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Miguel Forero

Words that Contaminate

For Yehovah, marriage is sacred ground. The ritual of jealousy practiced in ancient times teaches us that He abhors unfaithfulness, and that unfounded jealousy slowly consumes the peace of a home.

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Miguel Forero

The Poison of Suspicion

For Yehovah, marriage is sacred ground. The ritual of jealousy practiced in ancient times teaches us that He abhors unfaithfulness, and that unfounded jealousy slowly consumes the peace of a home.

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Tzvi ben Daniel

What Does Shavuot Mean?

The word bikurim was popularized in the Messianic movement in the wake of, “Yom haBikurim,” the day ‘after Shabbat’  The word—or more accurately, the words—for “first fruits” in this passage are reshit k’tzirchem, literally, “the beginning of your harvest.” What may surprise many readers is that only a few verses later in the same chapter, the word bikurim appears, now

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Miguel Forero

Which Tribe Do you Belong to?

It is natural for an interest or curiosity to arise to “discover” if there is a blood connection with our Hebrew ancestors. For this reason, many of us have turned (myself included) to DNA testing to see if we have any percentage of Jewish blood in us.

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