From: Toby Janicki
Toby Janicki is a teacher, writer, and project manager for First Fruits of Zion and Vine of David. He contributes regularly to Messiah Journal and has written several books including God-Fearers: Gentiles and the God of Israel.
God-Fearers: Raising Swine
In light of the release of God-Fearers, I am doing a series of blogs that further explores the topics introduced in the book as well as answer some frequently asked questions. Last month Chabad posted an answer to a question about Jewish people raising pigs. Obviously, the Torah forbids the Jewish people from consuming the flesh of pigs, but from Chabad’s perspective it is permissible for Gentile to consume swine....
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God-Fearers: To Kippah or Not to Kippah?
In light of the release of God-Fearers, I am doing a series of blogs that further explores the topics introduced in the book as well as answer some frequently asked questions. I often get asked questions about Gentiles wearing kippahs. Since God-Fearers advocates the biblical distinction between Jews and Gentiles, people wonder if non-Jews should cover their heads—or is that a distinctly Jewish practice? This is a huge topic and...
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God-Fearers: The Amidah, the Ingathering of the Exiles, and the Nations
In light of the release of God-Fearers, I am doing a series of blogs that further explores the topics introduced in the book as well as answer some frequently asked questions. In my book God-Fearers, I point out the importance of set time prayer for the early believing community. While it would go without saying that Jewish disciples would continue to pray set time prayers as they had before coming...
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God-Fearers: Separated to Do
In light of the release of God-Fearers, I am doing a series of blogs that further explores the topics introduced in the book as well as answer some frequently asked questions. In the first chapter of my book, God-Fearers, I sought to define the term Gentile (goy) and show that it is not a derogatory term as some have supposed. After all, Genesis uses it to describe both Abraham’s offspring—“I...
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God-Fearers: Job the God-Fearer
Last week we held our annual Shavuot conference in Hudson, Wisconsin. The event was hosted by Beth Immanuel and our staff agrees it was one of the best if not the best Shavuot conference we have ever had. The topic this year was “Gifts of the Spirit,” and for four solid days, the First Fruits of Zion teaching team along with special guest Rabbi Dr. Carl Kinbar attempted to present...
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God-Fearers: Shavuot for All Nations
With Shavuot just around the corner, I thought I would post some material about Shavuot from my book God-Fearers. The New Testament highlights the festival of Shavuot as the time of the outpouring of God’s Spirit in Acts 2, but another reference to the festival in Acts 20 gives us evidence of Gentile believers celebrating this important Torah festival: For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he...
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God-Fearers: Rabbinic Perspectives on Being Grafted In
In light of the release of God-Fearers, I am doing a series of blogs that further explain the purpose of the book as well as share some of my personal story behind it. One of the most important works of Messiah was bringing Gentiles into the commonwealth of Israel. If it weren’t for the Master extending the mission of salvation to the Gentiles, only the Jewish people would have had...
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More posts by Toby Janicki
- God-Fearers: Earth Day and Genesis
- God-Fearers: Sunday and Sun Worship
- God-Fearers: From Saturday to Sunday
- God-Fearers: Some Practical Shabbat Advice
- God-Fearers: Easter Ham or Passover Lamb?
- God-Fearers: Passover and Non-Jews
- God-Fearers: The Universal Shabbat Part 2
- God-Fearers: The Universal Shabbat Part 1
- God-Fearers: Scot McKnight and Torah for Gentiles
- That’s a Clown Question, Bro!
- The Fast of Asarah BeTevet
- Remembering Yeshua's Chief Disciple: The Apostle Peter in Rabbinic Literature
- The Countdown to Christmas … Bah Humbug!
- Holy Guests: Sukkot and the Transfiguration
- Elul: The Month of Repentance
- Back to Colorado
- God-Fearers: Finding a Home
- Passover and the Death of James the Just
- Asarah BeTevet: The Fast of the 10th of Tevet
- The Ninth of Tevet: Simon Peter's Yahrzeit
- Is New Year's Pagan?
- Priestly Seal Discovered
- Jeremiah 10 and the Christmas Tree
- A Kosher Christmas Tree?
- The Gospels: Our Connection to Yeshua (Part 1)
- The Ninth of Av: "Blessed Are Those Who Mourn"
- The Fast of Tammuz
- The Scoop on What About Paganism?
- The Ninth of Av: "Blessed Are Those Who Mourn"
- Shavuot: A Time of Anniversaries
- Haggadah: Pre-order Now!
- eRosh: Adar
- J-BOM is Coming
- Common Objections: Acts 10
- Common Objections: John 1:17
- Taking Torah to the Nations
- The Appetite of the Wise
- Burying a Bible
- Yartzeit of Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri
- The Ninth of Tevet: Simon Peter's Yahrzeit
- Yahrzeit of Rabbi Daniel Zion
- Sukkah Contest Winners
- Mishkan: Levertoff
- Part 2) "One Law" in the Late Second Temple Era
- Part 1) "One Law" in Context
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- Slow to Anger
- A Father's Discipline
- Honesty & Truth
- The Messianic Movement In Prison
- The Protection of the Righteous
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- Teaching Torah
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- The Fruit of Humility
- Torah On Our Heart
- Does Gentile Mean Pagan?
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- Yartzeit of Yitzchak Kaduri
- Sabbath Campaign
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- HaYesod: Digging the Foundation Again
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- Conversions: Cheaper by the Dozen Part 2
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- Heavy Burdens
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- The Mitzvah of Happiness
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- The Cry of Rachel
- Moslem Digs Reveal First Temple
- Our Opponents Say Part 3
- Ur-Tunes
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- Please HaShem Save Now!
- Yartzeit of Rabbi Isaac Lichtenstein
- The Fallen Sukkot of Denver
- New Synagogue in Munich
- The Mysteries of God
- Because of the Nazarenes
- Finally Saw the Light
- Double Trouble
- Our Opponents Say... (Part 2)
- Over Yonder Mountain…
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- With a Little Help from My Friends
- The Halachah of E-Mail
- Who’s Counting? The Shemittah Year is Coming
- Elul: Objects In The Mirror are Closer Than They Appear
- Yartzheit of the Chacham Ephraim
- Archaeology Part 1: The Tomb of John the Baptist
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- Got Hebrew Skills?
- What Would the Torah Say about Michael Vick?
- Sparing a Maysit
- New Dead Sea Scrolls
- The Ninth of Av Part 3
- The Ninth of Av Part 2
- The Ninth of Av Part 1
- Hoppsy Havdallah
- Warriors at Qumran
- Seven Wonders of Biblical Archeology
- The Execution Stake in Texas
- Rosh Chodesh Av: Remembering Aaron and Feivel
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- The Alhambra Decree
- Peter’s Early Mincha
- Who In The World Is Sar-sekim?
- Destruction in Jerusalem: The Spirit vs. the Letter
- Non-Kosher Cow
- Ahavat Yeshua
- Lost Teachings of the Master
- On the Road Again…
- Fast of Tammuz
- Baseball in the Land
- Ezekiel's Merkavah Vision (Part 2)
- Who Is My Neighbor: A Different Rabbinic Perspective
- Shavuot in Hudson: Are You In?
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- Passover and the Death of James the Just
- Fortifying Walls: A Trip to Florida
- A Trip to the Frozen Tundra
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- Asarah B'Tevet (10th of Tevet)
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