I haven’t posted anything on Shavuot because we had a small service largely from a Messianic holiday siddur (a Jewish prayer book).
There are some things about Shavuot that I think are worth remembering, though. I do want you to remember that Shavuot is also called Pentecost. For Jews it celebrates the giving of the […]
Well, where to begin? Coming from a Christian perspective we all know that Catholics have a prayer or a blessing for everything. I can tell you that they were not the originators of this concept. This fact is one thing that makes this study so daunting. Let’s peruse a short list […]
Read more »The Menorah
We can see the menorah’s design laid out in Exodus 25:31-40. Verse 40 shows that this is a shadow because it was part of what was “shown to Moses on the mountain.” Hebrews 8:5 talks about the shadows from Exodus and Hebrews 9:2 specifically mentions the lampstand (the menorah) as one piece […]
When I signed up to do this talk I thought, “this will be an easy one. There’s so much to tie Jubilee in to the Messiah and the New Covenant. You’ve got freedom for captives; you’ve got rest for the land; forgiveness of debts.” All the feasts are a shadow, so Jubilee must be the […]
Read more »This is an email I got from a friend in Birmingham. He did a lot of studying on Jewish weddings in preparation for his own (he and his wife got married last year after Sukkot) so I asked him for some help with the study I was doing. Unfortunately I got in touch […]
Read more »A traditional Jewish wedding consists of two parts (I got these names wrong a bit when I spoke Friday Night):
* The Eyrusin - The betrothal; also called the Kiddushin which means “the setting apart” (lit. “sanctification”)
* The Nisuin - The actual wedding ceremony (would have been held no less than one year after the eyrusin)
The Sabbath. What is the Sabbath? Why do we keep the Sabbath?
Genesis 2:1-3
G-d rested. He blessed the day and set it apart. He made it holy.
Exodus 20:8-11
Note it says “remember the Sabbath.” One of the two sabbath candles is for “remember.” And also “in six days the L-RD made […]