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 on Mishnayos-Sanhedrin Chap.10). We quote here the final of these two foundational principles: Principle #12 " The days of Mashiach –(it is obligatory) to believe and trust that they will come…one who has doubts (about whether or not he will come) or degrades his glory- denies the Torah that explicitly promises (his coming and his greatness) in Parshas Billam (Bamidbar: 23-24) and "Netzavim" (NOTE: ibid. 30:3-5)" Principle #13 "(The obligation to believe) in the Resurrection of the Dead" We see here that in establishing the very foundations of the Jewish religion, the Rambam [...]
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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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Shabbat HaChodesh ("Sabbath [of the] month" שבת החודש) precedes the first of the Hebrew month of Nisan during which Passover is celebrated. Shemot / Exodus 12:1-20 and the laws of Passover. On the first day of Abib / Nisan, God presented the first commandment to the children of Israel as to ...
At Pesach many people are invited to family gatherings but there is no reason why you cannot do it yourself should you find you are "it". The good news is that you may already have the "manual" or can buy one – the Haggadah normally tells you what to do as you go along. However here are a few tips: Firstly do not worry too ...
חבל משיח “Chevlei Mashiach” means the “Birthpangs of the Messiah.” Messianic Judaism (All Judaism is by theory Messianic) teaches that the arrival of Mashiach is accompanied by birth pangs. This is also sometimes referred to as the “Time of Jacob’s Trouble.” J ...
"Behold I will send to you Elijah the Prophet before the arrival of the great and awesome day of God"—the Prophet Malachi. Elijah will appear in order to herald the coming of Mashiach, though there’s much speculation as to precisely when he will appear. With his arrival, he will also serve several other important functions. Th ...
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 ann ...
"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 o ...
Weekly Sidra: Vayikra (and He called) Torah Portion: Vayikra / Leviticus 1:1-5:26 Haftorah: Yeshayahu / Isaiah 43:21-44:23 Vayikra, VaYikra, Va-yikra, or Vayyiqra (ויקרא — Hebrew for "and He called,” the first word in the parshah) is the 24th weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual ...
When one studies rabbinic ideas of the Messiah one comes upon a very curious idea: Messiah is a Leper! Where does this idea come from? We’ll tell you below, but first consider some of the rabbinic references speaking from the Biblical text Yeshayahu / Isaiah 53. Babylonian Talmud: "The Messiah –what is his name?…The Rabbis sa ...
Esta semana estudiamos una de las porciones más resaltantes de la Torá. En ella Am Israel es transformado de una familia de esclavos a una nación santa, el pueblo de Israel. Tambien nos relata la descripción del primer “פסח מצרים”, el primer Pesaj, el cual fue c ...
No one in the annals of our Prophets and Kings could emulate the noble status of Moses, upon whom it is written,[Devarim 34:10] "And there arose not a Prophet since then in Israel like Moses." The Talmud elucidates on this:[Rosh Hashanah 21b] King Solomon desired to attain the status of Moses. A Heavenly voice came forth and cited this ve ...
Parasha Noach (Genesis 6:9-11:32): 1 God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fertile and increase, and fill the earth. 2 The fear and the dread of you shall be upon all the beasts of the earth and upon all the birds of the sky — everything with which the earth is astir — and upon all the fish of the sea; they are given ...
La elaboración de Shofot (Shofares) un antiguo arte que no ha cambiado desde hace miles de años. Cada Shofar se empieza con el cuerno de un animal. Hay varios tipos de animales cuyos cuernos se pueden convertir en un Shofar. El Shofar más común está hecho de cuerno de carnero, de por lo menos un año de edad ...
Shoftim, Shof’tim, or Shofetim (שֹׁפְטִים — Hebrew for “judges,” the first word in the parshah) is the 48th weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fifth in the book of Deuteronomy. It constitutes Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9. Je ...
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