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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

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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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Miguel Forero

The Appointed Times of Yehovah

Many people don’t want to have children. And those who do often don’t know what to do with them or how to raise them, so they end up in the hands of strangers or in the educational and social systems.

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Tzvi ben Daniel

Chag (חַג) – The True Meaning of the Feasts of Yehovah

All the Feasts (chagim) are appointed times (mo’adim), but not all appointed times are Feasts. When we speak about the Feasts of the Creator or the Biblical Feasts, it is common to group all the mo’adim (appointed times) listed in Leviticus 23 into the same category. However, when we carefully

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Miguel Forero

The Family Designed by Yehovah

Many people don’t want to have children. And those who do often don’t know what to do with them or how to raise them, so they end up in the hands of strangers or in the educational and social systems.

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