Israeli Missionaries Spread Historic Christian Hate

Israeli Missionaries Spread Historic Christian Hate

Israeli Missionaries Spread Historic Christian Hate by Rabbi Yisroel Chaim Blumenthal When the Christian Scriptures try to convey the moral teachings of Jesus, they are not satisfied to do just that; convey moral teachings. It is important for those authors to defame the teachers who went before them and they did so with a vengeance. The Christian Scriptures presented the Jewish teachers to the world as a criminal band of murderous hypocrites. And this venom is reflected in the way Christian


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Zalman Kravitz

Chapter 36c - MY FLESH DWELLS IN SAFETY: A RESURRECTION FANTASY

Chapter 36c - MY FLESH DWELLS IN SAFETY: A RESURRECTION FANTASY

Continued from Chapter 36b Could Jesus have risen in either a completely different material body or in an immaterial body possessing the properties of an angelic being which could metamorphose itself from a “spirit” into a solid material form that could be touched (Genesis 32:24-26) or partake of food (Genesis 18:1-18)? These related theories contain respectively inherent problems. If Jesus’ body ceased to be material and later became material again, then it was not the identical body that was


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Zalman Kravitz

Chapter 37a - THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS AND  PSALM 22

Chapter 37a - THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS AND PSALM 22

Continued from Chapter 36c (Psalm 22) Finding the Jesus who never was The early church used the Jewish Scriptures to augment the little they knew of the circumstances surrounding Jesus’ death. To this end they made use of Psalms 22:2, 19. Later Christians sought further confirmation of their claims by expanding their citations from this psalm. The historical Jesus was of little interest to that part of the church that had not known Jesus the man personally. What interested this faction was


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Zalman Kravitz

Chapter 37b - THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS AND  PSALM 22

Chapter 37b - THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS AND PSALM 22

Continued from Chapter 37a “Like a lion” Although the psalm gives no indication that it is describing this mode of death, Psalm 22 has become, for Christianity, a major source for defining the agony of the crucifixion process.1 In particular, verse 17b [16b in some versions] as found in most Christian Bible translations, is most frequently cited as a prooftext. This despite the fact that there never is any direct citation of this verse in the New Testament. Christians render verse 17b as “th


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Zalman Kravitz

Chapter 37c - THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS AND  PSALM 22

Chapter 37c - THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS AND PSALM 22

Continued from Chapter 37b The incorrect spelling is most likely due to a defective manuscript, a similar error is found in the Septuagint reading. As stated above, most Christian Bibles render verse 17b as: “They pierced my hands and my feet.” This supposedly follows the Septuagint, the Greek biblical text used by the early Christians. The Septuagint’s rendering is assumed by Christians not only to be dependent on understanding the Hebrew as derived from the verb “to dig [soil]” but, in addit


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Zalman Kravitz

The Journey of the Soul – Its Mission and the Afterlife

The Journey of the Soul – Its Mission and the Afterlife

It has been one year since my mother, Fayga bas Tzvi Hirsch, passed away and we commemorate her first Yahrzeit on January 6, 2019, the 29th of Teves. In her honor, I would like to share some thoughts about the mission of the soul and what happens after a person passes away. What is the Soul’s Mission? A curious statement in the Talmud can provide an insight into the soul’s mission. In Tractate Pesachim 87b, Rabbi Elazar said: “The Holy One, blessed be He, exiled Israel among the nations only


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 התגובה היהודים למיסיונרים

התגובה היהודים למיסיונרים

Click this link for the HEBREW version of The Jewish Response to Missionaries booklet by הרב בן-ציון קרביץ https://jewsforjudaism.org/knowledge/documents/f3ca3e5c-3913-4f2c-86be-4ea464abff4b The information is educational, effective and a superb inoculation against missionary efforts. Topics include: The Battle for the Jewish Soul, The Obsession to Convert Jews, Refuting Five Primary Missionary Claims, The Jewish Messiah, Refuting Christian Proof-texts and Solutions to the Missionary Problem.


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Zalman Kravitz

Chapter 37d - THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS AND  PSALM 22

Chapter 37d - THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS AND PSALM 22

Continued from Chapter 37c Some scholars say the spelling ka’aru is found in a 1st/2nd century C.E. manuscript from Nachal Chever (5/6 HevPs). Typical of the tendentious claims made by those advocating the Christian reading of verse 17b is the following: “Psalm 22 is a favorite among Christians since it is often linked in the New Testament with the suffering and death of Jesus. A well-known and controversial reading is found in verse 16, where the Masoretic text has ‘Like a lion are my hands and


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Zalman Kravitz