Avot 1:16

Avot 1:16 Rabban Gamliel used to say: Accept a teacher upon yourself  and remove yourself from uncertainty; and do not give excess tithes by estimating [instead of measuring]. Rabban Gamliel used to say… This is the first verse that does not link the sage with a predecessor but simply begins with ‘Rabban Gamliel used to say’….

To the Jew 1st

And for this reason Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach is the Metavekh of a Brit Chadasha in order that those who are HaKeru’im (the Called ones) may receive the nachalat olam (eternal inheritance) of the Havtachah (Promise), because a mavet, a kapparat hapeysha’im has taken place that gives them pedut (ransom for redemption, Geulah) from peysha’im (transgressions,…

Daf Yomi audio shiurim

The following Daf Yomi audio shiurim were just uploaded to realcleardaf.com: Sunday, August 3, 2014: Megillah 23 Shabbos, August 2, 2014: Megillah 22  image of daf Friday, August 1, 2014: Megillah 21  image of daf Thursday, July 31, 2014: Megillah 20  image of daf  

Genesis 12:3

There is a berakhah in this verse that many do not know but that every true follower of Moshiach should know. Any way you read it or view it HaShem Blessed [berakhah] Abram. The Call. – The word of Yah Veh, by which Abram was called, contained a command and a promise. Genesis 12:3 (AHRC-MT)…

The Way

Jewish Christians who lived during Jesus’ lifetime. In the November/December 2012 issue ofBiblical Archaeology Review [1], Dead Sea Scrolls and early Christianity scholar Geza Vermes [2]explores the origin of Christianity by examining the characteristics of the Jewish Jesus movement to see how it developed into a distinctly gentile religion. In the New Testament, Jesus only preaches to a Jewish…

FIDF

Friend, The situation in Israel is escalating by the minute. Another 200 rockets were fired at Israel over the last 36 hours, and two IDF soldiers have been injured by a mortar round fired from Gaza yesterday evening. With Operation Protective Edge continuing, the Israeli military has sent us a list of requested items for…

MARAN HARAV OVADIA

The Revered Gaon and Posek Who Restored the Crown of Sephardic Jewry  He had a mind big enough to master all of Torah. A spirit big enough to lead his people. And a heart big enough to contain all of Klal Yisrael. Maran Harav Ovadia Yosef zt”l was the unique and revered gaon and posek who…

The Dead Sea Scrolls

The Dead Sea Scrolls  Provide the Jewish context of the early Netzari Faith, the sect of the Way.  The Early Believers Called: HaDerech (The Way)The Natsari Sect,  Netzarim-Natzraya. Almost all the Dead Sea Scrolls were fragmentary; not more than a dozen are intact. One of the fragmentary scrolls Is called 4Q246. If that’s too hard to remember, you can think of it as the Aramaic Apocalypse. 4Q246 or the Aramaic…