How many hairs do you have on your head?
105,895
oh, wait...
105,894
losing hair constantly at my age.
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How many hairs do you have on your head?
Are you aware that Judaism doesn't believe in sacrifice for sins?
I used to practice Messianic Judaism, But not anymore.
For all you Messianic Jews who lurk here, unposting and silent. Ask me anything, and I will answer as best I can. (No one other than MJ, plz, this is a DIR)
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What are frubals?
How many hairs do you have on your head?
Can You name your ribs?
Can you define your interpretation of anything for us please?
May I ask if you perform the Shabbat in the exact way a non-Messianic Jewish person would, or are there any slight variations? If so, may I ask what?
what literature on yeshua would you recommend I read?
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Here's one:
A Rabbinic Commentary on the New Testament:
The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke
Amazon.com: A Rabbinic Commentary on the New Testament: The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke (9780881250893): Samuel Tobias Lachs: Books
The three Peoples who descend from Abraham each have additional blessings (in addition to Abraham's blessings), and their own path to HaShem.
Ishmael was Abraham's first-born, found in Genesis 17:
"...And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation...."
Ishmael is the father of the Northern Arabic Peoples, and from him came the Prophet Muhammad to bring G-d's blessing to Ishmael's descendants.
Edom is the descendant of Esau, the first-born of Issac. Esau gives up his birthright to Jacob, and receives this blessing in Genesis 27:
"...And Isaac his father answered and said unto him: Behold, of the fat places of the earth shall be thy dwelling, and of the dew of heaven from above; And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt break loose, that thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck..."
Edom does indeed live by the sword, and establishes a great empire: Rome.
Christianity is indeed the yoke shaken off, and now Edom has it's own path to HaShem. Western civilization is the successor and inheritor of Rome, but sadly has shown the need to continue to live by the sword, and see the Jews as an enemy.
Israel (Jacob) is the younger son of Issac, and inherits the blessing of the priestly role.
Shalom and Welcome whatever brings you here! No where is quite like RF, I hope you stay.I signed up just to ask you this question (although I may stick around the forums in general).
When I refer to the yoke shaken off, I'm referring to the blessing that Isaac gave to Esau:Basically I was interested in what you had already mentioned about Edomites, but this is particularly interesting: "Christianity is indeed the yoke shaken off, and now Edom has it's own path to HaShem."
What does it mean? I really don't know how to interpret what you're saying. Can you provide some kind of historical context to Christianity being shaken off, and when?
It's a bit more complex than that, IMHO. HaShem decreed that there would be Nations, and they would be distinct and different from each other. For Jews, it's being a People. We welcome outsiders into the People all the time, by conversion. Converts are just as much Jews as any other Jews, so it's not race. We Jews have many 'branches' or denominations who practice Judaism differently, so it's not just Faith.Also more generally, how does one count a person as a group of any of the above? Is it based on philosophy, faith, or family lineage?
It's a bit more complex than that, IMHO. HaShem decreed that there would be Nations, and they would be distinct and different from each other. For Jews, it's being a People. We welcome outsiders into the People all the time, by conversion. Converts are just as much Jews as any other Jews, so it's not race. We Jews have many 'branches' or denominations who practice Judaism differently, so it's not just Faith.
It's a heritage, a culture, a People. A Nation of Priests... that's what we Jews are.
What defines other nations or people... I'm not in a position to say. They say.