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 written, "The shevet will not depart from Yehudah (Judah)." The most perfect expression of this concept will be in the Era of the Redemption, with the assumption of sovereignty by Mashiach. And thus on the verse, "And a shevet will arise in Israel," the Rambam (Rabbi Moses ben-Maimon) comments, "This refers to the King Mashiach." The word shevet also means "branch" or "shoot." In this context, there is also a connection to Mashiach, for on the verse "A shoot will emerge from the stem of Yishai" which begins a renown prophecy concerning Mashiach's coming, the Metzudat David / "The Bulwark of David", writen by David ben Solomon ibn (Abi) Zimra also known as Radbaz (רדב"ז) comments "a shevet will emerge... the King Mashiach." "A shoot shall come forth from the stem of Yishai, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. The spirit of HaShem shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of...
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Ask someone coming out of Synagogue on a Shabbat, “Do you believe in God?” and the worshipper is shocked. “What type of question is that? Of course I do!” Then ask him, “Do you consider yourself religious?” and you’ll hear “Certainly. That's why I'm here!” This is normal. These conversations ma ...
Devarim 1:1 These are the words which Moshe spoke to all of Israel, across the Yarden, in the wilderness, in the plain over-against Suph, between Paran and Tophel, and Laban, and Chazerot, and Di-Zahav אלה הדברים - Eleh HaDevarim These are the words- Moshe, the man who started his car ...
Torah Tidbits Audio: Sharp Contrast Between Sedra and Calendar Weekly Sidra: Ma’sei (Journeys) Torah Portion: Bamidbar/ Numbers 33:1-36:13 Haftorah: Yermiyahu / Jeremiah 2:4-28; 4:1-4:2 This Ma'sei episode will also serve as ammunition (pardon the choice of words) for those who live here and have family and friends who don't, ...
Weekly Sidra: Chukat (decree) Torah Portion: Bamidbar/ Numbers 19:1-22:1 Maftir: Bamidbar/ Numbers 28:9-15 Haftorah: Yeshayahu / Isaiah 66:1-66:24 Bamidbar 19:2 This is the decree of the Torah which Hashem commanded saying, Tell the Children of Israel that they shall take a completely red heifer without blemish that has not bo ...
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" (Pirush o ...
Muchos investigadores creen que el término “sefardí” se refería originalmente a los Judios que viven en y después expulsados de España en 1492. Debido asi llamaban a judios establecidos en la peninsula iberica (comprendida por España, Portugal, Andorra y Gibraltar). T ...
Yom HaAtzmaut - Israeli Independence Day (Hebrew: יום העצמאות yōm hā-‘aṣmā’ūṯ; Arabic: عيد الإستقلال 'īd al-istiqlāl) is the national independence day of ...
In our prayers, we ask for the coming of Mashiach and the advent of the Redemption more than 100 times every day. But do we really think through to what we are asking? Are we ready to be changed by King Messiah and his Torah (Mashiach does not come to abolish Torah but to teach the outmost deep understanding of it). Indeed, it is one of the fundam ...
The vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak and not lie. Though he tarry wait for him, for it will surely come it will not be late! (Habakuk 2:3) Therefore wait for Me, says God, for the day that I rise to the prey; for My judgment is to gather nations, that I assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation, all ...
While we do have many things in common with our Jewish brothers and sisters we obviously have some major differences. One of the major differences is the belief in Yeshua as the Messiah. The concept of believing in a Messiah is not foreign to Judaism. One of the thirteen principals of the Rambam was “I believe with perfect faith in the comin ...
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 t ...
Maran Rabbeinu Yeshua Melech HaHaMashiach said to him, "'You shall love HaShem your God with all your heart, all your soul, and with all your resources.' This is the first and great mitzvah. A second likewise is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' The whole Torah and the Prophets depend on these two mitzvot." Mattityahu 22: ...
In the fifteenth benediction of the Shemone Esreh we pray, "Et tzemach David avdecha mehera tatzmiach, vekarno tarum biyshuatecha ki lishuatecha kivinu kol hayom. Baruch ata Hashem matzmiach keren yeshua - (lit.) The offspring of your servant [King] David may you speedily cause to flourish and enhance his pride through your salvation, for we ...
(Rambam, Mishneh Torah) “It is clearly and unequivocally in the Torah that the body of the commandments will remain for absolute eternity. It will never be changed, neither reduced nor expanded. This is indicated by the verse, “Be careful to observe everything which I am commanding you: You must not add to it, nor delete from it” ...
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