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Shabbat Shalom
God has His own calendar
We are now in the 1st Month of God, ha Aviv / Nisan, 10th day
God's New Year is here!
Today we use the Gregorian calendar from Pope Gregory, from the 1500’s
Today is March 27th, 2010
Let’s pray
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, sins, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
Amen
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I explain the Sabbath each week
This is how simple it is:
Exod. 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.
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.
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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, honourable; and shalt honour him,
1 - not doing thine own ways,
2 - nor finding thine own pleasure,
3 - nor speaking thine 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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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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Remember:
God's Spring Calendar for 2010
Remember: There are three extra Sabbaths, besides the 7th day Sabbath each week
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Passover, ha Aviv / Nisan 14 - March 31th, Wed. (sunset of the 30th) Make sure all leaven is out of the house - Sin
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1st day of Unleavened Bread, ha Aviv / Nisan 15 - April 1st, Thursday (starts sunset of March 31th) A Sabbath, when you eat the Passover meal
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First Fruits - April 4th, 1st day of the Week (Sunday) - (starts sunset of April 3rd)
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Last day of Unleavened Bread, ha Aviv / Nisan 21th, April 7th, Wednesday, (starts sunset on the 6th) A Sabbath
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2nd Month of God, Ziv / Zif, April 16th (starts sunset April 15th)
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3rd Month of God, Sivan, and May 16th (starts sunset of May 15th)
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Feast of Weeks, Pentecost - May 23th, 1st day of the week (Sunday), (starts sunset May 22th) 8th of Sivan, 50 days from First Fruits - a Sabbath (This would make it 2 Sabbaths in a row)
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Some news:
Netanyahu
humiliated after Obama 'dumped him for dinner'
http://www.michaelsavage.wnd.com/ for whole story
For a head of government to visit the White
House and not pose for photographers is rare. For a key ally to be left to his
own devices while the President withdraws to have dinner in private was, until
this week, unheard of. Yet that is how Binyamin Netanyahu was treated by
President Obama on Tuesday night, according to Israeli reports on a trip viewed
in Jerusalem as a humiliation.
After failing to extract a written promise of
concessions on settlements, Mr
Obama walked out of his meeting with Mr
Netanyahu but invited him to stay at the White House, consult with advisers and
“let me know if there is anything new”, a US congressman, who spoke to the
Prime Minister, said.
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Headline News
Thursday, March 25, 2010 Israel Today Staff |
Netanyahu returns to Israel after
failed talks with Obama Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned home on Thursday, a day later than
originally planned due to a flurry of last-minute meetings between his
representatives and those of US President Barack Obama. The meetings,
which were aimed at easing tension between the two governments, were
described as a failure after the Americans demanded far-reaching
gestures and concessions by Israel to make up for what they saw as the insult
of continued Jewish construction in eastern Jerusalem. According to
Israeli media, the US hoped to publish a document outlining Israel's new
commitments, including:
Netanyahu and
Defense Minister Ehud Barak said they would have to present the new terms to
the Israeli cabinet before they could officially respond. Meanwhile, the Palestinians continued to play off Washington's impatience with Israel, insisting they would not join US-brokered proximity peace talks until Israel agreed to the new US-imposed terms and more. The Palestinian Authority wants Israel to also publicly cancel the new Jerusalem building projects that led to the current tension with the US. “THE LAND IS GOD’S - STAND FOR ISRAEL” Lev. 25 [23] The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is Mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me |
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Today's Topic:
Things "not to do" at a
Passover Seder
The
Passover Seder 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
"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 JEHOVAH 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.
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:
In 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
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 have
what the Scriptures say? Is this to 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 then 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!
Yeshua is not a Rabbi Dov
Behr Manischewitz's
matzah.
(so many stories made up about that)
We make
unleavened bread, that simple.
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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.
Please follow scripture, not made up
traditions.
Let loose of Gentile and Jewish
traditions that change the Word of God
Shalom