“1 Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:”
“1 Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:”
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Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD Shalom! Welcome to the website for Beit Or [The House of Light] congregation. We are located 20 minutes east of Dallas at 116 Kenway, Rockwall, TX 75087. Please look around our website which is updated regularly and see what we have offer. If you are looking for a new way of life; for a Messianic congregation to call home then please feel free to check out our Services section for times and places and come see us. You may also Contact Us for more information. Check out the About Us section for more details about Rabbi Isaac Levy, our Mission Statement, and Testament of Faith. Don't forget to get a copy of Rabbi Isaac Levy's new book, "Yeshua: The Lion of Judah". And if you need some good music- preview our music and if you like what you hear, download the music to your computer today. |
Jason writes...
I have a question regarding what is and is not chametz. According to most sources that I have read, chametz is leaven, not just yeast. During the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we are not to have any chametz in our homes or eat it or even own it. Sodium Bicarbonate (aka - Baking Soda) is a leavening agent and, therefore, we should not eat or own it.
So here's my confusion: Manischewitz Matzo Ball Mix has sodium bicarbonate in it and yet it claims to be Kosher for Passover.
How is this possible?
Todah v'Shalom,
Jason
From Bill Wilson at the Daily Jot on April 30, 2008
Greetings.
Politics and religion once again has taken center stage in the ongoing presidential race of B. Hussein Obama. Obama, who has been dogged by the Bible-twisting, anti-white, anti-Jew, anti-American proclamations of his pastor Jeremiah Wright, had to publicly disavow Wright. Obama said that Wright wasn't the man he met 20 years ago and that his comments "offend me, they rightly offend all Americans, and they should be denounced." Strange that Obama is just now understanding that Wright's rantings are offensive. But Obama' cannot disavow in one day his close association with Wright and Wright's consistent message of two decades.
Ben writes:
Shalom Rabbi,
I know of the feast of first fruits, and that all things that first
belong to G-d, I have heard that their are three times of the year that
first fruits are given? Is this correct? Where in Torah is this found?
In Messiah- Thank you
Recently we came across a strong and in-depth review of Rabbi Isaac's book posted on Amazon.com- we thought it would be worth sharing here as the writer is a "Top 50 Reviewer" on Amazon.com. Have a read of his comments and see if you aren't motivated to get yourself a copy of "Yeshua: The Lion of Judah".
Amazon reviewer, Joburgpete writes the following in his review of Rabbi Isaac's book, "Yeshua: The Lion of Judah":
In this gripping book, the author sets out to clarify mankind's relationship with God and attempts to clear up certain age-old doctrinal issues of contention since, as he correctly observes, the Hebrew Scriptures have been manipulated by the churches. At the same time, he admits that the Bible can be confusing. The stated aim of the book is to provide order, sanity and common sense to the reader. He is very emphatic about using the Hebrew name of our Redeemer.
From Bill Wilson at the Daily Jot on April 25, 2008
Greetings in the Name of Him Who is Revelation!
The Bush Administration may be sealing the prophetic fate of an America whose leaders are breaking the nation's covenant with God by mixing with and submitting to Islam, the antithesis of the Judeo-Christian faith. Just this week, the Bush Administration took steps to provide nuclear fuel and technology to Islamic states and to cave in to Islamic demands to put a government-wide ban on descriptive war on terror terms such as "Jihadist", "mujahedeen", and "Islamo-fascism." These moves coincide with the Treasury Department's actions in March to create special investment deals with Islamic sovereign wealth funds that may attempt to impose Sharia law over U.S. investment companies.
From Bill Wilson at the Daily Jot on April 4, 2008
Greetings in the Name of Him Who Is Truth!
A New York Times/CBS News poll indicates that 81% of Americans believe the nation has "pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track." In the poll, Americans blamed several things for their dim view of the country--the federal government, the weakening economy, terrorism, and the mortgage crisis. A full 70%, however, said that their personal financial situation was "fairly good" or "very good". What analysts are unlikely to figure out from such a poll is that Americans sense in their spirits that the nation is in dire circumstance, but so long as their pockets have enough money, that nagging feeling about the nation going in the wrong direction will never be addressed.
From Bill Wilson at the Daily Jot on March 3, 2008
Greetings in the Name of Him Who is Revelation!
Subversive Islamic interests in the United States intend to use the legal precedence of Native American Indian courts to establish Sharia law courts where Islamists will handle their own civic matters on such issues as crime, marriage, divorce, support, custody, adoption, legitimacy, abuse, and more. A 1993 article posted in February by The American Muslim entitled “Native American Courts: Precedent for an Islamic arbitral system,” reminds Muslim legal organizations to explore using legal precedents found in the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act and Article I Section 8 in the U.S. Constitution, giving Congress regulatory authority over Indian tribes, to seek to establish Sharia law courts in the U.S.
Establishing Sharia Law courts in the U.S. is one of the goals of the 1991 Muslim Brotherhood plan to wage a “Civilization Jihad” aimed at overthrowing the U.S. government and establishing Islamic rule. The plan, submitted as evidence in the Holy Land Foundation terrorist funding trial in Dallas, Texas, calls for the establishment of “comprehensive settlement organizations.” These organizations are to take root in American society and establish an Islamic foundation that would be followed by generations of Muslims in the U.S. to “finish the march”. The Muslim Brotherhood plan called for establishing “A Central Islamic Court,” a “Muslims Attorneys Society” and organizations to defend rights of Muslims.
Eight murdered by terrorist in J'lem as published at Jpost.com
Police confirmed Friday morning that the Palestinian terrorist who opened fire at central Jerusalem's Mercaz Harav Yeshiva late Thursday night, killing eight students and wounding 11 others, carried a blue Israeli identity card and came from east Jerusalem.