From: Toby Janicki
The Ninth of Av: "Blessed Are Those Who Mourn"
This year the ninth of Av begins at sundown on July 19th. Being told "no" is seldom a pleasant experience, especially when that answer is preceded by great hopes and expectations. It can take a long time to heal emotions after the sting of rejection is felt. Such is the case in parasha Shelach. Here the children of Israel are given an answer that proves to be almost more than...
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Shavuot: A Time of Anniversaries
The omer countdown from Pesach is almost complete. Tonight begins the festival of Shavuot. Shavuot is known in Hebrew as Zeman Matan Torateinu, "The Time of the Giving of the Torah," as it is the anniversary of when the Torah was given at Mount Sinai. For us as believers in Messiah Yeshua it is also the anniversary of the giving of the Spirit in Acts 2 which also took place...
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Haggadah: Pre-order Now!
Vine of David is pleased to announce that pre-ordering for both the Vine of David Passover Haggadah and the special Meal of Messiah is now available! We will be shipping these out the second week of March in plenty of time for Passover. When we first discussed publishing these resources at our annual staff meeting in December of 2009, we had no idea that they would come out looking so...
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eRosh: Adar
Due to time constraints on the Haggadah project we were unable to send out the monthly eRosh e-mail at the beginning of Adar. The Adar calendar has now been uploaded to the eRosh home page and we will have the children's and teen's material up in the next day or two. God willing we will be back on track with our regular eRosh e-mail next month. We apologize for any...
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J-BOM is Coming
As previously announced on MJM, this coming March begins the Messianic Jewish blogosphere's "Jewish Book of the Month Club," or J-BOM. Each month, participating bloggers will be reading through a selection of Jewish books, and blogging their reviews and feedback. Hopefully, in so doing, we can further our dialogue in the Messianic Jewish movement, and grow together in learning. Perhaps more important, we can take the Messianic Jewish blogosphere to...
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Common Objections: Acts 10
As we begin to explore the study and lifestyle of the Torah, many passages come to mind throughout the Gospels and Apostolic Scriptures that appear to speak against the Torah and its observance. In these blog posts we will explore some of these objections and try to answer them. As Noah is getting ready to get on the ark God gives him specific instructions regarding the animals of the earth:...
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Common Objections: John 1:17
As we begin to explore the study and lifestyle of the Torah, many passages come to mind throughout the Gospels and Apostolic Scriptures that appear to speak against the Torah and its observance. In these blog posts we will explore some of these objections and try to answer them. The Torah opens with the phrase "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." This passage is alluded to...
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