Just as a burning candle illuminates and can help one find a gold coin or precious pearl, so can a parable reveal the valuable treasures in the Word of God. Both Yeshua and the Rabbis would agree on that purpose
Rabbis lead worship services, deliver sermons, provide religious instruction, offer guidance on matters of Jewish law and ethics, and play a significant role in Jewish lifecycle events, such as weddings, funerals, and bar/bat mitzvahs. Are you suited to be a clergy member? Clergy members have...
In Psalms, there’s an idea: “kosi revaya,” my cup overflows. And the Rabbis teach that at the end of the day, our lives are judged by our generosity, our righteous anger — our ability to be stirred up by injustice — and our sense of abundance. When you reflect on your life...
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But the general conception which the Rabbis had formed of the Messiah, differed totally from what was presented by the Prophet of Nazareth. Thus, what is the fundamental divergence between the two may be said to have existed long before the events which finally divided them. It is the ...
“I’m very glad you do remember. What are your thoughts about me having the name of a woman who died during the Holocaust while trying to save her family?” “Yes, well, I do think it’s nice to keep her memory alive by giving her name to someone in the family, but it’s also...
internal dynamics of the Orthodox world, how schools and family affect one another within it, which schools and communities have been successful and which have been less so. All of this could help parents and educators think more seriously about what they might do to help students thrive ...
We would be wise to remember that the source of this part of the blessing comes from a verse in Isaiah, “… makes peace and creates evil.” The rabbis saw fit to change the ending to, “makes peace and creates everything.” The lesson is clear, before reciting Shema we best remember...
Rabbis have told Israel the Book of Daniel is about dreams and don’t teach from this Old Testament prophet. Daniel lived his faith when taken captive to Babylon as a teen, and God blessed his faithfulness. Had the Jewish Rabbis understood Daniel’s prophecies, they would have known about ...
Therabbisteach thataperson blind in one eyeneed not make apilgrimage to theTemple because just as the pilgrim must be seen by God withHistwoeyes, so mustthe pilgrim beable to see God with twoeyes—presupposingthat God is no less ofapilgrim bound byHis own laws! In otherwords,the rabbis...