The Mezuzah Hier is so ,n bietjieagtergrond van die Mezuzah……One consistent feature of every Mazuzah however simple or ornate is the Hebrew letter "Shin" (Dit is die letter watjygesien het watsoos 'n "pitch fork" lyk). Shin is the abbreviation of God's most musical name, Shaddai. Sometimes the complete word of Shin, Daled, Yod is spelled […]

Kabbalah Kabbalah is the name applied to the whole range of Jewish mystical activity. While codes of Jewish law focus on what it is God wants from man, kabbalah tries to penetrate deeper, to God’s essence itself. There are elements of kabbalah in the Bible, for example, in the opening chapter of Ezekiel, where the […]

“What is the Shema?”… Shema ("hear") is the Hebrew word that begins the most important prayer in Judaism., which begins with the command to "Hear." Deuteronomy 6:4"Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone" The whole Shema prayer, which includes verses 4-9, is spoken daily in the Jewish tradition:……"Listen, O Israel! The […]

“Why do most Jews reject Jesus as the Messiah?”……Answer: The Jews rejected Jesus because He failed, in their eyes, to do what they expected their Messiah to do-destroy evil and all their enemies and establish an eternal kingdom with Israel as the preeminent nation in the world. The prophecies in Isaiah and Psalm 22 described […]

“What is the Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)?”……Complete Jewish Bible – History…The Complete Jewish Bible was translated by David H. Stern, an Israel-based Messianic Jewish theologian. Published in 1998 by Jewish New Testament Publications, the CJB claims to be "Jewish in manner and presentation." The names of the books are Jewish along with their English names […]

“What is the guff?”……The guff is a term the Talmud uses to refer to the repository of all unborn souls. The Talmud is the Jewish commentary on the Torah, or the Old Testament, and especially the first five books of the Bible known as the Pentateuch. Jewish tradition states that the Talmud began as oral […]

“What is the Hebrew Roots movement?”……Answer: The premise of the Hebrew Roots movement is the belief that the Christian Church has veered far from the true teachings and Hebrew concepts of the Bible. The movement maintains that Christianity has been indoctrinated with the culture and beliefs of Greek and Roman philosophy and that ultimately biblical […]