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How Christians can Honor Israel by Acknowledging Shavuot (Pentecost)
BY JIM HUTCHENS— Shavuot is what the Bible refers to as “Feast of Weeks.” Most non-Jews don’t have the foggiest idea what it means. The Greeks called it “Pentecost,” from a Greek word meaning 50. It is called “Pentecost” in the New Testament. Today, Christians…
The Messiah and Shavuot
BY SHELLEY NEESE, JERUSALEM CONNECTION— This Saturday, May 26th, is the first night of Shavuot. If you haven’t heard of the Biblical holiday of Shavuot, that’s probably because you are more familiar with its Greek name: Pentecost. On Shavuot, Jews celebrate the events that took…
The Scourge of Araby
BY VICTOR SHARPE, AMERICAN THINKER— In the 1921 hit song, The Sheikh of Araby, there is one line that goes as follows, “…While you’re asleep, into your tent I’ll creep.” Of course the song was referring to the sheikh who romantically pursued the headstrong British…
Was Columbus secretly a Jew?
BY CHARLES GARCIA, CNN— Today marks the 508th anniversary of the death of Christopher Columbus. Everybody knows the story of Columbus, right? He was an Italian explorer from Genoa who set sail in 1492 to enrich the Spanish monarchs with gold and spices from the…
ABCs of Shavuot
BY RABBI SHRAGA SIMMONS, AISH It is ironic that Shavuot is such a little-known holiday. Because in fact, Shavuot commemorates the single most important event in Jewish history ― the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. Shavuot is the culmination of the seven-week-long “counting…
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Spot Report: The Messiah and Shavuot
Think on this: Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children and for…
This Week's Scripture Reading Portion:
Scripture reading for May 19, 2012
Torah: Leviticus 26:3 – 27:34, “B’chukotai” (In my statutes …) Haftorah: Jeremiah 16:19 – 17:14 New Testament: II Corinthians 6:14 – 18 Gospel: Matthew 23:23 -24; 37 – 30, “Oie, lechem” (Woe to you …)
Quotes:
Wish I’d said that
“We have never been the same since the day on which the voice of God overwhelmed us at Sinai….The Torah is not the wisdom but the destiny of Israel, not our literature but our essence.”—Abraham Joshua Heschel, God in Search of Man
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