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You Are My Witnesses - A Traditional Response to Missionaries

You Are My Witnesses - A Traditional Response to Missionaries

Foreword by Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski, M.D. Rabbi Yisroel Chaim Blumethal's You Are My Witnesses is a lucid summation of the cogent arguments and authentic translations of the Scriptures that were started by Torah Scholars throughout history to refute the claims of missionaries who sought to seduce Jews to renounce their Judaism. Given the strenuous efforts being made by missionaries to attract Jews, who are essentially ignorant of Torah. Rabbi Blumenthal's dissertation is extremely importa
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Jesus Codes - Uses and Abuses - Part 4

Jesus Codes - Uses and Abuses - Part 4

By: Rabbi Daniel Mechanic1 (In consultation with Doron Witztum2 and Harold Gans3) DANIEL MECHANIC is a senior international Codes lecturer and researcher for the Aish Hatorah/Discovery Seminar. He would like to thank Dr. Jeffrey Satinover - a world-renowned author on Codes- for his helpful comments. This article has been split into 4 parts - read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 as well. Statistically Verifiable Torah Codes Doron Witztum, a Biblical scholar living in Jerusalem, is a world-renowned C
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Why Exploring The Seventy Weeks of Daniel Verse By Verse Is Crucial

Why Exploring The Seventy Weeks of Daniel Verse By Verse Is Crucial

Continued from Part 1 ... Part 2 THE PASSAGE:  VERSE BY VERSE The decree Verse 24: Seventy weeks are decreed upon your people and upon your holy city, to terminate the transgression, and to make an end of sin, and to forgive iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal vision and prophet, and to anoint the Holy of Holies. Verse 24 contains six phrases directed solely for “your people and upon your holy city” (that is, the Jewish nation and Jerusalem) whose respective co
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When you serve God

When you serve God

When you serve God through the Torah and its teachings, this brings about great delight on high. If you want to know whether God has pleasure from your service, the test is as follows. If you see that your heart burns like fire, with constant enthusiasm to serve God, and if you have desire and delight in serving God, then it is certain that God also has delight in your worship. As a result of God's delight, you are helped on high, and holy thoughts are sent to your heart. Rabbi Levi Yitzchak o
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Rejoicing in God

Rejoicing in God

Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov explained that physical coupling and procreation cannot take place without arousal, passion and joy. The same is true of spiritual “coupling”. Torah study and prayer must be experienced in a state of arousal, passion and joy if they are to bear fruit…Spiritual devotion directed toward building intimacy with G-d will be an experience of sweetness, delight and joy…. It is written, “I will rejoice rejoicing in G-d” (Isaiah 61:10). Rabbi Dov Ber, the Mezricher Maggid exp
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Misconceptions Around The Atonement From Sin

Misconceptions Around The Atonement From Sin

Continued from Part 11 Did Jesus fulfill the Torah’s requirements for blood sacrifice (Matthew 5:17-18)? Under no circumstances can one say that Jesus shed his blood as a sin-offering as would be necessary under the conditions set by New Testament doctrine itself.  It is not true that “Christ died for sins, once for all … so that he might bring you to God” (1 Peter 3:18).  Jesus did not die as a result of blood loss from any wounds.  There was no shedding of blood, hence, no sacrifice! Many C
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Repentance - Tishuvah

Repentance - Tishuvah

Question: What is the Jewish concept of Repentance and Tishuvah? The Hebrew word for repentance is Tshuvah-תשובה and literally means to “return to G-d.” Our personal relationship with G-d allows us to turn directly to Him at any time, as it states: * “Return to Me and I shall return to you” (Malachi 3:7) * “when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.” (Ezekiel 18:27) Additionally, G-d is extr
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