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@catellyst
13 Mar 2017 10:16:32
16 posts

Berakhot 6a

Talmud - Berakhot

Rabbi, you mentoned in class certain mitzvot give one permission to be excused from prayer. As a person with small children, I am looking for ways to measure my own availability and add in as much prayer as I can.

4 questions related to this issue.

1. I found this article...is there any merit to it's content?https://www.nishmat.net/torah/view.asp?id=46

2. I have an art scroll siddur and feel constantly frustrated with it. I am considering a Breslov siddur, or the Koren Sacks siddur...would that help? Maybe I need a class just to learn how to properly use the siddur? (If that is the case, would you be willing to teach that class?)

3. I regularly pray the Tikkun Klali. It is familiar to me and based in Psalms, so I know I am not "transgressing" per se, by praying this instead of the siddur, however, my question, in general, then, when one is pursuing chassidic practice, should it be above and beyond the actual commandments? Or is it meritous to do the klali, even though I struggle with the amidah? (I just don't want to be interrupted during the amidah.)

4. I don't know if you are aware that the Assemble Together community was attempting at one point to do shachrit over skype. I don't know how you feel about praying on camera, but would love the honor of praying with you if you would consider it, Rabbi.

updated by @catellyst: 13 Mar 2017 15:21:59

@catellyst
18 Nov 2016 14:50:31
16 posts

@Ron and David LeBlanc

I see that garments reflect our deeds in scripture, so, following that hint, I would describe the relationship between Torah and Yeshua as this: The Torah is the Garments that Robe Yeshua. He is not the Torah, but just as the garments "hang on" and outline the shape of the body, so do the deeds of Torah display Yeshua to the world.

#justmy2cents

updated by @catellyst: 08 Dec 2016 21:12:30

@catellyst
18 Nov 2016 14:48:10
16 posts

Ron.Ammundsen:

In Galatians 4:9-10, the word translated into English as "observe" is not the same word that is used in the Greek Scriptures to mean "observe" the Father's appointed times, or to obey Torah. Let me paste in here something I wrote on another forum:

The Greek word translated as "observe" is paratereisthe a form of paratēreō (Strongs #3906).

We can look up all the places that any form of paratēreō is used in the Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), which were the Scriptures used by Greek-speaking people at the time when Paul wrote Galatians. If Paul was using paratēreō to refer to Sabbathkeeping and observing God's laws and observing God's other appointed times, we would expect to find paratēreō in verses like these in the Septuagint:
Exodus 34:22 "You shall observe the Feast of Weeks, the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year’s end."
Deut. 5:12 "Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy,"
However, we find that the word paratēreō is not used in any verses like these in the Greek Old Testament. These verses all use completely different Greek words than what Paul used in Gal 4:10.

The word Paul used in Galatians 4:10 that has been translated into English as "observe" appears just three times in the Septuagint.
Here are all the verses where any form of paratēreō is used in the Greek Old Testament:
    Psalm 37:12 - "The wicked plots against the righteous, And gnashes at him with his teeth."
    Psalm 130:3 - "If Thou, LORD, shouldst mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?"
    Daniel 6:11   - "Then these men watched, and found Daniel praying and supplicating to his God."
Notice that paratēreō is never used in the Law of Moses and never used to refer to keeping God's law. In all of the verses where paratēreō is used it refers to plotting or watching someone as you would watch an adversary.

And in the New Testament, these are all the verses where any form of paratēreō is found:
    Mark 3:2     - "They were watching Him to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him."
    Luke 6:7     - "The scribes and the Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He healed on the Sabbath, so that they might find reason to accuse Him."
    Luke 14:1   - "It happened that when He went into the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching Him closely."
Luke 20:20 - "So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, in order that they might catch Him in some statement, so that they could deliver Him to the rule and the authority of the governor."
    Acts 9:24   - "but their plot became known to Saul. They were also watching the gates day and night so that they might put him to death;"
    Gal 4:10 - "You observe days and months and seasons and years."
Notice again, that in all the verses where paratēreō is used it refers to plotting or watching as you would watch an adversary.

The pagans have days, months, seasons, and years -- such as Friday the 13th --, that they watch superstitiously because they are afraid something bad is going to happen. That was not the case with God's Sabbaths and appointed times. There was no superstitious fear involved in keeping God's Law.

@Wanda

updated by @catellyst: 09 Dec 2016 03:32:03

@catellyst
05 Nov 2016 23:12:45
16 posts

Ron, I am so grateful you have studied out the Greek. I definitely Have been concentrating on the Hebrew to the exclusion of the Greek, brother. What a great insight! I wouldn't have seen that

@catellyst
25 Oct 2016 08:42:26
16 posts

Beit Midrash is now open!

Here is a link to the Beit Midrash room for Tuesday October 25, 2016 (Tishrei 23, 5777)

Join online meeting - https://meet.lync.com/assembletogether/sashya.clark/JDXQTZ7P

This week's Parsha is Bereishit.

A video to watch about how to sit shiva:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkKqoUYoXT

@catellyst
21 Oct 2016 11:27:05
16 posts

Chris Flanagan and Holy Language Institute

Day Five (Oct. 21)

We are super excited, the Holy Language Tribe and Assemble Together group will be starting the Torah portions again next week! Beginning in Genesis! Study with us! It will be so fun

I have found that the Memrise course is really handy on the phone app, but don't stop there! It is also available for your computer (and the mac/windows version has a ton more functionality!!!)

Here is Chris's story: Hebrew Roots, Discipleship and the Traditional Churchgoer

Memrise Course Tutorial Video 1

Hebrew Quest Memrise and Graduation Program Launch!! (video 1/3)

Video 2

Hebrew Quest Memrise Modules Overview (2/3)

Video 3

Hebrew Quest Memrise Modules Overview (2/3)

updated by @catellyst: 21 Oct 2016 11:27:11

@catellyst
20 Oct 2016 22:36:46
16 posts

Generation Transformation with David LeBlanc

Day Four (Oct. 20)

The many wonderful resources that David LeBlanc mentioned in his talk:

"Life As Creation: A Jewish Way of Thinking About the World," Shalom Freedom, 1993

http://amzn.to/2ezAKOd

"God In Search of Man", Abraham Joshua Heschel

http://amzn.to/2eou5Ky

The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels (Hinges of History)" by Tomas Cahill

http://amzn.to/2eMqJke

"Exploring Our Hebraic Heritage: A Christian Theology of Roots and Renewal", Marvin R. Wilson

http://amzn.to/2ezC4QT

"Exodus: The Book of Redemption, Covenant & Conversation", Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

http://amzn.to/2dsdxQv

"The Holocaust: Roots, History & Aftermath," David M. Crowe

http://amzn.to/2e6cvYg

@catellyst
20 Oct 2016 11:50:15
16 posts

Generation Transformation with David LeBlanc

Day Four (Oct. 20)

One of the books that Clear mentioned in the Q and A was a "History of Jewish Education from BCE to CE"

Available on Amazon http://amzn.to/2dDArms

updated by @catellyst: 27 Apr 2017 04:32:34

@catellyst
19 Oct 2016 16:31:19
16 posts

Sukkot: The Particular and the Universal in Judiasm

Day Three (Oct. 19)

I will post some links later from Rabbi Siegel's talk this morning.

Here was his list of his study habits he mentioned:

"Inspirational Literature" (i.e. Rabbi Nachman's parables or Rabbi Natan's parables)

Attend Synagogue

Two Legal Sources (RamBam and Shulchan Aruch)

Chumash

Prophets

Writings (he mentioned he reads through the Psalms once per month)

Mishnah

Gemara

Zohar

Rabbi Luria on kabbalah

He said that he asks God before he studies to make the Torah an elixer of life to him, rather than a poison. And then after study, he recommended talking to God about what you just read and asking Him to help you apply it in your life. Just be honest with God about your reaction to the text.

....More later.

@catellyst
18 Oct 2016 13:35:45
16 posts