So, what is a “ger”? What is Zar? Let’s start off with what ger means. Strong’s translates the Hebrew word ‘ger’ as stranger, sojourner, alien. It is defined as: a) a temporary inhabitant, a newcomer lacking inherited rights b) of foreigners in Israel, through conceded rights. A “ger” is one who dwells among Israel as one who is not against them, but alongside them. The ger has no inheritance rights and therefore has no way to support themselves and their family because they own no land. The ger is listed as one of the disadvantaged people in the Torah – “the widow, the orphan and the foreigner…” They, therefore, are given special place as servants in the families of Israel. It’s easy for non-Hebrew speakers and readers to feel a sense of confusion when one non-Hebrew is allowed to do something and another isn’t and then there’s the [...]
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Sidra Semanal: Tzav (Ordena) Porcion de Tora: Vayikra / Levitico 6:1-8:36 Haftora: Yirmiyah / Jeremias 7:21 – 34; 8:1-3; 9:22-23 En la parasha a estudiar esta semana revela más detalles acerca de las leyes de los sacrificios que el pueblo judío ofrecía. Ahora nosotros nos concentraremos en el pasuk (verso) ...
Usar Tefilín es uno de mis Mitzvot (Mandamientos) favoritos del total de 613 Mitzvot. Es una mitzvá (mandamiento) de acción, de hacer, de experimentar. Tefilín es técnicamente la forma plural aunque se utiliza como singular (el singular es “tefilá”). Yo animo a todos los Judíos, a l ...
Hitbodedut – Emunah – Bitachon – Bitul Hitbodedut (secluded prayer), Talking to HaShem on a daily basis brings us closer to simcha (Ultimate Joy). Why is simcha so important? HaShem says to us, {Devarim 28:47} "Because you did not serve HaShem your God with simcha and with goodness of heart, out of an abundance of everything& ...
Prayer is also referred to as, service of the heart, it takes time and commitment each day to stop, meditate and offer honest prayers from the heart to the Almighty Father. The main "weapon" of Mashiach–and of every believer is prayer. Every tefilah (prayer), every bracha (blessing), every whispered thanks, every Psalm and eve ...
Rav Volbe Ztl states in his book, Ali Shur, that emunah (active faith) is a reality, not a concept. It is the purpose of creation and the foundation of existence. It’s our life preserver to which we cling with a vice like grip. Emunah is actually a way of thinking. A person who looks at the world with the mindset of Emunah looks f ...
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 ...
Parsha Naso, is Bamidbar (Numbers) 4:21 – 7:89, and it is the longest single parsha in the Torah. This portion follows weeks of learning the Most High’s ways of holiness, being a community, family and relationships. As a coin as two sides and is recognized by either side, mitzvot (commandments) have both positive and n ...
Sidra Semana: Vayishlaj (Y envio) Porción de la Torá: Bereshit / Genesis 32:4 – 36:43 Haftora: Obdiah / Abdias 1:1-21 Han pasado mas de 20 años, aquel muchacho asustado y solitario que salió de Bersheba hacia Paran Haram, regresa por el viejo camino, ahora cargado de riquezas, hijos, esposas y siervo ...
Weekly Sidra: Vayishlach (he sent) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 32:4-36:43 Haftorah: Obadiah 1:1-1:21 Bereshit / Genesis 32:26 Then he said, “Let me go, for the dawn has broken.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” The days that we live in are dark indeed. A coun ...
When we study Torah we should be very careful not to read into it things that are not there. At the same time there is an abundance of ideas and issues that are not so obvious to the casual reader. I am not referring to what we might call "reading between the lines," where all sorts of concepts may be developed with little or no actual co ...
Sidra Semana: Jayé Sará (Vidas de Sara) Porción de la Torá: Bereshit / Genesis 23:1-25:18 Haftora: Melajim Alef / Reyes I 1:1-31 Dentro de los temas que se nombran en esta parashat, esta la historia de el siervo de Abraham que ha sido juramentado en ir a la ciudad natal de Abraham y buscar esposa para Itzj ...
Sidra Semana: Jayé Sará (Vidas de Sara) Porción de la Torá: Bereshit / Genesis 23:1-25:18 Haftora: Melajim Alef / Reyes I 1:1-31 Jaiei Sará se refiere a La Vida de Sara, pero hay aquí un relato de la vida de Sara? Solo hay una oración de unas cuantas letras que nos dice que Sara ...
Sidra Semanal: Noaj (Noé) Porción de Torá: Bereshit / Genesis 6:9 — 11:32 Haftora: Yeshayahu / Isaias 66:1 — 66:24 La desobediencia de Adán y su mujer Eva contribuyó a la contaminación de la creación, cuando desviamos los propósitos de Hashem, las consecuencias ...
Para muchos cristianos que apoyan a Judíos mesiánicos en el trabajo de sinagogas mesiánicas se apoyan en la Iglesia judía”. La iglesia "judía" se define como una forma cultural judía de la fe cristiana. Esto se puede ver en los hispanos, coreanos, filipinos, árabes y otras formas con ...
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