Summary of this week`s readings: Vayakhel The twenty-second reading from the Torah and the second-to-last reading from the book of Exodus is called Vayakhel (ויקהל), which means “and he assembled.” The name comes from the first words of the first verse of the reading, which could be literally translated to ...
How Jewish is that? Do you think this saying is very Jewish? Does it have a Jewish connotation? Believe it or not, this passage has been misunderstood completely. This passage is all about taking the mantle of leadership, not about dying crucified, or expecting one day as a martir, or even wearing a cross. We read in the Book of Uri / Luke 9 (23-2 ...
At a time where Zionism is defamed and slandered, this article sets out the truth. I am a Zionist. I believe that the Jewish people established itself in the Land of Israel, albeit somewhat late. Had it listened to the alarm clock, there would have been no Holocaust, and my dead grandfather – the one I was named after – would have been ...
שמיני עצרת ...On the fifteenth day of the seventh month is the Festival of Sukkot, seven days for HaShem... on the eighth day, there shall be a holy convocation for you. Vayikra / Leviticus 23:34 Tishri 22, the day after the seventh day of Sukkot, is the holiday Shemini Atzeret. In Israel, Shemi ...
...In the seventh month, on the first of the month, there shall be a sabbath for you, a remembrance with shofar blasts, a holy convocation. -Leviticus 16:24 (Note: when any Bible holiday falls any day, that day becomes Shabbat / Sabbath, even if it is Tuesday). Rosh Hashanah occurs on the first and second days of Tishri. In Hebrew, Rosh Hashanah m ...
And he (i.e., Maran Rabbeinu Yeshua King Messiah) came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and, as his custom was, he went into the Synagogue on the Shabbat / Sabbath day, and stood up for to read" [Luke 4:16]. The reading and the studying of the Holy Scriptures have always played an important role in Jewish congregational lifestyle an ...
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 ...
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 is not bound by the laws of nature. The number eight is also associated with the revelation of Mashiach. It is also commanded that when a son is birt ...
The Sabbath (Shabbat)begins at sundown Friday and lasts until Saturday evening. Each day starts in the evening instead of midnight. Bereshit (Genesis 1:5) And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. (8) And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were ...
Shabbat (Sabbath) is mentioned over 170 times in the Bible, one-third of those in the Besora Tova (Good News). Genesis 2:3 tells us "God blessed the seventh day and separated it as holy" as the final act of Creation. It has been thousands of years since creation, and the holiness of the Sabbath day remains, whether we acknowledge it or not. Our cal ...
The Nature of Shabbat The Sabbath (or Shabbat, as it is called in Hebrew) is one of the best known and least understood of all Jewish observances. People who do not observe Shabbat think of it as a day filled with stifling restrictions, or as a day of prayer like the Christian Sabbath. But to those who observe Shabbat, it is a precious gift f ...
Q: Why is the Torah called The Law? Does it teach legalism? A: The Torah is called The Law simply due to a translation from one language to another. The Tanach was written in Hebrew. The translation goes from the Hebrew word Torah (teaching) to the closest word in the Greek Nomos and then to the English Law. In our Western culture, the word law in ...
Q: Why is the Torah called The Law? Does it teach legalism? A: The Torah is called “The Law” simply due to a translation from one language to another. The Tanach was written in Hebrew. The translation goes from the Hebrew word “Torah” (“teaching”) to the closest word in the Greek “Nomos” and then to ...
When we present God's holy law, And arguments from scripture draw, objectors say, to pick a flaw, 'It's Jewish.' Though at the first the Eternal One blessed be He sanctified His day of rest, the same belief is still expressed, 'It's Jewish.' Though with the world this rest began, And thence through all Scriptures ran, and our Rabbi Yeshua said "tw ...
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