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Today we use the Gregorian calendar from Pope Gregory; from the
1500’s.
Today is April
8, 2017 – in the 21 Century
April -- Aphrodite's month
Old
English April(is)
Latin Aprilis
Etruscan Apru
Greek Aphro, short for Aphrodite.
Aprilis had 30 days, until Numa when it had 29
days, until Julius when it became 30 days long.
Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty. She is identified with the Roman goddess Venus.
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Yehovah God has His
own calendar, which is deleted from the world
We
are now in the 1st month of the God of Israel called Nisan, נִיסָן and ha aviv הָאָבִיב – 10th day
Esth.3 [7] In the first month, that is, the month Nisan
בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן, הוּא-חֹדֶשׁ נִיסָן
Exod.13 [4] This day came ye out in the month ha Abib. הָאָבִיב
הַיּוֹם, אַתֶּם יֹצְאִים, בְּחֹדֶשׁ, הָאָבִיב
A part of March
/ April 2017
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We read from the law and the prophets every Sabbath like they did
in the Book of Acts.
Acts: 13 [15] And after the reading
of the law and the prophets…
Luke 24 [44] And Yeshua said unto them, These are the
words which I spoke unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be
fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and
in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning Me.
The Word of God - Torah, Prophets and Writings (psalms), as Yeshua put it.
Ta Na Kk is an acronym for:
T = Torah (law, teachings) - first 5
books God gave to Moses
N = Navi' eem or prophets (pl. sounds like - Na vi
eem)
K = Ke'tuvim or writings
(psalms etc.)
At this point, there were neither gospels nor letters written.
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I will explain the Sabbath each week now during the coming holydays
This is how
simple it is:
Question: So why are we here today?
Answer: We were told to remember the Sabbath Day to
keep it holy.
Sabbath is the “4th Commandment” 0f the 10 Commandments
Today is the rest of the holy Sabbath unto Yehovah
I will explain
the Sabbath day from Scripture, the 7th day.
The Sabbath is not a service for an hour
and a half, but a 24 hour period, the seventh day.
Not any day you pick.
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Gen.2 [1] Thus the heavens and the earth were
finished, and all the host of them.
[2]
And on the seventh day God ended his work which
He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had
made.
[3]
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it:
because that in it He had rested from all His work which God created and made.
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Lev. 23 [32] … from even (sunset) unto even (sunset), shall ye
celebrate your Sabbath.
The Sabbath is the 4th Commandment of the covenant given to us at
Mount Sinai in the 3rd month, Sivan
The
10 commandments are in Exod. 20 and Deut. 5 - if you
just know this, you will know more than most ministers.
זכר Remember
zâkar - zaw-kar' - A primitive root; properly to mark (so
as to be recognized), that is, to remember; by implication to mention; make
mention of, be mindful, recount, record (-er),
remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in)
remembrance, be still, think on, well.
Ex. 20 [8] Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
[9]
Six days shalt thou labour,
and do all thy work:
[10]
But the seventh day is the Sabbath of Yehovah thy God:
in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle,
nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
[11]
For in six days Yehovah
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh
day: wherefore Yehovah
blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.
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Isa. 58 [13] If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure
on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of Yehovah,
honorable; and shalt honor him,
1 - not doing thine
(your) own ways
2 - nor finding thine
(your) own pleasure
3 - nor speaking thine
(your) own words:
[14]
Then shalt thou delight thyself in Yehovah; and I will cause
thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of Yehovah
hath spoken it.
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Lev. 23 [3] Six days shall work be done: but the seventh
day is the Sabbath of rest, an "holy
convocation"; ye shall do no work therein: it
is the Sabbath of Yehovah in all your dwellings.
Dwelling:מושׁב môshâv - seat,
assembly, dwelling-place, dwelling, your situation, location, (at) time of
dwelling.
All Sabbaths
are "holy convocations, a miqra kodesh"
Lev.23
[1]
And Yehovah spake unto
Moses, saying,
[2]
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, concerning the feasts of Yehovah, which ye
shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are
My feasts.
[3] Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is
the Sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye
shall do no work therein: it is the Sabbath of Yehovah in all your dwellings.
[4] These are the feasts of Yehovah,
even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
מקרא miqra: convocation,
convoking, reading, a calling together,
sacred assembly, something called out, that is, a public meeting (the act, the
persons, or the place); also a rehearsal
קדשׁ kodesh: a sacred
place or thing; consecrated, dedicated, hallowed, holiness, saint, sanctuary,
apartness, sacredness, separateness, apartness, sacredness, holiness: All to
the God of Israel.
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Buying and selling is evil on the Sabbath.
Neh. 13 [16] There dwelt men of Tyre
also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath
unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
[17]
Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, what evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the Sabbath
day?
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Our Passover is this Wednesday evening
Amazingly, we always lose and gain new people at this time.
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Before we start, first I will do a short review of the Spring Feasts and Holy Days. It seems I can never review these days early enough.
The spring
holy days and feasts for 2017
Remember all
the days starts the evening before
New Year 30th of March, Thursday
Passover – April 12th, Wednesday
We
eat the Passover the evening of the 12th, and then the Feast of unleavened Bread starts and continues
until the 19th of April 2017
The First fruits, Resurrection Day is the 16th of April, Sunday
Feasts of Weeks / Pentecost – Sunday
June 4th, 2017 – a Sabbath
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A little Hebrew
Passover – פֶּסַח
Feast of Unleavened Bread - חַג הַמַּצּוֹת
First fruitsבִּכּוּרֵי “Offering
time”
50 days from First Fruits:
Remember we will be counting "weeks" not omers
An "omer" is a "sheaf" of barley
עמר omer - A dry measure of 1/10 ephah (about 2 liters)
Feast of Weeks, Hag Sh'vu-ot - חַג
שָׁבֻעֹת “Offering time”
Feast of Harvest Hag ha katseer - חַג
הַקָּצִיר
Pentecost
= 50 days
(A Sabbath) Sunday, (there are
2 Sabbaths in a row)
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Today’s Topic:
2017 - Again, Things "not to do" at a Passover Seder
Some Passover Seders done by some Messianics and Judaism is not scriptural.
Some go to 2 or 3 Passover Seders – wrong
This not a game, don’t do Passover with people that don’t
keep the commandments
Some people boast of large Passover Seders with pseudo Christians
We eat the Passover meal and go over the Haggadah
in the evening during the beginning the first day of
unleavened bread, a Sabbath.
How could anyone be there that does not keep Sabbath?
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"The Cup" – Not 4 or 5 cups - scripture
never says "the cups"
There
is only "one cup" of the New Testament
in Yeshua's Blood.
Tit.1 [14] Not
giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of
men, that turn from the truth.
There are no Rabbis in TaNaKh
Rabbis made up the "four
expressions" - then “Four”
Cups” at the Pesach Seder because they reject the Gospels and letters.
Rabbis don't recognize Yeshua the Messiah as "Our Passover".
This is why we tell people not to follow Rabbis and Judaism.
They have all rejected the Hebrew Scriptures about Messiah
Rabbis always "add and diminish" from God's Word.
Deut.4 [
2] Ye shall not add unto the
word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye
may keep the commandments of Yehovah your
God which I command you.
Deut.12 [32]
What thing soever I
command you, observe to do it: thou shalt
not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
Prov.30 [6]
Add thou not unto his words
, lest he reprove thee, and thou
be found a liar.
Read only the Word of God and not commentaries, otherwise you will be
- As Paul puts it - 2Tim.3
[7] Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
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If you are going to do "Four" Expressions of
Redemption,
Why not do "Seven?
I see "SEVEN"
Exod.6
[1] Then Yehovah said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he
let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
[2] And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him,
I am Yehovah:
[3] And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name
of God Almighty, but by my name YEHOVAH was I not known to them.
[4] And I have also established my covenant with them , to give them the land of
Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.
[5] And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel,
whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant .
Verse [6] Wherefore say unto the
children of Israel, I am Yehovah, and
1 - I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and
2 - I
will rid you out of their bondage,
and
3 - I will redeem you with a stretched out
arm, and with great judgments:
4 - [7] And
I will take you to me for a people, and
5 - I
will be to you a God : and ye shall know that I am Yehovah your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
6 - [8] And
I will bring you in unto the land,
concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob;
and
7 - I
will give it you for a heritage: I am Yehovah
We don't believe these men below are great Torah scholars.
Saul / Paul tells us:
2 Cor. 10[12] For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare
ourselves with some "that commend themselves:"
"but they measuring themselves by
themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are
not wise".
This below is what Judaism made up:
From the "11th to 16th centuries"
***The Chumash, page 319 - 6-7
These "four stages" are the basis for the rabbinic requirement of the Four Cups at the Pesach
Seder.
The expressions, as explained by Rabbi Bachya.
Rabbi Bachaya Ibn Pakuda - (Eleventh Century)
The "four expressions" of redemption (represented at
the Passover Seder by the "Four Cups of
wine") relate to the four aspects of our liberation from Egypt:
I will bring you out
I will save you
I will redeem you
I will take you (6:6-7)
(Nachmanides; Soforno)
**Rabbis made this up because they don't
recognize Yeshua the Messiah as "Our Passover"
1 Cor. 5 [7] Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new
lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Messiah / Christ
our Passover is sacrificed for us:
We don't believe this man below is a great Torah scholar. He
missed the Messiah in the Hebrew Scriptures.
Nachmanides/Ramban (1194-1270)
(Rabbi Moshe ben
Nachman)
Nachmanides was a Spaniard who was both a
physician and a so-called great Torah scholar. (However
he missed the Messiah in the Hebrew Scriptures.
Still think he is a great Torah scholar? )
Nachmanides had a "strong mystical bent". His
biblical commentaries are the first ones to incorporate "the mystical teachings".
We don't believe this man below is a great Torah scholar. He
missed the Messiah in the Hebrew Scriptures.
Rabbi Ovadya Seforno
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Now the Truth from Scripture:
One Blood, cup - One Bread
Matt.26 [26]
And as they were eating, Yeshua took
bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave
it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.[27]
And he took "the cup", and
gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye
all of "it";[28] For this is my blood of the new
testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.[29] But
I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until
that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
Mark 14: [22]
And as they did eat, Yeshua took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat:
this is my body.[23] And he took "the
cup", and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of "it".[24] And he said
unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.[25]
Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until
that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.[26] And when they
had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
Luke :22 [15]
And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:[16] For I say unto you, I will not
any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
[17] And he took "the cup",
and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:
[18] For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine,
until the kingdom of God shall come.
[19] And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and
gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in
remembrance of me.[20] Likewise also "the cup" after
supper, saying,
"This cup" is the New
Testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
1 Cor. 10 [16]
"The cup" of blessing which we
bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Messiah / Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion
of the body of Messiah / Christ? [17] For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
1 Cor. 11 [23]
For I have received of the Lord – Messiah Yeshua that
which also I delivered unto you, That Lord Yeshua the
same night in which he was betrayed took bread:[24] And when he had
given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which
is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.[25] After the same
manner also he took "the cup",
when he had supped, saying, "This cup" is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.[26] For as often as ye
eat this bread, and drink "this cup",
ye do shew Yeshua's death till he come.[27] Wherefore whosoever shall eat this
bread, and drink "this cup" of
Yehovah, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of Yeshua.[28] But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that
bread, and drink of "that cup".[29]
For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not
discerning the Lord Yeshua's body.[30] For this
cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.[31] For if we
would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.[32] But when we are
judged, we are chastened of Yehovah, that
we should not be condemned with the world.
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"Next thing not to do"
Don't leave the door open for Elijah or set a cup of wine
for him
Elijah / Elias // John The Baptist
Why at Passover Seders are people leaving the door open and
setting a cup of wine for Elijah to come?
Yeshua said He IS come!!!
Who did God say He would send?
I will send my messenger
I will send you Elijah the prophet
What was he going to do?
he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and
the heart of
the children to their fathers
truly shall first come, and restore all things
Isa.
40 [3] The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord - Messiah, make
straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Matt. 3 [1] In those days came John the
Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
[2] And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
[3] For this is he that was spoken of by the
prophet Esaias, (40:3) saying, The voice of
one crying in the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way of the Lord - Messiah, make his paths
straight.
[4] And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern
girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Mark 1 [1] The beginning of the gospel of Yeshua the
Messiah, the Son of God;
[2] As it is written in the prophets, (Malachi 3:1) Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall
prepare thy way before thee.
[3] The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye
the way of the Lord, Messiah Yeshua, make his paths straight. (Isa. 40:3)
[4] John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of
repentance for the remission of sins.
Mal.
3[1] Behold, I will send my messenger,
and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord - Messiah, whom ye seek,
shall suddenly come to this temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye
delight in: behold, he shall come, saith Yehovah of hosts.
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Matt. 3 [1] In
those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
[2] And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
[3] For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias (40:3), saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye
the way of the Lord - Messiah, make his paths straight.
[4] And the same John had his raiment
of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins;
and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
2Kgs.
1 [8] And they answered him, He was an
hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his
loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
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What was he going to do?
Mal. 4 [5]
Behold, I will send you Elijah
the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of Yehovah:[6]
And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the
children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come
and smite the earth with a curse.
Luke 1
[1] Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order
a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
[2] Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were
eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
[3] It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all
things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
[4] That thou mightest know the certainty of those
things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
[5] There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest
named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and
his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
[6] And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the
commandments and ordinances of Yehovah
blameless.
[7] And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they
both were now well stricken in years.
[8] And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office
before God in the order of his course,
[9] According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn
incense when he went into the temple of Yehovah.
[10] And the whole multitude of the people were
praying without at the time of incense.
[11] And there appeared unto him an angel of Yehovah
standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
[12] And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon
him.
[13] But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is
heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
[14] And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and
many shall rejoice at his birth.
[15] For he shall be great in the sight of Yehovah, and shall drink neither
wine nor strong drink; and he shall be
filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
[16] And many of the children of Israel
shall he turn to Yehovah their God.
[17] And he (John) shall go before him (Messiah) in the spirit and
power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the
fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make
ready a people prepared for Yehovah. (Malachi 4:5 above)
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What Yehsua said about John The Baptist:
Matt. 11:9 But what went ye
out for to see? A prophet? yea,
I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
[10] For this is he, of whom it is written,
Behold, I send my messenger before thy
face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. (Mal.
3:1 and 4:5)
[11] Verily I say unto you, Among them that
are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist:
notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
[12] And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. [13] For all the prophets
and the law prophesied until John. [14] And if ye will
receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. (Mal.
3:1 and 4:5)
[15] He that hath ears to hear let him hear.
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Matt.17 [10] And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
[11] And Yeshua answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.
[12] But I say unto you, that Elias is come
already, and they knew him not, but have
done unto him whatsoever they listed.
Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
[13] Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
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Mark 9[11] And they
asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias
must first come?
[12] And he answered and told them, Elias
verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and
how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be
set at nought. [13] But I say unto you, that Elias is
indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as
it is written of him.
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"Next thing not to do"
Where does it say to have special Passover plates and silverware? (Someone
is making allot of money)
"Next things not to do"
Tell me, what's with the egg (sounds like pagan Easter eggs), shank
bone that they have on a plate?
Why not do what the Scriptures say? Is this too easy?
Exod.
12 [8] And they shall eat the flesh in
that night, roast (lamb) with fire, and unleavened
bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
We do this day as a memorial:
Exod. 12 [14] And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to Yehovah throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance
for
ever.
"Next thing not to do"
Don’t charge people money to attend a Seder. Where did they get that
from?
This makes me sad. What about the people who can't afford to attend?
This is not a game........
"Next thing not to do"
Many people attend more than one Seder.
Some boast of 2 or more they attended. Passover is on a specific day,
not days.
This is all adding to the Word of God.
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"Next thing not to do"
It is not wise to tell God what to do or how to do it
In stanza three Dayanu means, "It would have sufficed"-in other words:
"Enough already!" is an unscriptural traditional song.
Read below:
If He had merely rescued us from Egypt, but had
not punished the Egyptians. DAYENU
If He had merely punished the Egyptians, but had
not destroyed their gods. DAYENU
If He had merely destroyed their gods, but had
not slain their first born. DAYENU
If He had merely slain their first born, but had not given us their
property. DAYENU
If He had merely given us their property, but had
not split the sea for us. DAYENU
If He had merely split the sea for us, but had
not brought us through on dry ground. DAYENU
If He had merely brought us through on dry ground, but had not drowned
our oppressors. DAYENU
If He had merely drowned our oppressors, but had
not supplied us in the desert for forty years. DAYENU
If He had merely supplied us in the desert for
forty years, but had not fed us with manna. DAYENU
If He had merely fed us with manna, but had not
given us the Shabbat. DAYENU
If He had merely given us the Shabbat, but had
not brought us to Mount Sinai. DAYENU
If He had merely brought us to Mount Sinai, but
had not given us the Torah. DAYENU
If He had merely given us the Torah, but had not
brought us to the land of Israel. DAYENU
If He had merely brought us to the land of
Israel, but had not built us the Temple.
DAYENU
We would have been satisfied, it would have been enough.
This sounds terrible to me.............
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"Next thing not to do"
afikoman?
Manischewitz matzahs?
Rabbi Dov Behr Manischewitz,
was born in Lithuania and immigrated to Cincinnati in 1886.
He started out by supplying matzah to newly arrived Jewish immigrants who were
heading west to seek a new and better life in America. It was very important to
Rabbi Manischewitz that
every Jew, even those in transit, be provided with matzah at Passover.
Remember:
Rabbi Dov Behr Manischewitz' immigrated to Cincinnati in 1886.
Try not to use Rabbi Dov
Behr Manischewitz's matzah at Passover. (even though they are good other times)
Moses did not use Rabbi Dov
Behr Manischewitz's matzah at Passover - he was not born
yet!
Yeshua did not use Rabbi Dov
Behr Manischewitz's matzah at Passover - he was not born
yet!
We make unleavened bread, that simple.
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They say - NEAR
THE BEGINNING of a Passover Seder, a piece of matzah is broken in half.
The larger of the two pieces is hidden away until the end of the meal.
When it is brought back from concealment it is shared by everyone at
the table as their final morsel. This broken and hidden piece of matzah is called the afikoman.
All this ceremony and the name afikoman are shrouded in mystery.
None of it is explained by the Haggadah
Nor is it mentioned in Scripture
The term appears first in the Mishnah (tractate Pesahim 10:8), the earliest collection of rabbinic
legal rulings, codified around 200 AD. Though afikoman
is written in Hebrew letters in rabbinic texts, it is actually a Greek word.
Jewish historians disagree why a
Greek term entered the Passover liturgical tradition or what it means. As one
of them said, "It is of uncertain etymology." Some think it is
derived from epikomoi ("dessert") or from epi komon (a call for after dinner
pastime, entertainment), or from epikomion ("festal song").
Over the centuries, its meaning has been lost or forgotten.
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Matt.15
[2] Why do thy
disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for
they wash not their hands when they eat bread. [3] But he answered and
said unto them, Why do ye also transgress
the commandment of God by your tradition?
Mark 7[1] Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the
scribes, which came from Jerusalem.
[2] And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that
is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
[3] For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands
oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
[4] And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not.
And many other things there be, which they have
received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen
vessels, and of tables.
[5] Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why
walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat
bread with unwashen hands?
[6] He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
[7] Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctines the commandments of men.
[8] For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as
the washing of pots and cups: and many other such
like things ye do.
[9] And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of
God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
[13] Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition,
which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
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In closing:
Please follow scripture, not made up traditions.
Let loose of Gentile and Jewish traditions that change the
Word of God
See you during
the Feast of Unleavened Bread
Shabbat Shalom