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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Sukkot: The Whole World in God's Tabernacle
If you are unfamiliar with Sukkot (Tabernacles), I have at the bottom of this post a quick primer on the holiday. If you don
Posted in Bible, Gentiles, Holidays, Judaism, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism
Tagged Andre Neher, Booths, Feast, Sukkot, Tabernacles
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SUKKOT: Qohelet (Ecclesiastes)
In my “spare” time, which has been much diminished lately, I have been working on a Sukkot Haggadah. I will be releasing it later this week as a free PDF download. Just as was the case for my Shavuot Haggadah, … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Holidays, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism
Tagged Ecclesiastes, J.A. Loader, James Crenshaw, Qohelet, Sukkot
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A Yom Kippur Statement
The road to the New Jerusalem lies before us, always long and difficult, but with such a sought-after destination at the end. No amount of striving and desire could ever be too much for such a destination. No amount of … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Holidays, Judaism, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism
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CLASSIC REPRINT: Reflections on a Yom Kippur Noob Experience
I posted this reflection for last year’s Yom Kippur (2008). I think it is one of my best stories. ………………………… I have been on the path of Judaism for about seven years. Before that, I was learning about Judaism, but … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Holidays, Judaism, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism
Tagged Yom Kippur
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Yom Kippur: A Prayer Banned by the Nazis in 1935
In his Yom Kippur Anthology, Philip Goodman comments on the following prayer: In 1935, when anti-Semitism was clearly evident throughout Germany, Rabbi Leo Baeck (1873 – 1956), who was president of the representative organization of German Jewry, wrote a prayer … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Judaism, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism
Tagged Yom Kippur
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PODCAST: Yeshua in Context – Signs and Sabbath
In Mark 2:23 – 3:6, what is the meaning of Yeshua comparing his situation to David? Why did Yeshua deliberately seek out the Sabbath as a time to heal? We began last episode to examine the symbolic meaning of Yeshua
Posted in Bible, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism, Sabbath, Yeshua
Tagged Podcast, Sabbath, Yeshua in Context
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Yom Kippur: Assurance of Forgiveness
The first time I saw men beating their chests and prostrating themselves on Yom Kippur, I was scandalized. At the time I was in a Christian setting and I was used to an entirely different attitude towards sin and forgiveness. … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Holidays, Judaism, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism
Tagged forgiveness, Yom Kippur
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The Neglected Haftarah: A Resource Review
If you don
Posted in Bible, Book Reviews, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism, Prophets, Torah
Tagged daniel lancaster, FFOZ, haftarah
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Yom Kippur: Philo on the Sabbath of Sabbaths
Philo lived in the days of the New Testament (20 B.C.E. to 50 C.E.) in the city of Alexandria, Egypt. Alexandria had a huge Jewish population, about half of the city, and was also one of the largest cities in … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexandria, Philo, repentance, Sabbath, Yom Kippur
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The Tashlikh We'll Never Forget
It was a dark and stormy Rosh HaShanah. On the second day, we tried to get a few families together for tashlikh, the ceremony of casting bread crumbs representing sins into a river or similar body of water accompanied by … Continue reading
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Tagged Rosh HaShanah, Tashlich, Tashlikh
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