A Missionary’s Journey to Judaism

A Missionary’s Journey to Judaism

Even though I was raised in a Christian family, my life was transformed when I became a born-again Christian at age 15. While studying in Cape Town, South Africa at age 24, I realized the Jewish people needed to be “saved” and hear the “good news of Jesus.” Find out about a missionary's journey to Judaism in this article. I attended a local synagogue regularly for 6 months to learn about Judaism so I could be a more effective missionary to the Jews. I kept my true intentions a secret until Jews
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
CHapter 22U - Guilt-Offering

CHapter 22U - Guilt-Offering

Continued from Chapter 22t 53:10: “If he would offer himself as a guilt-offering” The suffering servant as a guilt-offering Following the initial declaration that it was God’s will for the servant to suffer, the verse is written as a conditional statement. If condition A is satisfied, then the outcome B will occur. That is, the rewards of verse 10 are contingent on the servant’s willingness to offer himself as an asham, “guilt-offering.” In a literal sense the verse says, “If his soul place
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
From Christianity to Judaism - David's Story

From Christianity to Judaism - David's Story

Many people have wondered why I would convert to Judaism, why I left the faith of my childhood and embrace Torah, wondering why I would do such a thing. The puzzled looks come not only from former Christian friends and family, new non-Christian friends, but Jews as well. I usually give the short answers: Christianity never made sense and always felt connected to Judaism. I always wanted to learn how to read Hebrew and understand the faith of Jesus. The more I searched, the more I learned; I real
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Happiness

Happiness

If you were asked “What entity in the world brings the most joy” – how would you respond? If we were to take a poll of the answers, there might be as many different responses as there are participants. I can imagine someone answering that his pet pooch “Bowser” brings the most happiness. One clever rabbi once lectured on this topic and gave a very direct reply he said, “Children, by far, bring the most happiness.” Then he did a 180 and in the same breath proclaimed, “and they cause the most pain
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Glossary of Hebrew expressions for site

Glossary of Hebrew expressions for site

This post provides a glossary of Hebrew expressions on this site. Talmud Talmud, which signifies "study," is devoted to the ORAL Torah first transmitted to Moses at Mount Sinai. It was maintained as an oral tradition for centuries until the First Century C.E. The core of the ORAL Torah is the Mishnah, or codification of the Halachah, compiled by the Tannaim (scholars/teachers) beginning with R. Akiva and ending with R. Judah Ha-Nasi (who died in 217 C.E.). It was written in Hebrew. Somewhat l
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
The Ego and the Soul

The Ego and the Soul

You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him to find it within himself." - Galileo Jewish tradition teaches that we were created as sparks of God, "in the image of God," body and soul. God put his image on earth, in the form of human beings. One way to identify with the concept of the “image of God” is through a simple metaphor. Let us find out more about the ego and the soul in this post. Visualize a movie projector and a screen. When turned on, the light projects brightly onto the
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
David's Story

David's Story

David was a fine Jewish boy, who excelled in his studies and was well-liked by everyone. However, he attended a Catholic school. His parents had decided that the quality of the education in the public schools was deteriorating, and since there was no Jewish school in their city, they sent him to the local Catholic school. They knew nothing of their Jewish heritage, and so, although they weren't enthusiastic about putting him in a religious school, they weren't troubled either. David continued a
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Shared Values - The Noahide Laws

Shared Values - The Noahide Laws

The Torah is considered a blueprint for the life of all humankind. When the Torah was given at Sinai and explicated by Moses over the next forty years, it resulted in a system of laws that, according to the traditional count, has 613 commandments for Jews, and seven for non-Jews. It may appear at first glance that the gap between Jewish and non-Jewish observance is enormous. But if we look a little more closely, we will see that it is not so great as it first appears. The Seven Noachide Laws ar
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz