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By Aaron Eby | Comments (11) | Posted on November 10, 2008

Facebook is a social networking web site that helps people keep in touch with friends and family.

Now I wouldn't necessarily recommend that a person join Facebook. There are positives and negatives about getting involved in the whole social networking thing, but some Messianic people have found it useful and fun.

If you already have a Facebook account, then let me recommend our new Torah Portions Facebook application. It's a little utility that you can add to your profile that displays the current weekly Torah reading.

This will not only help keep you up-to-date with the current reading cycle, but it is also a non-confrontational way to pique the interest of your friends and family and introduce them to Torah. The Torah Portions Facebook app was developed to work alongside our new Torah outreach site, torahportions.org.

The new app is currently the only Messianic Facebook application in the directory, and in all likelihood, it is the first Messianic Facebook app ever created!

You can install the application by visiting this page.

About the Author: Aaron Eby writes for messiah magazine and other FFOZ publications. He is also the author of the forthcoming siddur project, as well as the forthcoming Hebrew lesson DVD.

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Excellent! I think this is a great way to share Torah among Christian friends. Thanks for this.

Posted by: Judah | November 10, 2008 3:42 PM

i installed it straight away... for messianics in the UK (who are few and far between) it is a nice way to keep in touch.

i recommend the application to everyone who is a member... remember to check out the facebook group UK Messianic Believers (shameless i know).

Posted by: cyberlizard | November 10, 2008 3:57 PM

Nice. Is it possible to configue this into an Apple "Wigdet" for Macs? That would be another impressive first for Messianic computer apps.

Posted by: Crispin | November 10, 2008 4:07 PM

Shalom Crispin,

We will be shortly releasing a "web widget," which webmasters can use on their blogs, congregational web sites, and other sites.

A Mac widget sounds like a great idea, and it is well within the realm of possibility. However, I wouldn't be able to do it, since I don't have a Mac and I have only rarely used them, let alone developed software on them.

Posted by: Aaron Eby | November 10, 2008 5:10 PM

I added it right away. Thanks. I have American and Israeli believers on my friends list and they all got the invite!!

Posted by: D.A. Fluker Jr. | November 11, 2008 8:46 AM

I went and made a facebook page just so I could add it, now I have absolutely no idea what to do with the page. Will have to think of something. I did find my cousin so I now officially have one friend, woo hoo.

Posted by: Jeremy Long | November 11, 2008 8:43 PM

Shalom Jeremy!!

Feel free to add me as a friend, lol.
Danny Fluker Jr.

Posted by: D.A. Fluker Jr. | November 12, 2008 10:22 AM

Is there any chance that somebody could make it a Joomla! module?

Posted by: Kristinn | November 14, 2008 11:10 AM

Kristinn, that sounds feasible. I hope we can make this available to anyone who is operating a web site. I am not familiar at all with programming for Joomla, however (or even using it, really), so it will take some research first. If anyone has expertise in this area, please let me know.

Posted by: Aaron Eby | November 14, 2008 12:37 PM

I'm having a little trouble with my app. It doesn't change on my facebook profile from "Vayera". I added a portions tab on my profile and that one's fine but the box on my wall tab doesn't change. Can you help?

Posted by: Beulah | December 1, 2008 10:28 AM

Shalom Beulah

Thanks for contacting us about this issue. We corrected the problem, but in order for the correction to apply you have to visit the main application page again. Just go to http://apps.facebook.com/torahportions and your profile box will begin to update normally. (You don't have to download or click on anything, just visit that page and it will update your profile box and keep it updated.)

Posted by: Aaron Eby | December 1, 2008 10:42 AM

With this all new Hebrew learning resource you can get started in learning Hebrew and drawing ever nearer to the Jewish Messiah as you master the Hebrew alphabet

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