The Festival of Pentecost (Shavuot)

The Festival of Pentecost (Shavuot) CHAPTER 6 And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks, that is, the first fruits of the wheat harvest… (Exodus [Shemot] 34:22 NAS). You shall count seven weeks for yourself; you shall begin to count seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain. Then…

The 13 Midot of Rachamim

This shiur provided courtesy of The Tanach Study CenterIn memory of Rabbi Abraham Leibtag Our recitation of the thirteen ‘middot ha-rachamim’ [God’s thirteen attributes of mercy] is certainly the focal point of the ‘selichot’ prayers and the highlight of ‘ne’ila’ on Yom Kippur. But how are we to understand this recitation? Is it a ‘hokus…

The 50th Day

50th Day After Yeshua’ Resurrection, Acts 2:1-41 Acts 2:1-41 – 30th May AD32 or 24th May AD33 most likely dates. The day of Pentecost or Shavuot, the late Spring thanksgiving for the first harvest. Time frame, Shavuot the 7th day or 50 days or 7 weeks after the resurrection of Yeshua. The first weekly Sabbath after Pentecost…

Mussar

Shenei Luchot HaBerit, Torah Shebikhtav, Sefer Vayikra, Torah Ohr, Kedoshim 97 Instead, the land should enjoy a Sabbath “on which one could eat” (25,5-6). This is an allusion to the statement of our sages that he who toils on Sabbath eve will have what to eat on the Sabbath (Avodah Zarah 3a). The words: לך…

The Nash Papyrus – An Ancient Witness

The Nash Papyrus –An Ancient Witness Several years ago I heard about a most remarkable document. This ancient document, known as the Nash Papyrus has survived as an ancient witness to some of Israel’s most important words relating to religious life and conduct for humanity. The document is a single page consisting of four precious…

The Mysterious Prophecy of Isaiah 53

A Vision Given During Troubled Times…To The People Of Jerusalem Living Under The Imminent Threat Of Invasion.In 701, The King Of Assyria, Sennacherib, Sargon’s Son,Came Over With His Army And Invaded The Kingdom Of Judah.We Know From The Assyrian Sources That They Destroyed 46 Of The Cities Of Judah.Narrator: According To The Vision, The Lord…

Parashat Emor / פרשת אמור

According to Yemenite tradition 21 } 1 And he said to Moses, saying to Aaron the sons of Aaron; And he pretended to be a witness, to whom he did not want to be.  2, In God, come closer to her, to her mother and to her father, and to her daughters and to my…

Come out of the world

Torah life ministries come out of the world Transcript Messiah people see the truth hello everybody says Paul needs to match our life ministry I want to make a video today proving to people that Paul supported and and kept the law of Yahweh found in the Torah and told others to do that so…

A Pool of Fire

And G‑d said to Moses: … [a Kohen] shall not contaminate himself [through contact with] the dead of his people. Except for his closest kin—his mother, father, son, daughter or brother. Or for his virgin sister… who has not married a man—for her, he should contaminate himself… But the Kohen Gadol, the greater of his…

Mikvah

Mikvah: Coming Face to Face with G-dFive Levels of Understanding A Story One day, Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer, head of Eitz Chaim Yeshiva in Jerusalem, paid a visit to Rav Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld. When Rabbi Meltzer arrived at the Rav’s home, the Rav was not there. His family told Rabbi Meltzer that he had gone…

Acts of Chesed

Very often the term gemilut hasadim is translated as acts of loving-kindness. It is used to describe everything from the work done by synagogue bikur holim committees [that visit the sick] to service projects designed for high school students to lessons on how to treat a homeless person you pass on the street. The words…