Yeshua Centered Judaism

The festival of Shavuot

The festival of Shavuot, is called the Festival of the Giving of our Torah. It is also called the Festival of Harvest and the Festival of the First Fruits. Bikkurim — The First Fruits The ancient Land of Israel was predominantly an agricultural country and, therefore, the harvest was a happy time. But no…

RABBAN GAMLIEL AND RABBI YEHOSHUA

RABBAN GAMLIEL AND RABBI YEHOSHUA The Mishna cites a dispute regarding a set of witnesses who testify that in the morning they saw the old moon in the east and later that evening, they saw the new moon in the west. Rabban Yochanan ben Nuri states that these witnesses are false, since it there…

TEFILLAH IS REGARDED AS BEING INSIDE THE HOLY OF HOLIES

TEFILLAH IS REGARDED AS BEING INSIDE THE HOLY OF HOLIES The Gemora explained the reason as to why the kohen gadol cannot wear his gold garments into the Holy of Holies when performing the Yom Kippur service. This is based on the rule en kategor na’aseh sanegor – a prosecuting attorney cannot become a defense attorney. The Gemora…

SANCTIFYING THE NEW MONTH

SANCTIFYING THE NEW MONTH IN ADVANCE The Rambam in his commentary to the Mishna and in Hilchos Kiddush Hachodesh (2:8,9) explains the first Mishna in the third perek to be referring to a case where witnesses saw the moon on the twenty-ninth day of the month close to sunset but Beis Din did not…

INFLUENCE OF ARAMAIC ON BIBLICAL HEBREW

THE INFLUENCE OF ARAMAIC ON BIBLICAL HEBREW This influence is mainly prevalent in the vocabulary, morphology, and possibly in the syntax of biblical Hebrew. However, both the dating and the extent of this influence have not yet been sufficiently determined. In the early biblical books, certain roots and grammatical forms which deviate from the standard…

Galilean Aramaic

Galilean Aramaic (Only this dialect will be dealt with extensively here.) This is the dialect of the Aramaic parts of the Jerusalem Talmud, of the aggadic Midrashim, the Palestinian deeds, the Aramaic documents of the geonic period (found in the Cairo *Genizah), and synagogue inscriptions discovered in Ereẓ Israel. The Palestinian Targum and the Targum Pseudo-Jonathan…

Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments: The Inside Story By Naftali Silberberg The Ten Commandments were engraved on two tablets. The five commandments etched on the first tablet deal with man’s relationship with G‑d; the second tablet contains five commandments which concern man’s relationship with his fellow man. Of the 613 biblical commandments, G‑d selected these ten commandments…

Shavuot Torah Readings

Shavuot Torah Readings Exodus 19:1-20:23; Deuteronomy 14:22-16:17 On the first day of Shavuot we read from Exodus chapters 19 and 20. A summary of the content: The Children of Israel camp opposite Mount Sinai, where they are told that G-d has chosen them to be His “kingdom of priests” and “holy nation.” The people respond…

The Laws of Fire on Yom Tov

The Laws of Fire on Yom Tov In previous Halachot we have explained that Yom Tov and Shabbat are equal regarding all prohibitions besides for certain works associated with food preparation, such as cooking, which are permitted on Yom Tov. Igniting a Flame One may not produce a new fire on Yom Tov, for instance…

MENORAH WITH SEVEN STEMS

MENORAH WITH SEVEN STEMS One is prohibited from building a house in the form of the Beis Hamikdosh. One cannot make a courtyard similar to the courtyard of the Beis Hamikdosh. One is forbidden from creating a menorah corresponding to the menorah in the Beis Hamikdosh. He is not allowed to make a menorah that…

The Netzarim Faith

The Netzarim Faith … is the belief In YAHWEH , the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. We believe His Son Yeshua is YAHWEH -Come-in-the-Flesh and the Redeemer spoken of in the Jewish Bible. We believe that He is the Messiah for whom Jewish people all over the world, and throughout history have been waiting for. Netzarim, or Nazarenes, are the original followers of Yeshua who live according to Torah and the Ketuvim Netzarim (writings of the Netzarim)…

Cooking Dishes that Will Remain After Yom Tov and Washing Dishes

One may not cook on Yom Tov for a regular weekday or Motza’ei Yom Tov. Similarly, in places outside of Israel, one may not cook on the first day of Yom Tov for the second (however, on years when the second day of Shavuot falls out on Shabbat, this Halacha changes, as we shall explain…