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Messianic Judaism, (a branch of which is “Jews for Jesus”) is a religious group that has tried to straddle the line between Judaism and Christianity. According to this group, Jesus, or Yeshua in Aramaic, was the Messiah, and he died on behalf of the world’s sins. They also believe that the Jews are the chosen people, and that the explicit ...
- Tamar Fox
Reformers believed that the principles of Emancipation would inspire every nation and bring liberation to the entire world. Spreading from Germany and taking especially strong hold in the United States, Reform Judaism abolished the concept of a divinely-sent Messiah and promised instead that humanity would accomplish its own redemption.
- Rabbi Elaine Rose Glickman
The Messianic Era in Jewish Law. By J. Immanuel Schochet. From the Sichos in English Collection. A systematic compilation of the essential Halachic and conceptual teachings about Mashiach and the Messianic redemption from the Biblical, Talmudic-Midrashic and other authoritative sources. This important material is thus made accessible in English ...
- Bashert: Soul Mates. According to the Talmud, Rav Yehuda taught that 40 days before a male child is conceived, a voice from heaven announces whose daughter he is going to marry, literally a match made in heaven!
- Acquiring a Spouse. Mishnah Kiddushin 1:1 specifies that a woman is acquired (i.e., to be a wife) in three ways: through money, a contract, and sexual intercourse.
- The Process of Marriage: Kiddushin and Nisuin. The process of marriage occurs in two distinct stages: kiddushin (commonly translated as betrothal) and nisuin (full-fledged marriage).
- A Typical Ashkenazi Wedding Ceremony. It is customary for the bride and groom not to see each other for a week preceding the wedding. On the Shabbat of that week, it is customary among Ashkenazic Jews for the groom to have an aliyah (the honor of reciting a blessing over the Torah reading.
In marriage, sex loses none of its strength, but serves life; family love loses none of its stability, but is powered by zest and excitement. It is a blessing of the first magnitude. Because procreation is the purpose of sex, the wanton wasting of seed ( hashchatat zera) was prohibited.
- Maurice Lamm
Abstract. This article explores the role of women in contemporary Messianic Judaism. The prevailing view is that a woman cannot be a leader because her primary role, as ordained by God, is to be a good wife and mother. The article examines the present situation, drawn on existing studies and reports from the USA and supplemented by materials ...
The paradoxical nature of Jewish messianism is well illustrated by the phenomenon known as hishuv ha-ketz, “calculating the end.”Even before the children of Jacob became a nation, even before they were enslaved by the Pharaohs, the Bible records the first attempt to reveal the date when the Messiah would appear.
