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A Large Crowd Surrounded and Closed in on Me

A Large Crowd Surrounded and Closed in on Me

A Large Crowd Surrounded and Closed in on Me At a recent Israel Festival, I was standing in front of the Jews for Judaism booth answering people’s questions. Then it happened. A missionary and his friends challenged my beliefs. They wanted to know how I could get rid of my sins since the Temple was destroyed and we can no longer bring sacrifices. They believed Leviticus 17:11 says, “Without the shedding of blood, there is no atonement for sin,” and I am condemned to eternal damnation unless I
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Why Civilizations Die - And Judaism Survived

Why Civilizations Die - And Judaism Survived

Why Civilizations Die by Rabbi Jonatan Sacks, zt'l In The Watchman’s Rattle, subtitled Thinking Our Way Out of Extinction, Rebecca Costa delivers a fascinating account of how civilisations die. When their problems become too complex, societies reach what she calls a cognitive threshold. They simply can’t chart a path from the present to the future. The example she gives is the Mayans. For a period of three and a half thousand years, between 2,600 BCE and 900 CE, they developed an extraordinar
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
How The Romans Continued To Persecute The Jewish People

How The Romans Continued To Persecute The Jewish People

Continued from Part 9 The Romans were ever vigilant against a Jewish insurrection.  Tenacious in their loyalty to ancestral beliefs and customs Jews presented Rome with a unique security problem, once their religious sensibilities were aroused.  Moreover, there was the Jewish refusal to practice the formalities of state worship. This inevitably brought the charge of disloyalty, from their detractors, especially among the Hellenized Gentile communities.  Judea showed the least appreciable increas
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Was Jesus' blood loss before execution important?

Was Jesus' blood loss before execution important?

What difference does it make if Jesus did or did not undergo serious blood loss while being prepared for or undergoing execution? Let's find out. Answer: According to the New Testament, blood must be shed in order to obtain atonement. The author of the Book of Hebrews maintains that obtaining forgiveness of sin always necessitates that there must first be a shedding of blood (Hebrews 9:11-12, 22). Luke's Jesus claims that his blood was shed for his followers (Luke 22:20). In the biblical bloo
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Was Jesus a high priest?

Was Jesus a high priest?

Isn't it true that Jesus was a high priest and therefore he offered himself as a sacrifice? Answer: It is true that the New Testament Book of Hebrews claims that Jesus was a self-sacrificing high priest. It states: "Christ appeared as a high priest . . . and . . . through his own blood . . . obtained eternal redemption" (Hebrews 9:11-12). Now, remember that the New Testament's Jesus could not violate, even inadvertently, one commandment of the Mosaic Law (Matthew 5:17-18) and that Jesus suppo
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Jesus = Perfect Sacrifice?

Jesus = Perfect Sacrifice?

Didn't Jesus' death mark the culmination of his perfect observance of the Mosaic Law and the institution of the perfect and continuous sacrifice for all time? Let's find out. The claim that one person's perfect observance of the Mosaic Law makes it unnecessary for others to observe it is not found in the Jewish Scriptures. The notion of a one time perfect sacrifice is also alien to the Jewish Scriptures. The New Testament states that included in Jesus' earthly task was the mission to completel
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Who Was Given the Law of God?

Who Was Given the Law of God?

Who Was Given the Law of God? There are three biblical regulations, which relate directly to a study of the claim that Jesus was the ultimate passover lamb whose cosmic role is interwoven with the paschal commemoration and its symbolism. The Israelites must offer the blood of the sacrifice without leaven (Exodus 34:25). The Israelites must not break any bones of the paschal lamb (Exodus 12:46). The Israelites must sacrifice the paschal lamb only at the place appointed by God (Deuteronomy 16:5-
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz