Posts Tagged Mashiach

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Do you really want Mashiach now?

Do you really want Mashiach Now? Many people have that cry in their lips, but do not mean it. In the Amida which is a set of prayers composed by eighteen different prayers, we find at the end of it a prayer asking for Mashiach to come, to reveal Himself, and to bring Yeshuah / Salvation to our people, to our lives, to bring true Shelema (peace) to us and for all Israel His people. The text says: “May the Shoot of David blossom and flourish, and let the light of Yeshuah / Salvation shine forth according to Your word, for we await Your Yeshuah all every day. We praise You, O HaShem, who causes the light of Yeshuah to come.” With that prayer in mind, we should not be affraid at all to ask God to reveal the Holy Mashiach to us, HaShem is waiting for us [...]

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Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, Mashiach

Centrality of Mashiach in Judaism

Centrality of Mashiach in Judaism

If one is in search of a single codification that represents the essential core of Jewish belief, no source is better than the Rambam’s thirteen principles of faith (apart from the Hebrew Bible of course). The Rambam himself refers to these thirteen principles as "the fundamental truths of our religion and its very foundations" (Pir ...

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Jewish Prayer, Jewish Roots, Mashiach

Armilus / Anti-Messiah?

Armilus / Anti-Messiah?

Armilus / Anti-Messiah? – ארמלגוס "Rab said: All the predestined dates [for redemption] have passed (according to Daniel 9:26 Mashiach was to come before the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash / Temple), and the matter [now] depends only on repentance and good deeds. But Sh’muel maintained: ...

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Jewish Studies, Mashiach, Messianic Judaism

What is Messianic Judaism?

What is Messianic Judaism?

The earliest followers and disciples of Rabbi Yeshua of Nazareth believed that Yeshua was the promised Mashiach (Messiah) of Israel and the Redeemer of all nations. However, they did not believe that Yeshua came to start a new religion or to abolish the Torah (Teaching, Instruction) of Moshe; instead, they continued to worship the God of Abraham, I ...

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Mashiach, Messianic Judaism, Parashat Shemini, Torah

The Number Eighth – Shemini

The Number Eighth - Shemini

Weekly Sidra: Shemini (Eight) Torah Portion: Vayikra / Leviticus 9:1-11:47  Haftorah: Sh’muel Bet / II Samuel 6:1-6:19 This week’s Parasha is called Shemini, which could be translated the Eighth. The number eight represents a level that is higher than nature, and above time. This is the level of the miraculous, which ...

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Jewish Prayer, Jewish Roots, Mashiach

A Jewish Message for Mankind

A Jewish Message for Mankind

Our Rabbi, Maran Yeshua is Jewish. This obvious reality has too often been obscured by both Christian and Jewish attitudes polarized by prejudice, hatred, and fear. There is a growing number of Jewish people who, like Rabbi Lichtenstein, Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri, have been prompted, for one reason or another, to investigate seriously what the Good News ...

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Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, Mashiach

Who needs an idol?

Who needs an idol?

What is Avoda Zara (Idol worship)? Idol worship is not just a plastic Mary on the dashboard of a taxi in Mexico city.  Idol worship is coming into the presence of a holy God on your own terms, not on God’s terms. Doing what you want because your god loves you and changes His standards as you go along.  Idol worship is placing your f ...

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Jewish Studies, Messianic Judaism

Torah Study (Imitating your Rabbi)

Torah Study (Imitating your Rabbi)

Every believer desires to grow in the knowledge of HaShem and His Messiah. The first Psalm tells us that if we will delight in the Torah and meditate upon it, we will grow like a tree planted by a river. In the religious world today, one often hears the mantra, “God is doing a new thing!” This catchphrase is usually offered to explain t ...

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Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, Mashiach

Mashiach and the Torah of HaShem

Mashiach and the Torah of HaShem

Maimonides in his Thirteen Principles of Faith, the ninth principle reads:"I believe with complete faith that this Torah will not be exchanged and there will be no other Torah from the Creator, blessed be His Name." He also wrote in The Laws of the King Mashiach: "If a king will arise from the House of David who delves deeply into th ...

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Parasha Beshalach, Torah, Torah Video

Mashiach and our children!

Mashiach and our children!

Weekly Sidra: Beshalach (when [he] let go) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 13:17-17:16 Haftorah: Shofetim / Judges 5:1-5:31 Jewish tradition states that at the splitting of the sea, after the Yetzia Mitzrayim (the exodus), each Israelite pointed with his finger and said, “This is my G-d and I shall glorify Him.” This means ...

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Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, Mashiach

Mashiach and the month of Shevat

Mashiach and the month of Shevat

Today I am writing on the 19 January 2012 or 24th of the Hebrew month Tevet (which means Ark), in five days we will enter into the month of Shevat (This Shabbat we bless the new Hebrew month of Shevat). The name Shevat relates to the Hebrew word shevet meaning "staff" that is associated with the concept of authority and kingship as it is ...

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Mashiach, News, Torah

Mashiach’s closed mem

Mashiach's closed mem

“לםרבה המשרה ולשלום אין-קץ / Of the increase of His government and of peace there shall be no end, on the throne of David, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from ...

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Parasha Vayigash, Torah, Torah Video

Vayigash: Who Recognizes Yosef?

Vayigash: Who Recognizes Yosef?

Wisdom, knowledge and understanding comes from Torah (Law). The weekly Torah portion will give us understanding and truth regarding Mashiach, for the Torah testifies of him. Therefore, it is a commandment of the Torah and a commandment of the Master to diligently search the Torah. As we do, we encounter Messiah because the Torah testifies of Him. I ...

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Emuna, Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies

Tevunah: spreading forth of the light of Binah

Tevunah: spreading forth of the light of Binah

Messianic Jewish Emuna: Tevunah – תבונה “Now, it is known that in Binah itself there are two levels; Binah and Tevunah. The matter of Tevunah is the aspect of the spreading forth of the light of Binah. (Shaar HaYichud, the Holy Rabbi Dov Ber of Lubavitch) The concept of Tevunah (תבונ ...

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Jewish Roots, Mashiach, Torah

Tassels / Tzitzit / Fringes – Mashiach

Tassels / Tzitzit  / Fringes - Mashiach

ציצית – Tzitzit, or Tessels: The children of Israel are commanded to wear tassels on the 4 corners (canfei) of their garments with a cord or thread of blue in each one (see Bamidbar 15:37-41 and Devarim / Deut. 22).   HaShem has given us many reminders of who He is and what He desires for us to do. ...

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