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Help Wanted: German Translator for Lichtenstein Project

By Daniel Lancaster  | Comments (0)
Posted on May 12, 2008

FFOZ is looking for a volunteer with German to English translation skills who can assist us by translating an 1886 publication by Rabbi Isaac Lichtenstein titled Der Talmud uaf der Anklagebank durch begeisterten Verehrer des Judenthum. The translated work may...
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Frankie Lee and the Baal Shem Tov

By Toby Janicki  | Comments (2)
Posted on May 12, 2008

I got home from work last Thursday with a lot on my mind. It had been a busy day and there was a lot I still wanted to accomplish before I went to bed. I walked in the door...
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How did you begin observing Shabbat?

By Boaz Michael  | Comments (15)
Posted on May 8, 2008

We need some of your experience and ideas. We're developing a new resource called "Guarding Shabbat." We want to make a list of 10 helpful steps for implementing Shabbat into one's life. Remember the beginning of your Torah journey? Recall...
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Followup: Bible Contest Results

By Aaron Eby  | Comments (4)
Posted on May 8, 2008

In a previous post, Seth told us about the International Bible Contest in Israel (חידון התנ"ך, Chidon HaTanach), a part of the celebrations of Yom Ha'atzma'ut, or Israel's Independence Day. One Israeli finalist in the competition was a girl by...
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Yom Haatzmaut

By Boaz Michael  | Comments (1)
Posted on May 7, 2008

Thursday May 8 is Yom Haatzmaut, the Israeli Independence Day. In Israel, it's a day off work for parades, celebrations and picnics. This year's Independence Day marks 60 years since Israel became a state. As an Israeli citizen, I feel...
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Israeli Messianics Again in the Limelight

By Seth Dralle  | Comments (0)
Posted on May 7, 2008

Bat-El Levy, a teenage Messianic Jewish girl from Beersheva, has stirred up more controversy in Israel. As part of the Israeli Independence Day celebrations, the Bible Quiz tests the Bible knowledge of Israeli youths and is broadcast over national television....
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The Ghosts of Auschwitz

By Daniel Lancaster  | Comments (6)
Posted on April 30, 2008

Many of us in the Messianic Jewish movement are not Jewish. I myself have been a Gentile my entire life, so the Holocaust is something that did not happen to me or my family, but nevertheless it has dramatically affected me and all of us. Were it not for the events of the Holocaust, I know I would not be working for First Fruits of Zion,
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Messianic News from Israel

By Daniel Lancaster  | Comments (6)
Posted on April 24, 2008

The Supreme Court of Israel has apparently reached a landmark decision regarding the rights of Messianic Jews in Israel.
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Re-Judaizing Jesus during Passover

By David Vermeesch  | Comments (6)
Posted on April 23, 2008

Have you had any unique opportunities to share Yeshua or Torah during this Passover season? Last week MyFFOZ members received our email press release entitled "Re-Judaizing Jesus: Christians Returning to Jewish Roots," It was specially crafted for members to share...
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Forum Pirkei Avot

By Bill Beyer
Posted on April 16, 2008

It has been a tradition that from Passover to Shavuot that the Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) are studied in homes and Synagogues. The Avot is the only tractate of the Mishnah that is not Halachic in nature, but...
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