Category Archives: Judaism

Why I am a Jew – a video by Rabbi Sacks

Posted on May 25, 2017 by yourphariseefriend
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PASSOVER HIJACKING AND HIJINKS – by R’ Michael Skobac

Posted on April 16, 2017 by yourphariseefriend

PASSOVER HIJACKING AND HIJINKS – by R’ Michael Skobac Each year, numerous missionary churches and Messianic congregations co-opt the holiday of Passover, claiming that it proclaims a Christian message. The Christian bible compares Jesus to the Paschal lamb (John 1:29) … Continue reading →

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The Blood of the Lamb

Posted on March 27, 2017 by yourphariseefriend

The Blood of the Lamb Christians are impressed that it was the blood (!) Of the lamb which saved the Jews in Egypt. Well it was. But it means something quite different than the meaning that Christians have read into … Continue reading →

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Not to Bow

Posted on March 9, 2017 by yourphariseefriend

Not to Bow   “And all the servants of the King that were in the gate of the King kneeled and bowed to Haman but Mordechai would not kneel nor would he bow” (Esther 3:2) Mordechai’s refusal to bow infuriated … Continue reading →

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Foundational Claims – excerpt from Supplement

Posted on February 16, 2017 by yourphariseefriend

In order to establish the logical principles that God exists and that He is in control of nature, God turned over the world (with the miracles of the exodus and Sinai). He did this in front of an entire nation. … Continue reading →

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Names – Exodus 3:14

Posted on December 25, 2016 by yourphariseefriend

Names – Exodus 3:14 The Children of Israel were languishing under the whip of the Egyptian taskmasters and their outcry rose to the heavens. God appears to Moses in the burning bush and He tells Him that He has seen … Continue reading →

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Holy Times

Posted on September 25, 2015 by yourphariseefriend

Holy Times The Biblical holidays seem to be divided into two separate cycles; we have the “Three Festivals” (Pesach-Passover, Shavuot-Festival of Weeks and Sukkot-Tabernacles – Exodus 23:14), and we have the “High Holy Days” (Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur and Sukkot). … Continue reading →

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Festival of Weeks – Isaiah 41:8

Posted on May 17, 2015 by yourphariseefriend

Festival of Weeks – Isaiah 41:8  Love doesn’t calculate. Love does not hear the discouraging voices.  Love is innocent. Love yearns and it follows. But love does not ask: what will I gain? Could I really get there? Scripture doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Channuka – Excerpt from Contra Brown

Posted on December 21, 2014 by yourphariseefriend

1.    Haggai 2:6 – 9. “For thus says the Lord of hosts: There will be one more; it is a small one. I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land. I will shake … Continue reading →

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Where Heaven Meets Earth

Posted on November 30, 2014 by yourphariseefriend

Where Heaven Meets Earth There is no paragraph break in the Torah scroll between Genesis 28:10 and Genesis 32:3. These chapters in Scripture form one lengthy paragraph in the Torah. Interestingly, the phrase “angels of God” only appear twice in … Continue reading →

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