Weekly Sidra: Chayei Sarah (Sarah’s life) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 23:1-25:18 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / Kings I 1:1-31 Cave of Machpelah is a curious place only found in the text of Torah and Tanach in the book of Bereshit. Why? It is here because we needed insight into the death of the righteous. Avraham acquired the cave for the body of his beloved wife, who died shortly after being told to sacrifice his son on Moriah as an Olah to Hashem. But why Machpelah? The Midrash states that during the visit of the three men/angels Avraham’s, choice calf for the meal he was going to serve to them, ran from him and he found it at the mouth of the cave. He was amazed to find that Adam and Chavah were buried there and want to be laid to rest there with them [1] We find that ultimately Sarah, Avraham, [...]
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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 imag ...
Recuerde que el cristianismo es falso y Yeshúa fue y es judío. Los Judíos (Yehudim) quienes originalmente eran hebreos, entonces se llamaba a todo Israel a que adoraran al UNO (ejad en Hebreo) Dios de Abraham, de Isaac, y de Jacob. Nuestro Rabino y Mesías Yeshúa dijo, “Yo soy el camino, la Verdad, y la Vida, ...
Our source of life must be the Scriptures and Yeshua who is the Living Torah. Simply put, the Torah is a set of instructions that HaShem has given to His redeemed people. The Torah consists of commandments, statutes, precepts, and ordinances that HaShem has given us to observe, remember, and keep so all would be well with us (we can be then o ...
Shabbat (Sabbath) is mentioned over 170 times in the Bible, one-third of those in the Besora Tova HaGeula (Good News of Redemption). In the first book of the hebrew Scriptrures, in Bereshit / 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 ...
* Searching for direction, purpose, and meaning in your life? * Wondering how to discern God’s will for your life? Many people are unhappy with who God made them to be and wish they were like someone else. They feel inadequate, always reaching for but never grasping that perfect image of themselves. They want to be smarter, taller, wittier, m ...
Question: This is my first time observing Sukkot. I would appreciate it if you could explain it to me as easily as possible. “When a person sits in his Sukkah the Shechinah (God’s Divine Presence) spreads its wings (metaphor) over it, we dwell together with Him.” One of the important experiences of Sukkot is that of leaving the pr ...
The writer of this article is not a believer in Maran Yeshua. Never the less his insights about Mashiach are well worth reading. HaShem gave to the Jewish people insight on His ways and how He truly operates, even if they may not understand it completely. We must remember that they are not rejecting Maran Yeshua the Rabbi, the Pharisee, the Zionist ...
Yosef played a big role in saving many lives from the famine. He revealed his identity to his brothers, and called his father to join him in Egypt. Ya’akov delivered a final blessing to each son. Families today gather to welcome the Shabbat. The Father lays his hands on the children and blesses them. to the girls he says "May God make yo ...
There is a saying in English which we call the KISS method. Keep It Simple Stupid. It means that when we are trying to explain something we should keep it at a very basic level so that everyone can understand. I believe that this must also apply to the situation of doctrines and beliefs. The harder we make it for people to underst ...
Weekly Sidra: Nitzavim/Vayelech (Standing ones/And He Went) Torah Portion: Devarim / Deuteronomy 29:9-31:30 Haftorah: Yeshayahu / Isaiah 61:10-63:9 The future belongs to us, as well as the past. This Sidrah takes us back to the future when we all stood together as one people, committed to the covenant a new covenant… Devarim ...
In Matthew 6:1-18, Yeshua emphasizes the importance of kavana, of proper intention, in observance of Torah commands. According to Yeshua, the intention of observing the mitzvot should not be so that others see you doing them, but rather out of obedience to HaShem. When giving tzedaka, Yeshua states that one is to do so without drawing attention to ...
In this article I will explore the role of leaders in the Messianic Jewish movement. This will include the qualities which a Messianic leader should possess, the need for proper training, the understanding of Hebrew and a vision for the future. I want to start out by saying that this article is written in love and not to attack anyone current ...
This article is an attempt to express my thoughts on a “definition” of Messianic Judaism. As with many things, this “definition” requires that I explain what I believe Messianic Judaism is not before I tell you a little bit about what I think Messianic Judaism is. It is necessary that I say a word here about the “Messi ...
Rabbi Maran Yeshua HaMashiach: A Nice Jewish Man Lost in a Gentile World! In speaking concerning Mashiach I have been told, STOP calling Him “Yeshua”, you make Him sound Jewish! In fact many people have concluded that the Jewishness of our holy Rabbi Yeshua is an incidental detail or even untrue. This latter point is not far off f ...
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