BLESSINGS - Memorial Day - Pentecost -
Shavout !!!
A blessed Shavout, Pentecost and Memorial Day to all Who will accept ...
In a rare alignment, this year, the Christian celebration of Pentecost (on May 24th)
coincides with the Jewish celebration of Shavuot. While many Christians will be
celebrating Pentecost on Sunday as the time of the pouring out of the Ruach HaKodesh
(Holy Spirit) on the Church, few realize that this special day originates in a
Jewish holiday or why this is significant. Within a few hours, the Feast of Weeks
(Shavuot) begins here in Israel. Work grinds to a halt as the Jewish community celebrates
God's blessings through the abundance of new crops. "On the day of firstfruits, when you
present to the LORD an offering of new grain during the Festival of Weeks [Shavuot],
hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work." (Numbers 28:26) In addition to being a
spring harvest feast, Shavuot is also regarded as the time that God gave the Torah to
Israel at Mount Sinai, seven weeks after Israel's miraculous Exodus from Egypt. Most
Christians know Shavuot as Pentecost, a name which comes from the Bible's command
that a 50-day countdown to Shavuot begin on the second day of Passover. For that reason,
Hellenist Jews, who were influenced by Greek culture after the conquests of Alexander
the Great, called the holiday Pentecost, from the Greek word pente, meaning fifty. On this
very day almost 2,000 years ago, as the Jewish People were in Jerusalem celebrating
Shavuot, God poured out the promised Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) on the first
Believers in Yeshua (Jesus). "When the day of Pentecost came ... all of them were filled
with the Ruach HaKodesh and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them."
(Acts 2:1–4)
Previously posted ...
Shabbat Shalom - Parasha Bamidbar - In the Wilderness !!!
http://conpats.blogspot.com/
✡ ✡ ✡
Yavoh ~ He is coming !
Yahweh - Yeshua - Ruach Ha-Kodesh
Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה
BREAKING NEWS FROM ISRAEL
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Count Today's Omer
Do a mitzvah in just one minute.
The Omer is counted every evening after nightfall, from the second night of Passover till the night before Shavuot. Forgot to count the Omer at night? Count the following day, but without a blessing. On subsequent nights, continue counting with a blessing as usual.The blessing is made only if every day has been counted; if you missed a day, say the day's count without the blessing.
BA-RUCH A-TAH ADO-NAI E-LO-HE-NU ME-LECH HA-OLAM ASHER KID-E-SHA-NU BE-MITZ-VO-TAV VETZI-VA-NU AL SEFI-RAT HA-OMER.
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments, and commanded us concerning the counting of the Omer.
http://www.chabad.org/
The Counting of the Omer - S'firat Ha-Omer
Learn about the counting of the omer, a Jewish observance counting the days between the festivals of Pesach (Passover) and Shavu'ot. You shall count for yourselves -- from the day after the Shabbat, from the day when you bring the Omer of the waving -- seven Shabbats, they shall be complete. Until the day after the seventh sabbath you shall count, fifty days... -Leviticus 23:15-16 You shall count for yourselves seven weeks, from when the sickle is first put to the standing crop shall you begin counting seven weeks. Then you will observe the Festival of Shavu'ot for the L-RD, your G-d -Deuteronomy 16:9-10
According to the Torah (Lev. 23:15), we are obligated to count the days from Passover to Shavu'ot. This period is known as the Counting of the Omer. An omer is a unit of measure. On the second day of Passover, in the days of the Temple, an omer of barley was cut down and brought to the Temple as an offering. This grain offering was referred to as the Omer.
http://www.jewfaq.org/
Sfirat HaOmer - Counting the Omer
On the second day of Pesach (Passover) the Torah commands us to bring a special offering of barley grain to the Beis HaMikdash (the Holy Temple). This offering is called the Omer. Since the Beis HaMikdash was destroyed we are not presently able to fulfill this mitzva.
From the day of the Omer offering we are required to count forty-nine days. The day after this counting is complete, the fiftieth day, is the holiday of Shavuot, the anniversary of the giving of the Torah to the Jews. The counting is done out loud at night with a blessing. If one forgot to count by night but remembered by day he should count immediately but he should not make the blessing. If a person missed an entire day he must still count the remaining days but he may not make a blessing. Because the twenty-four thousand students of Rabbi Akiva died in a thirty-three day period during the time of the counting of the Omer we are required to follow certain practices of mourning for a thirty-three day period during this time. Thus we may not cut our hair, perform weddings, or listen to music during this period. This period of mourning ends on Lag BaOmer, the 33rd day.
Lag BaOmer
We are commanded by the Torah to count forty nine days starting from the second day of Passover. On the fiftieth day we celebrate the festival of Shavuot, commemorating the Giving of the Torah. This 50 day period is called "Counting the Omer." The Omer was a barley offering which was brought in the Temple on the day we start counting, the second day of Passover. "Lag BaOmer" is the thirty third day of counting the Omer. The word "Lag" means 33 because it is comprised of the letters "lamud" and "gimmel," corresponding to the numerical values of "30" and "3." The Omer period is a time of heightened spiritual sensitivity and growth. The closer Shavuot draws, the greater our anticipation grows for the climactic celebration of the Giving of the Torah, the watershed event of Jewish history. " [...]
http://www.ahavat-israel.com/
Excellent ...
Counting the Omer - 16 page pdf
The festival of Unleavened Bread (chag hamatzot) is connected to the festival of Shavuot via the
counting of 49 intervening days. This counting, according to Leviticus 23, commenced with the waving
of a sheaf of grain by the priests:
http://www.torahresource.com/
New Revelation Shows Obama Wants Israel To Face Another Holocaust
by Walid Shoebat
http://sonsoflibertymedia.com/
Wheaton College Bows before What God Calls an Abomination
by Michael Ware
http://sonsoflibertymedia.com/
Jade Helm 15 & The 3 Step Process for Martial Law
by Jim White
http://sonsoflibertymedia.com/
Is It Mathematically Impossible To Pay Off All Of Our Debt?
by Michael Snyder
http://sonsoflibertymedia.com/
Thanks - Joan Ols
BARACK 'BARZINI' OBONGO
... But back to the subject at hand - Obongo's murderous race war against Whites and the related effort to Federalize the nation's police. As even the most dim-witted Boobus Americanus is aware by now, the Unreverend Al Charlatan and his incendiary bull-horn have incited Black mobs to violence in in Sanford, FL (St. Trayvon Martin affair), Ferguson, MO (St. Michael Brown Affair), New York (St. Eric Garner Affair) and, most recently, Baltimore, MD (St. Freddie Gray Affair).
As a direct result of Sharpton's agitation in Florida, an innocent White man named Mark Slavin was dragged out of his car and beaten into a coma by two hammer-wielding savages in Florida. (We believe that Slavin eventually died but have been unable to confirm due to the media blackout). As a direct result of Sharpton's agitation in Missouri, another innocent White man, Zemir Begic, was also pulled from his vehicle in St. Louis and also beaten to death with hammers, in front of his fiance. As a direct result of Sharpton's agitation in New York, two Police Officers were shot dead as they sat in their car. As a direct result of Sharpton's agitation in Baltimore, Korean and White-owned stores were targeted for arson; and White baseball fans came under such vicious attack that the Baltimore Orioles baseball team had to actually played a game before an empty stadium. Though most folks are indeed aware of Sharpton's (and others) prominent role in the worsening situation, "Don Barzini" in the White House remains untouched. Part of this is the result of the Marxist Media's (the ultimate 'Godfathers'!) protection of Obongo, but much of it has to do with Obongo's own cunning use of "buffers" (as mobster Willie Cicci describes in GodFather II).
Here is "the bottom line":
Since the installation of Obongo, Al 'Tattaglia' Charlatan has visited Barack 'Barzini' Obongo's White House more than 70 times, including 5 one-on-one meetings and 20 meetings with Senior staff members !
http://www.newsmax.com/US/
http://www.tomatobubble.com/
Jade Helm Is Preparing to Unleash False Flag Attacks
by Dave Hodges
Colleague and friend, Paul Martin, contacted me yesterday and told me that Jade Helm is becoming operational 30 days earlier. This means that Jade Helm will “officially” begin on June 15 instead of July 15. I reminded Paul that we have the pictures and the video of the Jade Helm extraction of political dissidents from March 27, 2015. However, Paul’s point is not lost on me. Something or someone is forcing Jade Helm to “officially” spring into full operation much earlier than originally planned. An hour after Paul and I hung up the phone, I received a confirmation of what Paul had just told me. By the way, if you work in the Walmart in Livingston, TX., you might want to get your resume in order. Your store will soon be taken over by the Army.
There Has Never Been Anything Like Jade Helm
Although there are the undeniable signs that Jade Helm is about the Red List extractions of political dissidents, which will be followed up with martial law, there are many of us who have covered Jade Helm since the beginning, feel that there is much more to this than extractions and martial law. These suspicions will be covered in the next part of this series. Suffice it to say for now, that the sheer enormity of the “drill” is so mammoth, that is almost defies description. [...]
http://www.pakalertpress.com/
Thanks - Ted Belman writing from Jerusalem, Israel for 12+ years ...
De-Islamization is the Only Way to Fight ISIS
by Daniel Greenfield
Obama can’t defeat ISIS with soft power, though ISIS could beat him with soft power assuming its Caliph ever decided to agree to sit down at a table with John Kerry without beheading him. Iran has picked up billions in sanctions relief and the right to take over Yemen and raid ships in international waters in the Persian Gulf just for agreeing to listen to Kerry talk for an hour. And that might be a fair exchange. As bad as having your capital or ship seized by Iran is, listening to John Kerry talk is even worse. If ISIS were to agree to a deal, it could pick up Baghdad and Damascus just in exchange for showing up. All it would have to do is find a Jihadi who hasn’t chopped off any heads on camera to present as a moderate. The administration and its media operatives would accuse anyone who disagreed of aiding the ISIS hardliners at the expense of the ISIS moderates who also represent the hardliners. [...]
http://www.israpundit.org/
THE ARAB CRISIS AND ISRAEL
by Stephen Kramer
The English Speaking Friends of Tel Aviv University (Friends of TAU) hosted Professor Asher Susser at its most recent monthly lecture. Susser, who earned his PhD in Modern Middle Eastern History at TAU and is presently the Director for External Affairs of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies there, has taught for over twenty-five years in the university’s Department of Middle Eastern History. His lectures are consistently incisive, well-organized, and full of insights. Below I will try to summarize Professor Susser’s informative remarks. Revolution and violence are the key watchwords for the Arab experience over the last several years. For even longer, there has been a mass immigration of Arabs and other Muslims from North Africa and the Middle East, primarily to Europe, due to the decline and failure of Arab nationalism. [...]
http://www.israpundit.org/
How to Defend Israel? Talk About Rights. Not Just Security
by Jonathan S. Tobin, COMMENTARY
Ted Belman writes - In 2003 just after the Roadmap was released, I wrote “Israel must shift the battlefield from its security to its rights” The fact remains, that the process or Roadmap is of no concern to anyone. What matters is that Israel be forced, by hook or by crook, by obfuscation or relentless pressure, to return to the ’49 borders. The rest is smoke and mirrors.
Israel diplomats were reportedly shocked this week when their country’s new deputy foreign minister asked them to speak up about Israel’s rights in the conflict with the Palestinians rather than just its security needs. As the Times of Israel reports, http://www.timesofisrael.com/
http://www.israpundit.org/
Obama Again Tries To Pull The Wool Over Pro-Israel, Anti-Nuclear-Iran Eyes in Synagogue Speech
ZOA
In a speech today at Adas Israel Synagogue in Washington, D.C., President Obama voiced his usual empty flowery platitudes about having Israel’s back and never allowing Iran to develop nuclear weapons, and even asserted that he was “an honorary member of the tribe” – while promoting policies that place a knife squarely in Israel’s back, and lying about his record and the Iran nuclear deal. The President’s platitudes were clearly meaningless: In the next breath during his speech, Obama complained about Jewish “settlements” – which are in reality Jewish communities in historic Jewish land comprising less than 2% of Judea and Samaria, and promoted a Palestinian state – while ignoring the facts that the Palestinian Authority (PA) continues to promote anti-Jewish hatred in their schools, media and speeches, and that the PA is part and parcel of a unity government with the terrorist group Hamas, and that both the Hamas and PA President Abbas’ Fatah party’s charters call for Israel’s destruction. President Obama also ignored the fact that the PA is attempting to use the UN to establish a unilateral state that does not recognize Israel, refuses to negotiate with Israel, and is determined to wipe Israel off the face of the map. President Obama also said nothing about the PA paying pensions to terrorists who have killed Jews. [...]
http://www.israpundit.org/
Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
Romans 15:2 KJV
BLESSINGS - Memorial Day - Pentecost - Shavout !!!
w vid Salute to Our American Heroes this Memorial Day Weekend
by Richard Thompson, TMLC President & Chief Counsel
This Memorial Day Weekend is a time to remember the fallen heroes throughout our nation’s history
“who gave the last full measure of devotion” to their nation.
“As we honor their memory today, let us pledge that their lives, their sacrifices, their valor shall be justified
and remembered for as long as God gives life to this nation.” Ronald Reagan
Mere words cannot capture the enormity of their sacrifice or the anguish of loved ones they left behind.
On this Memorial Day weekend remember and pray for our troops who are now in harm’s way.
And pray for their families and loved ones as they endure the hardship and uncertainty of deployment.
I close this Memorial Day message with a favorite poem by Marine Chaplain Father Dennis Edward O’Brien,
which pays tribute to our courageous soldiers for their service in protecting the fundamental
liberties guaranteed by our Constitution:
It is the Soldier
It is the soldier, not the reporter,
who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the soldier, not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the soldier, not the campus organizer,
who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.
It is the soldier, not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the soldier, who salutes the flag,
who serves under the flag,
and whose coffin is draped by the flag,
who allows the protester to burn the flag.
Sincerely, Richard Thompson
President and Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center
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RONALD REAGAN | One Nation Under God
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A blessed Shavout, Pentecost and Memorial Day to all Who will accept ...
In a rare alignment, this year, the Christian celebration of Pentecost (on May 24th)
coincides with the Jewish celebration of Shavuot. While many Christians will be
celebrating Pentecost on Sunday as the time of the pouring out of the Ruach HaKodesh
(Holy Spirit) on the Church, few realize that this special day originates in a
Jewish holiday or why this is significant. Within a few hours, the Feast of Weeks
(Shavuot) begins here in Israel. Work grinds to a halt as the Jewish community celebrates
God's blessings through the abundance of new crops. "On the day of firstfruits, when you
present to the LORD an offering of new grain during the Festival of Weeks [Shavuot],
hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work." (Numbers 28:26) In addition to being a
spring harvest feast, Shavuot is also regarded as the time that God gave the Torah to
Israel at Mount Sinai, seven weeks after Israel's miraculous Exodus from Egypt. Most
Christians know Shavuot as Pentecost, a name which comes from the Bible's command
that a 50-day countdown to Shavuot begin on the second day of Passover. For that reason,
Hellenist Jews, who were influenced by Greek culture after the conquests of Alexander
the Great, called the holiday Pentecost, from the Greek word pente, meaning fifty. On this
very day almost 2,000 years ago, as the Jewish People were in Jerusalem celebrating
Shavuot, God poured out the promised Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) on the first
Believers in Yeshua (Jesus). "When the day of Pentecost came ... all of them were filled
with the Ruach HaKodesh and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them."
(Acts 2:1–4)
Previously posted ...
Shabbat Shalom - Parasha Bamidbar - In the Wilderness !!!
http://conpats.blogspot.com/
✡ ✡ ✡
Yavoh ~ He is coming !
Yahweh - Yeshua - Ruach Ha-Kodesh
Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה
BREAKING NEWS FROM ISRAEL
Minute by minute updates here ...
Watching for Yeshua Ha-Mashiach
http://www.kolbonews.com/
http://www.ynetnews.com/home/
http://www.jewishworldreview.
http://www.israpundit.org/
http://www.voiceofisrael.com/
http://www.defendingzion.org/
http://www.breakingisraelnews.
http://pamelageller.com/
http://www.jihadwatch.org/
http://www.joyofkosher.com/
http://prophecyupdate.
http://www.itshallcometopass.
Entire Media News on this Planet
click continue to use PressDisplay.com
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Count Today's Omer
Do a mitzvah in just one minute.
The Omer is counted every evening after nightfall, from the second night of Passover till the night before Shavuot. Forgot to count the Omer at night? Count the following day, but without a blessing. On subsequent nights, continue counting with a blessing as usual.The blessing is made only if every day has been counted; if you missed a day, say the day's count without the blessing.
BA-RUCH A-TAH ADO-NAI E-LO-HE-NU ME-LECH HA-OLAM ASHER KID-E-SHA-NU BE-MITZ-VO-TAV VETZI-VA-NU AL SEFI-RAT HA-OMER.
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments, and commanded us concerning the counting of the Omer.
http://www.chabad.org/
The Counting of the Omer - S'firat Ha-Omer
Learn about the counting of the omer, a Jewish observance counting the days between the festivals of Pesach (Passover) and Shavu'ot. You shall count for yourselves -- from the day after the Shabbat, from the day when you bring the Omer of the waving -- seven Shabbats, they shall be complete. Until the day after the seventh sabbath you shall count, fifty days... -Leviticus 23:15-16 You shall count for yourselves seven weeks, from when the sickle is first put to the standing crop shall you begin counting seven weeks. Then you will observe the Festival of Shavu'ot for the L-RD, your G-d -Deuteronomy 16:9-10
According to the Torah (Lev. 23:15), we are obligated to count the days from Passover to Shavu'ot. This period is known as the Counting of the Omer. An omer is a unit of measure. On the second day of Passover, in the days of the Temple, an omer of barley was cut down and brought to the Temple as an offering. This grain offering was referred to as the Omer.
http://www.jewfaq.org/
Sfirat HaOmer - Counting the Omer
On the second day of Pesach (Passover) the Torah commands us to bring a special offering of barley grain to the Beis HaMikdash (the Holy Temple). This offering is called the Omer. Since the Beis HaMikdash was destroyed we are not presently able to fulfill this mitzva.
From the day of the Omer offering we are required to count forty-nine days. The day after this counting is complete, the fiftieth day, is the holiday of Shavuot, the anniversary of the giving of the Torah to the Jews. The counting is done out loud at night with a blessing. If one forgot to count by night but remembered by day he should count immediately but he should not make the blessing. If a person missed an entire day he must still count the remaining days but he may not make a blessing. Because the twenty-four thousand students of Rabbi Akiva died in a thirty-three day period during the time of the counting of the Omer we are required to follow certain practices of mourning for a thirty-three day period during this time. Thus we may not cut our hair, perform weddings, or listen to music during this period. This period of mourning ends on Lag BaOmer, the 33rd day.
Lag BaOmer
We are commanded by the Torah to count forty nine days starting from the second day of Passover. On the fiftieth day we celebrate the festival of Shavuot, commemorating the Giving of the Torah. This 50 day period is called "Counting the Omer." The Omer was a barley offering which was brought in the Temple on the day we start counting, the second day of Passover. "Lag BaOmer" is the thirty third day of counting the Omer. The word "Lag" means 33 because it is comprised of the letters "lamud" and "gimmel," corresponding to the numerical values of "30" and "3." The Omer period is a time of heightened spiritual sensitivity and growth. The closer Shavuot draws, the greater our anticipation grows for the climactic celebration of the Giving of the Torah, the watershed event of Jewish history. " [...]
http://www.ahavat-israel.com/
Excellent ...
Counting the Omer - 16 page pdf
The festival of Unleavened Bread (chag hamatzot) is connected to the festival of Shavuot via the
counting of 49 intervening days. This counting, according to Leviticus 23, commenced with the waving
of a sheaf of grain by the priests:
http://www.torahresource.com/
New Revelation Shows Obama Wants Israel To Face Another Holocaust
by Walid Shoebat
http://sonsoflibertymedia.com/
Wheaton College Bows before What God Calls an Abomination
by Michael Ware
http://sonsoflibertymedia.com/
Jade Helm 15 & The 3 Step Process for Martial Law
by Jim White
http://sonsoflibertymedia.com/
Is It Mathematically Impossible To Pay Off All Of Our Debt?
by Michael Snyder
http://sonsoflibertymedia.com/
Thanks - Joan Ols
BARACK 'BARZINI' OBONGO
... But back to the subject at hand - Obongo's murderous race war against Whites and the related effort to Federalize the nation's police. As even the most dim-witted Boobus Americanus is aware by now, the Unreverend Al Charlatan and his incendiary bull-horn have incited Black mobs to violence in in Sanford, FL (St. Trayvon Martin affair), Ferguson, MO (St. Michael Brown Affair), New York (St. Eric Garner Affair) and, most recently, Baltimore, MD (St. Freddie Gray Affair).
As a direct result of Sharpton's agitation in Florida, an innocent White man named Mark Slavin was dragged out of his car and beaten into a coma by two hammer-wielding savages in Florida. (We believe that Slavin eventually died but have been unable to confirm due to the media blackout). As a direct result of Sharpton's agitation in Missouri, another innocent White man, Zemir Begic, was also pulled from his vehicle in St. Louis and also beaten to death with hammers, in front of his fiance. As a direct result of Sharpton's agitation in New York, two Police Officers were shot dead as they sat in their car. As a direct result of Sharpton's agitation in Baltimore, Korean and White-owned stores were targeted for arson; and White baseball fans came under such vicious attack that the Baltimore Orioles baseball team had to actually played a game before an empty stadium. Though most folks are indeed aware of Sharpton's (and others) prominent role in the worsening situation, "Don Barzini" in the White House remains untouched. Part of this is the result of the Marxist Media's (the ultimate 'Godfathers'!) protection of Obongo, but much of it has to do with Obongo's own cunning use of "buffers" (as mobster Willie Cicci describes in GodFather II).
Here is "the bottom line":
Since the installation of Obongo, Al 'Tattaglia' Charlatan has visited Barack 'Barzini' Obongo's White House more than 70 times, including 5 one-on-one meetings and 20 meetings with Senior staff members !
http://www.newsmax.com/US/
http://www.tomatobubble.com/
Jade Helm Is Preparing to Unleash False Flag Attacks
by Dave Hodges
Colleague and friend, Paul Martin, contacted me yesterday and told me that Jade Helm is becoming operational 30 days earlier. This means that Jade Helm will “officially” begin on June 15 instead of July 15. I reminded Paul that we have the pictures and the video of the Jade Helm extraction of political dissidents from March 27, 2015. However, Paul’s point is not lost on me. Something or someone is forcing Jade Helm to “officially” spring into full operation much earlier than originally planned. An hour after Paul and I hung up the phone, I received a confirmation of what Paul had just told me. By the way, if you work in the Walmart in Livingston, TX., you might want to get your resume in order. Your store will soon be taken over by the Army.
There Has Never Been Anything Like Jade Helm
Although there are the undeniable signs that Jade Helm is about the Red List extractions of political dissidents, which will be followed up with martial law, there are many of us who have covered Jade Helm since the beginning, feel that there is much more to this than extractions and martial law. These suspicions will be covered in the next part of this series. Suffice it to say for now, that the sheer enormity of the “drill” is so mammoth, that is almost defies description. [...]
http://www.pakalertpress.com/
Thanks - Ted Belman writing from Jerusalem, Israel for 12+ years ...
De-Islamization is the Only Way to Fight ISIS
by Daniel Greenfield
Obama can’t defeat ISIS with soft power, though ISIS could beat him with soft power assuming its Caliph ever decided to agree to sit down at a table with John Kerry without beheading him. Iran has picked up billions in sanctions relief and the right to take over Yemen and raid ships in international waters in the Persian Gulf just for agreeing to listen to Kerry talk for an hour. And that might be a fair exchange. As bad as having your capital or ship seized by Iran is, listening to John Kerry talk is even worse. If ISIS were to agree to a deal, it could pick up Baghdad and Damascus just in exchange for showing up. All it would have to do is find a Jihadi who hasn’t chopped off any heads on camera to present as a moderate. The administration and its media operatives would accuse anyone who disagreed of aiding the ISIS hardliners at the expense of the ISIS moderates who also represent the hardliners. [...]
http://www.israpundit.org/
THE ARAB CRISIS AND ISRAEL
by Stephen Kramer
The English Speaking Friends of Tel Aviv University (Friends of TAU) hosted Professor Asher Susser at its most recent monthly lecture. Susser, who earned his PhD in Modern Middle Eastern History at TAU and is presently the Director for External Affairs of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies there, has taught for over twenty-five years in the university’s Department of Middle Eastern History. His lectures are consistently incisive, well-organized, and full of insights. Below I will try to summarize Professor Susser’s informative remarks. Revolution and violence are the key watchwords for the Arab experience over the last several years. For even longer, there has been a mass immigration of Arabs and other Muslims from North Africa and the Middle East, primarily to Europe, due to the decline and failure of Arab nationalism. [...]
http://www.israpundit.org/
How to Defend Israel? Talk About Rights. Not Just Security
by Jonathan S. Tobin, COMMENTARY
Ted Belman writes - In 2003 just after the Roadmap was released, I wrote “Israel must shift the battlefield from its security to its rights” The fact remains, that the process or Roadmap is of no concern to anyone. What matters is that Israel be forced, by hook or by crook, by obfuscation or relentless pressure, to return to the ’49 borders. The rest is smoke and mirrors.
Israel diplomats were reportedly shocked this week when their country’s new deputy foreign minister asked them to speak up about Israel’s rights in the conflict with the Palestinians rather than just its security needs. As the Times of Israel reports, http://www.timesofisrael.com/
http://www.israpundit.org/
Obama Again Tries To Pull The Wool Over Pro-Israel, Anti-Nuclear-Iran Eyes in Synagogue Speech
ZOA
In a speech today at Adas Israel Synagogue in Washington, D.C., President Obama voiced his usual empty flowery platitudes about having Israel’s back and never allowing Iran to develop nuclear weapons, and even asserted that he was “an honorary member of the tribe” – while promoting policies that place a knife squarely in Israel’s back, and lying about his record and the Iran nuclear deal. The President’s platitudes were clearly meaningless: In the next breath during his speech, Obama complained about Jewish “settlements” – which are in reality Jewish communities in historic Jewish land comprising less than 2% of Judea and Samaria, and promoted a Palestinian state – while ignoring the facts that the Palestinian Authority (PA) continues to promote anti-Jewish hatred in their schools, media and speeches, and that the PA is part and parcel of a unity government with the terrorist group Hamas, and that both the Hamas and PA President Abbas’ Fatah party’s charters call for Israel’s destruction. President Obama also ignored the fact that the PA is attempting to use the UN to establish a unilateral state that does not recognize Israel, refuses to negotiate with Israel, and is determined to wipe Israel off the face of the map. President Obama also said nothing about the PA paying pensions to terrorists who have killed Jews. [...]
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BLESSINGS - Memorial Day - Pentecost - Shavout !!!
w vid Salute to Our American Heroes this Memorial Day Weekend
by Richard Thompson, TMLC President & Chief Counsel
This Memorial Day Weekend is a time to remember the fallen heroes throughout our nation’s history
“who gave the last full measure of devotion” to their nation.
“As we honor their memory today, let us pledge that their lives, their sacrifices, their valor shall be justified
and remembered for as long as God gives life to this nation.” Ronald Reagan
Mere words cannot capture the enormity of their sacrifice or the anguish of loved ones they left behind.
On this Memorial Day weekend remember and pray for our troops who are now in harm’s way.
And pray for their families and loved ones as they endure the hardship and uncertainty of deployment.
I close this Memorial Day message with a favorite poem by Marine Chaplain Father Dennis Edward O’Brien,
which pays tribute to our courageous soldiers for their service in protecting the fundamental
liberties guaranteed by our Constitution:
It is the Soldier
It is the soldier, not the reporter,
who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the soldier, not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the soldier, not the campus organizer,
who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.
It is the soldier, not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the soldier, who salutes the flag,
who serves under the flag,
and whose coffin is draped by the flag,
who allows the protester to burn the flag.
Sincerely, Richard Thompson
President and Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center
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From the Natural to the Supernatural
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Israeli girls holding wheat perform a special dance on Shavuot.
Israeli children perform a dance with offering baskets at a kibbutz
on Shavuot.
From the Natural to the Supernatural
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Pentecost has three names in Scripture,
two of which underscore its agricultural nature: Chag
HaKatzir (Feast of the Harvest), Yom HaBikkurim (Day of
Firstfruits), and Shavuot (Feast of Weeks).
Shalom
“From the day after the
Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave
offering, count off seven full weeks (Shavuot).”
(Leviticus 23:15)
(Leviticus 23:15)
In a rare
alignment, this year, the Christian celebration of Pentecost
(on May 24th) coincides with the Jewish celebration of
Shavuot.
While many Christians will
be celebrating Pentecost on Sunday as the
time of the pouring out of the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) on
the Church, few realize that this special day originates in
a Jewish holiday or why this is significant.
Israeli girls holding wheat perform a special dance on Shavuot.
Transcendence on
Shavuot:
From the Natural to the Supernatural
From the Natural to the Supernatural
Shavuot (Weeks) is also called Pentecost (Fifty)
because this holy festival is linked to the Festival of
Passover 50 days before.
This Greek name arises from the fact that the Torah
commands us to count seven weeks from the day after the first
Sabbath of Pesach (Passover). This counting period is called
Counting the Omer (in
Hebrew—Sefirat HaOmer).
Sefirat HaOmer begins with a wave offering of barley and
continues for 49 days (7 days x 7 weeks = 49 days) until the
wheat offering on Shavuot.
The number 49 in Judaism represents the natural end of a
full cycle or a full quota or measure. The word for measure in Hebrew is middah (מדה),
and this word has a numeric value of 49. So the number 49
represents the epitome of a good measure.
(Jewish Wisdom in the Numbers)
(Jewish Wisdom in the Numbers)
Moving from 49 to 50
can represent moving through all the natural stages into
the supernatural, since 50 is the number of
transcendence. It also represents a designated endpoint.
For instance, the Exodus from Egypt can be seen as the
beginning of 50 days of ascending redemption for the Jewish
People, beginning with the redemption at Passover and ending
with the pinnacle of Shavuot—the giving of the Torah at Mount
Sinai.
Israeli children perform a dance with offering baskets at a kibbutz
on Shavuot.
God uses this same number pattern for the weeks of years.
After 49 years (seven cycles of Shemitah years—a sabbatical
rest for the land every seven years), a Yovel (Jubilee) is
reached on the 50th year, which represents freedom and
liberation.
This fiftieth day on Pentecost, therefore, also
points to the year of Jubilee, at which time the shofar (ram’s horn)
would sound, all slaves would go free, and all debts would be
cancelled.
“And you shall consecrate
the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land
to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee [yovel] for
you, when each of you shall return to his property and each
of you shall return to his clan.” (Leviticus 25:10)
Of course, the number seven is also significant. Seven is
a number representing wholeness, perfection and completion;
for example, in six days, God created the universe but on the
seventh day, His work was completed and, therefore, He rested.
The boy in this Jerusalem Shavuot poster asks,
"Daddy, bring me to the synagogue to hear the
Ten Commandments." The rabbi below him is
Rabbi Schneerson, whom many Chabad-Lubavitch
members proclaim to be Messiah. The Hebrew
in the red box at the bottom states, "Long Live our
Master, our Teacher, and our Rabbi, King Messiah,
forever."
Israeli school children re-enact the bringing of the first fruits to
Jerusalem for Shavuot.
In many Sephardic Jewish congregations, a ketubah l'Shavuot
(marriage certificate for Shavuot) is read prior to the reading of the
Torah on Shavuot. The ketubah is a symbolic betrothal of God
and Israel.
Following the
pattern of the counting of the Omer—seven weeks of seven
(49) that lead to a day of harvest and transcendence—we
are also counting down the days in the expectation of a
supernatural harvest when all will be complete and
perfect.
During the Messianic reign, faithful followers of Yeshua
(Jesus) will rule, reign and judge with Him in a world that
recognizes the God of Israel. (Revelation 2:26–27;
2 Timothy 2:12; 1 Corinthians 6:2–3)
That is the epitome of transcendence.
The boy in this Jerusalem Shavuot poster asks,
"Daddy, bring me to the synagogue to hear the
Ten Commandments." The rabbi below him is
Rabbi Schneerson, whom many Chabad-Lubavitch
members proclaim to be Messiah. The Hebrew
in the red box at the bottom states, "Long Live our
Master, our Teacher, and our Rabbi, King Messiah,
forever."
Preparing to
Receive the Torah on Shavuot
Because the Holy Temple is no longer standing
in Jerusalem, the Jewish People can no longer bring an
offering of the omer (sheaf);
nevertheless, the counting is still observed.
This 50-day period, which culminates with Shavuot, is
considered a journey of self-discovery and refinement, a
time to reflect on our character, to prepare ourselves to
receive and live out God’s transcendent Word.
According to Rabbinic tradition, Shavuot commemorates
the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai
(although Scripture does not explicitly state this).
(although Scripture does not explicitly state this).
Receiving the
Torah seven weeks after their miraculous Exodus from
Egypt meant not only accepting the privilege of living
as God’s set apart people; it also meant accepting the
responsibility.
It became the agreed upon standard of behavior or code
of conduct for both the native born Israelite and the
stranger who came to join them.
“One law [torah achat] and
one custom shall be for you and for the stranger who
dwells with you.” (Numbers 15:16)
Israeli school children re-enact the bringing of the first fruits to
Jerusalem for Shavuot.
Shavuot: The Bride
and the Bridegroom
The Torah is so much more than a list of rules, and
Mount Sinai was not simply a place to receive the law. It
represented the sealing of a Covenant between God and His
people, as a Bridegroom with His beloved Bride.
The message of
Shavuot is that we are significant to God. He has
chosen, appointed, and anointed us to proclaim and live
out His purposes in this world by bringing us into His
covenantal relationship through accepting His Torah.
Now that God has given us the Torah, He has entrusted us
with a sacred mission—to spread its light to all the
nations.
Likewise, Yeshua’s final words to us were to go and make
disciples of all the nations, teaching them all God has
commanded us.
“Go and make disciples of
all nations, immersing them in the mikvah in the name of
the Father (Av)
and Son (Ben) and
Holy Spirit (Ruach
HaKodesh), teaching them to observe
all the things I have commanded you.” (Matthew
28:19–20)
In many Sephardic Jewish congregations, a ketubah l'Shavuot
(marriage certificate for Shavuot) is read prior to the reading of the
Torah on Shavuot. The ketubah is a symbolic betrothal of God
and Israel.
Supernatural Power
on Shavuot
Peter Preaches to the Jews on Pentecost,
by Author Dixon
"Bring two loaves made of two-tenths of an ephah of the
finest flour, baked with yeast, as a wave offering of
firstfruits to the Lord." (Leviticus 23:17)
It is traditional in Israel for children to make and wear zer prachim
(floral head-wreath) on Shavuot. As an agricultural holiday, the
use of plants and flowers for decorating at Shavuot is fairly common.
As well, Jewish legend has it that Mount Sinai burst into flower at the
giving of the Torah.
Ruth, the Dutiful Daughter-in-Law, by William Blake
Is Shavuot mentioned in the Brit Chadashah
(New Testament)? Is this ancient Biblical
festival relevant to New Covenant followers of Yeshua
today?
Definitely !
Definitely !
It is no accident that God chose this very day to pour
out the Ruach HaKodesh on Yeshua's disciples, who had been
waiting in Jerusalem in obedience to His final
instructions:
“Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait
for the gift My Father promised, which you have heard Me
speak about. For John immersed with water, but in a few
days you will be immersed with the Ruach HaKodesh. ...
You will receive power when the Ruach HaKodesh comes on
you; and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in
all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (Acts
1:4–8)
What an awesome event in history !
Peter Preaches to the Jews on Pentecost,
by Author Dixon
On Shavuot,
Adonai supernaturally poured out the Ruach HaKodesh on
Yeshua's followers so they were
empowered to live a holy, Spirit-led life and be his
witnesses—in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to
the ends of the earth!
They moved out of the realm of the natural into the
supernatural, as can all believers in Yeshua.
While keeping the Torah is not how we are saved, we
nevertheless strive to live holy lives, set apart from the
world. Why? Because we are saved.
That holiness leads us to love, which is the whole point
of the Torah.
“For the whole Law is
fulfilled in one word, in the statement,
'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"
(Galatians 5:14; see also Leviticus 19:18)
'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"
(Galatians 5:14; see also Leviticus 19:18)
Yes, Shavuot is a very important festival for all
followers of Yeshua, both native born and those “wild
branches” grafted into the natural olive tree. In fact, two loaves of leavened
bread called the Shtei
HaLechem were brought to the Temple
and offered on Shavuot. Those loaves can be understood to
represent Jew and Gentile.
"Bring two loaves made of two-tenths of an ephah of the
finest flour, baked with yeast, as a wave offering of
firstfruits to the Lord." (Leviticus 23:17)
Although Shavuot is considered by many as the
“birth of the Church,” the people who experienced the
Ruach HaKodesh at this time were God-fearing Jews from
many nations:
Worship of the Calf, by W. C. Simmonds
“Now there were
staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every
nation under heaven.” (Acts 2:5)
On that Shavuot, Israel saw an amazing reversal.
After receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai, 3,000 souls
perished because of the sin of the golden calf (Exodus
32:28).
On this same
day all those years later, this same
number of souls were saved after the Ruach
HaKodesh was poured out! About 3,000 people
were added to the community of Believers on Shavuot.
(Acts 2:41)
The Spirit of God reversed the destruction caused by
the sin of man!
And Yeshua's followers worked tirelessly to bring
the Good News to all of Israel and then beyond to the
Gentiles.
Worship of the Calf, by W. C. Simmonds
Exercising
Love and Generosity
One of the very first things these Believers did
after receiving the Spirit of God was form a Messianic
kibbutz (communal lifestyle) where they shared all
things in common. (Acts 2:44, 4:32)
They no longer lived to fulfill their own selfish
desires; they shared all they had with anyone in need.
May each of us experience the Ruach
HaKodesh in a fresh, new and powerful way this year on
Shavuot, transforming our hearts, and making us more
generous givers.
God gave us two of His most priceless gifts on this
day: the Torah (His Holy Word) and the Ruach HaKodesh.
We need both Truth and Ruach. The Torah is the Word of Truth (Davar
Emet), but it is the Spirit that gives
us the grace to live out that Truth in our daily lives.
One of those Truths is the concept of celebrating God’s
goodness through giving.
It is traditional in Israel for children to make and wear zer prachim
(floral head-wreath) on Shavuot. As an agricultural holiday, the
use of plants and flowers for decorating at Shavuot is fairly common.
As well, Jewish legend has it that Mount Sinai burst into flower at the
giving of the Torah.
Celebrating the
Goodness of God
“Three times a year all
your men must appear before the Lord your God at the
place He will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened
Bread (Passover), the Festival of Weeks (Shavuot) and
the Festival of Tabernacles (Sukkot). No one should
appear before the Lord empty-handed: Each of you must
bring a gift in proportion to the way the Lord your God
has blessed you.” (Deuteronomy 16:16–17)
Shavuot is one of the three pilgrimage festivals in
which the Jewish People would come to Jerusalem to bring
their offerings to the Temple. The people were to
come before the Lord with offerings directly
proportional to how the Lord had blessed them.
Of course, the Word of God exhorts us to give
throughout the year to the Levites (those who serve God in
the Holy Sanctuary as ministers and teachers of the Word),
as well as the foreigners, the fatherless, and the widows.
We see in Scripture that the blessings God has blessed
us with are not just for our own gain. We are to share
with others who are in need. It was for this reason that
God also commanded
the people not to harvest the entire field but to
leave the corners of their fields for the poor.
“When you reap the
harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of
your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.
Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing
among you. I am the LORD your God.” (Leviticus
23:22)
Therefore, the traditional Scripture reading for
Shavuot is the Book of Ruth who gleaned in the fields of
Boaz. Jewish tradition calls for all to study the Book of
Ruth together on the eve of Shavuot.
Ruth, the Dutiful Daughter-in-Law, by William Blake
God never asks us to do anything that He has not
already done.
We can't out-give God. He is the most generous giver.
One of the best-known Scripture from the Gospels, John
3:16, says that “God so
loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, so
that whoever would believe in Him would not perish but
have eternal life.”
Please pray that at this harvest festival, the Lord of the Harvest (Adon
HaKatzir) will send forth more
laborers into the harvest fields of Israel and that the
harvest of souls into His Kingdom will be plentiful!
“Then He said to His
disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful but the workers are
few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send
out workers into His harvest field.’”
(Matthew 9:37–38)
(Matthew 9:37–38)
“May a full reward be
given you by the God of Israel under whose wings you
have taken refuge.”
(Ruth 2:12)
(Ruth 2:12)
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