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From: 	 heb_roots_chr@mail.geocities.com
Sent: 	 Tuesday, July 22, 1997 10:47 PM
To: 	 Hebraic Heritage Newsgroup
Subject: Re: Preparing for Shabbat / Torah Readin


> 
> From:          Ken Jeffries 
> To:            heb_roots_chr@geocities.com
> Subject:       Re: Preparing for Shabbat -Reply
> 
> Shalom Aleichem Eddie
> 
> May the Lord bless you and may He make His face to shine upon you.
> 
> Greetings from a gentile who just wants to ask a few questions regarding
> Shabbat.   I am a vegetarian can I celebrate Shabbat without meat, I am
> sorry I sound a like a real dumbo asking this question but a Jewish lady
told
> me that Jews are not vegetarian and this will cause me problems.
> 
> Please help a foolish gentile.
> 
> B'shem Y'shua
> 
> Ken
>  
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From:          Michael Silver 
Organization:  Etz Chayim - Tree of Life Messianic Jewish Congregation
To:            heb_roots_chr@mail.geocities.com 
Subject:       Re: Preparing for Shabbat -Reply

REPLY: I know many Jewish people who are vegetarians. In places where it is hard to find meat koshered properly, being a vegetarian helps
tremendously. Scripture does not command us to eat meat. After the flood G-d allowed Noah and his descendents to eat meat as there was no plant
life. Prior to the flood man was only allowed to partake of grains, etc. 

Rabbi Mordecai
-- 
Rabbi Michael Silver (Rav Mordecai Ben-Baruch)
Etz Chayim - Tree of Life Messianic Jewish Congregation
P.O. Box 364, Organ, NM 88052 (near sunny Las Cruces)

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> 
> 
> From:          James Olin Oden
> To:            "'heb_roots_chr@geocities.com'"
<heb_roots_chr@geocities.com> 
> Subject:       Preparing for Shabbat
> 
> Dear Brother Eddie,
> 
> I have been trying to prepare food ahead of Sunday (this is the day I keep holy for now), but in doing so, me and my wife have run into
> all kinds of dilemma's.  The main dilemma is what do you cook?  It has to be something that taste good cold of which there are many things
> I am sure, but we have kind of run out of thoughts in this area. What do Torah Observant believers do for food on Shabbat.  I know of
> all the ritual stuff (Chalah and the wine), but what do you do other than this.  I know this is a little less than spiritual question,
> but sometimes there are practical measures that must be taken order to observe a Mitzvah (granted I am not keeping _Shabbat_ yet, but
> the day I keep I should keep).
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated by me and my wife.
> 
> Shalom...James
> 
> 
>

From:          Michael Silver 
Organization:  Etz Chayim - Tree of Life Messianic Jewish Congregation
To:            heb_roots_chr@mail.geocities.com 
Subject:       Re: Preparing for Shabbat

REPLY: Any food that does not violate the clean and unclean instructions of G-d can be prepared ahead of time. There are many
things that you can prepare. If you would like to know of the foods, I would advise obtaining a kosher cookbook, which can be had from many
Judaic sites. 1-800-Judaism is one such place. Ask them to send you a catalog or check out their web site at www.judaism.com.

Rabbi Mordecai
-- 
Rabbi Michael Silver (Rav Mordecai Ben-Baruch)
Etz Chayim - Tree of Life Messianic Jewish Congregation
P.O. Box 364, Organ, NM 88052 (near sunny Las Cruces)

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> 
> From:          "MARET Systems International" <>
> To:            <heb_roots_chr@mail.geocities.com>
> Subject:       Re: Fire on Shabbat
> 
> Eddie,
> 
> It seems that FIRE itself is the key element that must not be used on Shabbat.  Therefore, electric stoves (as Rav O has stated) and
> other methods such as Crocks can be used.
> 
> What about the microwave?  Is that a violation of the Shabbat law of cooking -- i.e. kindling a fire?
> 
> Bob
>
>

From:          Michael Silver 
Organization:  Etz Chayim - Tree of Life Messianic Jewish Congregation
To:            heb_roots_chr@mail.geocities.com 
Subject:       Re: Fire on Shabbat


REPLY: The microwave uses electricity. If the electric stove is approved then should not be the microwave? In the time of the
wanderings, when G-d provided food for the Israelites, he made sure that they would have enough food on Friday, so that the people would
have enough to eat on the Shabbat. My wife and I have just recently discussed this issue and have come to the conclusion that we are not
to cook (using any means) from Friday evening until Saturday evening. If this means eating a cold meal we will do so. G-d's intention was
not to deny us the means of sustaining our bodies, but to teach us that no work was to be done on the Shabbat. And cooking is work,
though to some it is a pleasure, we need to focus on Him and our families and our congregations where we worship. Focus on the things
of G-d. That is what He intended along with giving us time to rest from the week's labor's.

Rabbi Mordecai
-- 
Rabbi Michael Silver (Rav Mordecai Ben-Baruch)
Etz Chayim - Tree of Life Messianic Jewish Congregation
P.O. Box 364, Organ, NM 88052 (near sunny Las Cruces)
Phone or Fax: 505-382-0193
e-mail: treelife@bigfoot.com or treelife@zianet.com
http://www.zianet.com/treelife
"The fruit of the righteous is a TREE of life,
and he who is winning lives is wise." Proverbs 11:30

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From:          Messianic Jewish Rabbi Roi Levine Garcia
To:            heb_roots_chr@geocities.com
Subject:       Re: Torah Cycle Readings

I studied in ISrael for some time. The Torah cylce that was accepted in Hebrew Univ was the one year cycle. With that understanding, Yeshua
read from Luke 4 the Shabbot before Rosh HaShanna and his answers to the enemy while he was in the desert are from the Torah Portion of
that week.

Also, the Torah portion we were just in Barak... has its Haftarah portion in Micah 5:1 which includes the prophecy in Bethlehem. Only in
the past 300 years has it begun with Micah 5:6. The prophecy in Micah 5:2 co-inciedes with 'Numbers 24:17 about the star out of Jacob.

Shalom
Messianic Rabbi Roi Levine Garcia

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From:          Messianic Rabbi Roi Levine Garcia
To:            heb_roots_chr@geocities.com
Subject:       Re: Tallis

There is a book out from Ariel Kaplan on the Talet, Garment of Light.

Interesting....

There is even a Kosher manner in which one folds the tallis, taught in Orthodox shuls in Israel. When I visited they said this was the custom
to fold it for over centuries.

When HaShem gave  Adam and Eve their coats of skin... It could also be translated coats of light... The sages say their first clothing was a
talet.

Messianic Rabbi Roi Levine Garcia

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