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Rosh Chodesh Tamuz / ראש חודש תמוז

Beginning of new Hebrew month of Tamuz. Tamuz (sometimes transliterated Tammuz) is the 4th month of the Hebrew year. Corresponds to June or July on the Gregorian calendar. Rosh Chodesh Tamuz begins at sundown on Sun, 21 June 2020.

Is one prohibited to study Torah alone?

Question: Is one prohibited to study Torah alone? Must one always study with a partner? Answer: Our Sages (Ta’anit 7a) expound that one is liable for a punishment of death for studying Torah alone, without a study partner. Our Sages add that doing so causes one to become foolish and sin. It seems that according to…

Ritual Failure and Circumcision in Paul

Warning and disclaimer Our Sages unanimously agree that circumcision is a must legally as in to Cut a covenant, Make a Covenant (karath beriyth) for the nation of Hashem. J Study New Testam. 2017 Sep; 40(1): 73–100.Published online 2017 Aug 4. doi: 10.1177/0142064X17723488PMCID: PMC5732587PMID: 29278265In Search of Real Circumcision: Ritual Failure and Circumcision in PaulPeter-Ben SmitAuthor…

Bending the Truth

Bending the Truth for the Sake of Peace Question: May one lie to one’s father or mother so as not to cause an argument between one’s parents? Answer: The Torah states that when Sarah heard that she would conceive a son, “Sarah laughed to herself and said, ‘After I have become worn out shall my skin become…

39 – Shlach Lecha

1 “Send you men” Rabbi Chiya says that when the sun begins to set, the energy of the sun, Zeir Anpin, is less powerful, and that is when the left dominates and judgments pertain. At that time one must pray.1. “And Hashem spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Send you men, that they may spy out the…

Is Shem Melchizedek?

The Most Important Son of Noah.—In Rabbinical Literature:Although Shem is unanimously declared by the Rabbis to have been the youngest son of Noah (comp. Japheth in Rabbinical Literature), yet he is always named first, being the most important of the three brothers. Indeed, he was born circumcised; he was the ancestor of Abraham, Isaac, and…

When Messianic Jews Were Murdered

How the secret world of Jewish Christians under the Spanish Inquisition still influences our world today. MESSIANIC JUDAISM JUN 9, 2020 Synagogue of El Tránsito, founded by Samuel ha-Levi Abulafia, Treasurer to Peter of Castile, in about 1356. The synagogue was converted to a church after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain. (Image: Wikimedia…

SPYING OUT THE LAND

The theme of vision is paramount in SHELACH LECHA. The parshah begins with G-d telling Moses to send men who “will SPY OUT the Land of Canaan which I am giving to the Children of Israel”. The parshah ends with the passage recited by every Israelite in the SHEMA morning and evening: “They will make…

Anshei Yisroel

Acts3 12 And when Kefa saw this, he answered the people, preaching, “Anshei Yisroel, why are you bewildered at this or at us? Why are you gazing as if it were by our own ko’ach or chassidus that this man has become able to walk? 13 “Hashem, Elohei Avraham V’Elohei Yitzchak V’Elohei Ya’akov, the G-d of Avoteinu,…

The Sanctity of the Synagogue- the Coronavirus Pandemic (Revised)

During the past few weeks when, thank G-d, many of us have slowly begun some sort of return to prayer in synagogues and houses of study, we must focus our energies on preserving the sanctity of these houses of worship and to draw the appropriate conclusions between the current pandemic and degradation of the sanctity…

The Twelfth Blessing of the Amida

“Shover Oyevim U’Machnia Zedim” (The Twelfth Blessing of the Amida) Question: In the Blessing regarding the heretics in the daily Amida prayer, how should one end the twelfth blessing: “Shover Oyevim U’Machnia Zedim” (He who smashes enemies and humbles the wicked) or “Shover Oyevim U’Machnia Minim” (He who smashes enemies and humbles heretics)? The reason…