Havdala on Motza’ei Shabbat Which Coincides with Tisha Be’av and the Laws of an Ill Individual Who Must Eat on Tisha Be’av On years during which Tisha Be’av falls out on Motza’ei Shabbat, such as this year, 5775, there are three opinions among the Rishonim regarding how Havdala should be recited on a cup of…
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AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Tools for Studying the Hebrew Bible
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Tools for Studying the Hebrew Bible: Tools for Studying the Hebrew Bible This sit e aims to teach students how to use a set of specialized t ools for the study of the Hebre…
Who Gave the Rabbis the Right
Originally posted on Yeshua Centered Judaism:
Chapter 1, Mishna 1(a) By Rabbi Dovid Rosenfeld “Moses received the Torah from Sinai and transmitted it Joshua. Joshua transmitted it to the Elders, the Elders to the Prophets, and the Prophets transmitted it to the Men of the Great Assembly. They [the Men of the Great Assembly] said…
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…
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…
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…
Red Cows of History
A fully red cow on a small farm outside Lakewood, New Jersey is attracting worldwide attention in orthodox Jewish circles and various movements with a Messianic or “End of Days” bent. Let me explain why. In the Biblical Book of Numbers (19:2-13) it stipulates that the only way to purify oneself after contact with the…
The Fourth Blessing of the Amida Prayer
“Ata Honen Le’Adam Da’at” (The Fourth Blessing of the Amida Prayer) The Reason Why the Blessing of “Ata Honen” Was Instituted as the First of the Series of ‘Blessings of Requests’ Maran Ha’Shulchan Aruch (Chapter 115) writes: “Since the advantage of human beings over animals is understanding and intelligence, our Sages instituted the blessing of…
NAZIRITE
THE NAZIRITE The Hebrew word NAZIR is today used for a monk, but the Torah has no place for such celibacy, and only the prophet Moses and certain true Tzaddikim were permitted to separate themselves from “the way of the world”. The Torah NAZIR was not one who separated himself from the world as a…
Revival Comes with a Cost
Syria: Revival Comes with a Cost For years the Christians in Syria prayed for God to bring revival to their country. Little did they know that revival would come, but it would come in the midst of war and suffering and death. This week “Brother John” shares the story of that revival, and the amazing ways…
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