A contemporary Candelabrum (Menorah, Hebrew: מנורה) in the style of a traditional Menorah. Seen here with eight candles lit (the ninth candle is the service, Shamash, Hebrew: שמש), used during the Jewish Hanukkah holiday, 2014, United Kingdom. Photo by Gil Dekel. http://www.poeticmind.co.uk Q & A about Jewish cemeteries and 5-branch menorah Question Last week while …
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Q & A about Messianic Signs by Rabbi Ari Shvat (Chwat) Question What are the signs the Jews will look for to know that the Messiah is coming? Answer Your question about identifying the true redemption is what brought R. Abba and his fellow rabbis about 1,600 years ago (Talmud, Sanhedrin 98a) to search for …
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Carol Wrote: Shalom, I like to tell you about myself so you can know a little about me. I am affiliated with El Shaddai Ministries and when this offer came up to learn I decided to check it into this program. I have been a Christian for 40 years and about 8 years ago I …
Joseph wrote: The Torah and the Tanahk (the Bible): Are they fundamentally related? Gidon responded: Hi Joseph, The Tanakh (TNK) is actually a three volume set, comprised of three books, named for the first letter of each in order: Torah (5 books of Moses) Neviim (prophets) Ketuvim (writings) the letters a and h in Tanakh …
Bonnie wrote: What nationality was Abraham when born? When did he become Hebrew and when did he become a jew? Gidon responded: Thanks Bonnie for your questions! I doubt the word “nationality” as you use it had the same meaning 4000 years ago as it does today… He was born in the area between modern …
Donna wrote: Thank you for being such a light! My question concerns the different sacrifices. The burnt offering was done, (I think), 3 times a day in the Temple courtyard on the brazen altar. Were the sacrifices for sin offered on the same altar or somewhere else? I will study more, but I’m not …
EXODUS 23:15 “You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread” says the Bible, so why do we refer to the holiday as ‘Passover?’ Rabbi Tuly provides a Jewish teaching that explains the difference between the two names and gets to the very heart of what this special festival is all about. Unleavened Bread, or Matzah …
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This week’s music: “The Time is Coming Now” Before anything else, I want to share my respect and thanks to all of the fine medical people of the world who have been sacrificing a major part of their lives to save us all from further pain and suffering. May they be blessed to continue …
Truth Lover wrote: Since you asked Gidon, & I am a non-compromising honest person, I must speak what I know to be the truth. The Oral Tradition or the Talmud is NOT divine at all, but man made & for all of you that claim to be disciples of Yahshua (Jesus), you need to follow …
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Dylan asked: I recently stumbled an article about the temple mount and the construction of the third temple. After Trump recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel there has been a huge push to the construction of the temple Gidon answered: not in this country. Maybe on some facebook page. Dylan asked: and also a …
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Be be wrote: Hi! Why Rabbi Tuly keep saying the Jewish holidays again instead of biblical holidays? Please enlighten me. Gidon responded: Hi Be Be (what a lovely name!:-) Thanks for writing. You noticed something that opens up to you how a Jewish brain works:-) As I have mentioned many times, up until very recently, …
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Melissa wrote: Shalom, I have been reading the Book of Jasher. What is your opinion on the Book of Jasher? I know it’s a historic book and not of much importance, but it seems to fill in some of the missing pieces of the puzzle. Like the ages of some important people …
The following remarks were presented by Root Source teacher Rabbi Elan Adler at the Knesset Bible Study session December 4, 2018/Kislev 26, 5779. Rabbi Elan teaches Chapters of the Fathers on Root Source. Chanukah Candles (Photo: Wikicommons) I would like to express my deep appreciation to Yehuda Glick and Tuly Weisz and Donna Jollay for this …
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Abagail asked: Shalom! Do you have a step by step foundation building study on the 613 Commandments G-D gave Moses, for HIS People to Live By, that is broken down for easy understanding? It would mean SO Much to me! Thank you for all the G-Dly Wisdom you share in this Newsletter! I value your …
Dorothe asked: Shalom, I’ve once heard and read also (just don’t know where again and I could find it in google either) that the current counting of this year 5778 (2018) is due to the fact that the sages subtracted the years of the exiles in Egypt and Babylon. However I cannot find this …
Laura asked: Shalom, I have a question regarding Abram being described as the “first Jew” to depart from Egypt? Was Abram a Jew or Hebrew? It is my understanding that the term “Jew” comes from Jacob’s son Judah primarily, which as we know came after Abram and is of course a descendant/great-grandson of Abram, …
Rev. Dr. John Tierno asked: Rabbi, my wife and I have greatly enjoyed your teachings… thank you. As a gentile believer and ordained minister, something jumped out at me as I listened to lesson 9. You stated a few times that the Jews mission is to lead people/the world back to God. What I …
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Raja wrote: In your messages, you teach from old testament teaching and new testament teaching. New testament teaching is Jesus the Messiah. But you don’t believe it. Christians take up the cross and walk behind Jesus. But you don’t. Then why do you quote and teach from the New Testament? Gidon responded: Hi Raja, thanks …
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Fred asked: I would like to get information on the second coming of our savior and what to look for as I have seen signs in the clouds of a hand from the wrist and the five fingers the only cloud in the sky another on of a sword that did not diminish when …
Sharon asked: (May the Lord put His words in your mouth and may He cover you with the shadow of His hand. (Isaiah 51:16a, NKJV) May you speak what is right and may it be of value to others. (Proverbsx 16:13, TNIV ) Rabbi: in Gen 2 Adam is commanded by HaShem RE “not to eat (of tree of knowledge of good …
Sharon asked: You make it clear, at the end of this lesson, that “there is always a way back.” What does Judaism teach about the after-Eden lifestyle, accomplishments, ‘start-up’ of Adam and Chavah? If the Hebrew “shuv-I” can be defined as “to come back home,” did they accomplish that goal? Is “repentance” a part …
Around January 2017, I was asked by a foreign documentarian to be interviewed. The interview ultimately didn’t take place, but he asked me some initial questions that I though our Root Source readers would like to have a chance to see. What is Judaism for you? Judaism is my identity. My way of life. It …
This week, we feature a question that Bob O’Dell posed (partnership has its privileges:-) He was asking about the contents of the Haftarah of last week’s portion, Chayei Sarah: Why does the Prophets portions have passages outside of the Prophets? I could understand last week with Elisha (II Kings 4:1 – 4:37, that recounts stories …
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One of the Internet and Social Media’s worst anti-Israel activist is Norman Finkelstein. If you haven’t heard of him, that’s not too surprising, as you probably don’t travel in his circles. Our popular Jewish History teacher, Rabbi Ken Spiro, not only dared to debate this despicable person (a phrase I do not use often, …
Abigail asked a question about the best known phrase in a well known Christian prayer, and its relationship with Jewish sources. Shalom! I understand that the Jewish people, in at least one of their prayers, refer to Hashem as “Avinu Shebashamayim” (our Father in Heaven). I am wondering when/how that started. Are there verses in …