Shabbat Shalom – כ״א בְּנִיסָן תשס״ח
Shabbat Shalom!
Welcome to another Glorious Shabbat. Candle lighting is at 1946 (7:46 pm) if you live in the East Dallas area. If you don’t happen to live in that area, or if you just want to check your times yourselves, HebCal has a great online utility for the Shabbat Candle Lighting Times. Just click the link, enter your zip code, and click ‘Get Shabbat Times’.
For those who don’t know, the candle lighting takes place before Shabbat begins because it is forbidden to kindle fire on Shabbat (see Sh’mot 35:3). It is traditional to light the candles 18 minutes before Shabbat begins. That is why the candle lighting time for tonight is 1946 (7:46 pm) and not 2004 (8:04 pm) which is sundown/begining of Shabbat.
Traditionally, the woman of the house lights the Shabbat candles. There are usually two of them, though some people (mostly singles) only light one. In some families, there are two candles plus one additional candle per child. After lighting the candles, a Blessing is said:
Shabbat Candle Blessing:
English Transliteration: Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha-olam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu l’hadlik ner shel shabbat.
English Translation: Blessed are You, Lord, our God, King of the universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us to light the Shabbat candles.
In my family, my wife lights the candles and says the Blessing. She will usually wear either my tallit or a lace shawl that I bought her for this purpose.
After lighting the Shabbat Candles, we do Hamotzi, which is the Blessing of the bread. Most people use Challah bread. When doing Hamotzi, we hold the bread in the right hand. This is because Yeshua sits at the right hand of the Father.
Blessing over Bread called Hamotzi:
English Transliteration: Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha-olam, ha-motzi lehem min ha-aretz.
English Translation: Blessed are you, LORD, our God, King of the universe, who brings forth bread from the earth.
And then Kiddush which is the Blessing over wine. Once again, we hold the wine in the right hand. The reason is the same as that for Hamotzi.
Blessing over Wine called Kiddush:
English Transliteration: Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu Melekh ha-olam, bo’re p’ri ha-gafen.
English Translation: Blessed are You, LORD, our God, King of the universe, who creates the fruit of the vine.
For those interested in knowing, the reason we do Hamotzi first is because you must tear the “flesh” to get to the “blood”. In my family, we literally tear or break the bread as opposed to cutting it.
After the Blessings, we eat our Erev Shabbat (Eve of Shabbat) dinner. Typically we will then spend time together playing games, reading from Torah, etc.
Shabbat Shalom,
Jason
April 29, 2008 at 8:31 am
You might enjoy my translation site:
http://transubstantiation.wordpress.com/
Zak
July 27, 2008 at 8:33 am
Blessings to you my brother!
Shalom
November 1, 2008 at 3:49 am
You write: “My name is Jason. I am a talmid (disciple) of Yeshua HaMessiach, commonly (and incorrectly) refered to as Jesus the Christ.”
Hello Jason,
My name is Anders Branderud and I am from Sweden. The most important thing in my life is Judaism. I have practised Orthodox Judaism through Netzarim (www.netzarim.co.il) in Ra’anana in Israel (led by the Orthodox Jew Paqid Yirmeyahu ha-Tzadiq), who are followers of Ribi Yehoshua (the Messiah) since 2007-05. Before that I was a devoted Christian for 6 years.
The name of the historical Yeshua is Ribi Yehohsua. This is not the same person as le-havdil anti-Torah Jesus.
le-havdil,The research of world-recognized authorities (for example Barrie Wilson; http://www.barriewilson.com) in this area implies that Ribi Yehoshua was a Pharisee (a Torah-practising Jewish group – who according to 4Q MMT (a Scroll found in the Qumran-caves) practised both written and Halakhah (oral Torah).
Ribi Yehoshua – the Messiah – practised Halakhah (oral Torah) as preserved since Moshe (Moses) in an uninterrupted chain. משפט (Mishpat; a Hebrew word in Torah) is commanded to be followed by the mitzwot (commandments) in Torah. Mishpat is the decisions of how the mitzwot in Torah shall be followed! Therefore it’s no addition to the commandments as is prohibited in Devarim (Deuteronomy) 13:1-6. No one has the right to go against the authority of mishpat. See more at http://www.netzarim.co.il; click at the letters M and H and then scroll down to “mishpat” and “Halakhah”. Torah warns that one shouldn’t subordinate to the mishpat decided by the Beit Din; but instead follow their own eyes and their own heart. See the end of Be’midbar chapter 15.
I practise Torah and Halakhah to the best of my ability. I guarantee to you that it is not a heavy burden. It is wonderful to practise the mitzwot (commandments)
תורה (Torah) requires subordination to the בית דין (beit din)-system instituted by מֹשֶה בְפַּרְשַת יִתְּרוֹ (Mosheh in Parashah Yitro) and that the only legitimate בתי דין (batei din; that is beit din in plural) today are those that are successors to the בית דין system instituted by משה בפרשת יתרו: the Orthodox בתי דין.
If you want to follow the same and only Torah and Halakhah as the historical Ribi Yehoshua; you must subordinate yourself to Beit-Din ha-Netzarim (www.netzarim.co.il) in Ra’anana in Israel. That is the only Beit Din that believes Ribi Yehoshua is the Messiah; and therefore the only alternative to be a follower of Ribi Yehoshua is to subordinate oneself to the Beit-Din ha-Netzarim. The leader of Netzarim – Paqid Yirmeyahu ha-Tzadiq – is in good standing in the Beit ha-Kneset (Orthodox Synagogue) Moreshot Avot since more than a decade in Ra’anana in Israel.
From Anders Branderud
August 21, 2009 at 10:12 am
ANDERS BRANDERUD: THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING OTHERS
TO FIRST CENTURY FOLLOWERS OF RIBI YEHOSHUA!!!
MY WONDERFUL AND LOVING MOTHER, JUANITA ISOM, RAISED ME TO RESPECT HER PERCEIVED VALUES OF THE ALMIGHY AND HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON,”FIRST BORN OF ALL CREATION”. SHE WAS ALWAYS SEEKING TRUE LEARNING. AT AN EARLY AGE OF 16, I FELT THE NEED TO BE A PREACHER YET COULD NEVER ACCEPT “TRINITY” AND “IMMORTAL SOUL” DOCTRINES. THE ROAD HAS BEEN LONG AND EMOTIONALLY PAINFUL IN
MY PERSONAL QUEST FOR THE TRUE TEACHINGS OF “JESUS” WHOM I NOW KNOW AS RIBI YEHOSHUA THE MESSIAH.
IN MY QUEST, MY MIND ALWAYS WONDERED WHY PERSONS WANTING TO FOLLOW MESSIAH DID NOT PRACTICE THE JEWISH FAITH SAME AS YEHOSHUA. I’M NOW AGE 60 AND FEEL AS THOUGH A FRESH THUNDERSTORM HAS BROUGHT CLEARITY AND PEACE TO MY MIND.
AS A YOUNSTER, I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A JEWISH RABBI OF A REFORMED JEWISH SYNAGOGUE. HE GAVE ME A SIMPLISTIC LITTLE BOOK; THIS OFFENDED ME BECAUSE I SOUGHT A DEEPER MEANING. MY SECOND CONTACT WAS WITH A FINE RESPECTABLE COLLEGE PROFESSOR. IN HIS KINDESS, HE PERMITTED ME TO DELIVER A LATE TERM PAPER TO HIS HOME ON A SATURDAY MORNING. WHEN I ENTERED HIS HOME, I FELT A SENSE OF CALMNESS AND ORDERLY PEACE. HE INTRODUCED ME TO HIS WIFE; HER PIERCING EYES CONVEYED TO ME THAT I HAD DONE SOMETHING WRONG. HER EYES WERE NOT MEAN OR HATEFUL BUT DIRECT. LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT MY PRESENCE INTERRUPTED THEIR SABBATH. I HAVE
NEVER FOTGOTTEN THAT FEELING AND THINK OF IT TO THIS DAY.
THANKS TO YOU AND JASON, I AM NOW ON THE ROAD TO LEARNING ABOUT FOLLOWERS OF TRUE RIBI YEHOSHUA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THE HEBREW-JEWISH RELIGION IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL FAITH FILLED WITH RICHNESS,SIMBOLISM
AND PEACE. OVER THE YEARS I’VE TRIED TO READ A NUMBER OF BOOKS WRITTEN BY FINE JEWISH SCHALORS BUT I JUST DIDN’T HAVE EITHER THE CULTURAL OR RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND TO COMPREHEND. NOW,HOPEFULLY, I WILL BE ABLE TO SLOWLY LEARN. BEING A POET, I’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO WRITE IN THE RICHNESS OF HEBREW THOUGHT.
SHALOM, FROM A USA-TEXAS GENTILE WHO LONGS TO BECOME
A FOLLOWER OF RIBI YEHOSHUA AND A JEWISH CONVERT.
B. ISOM