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Category: Walking Torah

A People, A Purpose, A Place Myffoz premium content

Tags:  covenant, Exodus Epic, freedom, King, mikdash, passover lamb, promises, redemption, restoration, tabernacle

Exodus Epic, Part 2 The Exodus Epic teaches us that the God who is high and exalted is One who is passionate and purposeful about coming down and being near His people, dwelling in their midst. In Part One of...
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Category: Walking Torah

The Journey from Slavery to Sanctuary Myffoz premium content

Tags:  calling out, covenant, covenantal communion, Exodus, Exodus Epic, house of prayer, journey, ketubah, passover, redemption, sanctuary, shavuot, slaves, temple

Exodus Epic, Part 1 The Exodus Epic teaches us that the God who is high and exalted is One who is passionate and purposeful about coming down and being near His people, dwelling in their midst. At Passover (Pesach) we...
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Category: Appointed Times

Unblemished & Unleavened Myffoz premium content

Tags:  bedikat chametz, crumbs, integrity, leaven, leavened bread, passover lamb, unblemished

O Lord, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy hill? He who walks with integrity... (Psalm 15:1-2) The biblical Hebrew word for "integrity" is tamim (תמים). It means "whole, sound, blameless, lacking nothing essential, consistent...
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Category: Appointed Times

What's This Service to You? Myffoz premium content

Tags:  afikoman, breaking bread, communion, cup of blessing, four cups, haggadah, matzah, Passover, seder

Bread and wine are historically common elements of every meal. So what was going on behind the scenes that would motivate Yeshua to say 'this' bread and 'this' cup? Many believers participate in 'breaking bread' together. And most services employ...
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Category: Appointed Times

The Feather Story Myffoz premium content

Tags:  bedikat chametz, chametz, leaven, Passover, Pesach, unleavened bread

An anecdote about Bedikat Chametz and Unleavened Bread written from the perspective of a young religious child. Jerusalem, 1938, Erev Pesach "I just have to find the feather...Abba will be so disappointed," I cautiously mumbled searching my room for the...
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Category: Appointed Times

Removing the Leaven Myffoz premium content

Tags:  chametz, leaven, matzah, Passover, se'or, unleavened bread

There are two words in Hebrew that we interpret as "leaven." Se'or refers to a leavening agent itself, that is, yeast. Chametz is the term used for food and drink items that contain leaven. The type of unleavened bread that...
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