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What Does Sara's Death Have To Do With King David?

What Does Sara's Death Have To Do With King David?

What does the deal of Sara have to do with King David? Welcome to another episode of Parsha with Rabbi Kravitz. This week's Parsha is Chayei Sarah. The Parsha opens by telling us that Sarah dies at age 127 and is buried in the Machpelah Cave in Hebron, which Abraham purchases from Ephron the Hittite for four hundred shekels of silver. This week's haftorah describes an aging King David, echoing this week's Torah reading, which mentions that "Abraham was was old, advanced in days." Close to the
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Bookmark - Messiah

Bookmark - Messiah

The Jewish tradition of The Messiah has its foundation in numerous biblical references and understands The Messiahto be a human being without any overtone of deity or divinity who must fulfill certain criteria and usher in a time when certain changes will occur in the world before he can be acknowledged as The Messiah. He must be Jewish Deuteronomy 17:15 He must be a member of the tribe of Judah Genesis 49:10 He must be a direct male descendant of King David and King Solomon 2 Samuel 7:12-13
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Evangelicals and Israel:

Evangelicals and Israel:

A Knight in Shining Armour or Trojan Horse? Rabbi Michael Skobac, Jews for Judaism’s Education Director, clarified the nature of the “double-edged sword” relationship the Jewish community has with the Christian right today. In a world that has grown increasingly hostile towards Jews and Israel, evangelical Christians have emerged as the solitary supportive group. This group, which represents 25-40% of the American population, and 10% in Canada, is itself a very diverse group. The PEW forum on
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Why Don’t Jews See Jesus in The Scriptures?

Why Don’t Jews See Jesus in The Scriptures?

Many Christians have a very difficult time understanding how it is possible for Jewish people to study their Bible and fail to see it pointing to Jesus as the Jewish Messiah. Is it possible, as the Greek Testament claims, that Satan has blinded the Jews who now have a veil covering their eyes? (II Corinthians 3:14-15, 4:3-4; Romans 11:7, 25) Or is it possible that Christians have been seeing a mirage? There are many passages where the Bible clearly speaks about the Messiah who would one day com
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
The Legitimate Cause of Jesus' Death

The Legitimate Cause of Jesus' Death

Continued from Part 10 Not by blood loss Presuming Jesus was nailed to the cross, did blood oozing from the nail wounds cause his death?  The Roman method of execution by crucifixion was designed as a punishment to be prolonged in order to serve as a lesson to both the victim and all onlookers.  Since no vital organ would be pierced crucifixion usually caused a slow death.  If the victim expired within a short time he would deprive his executioners of satisfactorily meting out the sentence in
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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
Proof Or Not About The True Nature of The Trinity

Proof Or Not About The True Nature of The Trinity

Continued from Part 30 The problem with 1 John 5:7-8 It would seem that one of the best New Testament proofs for the Christian doctrine of a triune deity is found in 1 John 5:7-8.  However, this conclusion depends on which translation of the New Testament you are using.  Many modern translations do not include this supposed proof of a trinitarian deity. As rendered in the King James Version of the Bible, it reads:  “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz