This last week we had a double Parashat, with the ending of the book of Shemot or Exodus, bringing to us the idea about giving and participating in community with the building of the Mishkan, bringing Kehal Israel as one where together we would do according to their own giftedness in the areas in which God has endowed us. To do so we all first need to check ourselves and be right with Him — this means to be right with our fellow man. The word “love” in Hebrew, ahava, is a word of action. It is not the Hollywood mushy, sappy love with beautiful, flourishing phrases for someone; it is a decision we make to participate in the person’s life, to help them to grow, practicing these things on a daily basis. In a community, we play an important part in each other’s lives, interdependent with each [...]
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Hashgacha pratit is defined as “divine providence.” but its more than that. the literal meaning of these two words are “private / individual watching.” We are taught by the sages that everything that happens to a believer, everything s/he sees, hears, feels or learns happens for a special reason. there is no chance; there is ...
“So are we Jews better off? Not entirely; for I have already made the charge that all people, Jews and Gentile alike, are controlled by sin. As the Tanach puts it, ‘There is no one righteous, not even one! No one understands, no one seeks God, all have turned away and at the same time become useless; there is no one who shows kindness, ...
Weekly Sidra: Va’era (and I appeared) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 6:2 – 9:35 Haftorah: Yechetzkel / Ezekiel 28:25 – 29:21 The Lord replied to Moses, "See, I place you in the role of God to Pharaoh, with your brother Aaron as your prophet. 2 You shall repeat all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall speak to Phar ...
Weekly Sidra: VaYera / And he appeared Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 18:1-22:24 Haftorah: Melachim Bet / Kings II 4:1-4:23 My intention is to bring people together without the imposition of the dogmas of any religion. Religious people debate back and forth but I am not interested in debating; my desire is to bring us back t ...
The Shaliach (Emmisary) Shimon Kefa (Peter) and the Shaliach Shaul (Paul) are recognized as pivotal men in the establishing of Yeshua’s following. Interestingly, both men claimed at separate times that the Messiah Yeshua had not come to establish a new world religion, but rather had come to fulfill everything written in the prophetic writings ...
The Torah says: “HaShem spoke to Moses, saying: 2 Speak to the Israelite people thus: When a woman at childbirth bears a male, she shall be unclean seven days; she shall be unclean as at the time of her menstrual infirmity. — 3 On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.” [Lev 12:1-3] This week we have a doub ...
El Shaliaj (Emisario) Shimon Kefa (Pedro) y el Shaliaj Shaul (Pablo) son reconocidos como los hombres que introdujeron el cambio entre los seguidoress de Yeshua. Lo interesante es que ambos declararon por separado que Yeshua el Mesias no vino a establecer una nueva religion sino mas bien a cumplir todo lo que estaba escrito en los escritos profetic ...
Mashiach kept the whole Torah. He told every one that Torah was to be kept (see Mattityahu HaLevi / Matthew 5, also 28). All his teachings have as a base the Holy Torah and the Prophets. ANY ONE who teaches or proclaims that the Holy Mashiach broke the Torah and such notion is acceptable to him; this individual must be judged that his so called Mas ...
Weekly Sidra: Tzav ( Command) Torah Portion: Vayikra / Leviticus 6:1-8:36 Haftorah: Malachi 3:4-3:24 Behold, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before the coming of the awesome, fearful day of Adonai. He shall reconcile parents with children and children with their parents, so that, when I come, I do not strike the whole land with ...
A kippah (plural: kippot) or yarmulke pronunciation (also called a skullcap) is a thin, slightly-rounded skullcap traditionally worn at all times by observant Jewish men! There are different proposed etymologies for the word yarmulke. According to most mainstream etymologists, it is a Yiddish word (ירמולקא) ...
When we are called by the father to receive the gift of faith, in the redemptive work of our Rabbi Yeshua the Messiah (His death and resurrection), upon acceptance we are instantly a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17) “Therefore, if anyone is united with the Messiah, he is a new creation- the old has passed; look, what has come is fresh and ne ...
Weekly Sidra: Shemot (Names) Torah Portion: Shemot /Exodus 1:1-6:1 Haftorah: Yermiyahu /Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 The word of the Lord came to me: 5 Before I created you in the womb, I selected you; Before you were born, I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet concerning the nations. 6 I replied: Ah, Lord God! I don’t know how to s ...
Messianic Jewish Emuna: Tevunah – תבונה “Now, it is known that in Binah itself there are two levels; Binah and Tevunah. The matter of Tevunah is the aspect of the spreading forth of the light of Binah. (Shaar HaYichud, the Holy Rabbi Dov Ber of Lubavitch) The concept of Tevunah (תבונ ...
Maran Melech HaMashiach kept the whole Torah. He told every one that followed him that Torah was to be kept (see Mattityahu HaLevi / Matthew 5, also 28). All His teachings have as a base the Holy Torah and the Prophets (the besorah tova hageula / good news of redeption is only a mishna / repetion to what the naviim / prophets of HaKadosh Baruch Hu ...
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