Yeshua Centered Judaism

KNOW YOUR BIBLE:

BS”D KNOW YOUR BIBLE: I Chronicles 11-12 Study Notes by Avraham ben Yaakov I CHRONICLES CHAPTER 11 “And all Israel gathered themselves to Israel to David…” (v 1). With the setting of the star of King Saul, the star of David now shone forth in all its radiance. The present chapter and the next tell…

The Everlasting Mitzvah

Question: Are there differences in actual Torah laws among the Sephardic, Ashkenazi, and Yemenite customs? Why is it not possible to make a decision that Jews of all backgrounds should rule on Halacha in the same manner? Answer: The Rambam (Chapter 9, Halacha 1 of Hilchot Yesodei Ha’Torah) writes: “Something written explicitly in the Torah,…

Through the Righteous

Hashem Does Not Bring About Failure Through the Righteous The Gemara (Chullin 7a) recounts an incident where Rabbi Pinchas ben Yair travelled to a certain hotel and the innkeeper brought some barley for the rabbi’s donkey. The donkey, however, did not want to eat. They proceeded to sift and clean the barley by removing all…

“Chalak Bet Yosef” Meat

According to Torah law, one may only consume the meat of kosher fowl or animals which have been slaughtered in accordance with Halacha. However, there are many detailed laws regarding “Terefot” or blemishes and illnesses which may be found within the fowl or animal which would render the animal a “Terefa” and forbidden for consumption…

Apostolic Writings Luke 13:1 – 15:32

1. There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. [Of the Galileans.] If this report concerning the Galileans was brought to our Saviour immediately after the deed was done, then was this tragedy acted by Pilate, a little before the feast of…

BEHAR SINAI – BECHUKKOTHAI

BEHAR SINAI LEVITICUS 25 (ONKELOS) — 1 And the Lord spake with Mosheh in the mountain of Sinai, saying: 2 Speak with the children of Israel, and say to them: When you have entered into the land that I will give you, the land shall have rest by an intermission (shemet shemittha) before the Lord….

The Reasons Behind the Mitzvot

The Gemara (Sanhedrin 21b) states: “Rabbi Yitzchak said: Why were the reasons behind the Mitzvot not revealed? Because there were two Mitzvot whose reasons were revealed and one of the greatest of men, King Solomon, failed in them.” This refers to the following two Mitzvot: The Torah (Devarim 17) states regarding a king of Israel,…

Year of the Shofar Blast

Leviticus 25:8 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. Verses 8, 9. – The word jubilee (as it is always spelt in the Authorized Version) is…

The Two Ways Tradition in Barnabas (and the Didache)

Originally posted on ancientchurchorders:
Relatively recently published is Julien C.H. Smith, “The Epistle of Barnabas and the two ways of teaching authority” VigChr 68 (2014), 465-497. In arguing that the two ways elements suffuse the entire epistle, Smith presents the case that the concluding chapters, summarizing the two ways, are more than simply an awkward…

Year of the Shofar-Blast

Understanding Torah

Reb Yochanan Sofer writes that he remembers when he began to attend to his grandfather Reb Shimon Sofer zt”l for several hours during the day, the remaining hours that he utilized for learning were tremendously productive. In only a short period of time, he was able to understand the depths of the Gemora and the…