A common quote from the new testament among believers is Romans 8:1 “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Yeshua.” This is usually stated to encourage us in our failures, but the sentence does not end there. It goes on to say “who do not walk according to the flesh, but…
There are Three Weeks that are an annual mourning period that falls out in the summer. The Three Weeks or Bein ha-Metzarim (Hebrew: בין המצרים, “Between the Straits”) (cf “dire straits”) is a period of mourning commemorating the destruction of the first and second Jewish Temples. This is when we mourn the destruction of the Holy Temple and our launch into a still-ongoing exile. The period…
Overview and Background of Hashem’s instruction about the Red Heifer in Parashah Chukat On the 1st of Nissan, The mishkan’s last inauguration day, Hashem revealed to Moshe the laws regarding impure people who are expelled from the camp, and the purity laws of the kohanim priests. Hashem taught him how purification from the different types…
Speak to Aaron and say to him: When you raise up (b’ha’alotkha) the lamps, let the seven lamps give light toward the face of the menorah” (Numbers 8:2). In Parashat B’ha’alotkha (Numbers 8–12), the portion opens with a divine instruction to Aaron the High Priest regarding the lighting of the Menorah in the Tabernacle: This…
The scriptures say that we were created in the image of God… the problem is people have lost sight of what that is! ELOHIM IS SPIRIT God is Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” – John 4:24 That spirit is conscious selfless love and the core essence…
To observe God’s holy days at their proper time it is most important to understand how to correctly observe the faithful witnesses that God has created for the observation of time and “moedim”. The enemy seeks to confuse man as to the times and the moedim (God’s appointed times) so as to prevent men from the…
In this article we share further about the laws of lashon hara and we discuss the harmful effects of negative speech and slander which we see so rampant even now in the spiritual attacks currently being hurled against God’s people.
When it comes to God’s instructions on how to draw near to Him by being undefiled in our life we know that God is continually bringing us to live more sanctified and holy in our life (not less) and to be more purified as a bride without spot or blemish prepared to meet the bridegroom when he comes. Since God does not change and he has instructed us that eating unclean foods is not only defiling but also an abomination to him (Lev. 11), we cannot surmise that the revelation given to Peter is going to undermine God’s word which is established forever.
The Torah (Leviticus 23:15) says it is a mitzvah every day to “count the Omer” – the 50 days leading up to Shavuot. This is an important period of growth and introspection, in preparation for the holiday of Shavuot which arrives 50 days later.
Hashem’s 13 attributes of Mercy are great to meditate on and it is said that Yeshua reflected them perfectly. The Thirteen Attributes of Mercy (י״ג מִידּוֹת) or Shelosh-‘Esreh Middot HaRakhamim (transliterated from the Hebrew: שְׁלוֹשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵה מִידּוֹת הַרַחֲמִים) as enumerated in the Book of Exodus (Exodus 34:6–7) in Parasha Ki Tissa are the Divine Attributes with…