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Mourning the Loss of the Bet Hamikdash

Originally posted on Sefardi Beit Sefer:
We now find ourselves during the three weeks between the Seventeenth of Tammuz and the Ninth of Av, the period of time during which the holy city of Jerusalem was besieged by our enemies. During this time, we cry for the loss of our Holy Temple and our exile…

Mark 13 Study

A Commentary on the New Testament From the Talmud and Hebraica by John Lightfoot 3. And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, [Upon the mount of Olives, over against the Temple.] “The east gate of the Court of the…

LET’S STUDY ONKELOS PINCHAS

STUDY GUIDE PINCHAS (CHAPTER 25:10–30:1) SUMMARY OF THE TORAH PORTION Phinehas is rewarded by God for his daring and courageous act with a covenantal guarantee of a perpetual priesthood for his descendants; Moses is commanded to kill the Midianites for attempting to undermine the Israelite nation by seducing them to commit acts of sexual immorality…

Parashat Pinchas / Rashi

1st Portion Chapter 25 10The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: יוַיְדַבֵּר יְהֹוָה אֶל משֶׁה לֵּאמֹר: 11Phinehas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the kohen has turned My anger away from the children of Israel by his zealously avenging Me among them, so that I did not destroy the children of Israel because of…

ABCs of Tisha B’Av & the Three Weeks

Originally posted on Yeshua Centered Judaism:
ABCs of Tisha B’Av & the Three Weeks by Rabbi Shraga Simmons The Jewish national period of mourning. » Click here for the complete Tisha B’Av section « View overview video: Crash Course on Tisha B’Av The “Three Weeks” between the 17th of Tammuz and the Tisha B’Av have historically been days of…

Summary of The Weekly Torah Reading

Torah Portion Summary of The Weekly Torah Reading: Parshas Balak Note: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section is called an Aliya [literally: Go up] since for each Aliya, one person “goes up” to make a bracha [blessing] on the Torah Reading. 1st Aliya: Parshas Balak begins with King Balak’s offer…

Matthew 22

9. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. [Go ye into the highways, &c.] That is, ‘Bring in hither the travellers.’ “What is the order of sitting down to meat? The travellers come in and sit down upon benches or chairs, till all are come…

The Number Seven

The Meaning of Numbers: The Number 7 Used 735 times (54 times in the book of Revelation alone), the number 7 is the foundation of God’s word. If we include with this count how many times ‘sevenfold’ (6) and ‘seventh’ (119) is used, our total jumps to 860 references. Seven is the number of completeness…

The Coming Religious Purges

Now that SCOTUS has endorsed same-sex marriage as a human right and enshrined it as federal law, those individuals and communities of traditional faith will see their religious freedom curtailed in a series of multi-pronged assaults. It is vital to understand that the left is not really interested in marriage equality; they are playing a…

The Dust of their Feet

The Gemara discusses the harsh punishment that one incurs when he treats the laws of Shemittah lightly. The Gemara uses the term avak shel sheviis, the dust of Shemittah, to refer to the less stringent laws of Shemittah. We find elsewhere that the Gemara uses the term avak Lashon hara to describe slander that is rabbinically prohibited, and…

Common Prayer Words

Fifty of the most frequent Hebrew words that appear in the siddur. By MJL Staff Understanding traditional Jewish prayers may seem impossible if you don’t speak Hebrew. But knowing some key words can help you follow along and get the basic meaning of much of the liturgy. The following 50 words are some of the…