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A Vacuum Yet To Be Filled

A Vacuum Yet To Be Filled

Dear Rebbetzin Jungreis, I have wanted to write you for a long time because you helped me in such a profound way. I am so very thankful for your work, your message, your books, and your unapologetic call to all Jews to return to our Torah and heritage. Three years ago, I was in the process of exiting the Messianic "Jewish" lifestyle. Your book, The Jewish Soul On Fire helped me to want to return to a true Torah lifestyle. Let me tell you how you helped save my Jewish neshamah: I grew up as a
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Three Weeks and Spiritual Transformation

Three Weeks and Spiritual Transformation

The Jewish Temple was a holy and magnificent edifice, described as one of the wonders of the world. It majestically stood in Jerusalem for more than 830 years as the nucleus of Jewish worship. The first Temple, built by King Solomon, stood for 410 years until it was destroyed by the invading armies of the Babylonian empire. Seventy years later the Persian king, Cyrus the Great, allowed the rebuilding of the second Temple which stood for 420 years under Persian, Greek and Roman domination. Its u
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Shavuot - The Holiday that Nurtures Our Souls

Shavuot - The Holiday that Nurtures Our Souls

Jews throughout the world recently celebrated the holiday of Shavuot. Shavuot is one of the three major Jewish festivals and comes exactly fifty days after Passover. After being redeemed from Egyptian slavery, the Jews arrived on Mount Sinai and received the Torah from God. This wonderful event took place 3,316 years ago. The word Shavuot means "weeks." It marks the completion of the seven weeks, 49 days, between Passover and Shavuot during which the Jewish people prepared themselves for the gi
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
What are the implications of the New Testament claim that Jesus was "born under law"?

What are the implications of the New Testament claim that Jesus was "born under law"?

What are the implications of the New Testament claim that Jesus was "born under law"? Let's find out. Answer: In Galatians 4:4 Paul claims that "God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under law." If we presume a birth without a man's assistance, we still have the problem that Jesus was not born in accordance with the Law. His birth, according to the New Testament, violates the laws of the Torah, which specify what constitutes adultery. Mary, according to the New Testament, did not conc
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
How can Jews say that the suffering servant of Isaiah 53 refers to the Jewish people?

How can Jews say that the suffering servant of Isaiah 53 refers to the Jewish people?

How can Jews say that the suffering servant of Isaiah 53 refers to the Jewish people when not every aspect of this passage has been fulfilled by any individual Jew, including Jesus? Answer: God deals with Israel in two ways. Singularly, with every individual and collectively, with the nation as a whole. Isaiah 53 is an overview of the historical encounter of collective national Israel with the nations of the world and God's rewards to the collective remnant of Israel for its faithfulness to Hi
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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
Did Jesus Fulfill the Law (the Torah)?

Did Jesus Fulfill the Law (the Torah)?

QUESTION: Did Jesus Fulfill the Law (the Torah)? ANSWER: The Law (the Torah) is considered by the New Testament to have been completely fulfilled by Jesus (Matthew 5:17-18). Complete fulfillment could only occur at the moment of Jesus' death (John 19:30). That death is considered the culmination of the Law (Romans 10:4; Galatians 3:24-25; Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 10:12, 14). Everything occurring to Jesus prior to that moment would have had to be under the Law. Yet, neither the physical condit
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Making a Spiritual Connection

Making a Spiritual Connection

By Rabbi Aaron Parry and Dr Tamar Frankiel Conventional Jewish thinking defines the "religious person” as the man who puts on tefillin (frontlets), keeps kosher, and fasts on all the fast days. But he doesn't meditate or reflect on his inner life, nor does he become involved in the community to do acts of chesed (kindness). Others will admire the "spiritual person” who is involved in deep thought, reads and goes to inspiring lectures, and studies mysticism, but doesn't keep many of the specifi
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz