Jews, Christians and Passover: An Abyss or A Bridge?

Published: Tue, 05/31/22

"The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace."
Numbers 6:24-26

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This coming Shabbat's Torah portion, read in Israel on Saturday, June 4th, is Nasso. The portion concludes with the Priestly Blessing and the offerings which the Tribal leaders brought in honor of the Tabernacle inauguration.

Jews, Christians and Passover: An Abyss or A Bridge? Buy it below.

Last week, our popular Root Source teacher Rabbi Gedalia Meyer talked about "Bamidbar." Watch it below.

We are delighted to share our lesson: Introduction to Pirkei Avot, from our course: Introduction. With our teacher Rabbi Elan Adler. Learn it here.

God might not be a part of your world, but you are a part of his world. Watch this to hear what Richard Booker and Gidon Ariel have to say. Watch it below.

We are featured in Givebutter! Check it below.

We sign off with a beautiful photo of Tel Aviv, Israel.

Shalom,
Gidon Ariel and Bob O’Dell
Root Source Founders

Parashat Nasso

This week’s reading, Nasso, is the longest single portion in the Torah, containing 176 verses. The reading starts with a continuation of the Levite census and a discussion regarding their Tabernacle duties. The laws of the sotah woman and the Nazirite follow. The portion concludes with the Priestly Blessing and the offerings which the Tribal leaders brought in honor of the Tabernacle inauguration.

Read more here

Jews, Christians and Passover: An Abyss or A Bridge?

Last week, we held the second annual Root Source and Nathaniel Foundation Symposium, dedicated to Shavuot and Torah.
During the event, we were delighted to announce that the Proceedings of last year's symposium have been published as a book!

Please see the book's information page here and purchase it if you are interested, it is available in Hardcover, Paperback, PDF, and Kindle formats.

You can also see a sample chapter there: Passover, the Seder, and Future of Christian-Jewish Relations by Dr. Marvin Wilson.

Buy here

Bamidbar: Rabbi Gedalia Meyer's Weekly Torah Study

Our popular Root Source teacher Rabbi Gedalia Meyer has been giving short weekly teaching on the Weekly Portion for the Temple Institute.

We are grateful to our friends at the Temple Institute who have allowed us to provide Rabbi Meyer’s teachings here too.

Watch the video

Introduction to Pirkei Avot

Rabbi Elan Adler introduces a famous Jewish work called “Chapters of the Fathers” which has also been referred to over the ages as “Ethics of the Fathers”.

Learn here

Conversations:
Richard Booker and Gidon Ariel Jan 17, 2022

Here is what Gidon and Dr. Richard talked about this week:

– Dr. Booker published books
– Our world is what we recognize
– God might not be a part of your world, but you are a part of his world
– Jewish people embrace the hand of friendship of genuine Christian love.

Watch the video

Jewish American Heritage Month

In response to our Symposium last week, Givebutter, the professional platform we ran it on, reached out to us and asked us to participate in their Jewish American Heritage Month celebration! This was a great honor and here is their original message to us and our answers to their questions.

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A Personal Connection to the Holocaust, and How Could God Let It Happen?

"As I have constantly asked YAH about this He told me this:
I AM a husband farmer
Earth is MY farm
All those I planted in the Holocaust were seeds planted by Me to arouse support for the restoration of Israel in the Land–they were the chosen seeds, since all will be in MY presence anyway.
It wasn’t because they were soo bad but soo elected as special seeds.
My ways are not your ways and My thoughts are not your thoughts!"

Tel Aviv, Israel

Enjoy this photo taken in Tel Aviv, Israel by Maria Lupan.