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A Jewish Passion for God

A Jewish Passion for God

A Jew's passion is for God. The first and most basic statement of the Jewish faith proclaims our love and faith in One God, and our commitment and covenant to serve Him with all our heart, soul and strength. Our prayers are full of praise for the Creator, echoing the joy and passion of the relationship that was conceived with Abraham,and given birth at Sinai. We relate to God as a loving and perfect father, and as a benevolent and wise king whom we serve. It is a relationship with roots in hi
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Future Hope - FACING A HOPELESS FUTURE

Future Hope - FACING A HOPELESS FUTURE

Future Hope FACING A HOPELESS FUTUREA Critical Book ReviewBy Gerald Sigal Future Hope:  A Jewish Christian Look at the End of the World By David Brickner. San Francisco:  Purple Pomegranate Productions. 1999. 154 pages. Among evangelical Protestants "end of this world" predictions have been big business for centuries.  It has spawned thousands of denominations, sects, and cults.  It gives hope to millions.  In a sense, it is a continuation of an expectation as old as Christianity itself.
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Do cult leaders really believe what they preach?

Do cult leaders really believe what they preach?

We can’t know what they really believe, but their acts speak for themselves. Many leaders of religious cults claim to be G-d’s special messengers, prophets, Jesus, the Messiah, or G-d Himself. For example, Jews believe that “the messiah” will bring about peace for mankind. This appears to be a noble and serious task. One cult leader who claims to be the messiah goes to Las Vegas and gambles huge sums of the hard-earned money that his followers collect, for 10 to 15 hours a day, on street corner
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
The Scriptural Messiah - A Second Look

The Scriptural Messiah - A Second Look

Now that most non-Jewish scholars concede that Isaiah 53 refers to the Jewish people... Some Christians have tried to find support for their beliefs in Rabbinic writings. Traditional Judaism NEVER believed that there would be a supernatural virgin-born Messiah who would be killed as an atonement for sin. If this had been the traditional Jewish belief all along, it certainly came as a shock to the Jewish followers of Jesus. When the Nazerene told his followers that he must go to Jerusalem to s
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Wanted: the Jewish Messiah

Wanted: the Jewish Messiah

The following is a brief explanation of the Jewish Messiah.  The Jewish tradition of "The Messiah" has its foundation in numerous biblical references, and understands "The Messiah" to be a human being - without any overtone of deity or divinity - who will bring about certain changes in the world and fulfill certain criteria before he can be acknowledged as "The Messiah". First of all, he must be Jewish "...you may appoint a king over you, whom the L-rd your G-d shall choose: one from among you
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Must the Messiah be a descendent of Solomon?

Must the Messiah be a descendent of Solomon?

I understand that the Messiah must be a descendant of David but where does it say he must be a descendant of Solomon as well? Answer: The Scriptures teach that the Messiah will inherit his lawful and legal right to kingship through the ancestry of his biological father. Explicit in this evidence is the fact that God's promised Messiah must be a male heir of not only David: For thus says the Lord: There shall not be cut off to David a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel . . . . I
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Did Jews believe the suffering servant was the messiah?

Did Jews believe the suffering servant was the messiah?

Is it true (as Christians claim) that Jews at the time of the destruction of the Second Temple believed that Isaiah 53 spoke of a suffering messiah who was to die as an atonement for the sins of others and then be resurrected? Let's find out. Answer: A number of interpretations as to the identity of the "suffering servant" and what he was to accomplish may have been current during the Second Temple period. However, there is no evidence to support the Christian contention that the interpretation
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Is it true that Jews interpreted Isaiah 53 as referring to the Messiah before Rashi?

Is it true that Jews interpreted Isaiah 53 as referring to the Messiah before Rashi?

Is it true that Jews interpreted Isaiah 53 as referring to the Messiah until the medieval commentator Rashi explained it as referring to the people of Israel? Let's find out Answer: Christian missionaries claim that it is only with the commentary of Rashi (1040-1105), seeking to refute the Christian interpretation, that the Jews began to refer Isaiah 52:13-53:12 to the entire nation of Israel. This misconception perhaps owes its origin to Edward Pusey, who wrote in his 1876 introduction to The
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz