Parsha – Tazria – defamation

From a Daily Halacha Written in the case: “A man that will his flesh or skin psoriasis or macula, and was skin of his flesh the plague of leprosy, and brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests.” (Leviticus M b).That is, a person who saw firsthand touched all he had come…

(Pesach): Feasting For Freedom

By Eddie Chumney CHAPTER 3 And ye shall observe this thing [Passover] for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever:.. And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? that ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord ‘s Passover,…

Lights of Love and Fear

The Mishnah states that pious men and men of good deeds would dance before them with flaming torches in their hands. The Meor Vashemesh on Sukkos writes that the hands symbolize the love and fear that one has for HaShem, so the Mishnah alludes to the idea that the pious people had a tremendous fire…

Pesach / פסח

Mon, 14 April 2014 at sundown (15th of Nisan, 5774) Pesach / פסח Passover (Hebrew: פֶּסַח Pesach) commemorates the story of the Exodus, in which the ancient Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt. Passover begins on the 15th day of the month of Nisan in the Jewish calendar, which is in spring in the…

Nazarene Ecclesia

Organization of the Jerusalem Nazarene Ecclesia It soon became apparent, at least by 34-35 CE, that the central church needed an organization to deal with the conflicts such as the Greek adherents to the faith and how to provide for the Greek widows, as well as how to deal with the gentiles who wished to be admitted…

Just be Happy

The Gemara learns from the verse that states vhoyisa ach sameach, and you shall be nothing but joyous, that there is an obligation for one to be joyous on the night of Shemini Atzeres. There is a contradiction in the words of Rashi if this obligation also applies to Shemini Atzeres by day.  The commentators ask that…

4Q246: 4Q Aramaic Apocalypse

Posted on February 27, 2008 by Jin Yang Kim 4Q246 Manuscript Transcription of 4Q246   Translation of  4Q246 Col. I 1. [   ] rested upon him, he fell befor the throne 2. [… k]ing, rage is coming to the world, and your years 3. […]. . . your vision, all of it is about to come unto the world….

Crown of Aleppo

THE BIBLE OF BIBLES. Often considered the most authoritative text of the Hebrew Bible, the 1,000-year-old Aleppo Codex—known in Hebrew as the “Crown of Aleppo”—has had a tumultuous history. It remained fully intact until 1947, when it was nearly destroyed by an anti-Jewish mob. This fragment, a piece of the ten plagues narrative from the…

Today’s Mitzvah

Adar I 23, 5774 · February 23, 2014 Today’s Mitzvah A daily digest of Maimonides’ classic work “Sefer Hamitzvot” Listen Online | MP3 Download Positive Commandment 155 Sanctifying the Shabbat “Remember the Shabbat to keep it holy”—Exodus 20:8. We are commanded to honor the Shabbat when it enters and when it leaves by pronouncing words that proclaim…

TALMUD

The Mishna exists by itself but it is a part of the Talmud because the Gemara is commentary and exegesis on the Mishna.  That being the case, you could say that the Gemara is the Talmud but I’ve never seen a Talmud that didn’t also contain the Mishna.  Just to add to the complexity, the…

The sacrifice of Yom Kippur

The sacrifice of Yom Kippur is separate and distinct from all the other sacrifices offered during the year. While the others reconciled the sinner on a day to day basis with God, Yom Kippur is the day that God would forgive all the sins of all the people in every generation – in essence this…

The Aramaic Solution to Jesus’ Conflicting Genealogies

The following article is invaluable in solving this centuries-old problem. This is yet more evidence of the superiority of the Aramaic Scriptures, the Peshitta. It answers the following questions: • Why are there only list 13 generations listed from the Captivity of Babylon to Jesus, in Matthew’s account? Doesn’t Matthew say there should be 14 generations?…