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Category: The Siddur Project

 

Intro to the Shema (Part III)

Tags: bible, christianity, god, Jesus, jewish roots, Judaism, messianic judaism, religion, shema, torah, yeshua

The Shema begins with an acknowledgment of God's oneness, followed by a commandment to love Him. I have showed how those two concepts are related and that acknowledgment of God's oneness leads us to love Him. Our text continues by instructing that we must teach God's words repeatedly to our children, and speak of them when we are sitting in our homes, when we are walking on the road, when...
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Intro to the Shema (Part II)

This is the second in a series of posts about the Shema. See this post to read the first part. This series is actually a part of a larger study of the traditional Jewish prayers. When describing the other main sections in the prayer service, I described how they can be compared to sections of the Temple, as if the person who offers the prayers is making a pilgrimage to...
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Intro to the Shema (Part I)

One of the most well-known elements of Jewish prayer is the Shema. The Shema is a core part of the prayer services every day, in the morning and in the evening. The Shema means much more to Judaism than simply a Scripture reading or a daily prayer. It is a summary of faith, mission, and identity all in one. It is often the first verse of the Bible that a...
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The First Sprouting

The Lord has blessed me to have seen and experienced a beautiful act of His creation--renewing in me an understanding of His final redemption. This last Friday night, prior to Sabbath I was praying on our back porch and I remarked to our guest how I was concerned with that the trees were still bear this late in the season. Literally, after a nice rain and within 24 hours, the...
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Birkat HaChammah: The Blessing of the Sun

Tags: biblical calendar, birkat hachammah, blessings, liturgy, Nisan, prayer, redemption, sun

(image source) See the bottom of this page for free PDF downloads. A certain traditional Jewish ceremony has been in the news and blogs lately, known as Birkat HaChammah, or the Blessing of the Sun. This blessing is recited on an extraordinarily infrequent basis: only once every 28 years! The last time it was recited was 1981, which means that this is the year for the blessing to come...
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By Your Light We Shall See Light

We are privileged to both know and have the ability to study the Torah. Do we understand this to be a privilege? If so, then this perspective should transform our approach to the study of the Torah and how we communicate it to others. The traditional daily morning prayers contain several introductions before getting into the meat of the prayers. One of these introductions is a beautiful reminder of how...
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Siddur Status Update

Tags: Back Office, Liturgy, Set Time Prayer, Siddur

One of the monumental projects that First Fruits is currently working towards is the publication of a greatly anticipated complete Messianic Siddur. This project has been in full swing now for several years and everyone wants to know how its going and when it will be available. Boaz shares some of these details in this episode of Back Office....
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