Rabbi Shammai was an engineer, known for the strictness of his views. The Talmud tells that a gentile came to Shammai saying that he would convert to Judaism if Shammai could teach him the whole Torah in the time that he could stand on one foot. Shammai drove him away with a builder’s measuring stick!…
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Receive Messiah
How Can I Receive the Messiah Into My Heart and Life? The G-d of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob created you to have a personal relationship with Himself and to enjoy His abundant life! In Pro_16:4 [it is written in the Jewish Bible] “The Lord has made all things for His purpose [His own pleasure].”…
Parshas Korach
Haftorah by Rabbi Dovid Siegel Parshas Korach Shmuel 1 11:14 This week’s haftorah shares with us a significant perspective about a Jewish government in Eretz Yisroel. The Jewish people had recently approached the prophet Shmuel requesting the appointment of a king. The prophet acquiesced in their request and transferred the mantle of leadership to the…
Midrash halakha
Midrash halakha are the works in which the sources in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) of the traditionally received laws are identified. These Midrashim often predate the Mishnah. The Midrash linking a verse to a halakha will often function as a proof of a law’s authenticity; a correct elucidation of the Torah carries with it the support of thehalakhah, and often the…
Rabbinic literature
Rabbinic literature Talmudic literature Mishnah • Tosefta Gemara Jerusalem Talmud • Babylonian TalmudMinor tractates Halakhic Midrash Mekhilta de-Rabbi Yishmael on Exodus Mekhilta de-Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai on Exodus Sifra on Leviticus Sifre on Numbers & Deuteronomy Sifre Zutta on Numbers Mekhilta on DeuteronomyBaraita of Rabbi Ishmael Aggadic Midrash —— Tannaitic —— Seder Olam Rabbah Alphabet of Akiba ben Joseph…
Shaddai in the Midrash
There is a Midrashic interpretation as an acronym standing for “Guardian of the Doors of Israel” (Hebrew: שׁוֹמֶר דְלָתוֹת יִשְׂרָאֶל). This acronym is commonly found as carvings or writings on themezuzah, which is placed on the doorposts of Jewish homes and other dwellings. Still another view is that “El Shaddai” is composed of the Hebrew relative pronoun She (Shin…
Parshas Shlach
D’var Torah Parshas Shlach A Sacred Date By Rabbi Label Lam The entire community raised their voices and shouted, and the people wept on that night. (Bamidbar 14:1) the people wept on that night: From that moment the destruction of the Temple was decreed, since it was the night of Tisha’ B’Av. The…
70 Prophecies of Yeshua
Some of the prophecies referring to Yeshua: Where He would be born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MICAH 5:2 He would be born a virgin birth . . . ….
New Revelation
Themes of Shavuot (Pentecost)New Revelation One theme of Shavuot (Pentecost) is a new revelation of G-d’s will (Leviticus [Vayikra] 23:15-16,21). Two notable historical events happened on this day. The giving of the Ten Commandments or the Torah.It should be noted here that the Hebrew word Torah, commonly translated as “law” in English, does not mean “law,” but “instruction or teaching”…
613 Mitzvos
THE SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN COMMANDMENTS In accordance with the Rambam’s Sefer HaMitzvos
Parashat Sh’lach / פרשת שלח־לך Next read in the Diaspora on 14 June 2014. Parashat Sh’lach is the 37th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. Torah Portion: Numbers 13:1 – 15:41 Full Kriyah 1: 13:1-20 (20 p’sukim) 2: 13:21-14:7 (20 p’sukim) 3: 14:8-25 (18 p’sukim) 4: 14:26-15:7 (27 p’sukim) 5: 15:8-16 (9 p’sukim) 6: 15:17-26 (10 p’sukim) 7: 15:27-41 (15 p’sukim) maf: 15:37-41 (5 p’sukim) Triennial Year 1 14 June 2014 1: 13:1-3 2: 13:4-16 3: 13:17-20 4: 13:21-24 5: 13:25-30…
MOUNT SINAI
CHAPTER 5 HOW MOSES ASCENDED UP TO MOUNT SINAI, AND RECEIVED LAWS FROM GOD, AND DELIVERED THEM TO THE HEBREWS. 1. NOW Moses called the multitude together, and told them that he was going from them unto mount Sinai to converse with God; to receive from him, and to bring back with him, a certain…
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