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One for Israel - Leviticus 17:11 & Repentance

One for Israel - Leviticus 17:11 & Repentance

It can be frustrating when others challenge your Jewish faith and you are not quite sure how to respond. It might be a missionary, Christian friend, neighbor, or co-worker. They may ask for your interpretation of a passage in the "Old Testament" or want to know how Judaism understands a particular issue. When they share their perspective and inundate you with Bible verses, it can be intimidating. We don't always need to engage these people and respond to their probing, but it is important to kno
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Why Jesus Didn't Have to Die to Atone for Sin

Why Jesus Didn't Have to Die to Atone for Sin

Why Jesus didn't have to Die to Atone for Sin? Find out in this interesting video. Basically what we've covered to date is an understanding of what the Jewish Bible teaches about the concept of the Messiah where you would be able to find basically a vision of what the Messiah is in the Jewish Bible and given that template, given those criteria, we understand that the Messiah has not yet come. We then began analyzing a Christian case for Jesus which included the appeal to miracles and understand
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Why Jesus Didn't Have To Die To Atone For Sin

Why Jesus Didn't Have To Die To Atone For Sin

The following are the Counter-Missionary Survival Seminar notes for the Why Jesus Didn't Have To Die To Atone For Sin Session "Since you no longer observe the sacrificial system commanded by G-d and declared to you by Moses, where, in the Scripture, do you find justification for so doing? If it was necessary for Israel to make a blood atonement for sin in the Mosaic dispensation, and even up to the destruction of Jerusalem, in 70 A.D., why have you ceased to bring your offering before G-d's al
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Sin, Atonement and Salvation

Sin, Atonement and Salvation

It is important to note that Judaism and Christianity differ on most major theological issues. One of the more obvious issues is the matter of sin, atonement and salvation. Christian Belief * Early Christianity latched onto a notion that the messiah was someone who would be the ultimate sacrifice for the sins of the world. * Christianity believes that we are born condemned and that without the practice of animal sacrifices Jews cannot atone for their sins. This represents a blatant misinterp
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Missionary Claims #3

Missionary Claims #3

Claim #3: Spiritual Salvation and a personal relationship with God can only come through Jesus Missionaries claim that "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of G-d" (Romans 2:23), and that there is no salvation from sin or any possibility of a personal relationship with G-d without belief in Jesus. Specifically with regard to Jews, their argument is that Jews have always needed animal blood sacrifices to rid themselves of sin. Since sacrifices were abolished after the destruction of the
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz