Yosef said to his brothers, "I am about to die and God will remember you (pakod yifkod) and bring you up from this land to the land which He swore about to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya'akov." (Bereishit 50:24) The words "pakod yifkod" – God will remember you - were not only his parting words, but the very words that Moshe Rabbeinu later used to announce the redemption that Yosef had foretold. (Midrash HaGadol 50:24) This was a way of assuring that the Jewish people would know all that had happened in-between Yosef's life and what would happen in the future redeemer's life, were all part of the master plan, God's master plan. The whole story of Yosef is linked with an important concept regarding the Talmudic notion of Mashiach ben Yosef and Mashiach ben David. This notion of a Messiah having two special purposes, natures and serving at different times is a very common theme in Judaism. When we look back at Yosef's earlier life up until he is honored in this week's parasha, Yosef's life is the emblem of the Mashiach ben Yosef, or the suffering Messiah. We see that in his earlier years he is spurned by his brothers. As Yosef is hated and betrayed by his brothers, so too was Yeshua our Rabbi, our teacher. Yosef has no favor with his brothers and is thrown...
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SCENE: The water cooler at the office. An Anti-Semite is trying to convince a co-worker that the Jewish people should be blamed for "everything" Anti-Semite: "All the world's troubles come from the Jews" Average Joe: "Oh really, from the Jews??!" Anti-Semite: "You know they have all the money in the w ...
Rabbeinu (our Rabbi) Maran Yeshua calls each of us individually to a life of discipleship to him (the Mashiach teach us to walk the Torah of HaShem). But what is a disciple? What does it mean to be a disciple? Disciples in Judaism: Our image of a disciple of Maran Yeshua maybe of a bearded man in a robe, wearing sandals. Or it may be simply an ima ...
Rav Chaim Friedlander asks some incisive questions in regards to the story of Yosef's rise to power, that I believe are very instructive as to what we can expect from a true king of the Jewish people. He points out that it is remarkable that Yosef was raised to the unbelievable height of power as Egypt's second in command in such a short span of t ...
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 s ...
Weekly Sidra: Ki Tavo (When you come) Torah Portion: Devarim / Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8 Haftorah: Yeshayahu / Isaiah 60:1-60:22 1 Arise, shine, for your light has dawned; The Presence of Hashem has shone upon you! 2 Behold! Darkness shall cover the earth, And thick clouds the peoples; But upon you Hashem will shine And His Presence be ...
Mevaser is the Hebrew word for Proclaimer. We can find such word for example in Yeshayahu 52:7, which states: “Mah navu al heharim raglei mevaser Mashmi’a shalom mevaser tov, mashmi’a yeshu’ah, omer leTzion malach Elokoyich.” “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger of good tidings that an ...
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 ...
"For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak and not lie; though it tarry, wait for it, because it will surely come, it will not tarry." (Habakkuk 2:3) What is meant by 'but at the end it shall speak and not lie?'— R. Samuel b. Nahmani said in the name of R. Jonathan: Blasted be the bones of those who ...
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: it is ...
Weekly Sidra: Behar (On the Mount) Torah Portion: Leviticus / Vayikra 25:1-26:2 Haftorah: Yermiyahu / Jeremiah 32:6 - 27 Jeremiah said: The word of the Lord came to me: 7 Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, will come to you and say, "Buy my land in Anathoth, for you are next in succession to redeem it by purchase. ...
R. Bechaye writes that when God's presence filled the Tabernacle, He said: "Today I am causing My Presence to rest among you; if you sin, My Presence will leave you. But when Messiah comes, My Presence will remain with you permanently. Now you see the Divine Presence through fire, but with the advent of the Messiah you will see it clearly rev ...
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 ...
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. I ...
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 ...
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