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By: Rabbi Daniel Mechanic1 (In consultation with Doron Witztum2 and Harold Gans3) DANIEL MECHANIC is a senior international Codes lecturer and researcher for the Aish Hatorah/Discovery Seminar. He would like to thank Dr. Jeffrey Satinover - a world-renowned author on Codes- for his helpful comments. This article has been
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This pamphlet is part of a series on applying critical thinking to life-challenges. For example, you may encounter religious coercion by cults, zealous self-help movements, and deceptive missionaries. At first, their arguments may sound confusing or convincing. However, as with any argument, it is essential to step back,
Rosh Hashanah
It hurts to hear people say it is too difficult to be Jewish. Some missionaries go so far as to claim that it is “impossible” to keep the Torah. My experience and the experience of generations before me is that the Torah is a precious gift with ancient wisdom that
Bereshit Bereshis Genesis
This week we completed the annual cycle of reading the Torah and started again with the Torah portion of Bereishis (Genesis 1:1–6:8). The word Torah means more than “the law” or “bible.” The root of the word Torah is “horah” which means “instruction.” As it says, “instruct
christianity
As the title denotes, Rabbi Yisroel Blumenthal worte an excellent refutation to Dr. Brown's attempt to answer Jewish arguments against Christianity. Please download the pdf.
Noah Noach Ruth Noahide Genesis
This week’s Torah portion of Noah (Genesis 6:9–11:32) highlights the well-known story of the righteousness of Noah and the decline of the world, which led to the flood. Although this story may seem mythical, it contains one of the most essential and spiritual principals for
iyar
Do we ever get a second chance in life? A year after leaving Egypt, the people of Israel were to bring the Passover offering on the afternoon of the 14th day of Nissan. They were to roast it and eat it with matzah and bitter herbs that evening just as
daniel 9:24 -27
Chapter 45 THE SEVENTY WEEKS OF DANIEL 9:24 -27 Part 1 LIARS FOR JESUS There a problem with Christian interpretative credibility. I am referring to those Christians ̶ ̶ theologians, laymen, missionaries or would-be missionaries who know what the original language texts actually say but who distort their meaning through
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Continued from Part 1 ... Part 2 THE PASSAGE: VERSE BY VERSE The decree Verse 24: Seventy weeks are decreed upon your people and upon your holy city, to terminate the transgression, and to make an end of sin, and to forgive iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to
holy of holies
Continued from Part 2 Anointing the Holy of Holies The expression “and to anoint the Holy of Holies” refers to the reestablished Second Temple (Ezekiel 46:12) and the office of high priest (1 Chronicles 23:13).3 With all the tremendous positive strides made during the Second Temple period
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Continued from Part 3 Let us review the six expectations of verse 24 and see if they have any fulfillment in the life and death of Jesus. * to terminate the transgression: What transgression was terminated by Jesus? Some of the most heinous transgressions of the basic requirements God desires of
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Continued from Part 4 It is said that when Jesus supposedly ascended to heaven every one of the six objectives to be accomplished had been fulfilled. It is said he fulfilled all of the prophecies of the Jewish Scriptures. Well, except for those he is going to fulfill when he
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