Why Messianic Halakha is needed pt 1.
Date: Jan 27th, 2009 6:45:18 pm - Subscribe
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New Series Part 1.
Our new Journey in Halakha over the next few weeks
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The overview
Title:
Why Messianic Halakha is needed
By Rabbi Aminadav Ben Avraham Hinton
The Beginning Shabbat's message of 1/24/09
Script: Lev 26. 1-46/ Deut 5.1-33/ Deut 8.1-20/ Acts 21.1-40/ Acts 24.1-27
Mitzvot is Law/ Halakha is Teaching, application
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Looking at Vayikra 26. I want to show you some concepts of what i believe to express Halakha by it's definition and explanation
Vayikra 26. verse one shows mitzvot,
You are not to make yourselves any idols, erect a carved statue or a standing stone, or place any carved stone anywhere in your land in order to bow down to it. I am El your YHVH 2. Keep my Shabbats, and revere my sanctuary; I am YHVH
vs 3 is Halacha. If(Conditional) you live by my regulations,observe my mitzvot and obey them; then i will provide the rain you need in its season, the land will yield its produce, and the trees in the field will yield their fruit
( abundance,overflowing) vs5. Your threshing time will extend until the grape harvest, and your grape harvesting will extend until the time for sowing seed. You will eat as much food as you want and live securely in your land(Jerusalem)
Amazingly obedience to observe two factors would cause these tremendous results, Mitzvot and Halakha seeing then the text starts out with mitzvot by stating the commandments,I am going to prove soon enough that commandments are demands and not suggestions ill regardless of what others may believe, YHVH is in regard to his mitzvot stating you are not to make. Not means: In no manner or degree
vs 14. But if you will not listen to me and obey all these mitzvot. 15.if you loathe(dislike,hateful,abhor,disgust) my regulations and reject my rulings(standards,laws,guide) in order not to obey all my mitzvot but cancel my covenant vs16. Then i,for my part, will do this to you: I(YHVH himself) will bring terror upon you( doesn't sound to me like a request or he's asking for permission)wasting disease and chronic fever to dim your sight (Blindness) and sap your strength. You will sow your seed for nothing(ground cursed) because your enemies will eat your crops.
I(YHVH) will set my face against you-your enemies will defeat you,those who hate you will hound you, and you will flee when no one is pursuing you. Vs 18. If these things don't make you listen to me( Make means: to cause something,to become,constitute,to invert)then i will discipline you seven times over for your sins, vs19. I(YHVH) will break your pride(arrogance,hard hearts)you have in your own power. I will make your sky like Iron(unable of rain) and your soil like bronze(unable to produce)
Deut 5.1- Then Moshe called to all Yisrael and said to them. Listen, Israel to the laws and rulings(for the second time) which I am announcing in your hearing today,so that you will learn them and take care to obey them 2. Elohim our YHVH made a covenant- Brit not with our fathers, but with us-with us,who are all of us here alive today. YHVH spoke with you face to face(not just to Moshe) from the fire on the mountain. 5. At that time I stood between YHVH and you in order to tell you what YHVH was saying: because, on account of the fire, you were afraid and wouldn't go up onto the mountain. He(YHVH) said I am Elohim your YHVH, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Where you lived as slaves-soma
Deut 8.1 All (not some,not a few, not if you feel like it or not)the mitzvot I am giving you today you are to take care to obey, so that you will live(other wise you won't live) increase your numbers(other wise you wont increase) enter and take possession of the land YHVH swore about to your ancestors 2. You are to remember everything of the way (this is a clear halakha phrase seeing Halakha means: To walk, This way, This path, so of the way refers to a way of living after Torah, we will see that later again, of the way, the way of salvation, the way of Halakha, of Judaism, path, obedience) In which YHVH led you these forty years in the desert, humbling and testing(trying you) you in order to know what was in your heart( does YHVH test us, yes he does!) where you would obey his mitzvot or not. 3. He humbled you, allowing you to become hungry, and then fed you(are you reading this,It applies to you also) with manna-(man/whatness? Edible gum like food says strong Hebrew dictionary) Which neither you nor your ancestors had ever known, to make you(order, demand) understand that a person does not live by food alone but on everything that comes from the mouth of YHVH, {Yeshua said this exact statement when he himself was tested- Matt 4.4} vs4. During these forty years the clothing you were wearing didn't grow old, and your feet didn't swell up 5.Think deeply about it: YHVH was disciplining you just as a man disciplines his child.
I want to express through this basic over view for this week, Mitzvot as Law and Halakha as teaching and application to the word or law and instructions of Torah based through the 613 categories and applicable on how to live a daily life applying the word, Torah to our deeds and mannerism and lifestyle on a daily basis. The entire body-etsem,gev- substance of Jewish law is Halakhah and forwarding i will plainly state there is no Halakha without Yeshua. We will address that later, The root word Halakh means: to go, or walk- Halakha then is the way a yahadut is directed to behave in every aspect of life, encompassing a civil, criminal, and religious law, Halakha is a synonym for the oral law (Torah Shebal Peh) Halakha includes three subdivisions 1. Gezierah-
A gezeirah is a law instituted by the rabbis to prevent people from accidentally violating a Torah mitzvot. We commonly speak of a gezeirah as a "fence" around the Torah. For example, the Torah commands us not to work on Shabbat, but a gezeirah commands us not to even handle an implement that you would use to perform prohibited work. Like a pencil
2. Takkanah-
A takkanah is a rule unrelated to biblical laws that was created by the rabbis for the public welfare. For example, the practice of public Torah readings every Monday and Thursday is a takkanah instituted by Ezra. The "mitzvah" to light candles on Chanukkah, a post-biblical holiday, is also a takkanah. The word is derived from the Hebrew root Tav-Qof-Nun, meaning to fix, to remedy or to repair. It is the same root as in "tikkun olam," repairing the world, or making the world a better place, an important concept in all branches of Judaism
3. Minhag-
A minhag is a custom that evolved for worthy religious reasons and has continued long enough to become a binding religious practice. For example, the second, extra day of holidays was originally instituted as a gezeirah, so that people outside of Israel, not certain of the day of a holiday, would not accidentally violate the holiday's mitzvot. After the mathematical calendar was instituted and there was no doubt about the days, the added second day was not necessary. The rabbis considered ending the practice at that time, but decided to continue it as a minhag. The word "minhag" is also used in a looser sense, to indicate a community or an individual's customary way of doing some religious thing. For example, it may be the minhag in one synagogue to stand while reciting a certain prayer, while in another synagogue it is the minhag to sit during that prayer. Traditions are fine as long as they don't change or go over scriptures, traditions or men are different from traditions of scriptures.
Messianic Jewish Halacha Halakha. Halakh seek's to maintain as much commonality with our people, while making the reflection of our Messianic belief in Yeshua, There are about 221 or more sections to Halakha, This is a basic coverage in this lesson, As churches offer denominational dogmatic new membership classes, I believe the messianic congregations need to offer Halakha to prospective goyims, preparing them for the new venture into Judaism, causing them to be foundational through structure teaching of the Halakkha at least under the bases of the listing of Halakha that i shall refer us to. The word Halacha comes from the Hebrew word meaning: To walk, It is a term used as we saw in the scriptures for the rules and rulings that govern Jewish life. These are YHVH rules and rulings, He has appointed how we are to live, how the word is to be applied in our lives, in our conduct, in our salvation. The term Halakha is an ancient term, That is already reflected in Rabbi Shaul's letters. Rabbi Shaul's letters reference the word walk as a disciplined life, a life of examination, conduct changes and a way of evaluation your self not by yourself but by the word, only the word can reveal what is inside of us, If we examine ourselves through ourselves we will see nothing wrong, but the word reveals the hidden things, the core sins, secret sins-
Tehillim- Psalms 90. 7-8 For we are destroyed by your anger, overwhelmed by your wrath. You have placed our faults before you, our secret sins in the full light of your presence.
some sins are so creviced in our being so deep down in the our flesh/members that we can't see how destructively and deceivingly it is killing us, I believe Halakha expresses how to apply the word to live this life without being a slave to sin. How to apply Torah without dismissing it completely as many messianic congregations seem to be doing, those who aren't Pro-Torah. Halakha provides a frame work for understanding Torah over gradual steps, Halakha expresses Law and instructions which consequently is the same word meaning Torah. It is the collective body of Jewish law, including the biblical 613 Mitzvot and later Minhag Talmudic and Rabbinic laws. Halakha guides not only spiritual practices and beliefs but it points to numerous other aspects of everyday life. Halakha is often translated as Jewish law, although a moral literal translations i believe should be: The path, or the way of walking upright. The name Halakha is derived from the Hebrew word Halakh which means again to walk or to go, thus a literal translation reflects the way to go, How to live a life of observance, Which is necessary to teach new goyims or Jews who are not walking Pro-Torah and to teach ger how they need to walk,how to structure there lives around Torah and let him walk in there daily lives. Not to meet religious theocratic religiosity, but to please YHVH/ Yeshua, To walk circumspectly in obeisance to the Law, not out of constraint but out of desire driven desire to want to please Yeshua and live for him and to be willing to submit to Halakha,
It should not be obligational it should be mandatory for all new believers rather ger or goyim and every rabbi should be instating it every time a new goyim comes across the congregations to build a proper foundation that would dismiss a lot of ongoing problems that could be fixed by teaching people the obligations and responsibilities with the excepting of Torah, rather in several broken up sections or a weekly ongoing classes or apart of the regular shabbat teachings, It is a necessary in my opinion
If you(the persons) do not met the conditions perhaps you are not ready for this venture in accepting Judaism. To understand the Judaism of Yeshua, He learned Halakha other wise he would not have been able to teach in the Temple. We are not talking about teaching new goyims a bunch of man made laws, man made traditions like Acts 15. was talking about ,but teaching the one hundred percent facts of the responsibilities of Judaism and the foundational levels of understanding and being taught the basics of Judaism. The congregational new membership shul. We yield self to walk upright in a certain way, what's the way? Halakha Shel Ha'Derech: The walk of the or this way, The walk of dedication, consistency, study, Torah, habit changes, conduct changes, perpetual growth and not slumbering in your walk, It addresses specific behavior standards (YHVH does have standards and conditions) and instructions concerning the application of Torah, It isn't enough to no all 613 Mitzvot and don't apply them to our lives, where YHVH says not to sin, means not to sin- I've known people who could quote scriptures but couldn't live them, novices, harlots, preaching heresies and waiting for Hell. Halakha is suppose to arouse study, peer review and discussion which is what the shul does, which is commonly seen more in the Rabbinic and Orthodox sect that in Messianic realm and we are the ones who hold the truth. Halakha is for the Messianic believer objectively learning how to walk with YHVH and Yeshua- John 14.6 claims that Yeshua alone is who we must go through in order to have access to the Father YHVH. Without Yeshua there is no Halakha !!!
Messianic Halakha teaches in order of the way, thee way- Yeshua Ha'Mashiach, Torah observance, Maturity of the faith, and the following steps of Jewish order, that Jewish order is basically twenty five sections, The basic order which I'll explain some a little later is 1. conversion 2. Milah 3. Behavior 4. Tefillah 5. Shema 6. Amidah 7. Aveinu 8. Fasting- moedim 9. Shacharit 10.Minchah 11.Maariv 12.Shabbat 13. Rosh Chodesh 14. Pesach 15.Bikurim 16.Shavout 17.Rosh Hashanah 18. Yom Kippur 19. Sukkot 20. Shemini Atzeret 21. Shmita 22. Sabbatical Year- of rest and release 23. Yovel- year of Jubilee 24. Kashrut- Food Laws 25. Avodah -Instructions concerning offering's and services/ home. Synagogue or congregation and the Temple when it's rebuilt. At least this is the list of 25 Halakha areas we are going to be teaching and directing the contrast between Halakaha and how we walk in this order by following Yeshua. Your going to want to keep all of them in order, so once we complete this series, it can be used onward to format group teachings for goyims as they come, because they will, Yeshua promised that right along with Israel there coming hungry for Torah. Just like Yeshua -Rabbi Shaul himself could not have taught from the beema in the synagogues from Jerusalem and onward had he himself not been taught Halakha in accordance with Torah and Neviim, likewise Yeshua stayed in the Temple and learned Halakha also and taught the way of living in accordance and not opposite of Torah obedience. There needs to be a major approach taken to prepare Jews and Goyims with a basic knowledge of Halakha and Torah observant, face it many won't have the where all to study and learn on there own, some will be to lazy, many and will need to have a formula to get them to under the basics of Judaism. Halakha to me is important as a new member's guide to Judaism, The Judaism of Yeshua Ha'Mashiach,
I remember from my own former back ground how the churches would take these gentiles in who didn't know anything, who came straight from the street and set them down for several week's brainwashing them with neo- paganistic denominational belief systems and reversed it as Christian doctrine, The fact is what these people were learning was the set aside doctrines and formulas of there denominations, thus baptist go out on the street to convert baptist, Lutherans accept people in there denomination to be Lutheran, Mormons knock on every bodies freaking doors to compel them to be Mormons, not to actually follow Jesus/Yeshua no it's designed with a counterfeit package with the presentations to sound like it's a cry for salvation, It isn't, its a cry for denominational game faced fictitious foolery with slogans and bible related icons to damage poor inncocent souls, The great news is Yeshua likes those people and will draw some, My point is this, who ever told you Messianics should not be into Evangelism didn't read the bible. As the denominational groups hit the streets with a deviant doctrine even the more should we with first century truths compel men to actually for a change come to Yeshua- I have seen countless so called christians knock on my door with there denomination gander of a christ, but i have yet to see a Messianic come to the door talking about Yeshua, you name it we have had Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses, the punk rocking christians churches and a host of others knocking on our doors, with a message of peace, pimping, crazy beliefs and all, But i long to see the day when i Messianic comes with the same among of zeal with the gospel of Yeshua Ha'Mashiach, I have heard about it in larger cities, where messianic congregations are having street walks and summer conferences on the streets, downtown feast days for the goyims to see, but certainly not in our city, Halakha in my conclusion before completing the list is this- if we don't draw them who will, Rabbi Shaul did his job, now it is time for us to.
1.Milah is -circumcision
2.Milveh is- Immersion, Tank Etc.
3. Tefillah is- Instructions concerning prayer and fasting
4.Shema(Hear) O Yisrael, The Lord is YHVH- Deut 6.9
5.Tefillin- Prayer box, between the eyes and one on the arm near the heart.
6.Amidah is- Minimum prayer in accordance as some say with Didaches teachings, that the Lord's prayer must be prayed three times a day
7.Aveinu is-Our Father, daily prayer rendered among all Jews
8.Shacharit is- The Morning Prayer
9.Minchah is- Afternoon Prayer
10.Maariv is- Evening Prayers- as seen in Siddur
11.Roch Chodesh- New Moons
12.Pesach is- Passover, Yeshua is the final lamb
13.Bikkurim is- Counting of the Omer, First Fruits
Bikkurim (Hebrew: 'יכורים "First-fruits") is the eleventh tractate of Seder Zeraim ("Order of Seeds") of the Mishnah and of the Talmud. All versions of the Mishnah contain the first three chapters, and some versions contain a fourth.
The three chapters found in all versions primarily discuss the commandment to bring the first fruits found in Deuteronomy chapter 26, verses 1-11 and to make a declaration upon bringing it. As is common in the Mishnah, related matters are also discussed.
The first chapter discusses who has the responsibility to bring the first fruits and make the declaration, who needs to bring the first fruits but not make the declaration, and who can not bring the first fruits. Among those who bring the first fruits but don't make the declaration are converts, so other halakah regarding differences between the obligations of converts and those born Jewish are also discussed here. This difference for converts was disagreed with by Rabbi Judah haNasi and later Maimonides, and it is their position that has become the practice of the Jewish community.
The second chapter compares the Terumah, Maaser and Bikkurim tithes and offerings, and makes other legal comparisons. The third chapter describes more fully the process of bringing the first fruits to the temple at the festival of Shavuot.
The fourth chapter, which is only sometimes included, originates from the Tosefta Bikkurim. It compares the laws relating to men, women, and those of intermediate sex, including the tumtum (one with no genitalia) and the androgynos.
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The Six Orders of the Mishnah (שש" ס"רי משנ")
Zeraim (-רעים)
Moed (מוע")
Nashim (נשים)
Nezikin (נ-יקין)
Kodashim (ק"שים)
Tohorot (ט"רות)
Berakhot · Pe'ah · Demai · Kil'ayim · Shevi'it · Terumot · Ma'aserot · Ma'aser Sheni · Hallah · Orlah · Bikkurim
Shabbat · Eruvin · Pesahim · Shekalim · Yoma · Sukkah · Beitzah · Rosh Hashanah · Ta'anit · Megillah · Mo'ed Katan · Hagigah
Yevamot · Ketubot · Nedarim · Nazir · Sotah · Gittin · Kiddushin
Bava Kamma · Bava Metzia · Bava Batra · Sanhedrin · Makkot · Shevu'ot · Eduyot · Avodah Zarah · Avot · Horayot
Zevahim · Menahot · Hullin · Bekhorot · Arakhin · Temurah · Keritot · Me'ilah · Tamid · Middot · Kinnim
Keilim · Oholot · Nega'im · Parah · Tohorot · Mikva'ot · Niddah · Makhshirin · Zavim · Tevul Yom · Yadayim · Uktzim
This concludes part one.
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