I Ask My Israeli Groups This Question: “Does any one here think that our people ever managed to keep the covenant we made with YHWH in Sinai”? Jer 31:31; YHWH made a New Covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. He goes on to say that it isn’t according to the […]
Culture of Blessings Friday’s Blessings On Fridays, a Jewish father blesses his sons and daughters.The western church has forgotten the power of blessing. Today is Friday and the father on the eve of Shabbat before Kiddush gathers his sons and daughters around him and blesses them. The father blesses his girls with “May G-d make
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The Oral Law And The Written Law. Judaism has what we call the “Written Law” [this is the 5 books of Moses which you are familiar with] and “The Oral Law.” What is the Oral Law? Moses received from God much more than what he wrote down. The Oral Law is a commentary on the
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God’s Calendar Or Man’s? God’s New Year; are we going to keep God’s calendar or man’s? Exodus 12:2 ,”This month shall be unto you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.” In this verse, God established the biblical New Year. Accordingly, the 1st of Av is the
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The Virgin Birth Of The Messiah. The virgin birth of the Messiah can be more profoundly grasped when we understand an important translation issue from the original Hebrew language of the Tenach, or Old Testament. Leviticus 17:11 is commonly translated, “the life of the flesh is in the blood”; but the Hebrew Bible actually says,
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Understanding Orthodox’s Way Of Thinking Here is an excerpt from an article of one of Israelis leading Newspapers. In order to pray for the Orthodox, you need to understand their way of thinking. We see a lot of articles in the Hebrew newspapers similar to the one I pasted below, but very rarely in the
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PART 1 Rabbis And Marriage “A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD, even to the tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord.” Deuteronomy 23:2 The religious control marriages in Israel and the rules are very strict. Young Israelis under certain circumstances are forced to go overseas
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The Kabbalah. The Kabbalah Jewish Mysticism. The basis of the Kabbalah is the Zohar. The Zohar first appeared in Spain in the 13th century. It is written in ancient Aramaic which was common around the second temple period. Shimon bar Yochai, a rabbi of the 2nd century during the Roman persecution who, according to Jewish