. The purpose of this is to inform those Christians which speak against the Oral Law, The Talmud or any other rabbinic writings. The "Golden Rule" has been attributed to Yeshua: "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do you even so to them" (Matthew 7:12, see also Luke 6:31). The common English phrasing is "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you Christianity adopted the golden rule from two edicts, found in Leviticus 19:18 ("Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself"; and Leviticus 19:34 ("But the stranger that dwells with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shall love him as thyself; for ye were strangers...