Year: 2011

Discipleship – Are We Misunderstanding the Message of Yeshua?

Interpretation As we have learned previously, a disciple is to learn his teacher’s traditions and Scriptural interpretations. Let me begin with a saying from the sages: “Be meticulous in study, for a careless misinterpretation is considered tantamount to willful transgression.” (m.Avot 4.16) While this seems rather harsh, I assure you that by the end of …

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Discipleship – Retaining the Message of Yeshua

In my introduction to discipleship, I listed the Four Responsibilities of a Disciple. They included the following: To memorize the words of his rabbi or teacher To learn his teacher’s traditions and Scriptural interpretations To imitate the actions of his teacher To raise up more disciples Of the four responsibilities of a disciple, which I …

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I Am Thankful

Yes, it is Thanksgiving Day, 2011, and I am writing about all of the many things about which I have to be thankful. However, I am writing this is not because it is Thanksgiving Day, but because as I have been studying mussar. Hashem has been dealing with me in the area of gratitude, and …

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