Temple Sheckles are available in the hallway.

Temple Sheckles are available in the hallway.

Ask the money changer for more details.

(House Of Our Father)

Exodus 12:49One Torah shall be to him that is home-born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

Traditions…

I Cor 11:2 2 Now I praise you because you have remembered everything I told you and observe thetraditions just the way I passed them on to you.

II Thes 2 15 Therefore, brothers, stand firm; and hold to the traditions you were taught by us, whether we spoke them or wrote them in a letter.

II Thes 3 6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

• We’d like to welcome any visitors. • We have visitor cards that you can fill

out then drop into the Tzedika (offering) box when we pass it around.

• No Hebrew class today after the service.• Chanukah is coming up, we have

Centennial Park reserved. We’ll have food and drinks (Coffee, Tea, Coco) and gifts to pass out to any guests who come by. We’ll have the projector and a screen made so we can show Chanukah music videos

• We may even have some live music. We are putting together a worship team and we’ll be meeting after the service today for those who are interested.

• Music CD’s and Calendars are on their way here. We also have more kippas coming.• I have also bought a new Electronic drum

set for the Congregation. I’ve played drums professionally for years.

• We went with the electric drums because it’s more portable and easier to set up.• Here’s a picture of it and it’ll be here dec

1.

• HaYasode Classes on Tuesdays

In a murder trial, the defense attorneywas cross-examining a pathologist. Here's what happened:Attorney: Before you signed the death certificate, had you taken the pulse?Coroner: No.

Attorney: Did you listen to the heart?Coroner: No.Attorney: Did you check for breathing?Coroner: No.Attorney: So, when you signed the death certificate, you weren't sure the man was dead, were you?Coroner: Well, let me put it this way. The man's brain was sitting in a jar on my desk…

But I guess it's possible he could be out there practicing law somewhere.

“On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain, and there was

the sounding of a very loud SHOFAR blast. Everyone in the camp trembled.”

Please stand for the Shema and face east towards Jerusalem.

Shema Israel Adoni Elohaynu Adoni Echad.Barukh shem k'vod malkhuto l'olam va'ed.(Remain standing for Hatikva)

Hear oh Israel the L-rd our G-d is one L-rd. Blessed be the Name of His glorious kingdom for ever and ever.

Because Messiah said it is the greatest Commandment!Mark 12:28-2928 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, “Which is the greatest commandment of all?”29 And Yeshua answered him, “The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is One Lord:”

We’ll now sing HaTikva (The Hope)

Kol ‘od balleivav penimah Nefesh yehudi homiyahUl(e)fa’atei mizrach kadimah, ‘Ayin letziyon tzofiyah; ‘Od lo avdah tikvateinu,Hatikvah bat shnot alpayim, Lihyot‘am chofshi be’artzeinu,Eretz-tziyon (v)'Y(e)rushalayim.

O-seh Shalom Beem rue-mawvWho yah-seh Shalom aw-lay nu V'al kol Yees-raw-aleB'-eem rue Eem rue Ah- main

Ya-a-seh sha-lom Ya-a-seh sha-lom Shalom aw-lay-new V’al kol Yees-raw-aleSing twice 2X

May He who makes peace in His heights make peace upon us and upon all Israel…Amen."

He-nay maw tove oo-maw nye-eem shevet

aw-heem gum yaw hawd.

Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to

dwell in unity

Days Of Elijah

Yoducha Amim Elohim

Meet new people! Let them see that Messianics truly understand community and brotherly/sisterly love. Say hello to old friends… show that you care!

We say the L-rd’s Prayer (Our Prayer) because Yeshua toldus this is how we should pray.We pray so G-d will hear our petitionsand grant whichever prayers are in accord with His will. We also prayIn order to bless Him.

• You can email or hand write your prayers for Salvation of loved ones or healing to Bob and they will then be sent to the wailing wall in Jerusalem to be placed in the wall.

• [email protected]

• If you have a need for healing or for an un-Saved loved one please raise your hand now and if you like, write it down to be sent to the wailing wall (Kotel) and give it to Bob afterwards.

• This week, we’re going to start doing this a little differently then we have. When Chuck prays he’ll be facing towards Jerusalem to the East.

• Psalms 122…• 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they

shall prosper that love thee.

• Pray for the peace of Jerusalem • Pray for unsaved loved ones

and healings.• Pray for Salvation for the Jewish

people.

• Pray for our government and for Social Security needs.• Pray for Holland and other

countries that anti-Semitic laws will not continue to pass.

• Pastors in Wenatchee to see the truth of HaShem’s Torah and forsake Paganism.• For new Beit Aveinu in

Leavenworth if it be in the will of HaShem.

• For survivors of crime. • Prayer over our tithes and

offerings.• Messianic Evangelistic group in

Vancouver BC

Pray for Russia’s JewsPrayer for today’s messagePray that the UN will be dismantled.

• Any terrorism plots to be foiled• Continued sovereignty of Israel

pray for Netanyahu

End

This is our opportunity to render untoG-d that which is G-d’s.

Blessing Before The Reading Of The Torah

Gen. 28:10-32:2; Hos 12:13-14:9; John 1:43-51

Veh Yetzay Dec 3, 2011Kislev 7, 5772

We’ll read…Gen. 27:41 – 28:5 Mal 1:2-end of chapterRomans 9: 6-13

Gen. 25:19-28:9 Mal. 1: 1 -2:7 Romans 9: 6-13

Tolodot Nov. 26, 2011Cheshvan 29, 5772

41 'Esav hated his brother because of the blessing his father had given him. 'Esav said to himself, "The time for mourning my father will soon come, and then I will kill my brother Ya'akov."

Gen. 27:41 – 28:5

42 But the words of 'Esav her older son were told to Rivkah. She sent for Ya'akov her younger son and said to him, "Here, your brother 'Esav is comforting himself over you by planning to kill you.

Gen. 27:41 – 28:5

43 Therefore, my son, listen to me: get up and escape to Lavan my brother in Haran. 44 Stay with him a little while, until your brother's anger subsides.

Gen. 27:41 – 28:5

45 Your brother's anger will turn away from you, and he will forget what you did to him. Then I'll send and bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you on the same day?"

Gen. 27:41 – 28:5

46 Rivkah said to Yitz'chak, "I'm sick to death of Hitti women! If Ya'akov marries one of the Hitti women, like those who live here, my life won't be worth living." (chapter 28)

Gen. 27:41 – 28:5

1 So Yitz'chak called Ya'akov, and, after blessing him, charged him: "You are not to choose a wife from the Hitti women. 2 Go now to the home of B'tu'el your mother's father, and choose a wife there from the daughters of Lavan your mother's brother.

Gen. 27:41 – 28:5

3 May El Shaddai bless you, make you fruitful and increase your descendants, until they become a whole assembly of peoples.

Gen. 27:41 – 28:5

4 And may he give you the blessing which he gave Avraham, you and your descendants with you, so that you will possess the land you will travel through, the land God gave to Avraham."

Gen. 27:41 – 28:5

5 So Yitz'chak sent Ya'akov away; and he went to Paddan-Aram, to Lavan, son of B'tu'el the Arami, the brother of Rivkah Ya'akov's and 'Esav's mother. (Baruch HaShem)

Gen. 27:41 – 28:5

5 So Yitz'chak sent Ya'akov away; and he went to Paddan-Aram, to Lavan, son of B'tu'el the Arami, the brother of Rivkah Ya'akov's and 'Esav's mother. (Baruch HaShem)

Gen. 27:41 – 28:5

2 "I love you," says ADONAI. But you ask, "How do you show us your love?" ADONAI answers, "'Esav was Ya'akov's brother. Yet I loved Ya'akov 3 but hated 'Esav. I made his mountains desolate and gave his territory to desert jackals."

Mal 1:2-end of chapter

4 Edom says, "We are beaten down now, but we will come back and rebuild the ruins." ADONAI-Tzva'ot answers, "They can build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, the people with whom ADONAI is permanently angry. 5 You will see it and say, 'ADONAI is great, even beyond the borders of Isra'el.'"

Mal 1:2-end of chapter

6 "A son honors his father and a servant his master. But if I'm a father, where is the honor due me? and if I'm a master, where is the respect due me? - says ADONAI-Tzva'ot to you cohanim who despise my name. You ask, 'How are we despising your name?'

Mal 1:2-end of chapter

7 By offering polluted food on my altar! Now you ask, 'How are we polluting you?' By saying that the table of ADONAI doesn't deserve respect; 8 so that there's nothing wrong with offering a blind animal as a sacrifice, nothing wrong with offering an animal that's lame or sick. Try offering such an animal to your governor, and see if he will be pleased with you! Would he even receive you?" asks ADONAI-Tzva'ot.

Mal 1:2-end of chapter

9 So if you pray now that God will show us favor, what your actions have accomplished is that ADONAI-Tzva'ot asks, "Will he receive any of you? 10 Why doesn't even one of you shut the doors and thus stop this useless lighting of fires on my altar? I take no pleasure in you," says ADONAI-Tzva'ot, "and I will not receive an offering from you.

Mal 1:2-end of chapter

11 For from farthest east to farthest west my name is great among the nations. Offerings are presented to my name everywhere, pure gifts; for my name is great among the nations," says ADONAI-Tzva'ot. 12 "But you profane it by saying that the table of ADONAI is polluted, so that the fruit and food offered deserve contempt.

Mal 1:2-end of chapter

13 You also say, 'It's all so tiresome!' and sniff scornfully at it," says ADONAI-Tzva'ot. "Then you bring animals that were taken by violence, or they are lame or sick. This is the sort of offering you bring. Am I supposed to accept this from you?" asks ADONAI.

Mal 1:2-end of chapter

14 "Moreover, cursed is the deceiver who has a male animal in his flock that is damaged, but vows and sacrifices to ADONAI anyway. For I am a great king," says ADONAI-Tzva'ot, "and my name is respected among the nations. (Baruch HaShem)

Mal 1:2-end of chapter

6 But the present condition of Isra'el does not mean that the Word of God has failed. For not everyone from Isra'el is truly part of Isra'el; 7 indeed, not all the descendants are seed of Avraham; rather, "What is to be called your 'seed' will be in Yitz'chak."

Romans 9: 6-13

8 In other words, it is not the physical children who are children of God, but the children the promise refers to who are considered seed. 9 For this is what the promise said: "At the time set, I will come; and Sarah will have a son."

Romans 9: 6-13

10 And even more to the point is the case of Rivkah; for both her children were conceived in a single act with Yitz'chak, our father;

Romans 9: 6-13

11 and before they were born, before they had done anything at all, either good or bad (so that God's plan might remain a matter of his sovereign choice, not dependent on what they did, but on God, who does the calling),

Romans 9: 6-13

12 it was said to her, "The older will serve the younger." 13 This accords with where it is written, "Ya'akov I loved, but Esav I hated." (Baruch HaShem)

Romans 9: 6-13

There’s been a lot of misunderstanding in the Church world concerning this part where it says… For not everyone from Isra'el is truly part of Isra'el.

Rebbe’s Parsha

This is a typical passage that is used by many cults out there and a favorite of the those who believe in replacement theology.

Rebbe’s Parsha

In their thinking, it’s saying that not all Jews are the true Jews but instead it’s (place whichever cult name here).

Rebbe’s Parsha

The fact of the matter is, it’s a fine line of understanding. In order to be a part of Israel, you have to be a Jew. Rather you’re born of Jewish blood and believe in Yeshua or

Rebbe’s Parsha

a proselyte who has become a Jew via Yeshua and has thus been grafted in, those are the true Israel. Let’s put it this way to help us better understand…

Rebbe’s Parsha

There are Jews who have rejected the truth and are no longer a part of Israel but there are some Gentiles who’ve become proselytes via Yeshua who have accepted the truth and have become Israel.

Rebbe’s Parsha

Thus Paul could say… “For not everyone from Isra'el is truly part of Isra'el”

Rebbe’s Parsha

Baruch atah Adonay Eloheynu melech ha'olam, asher bachar-banu mikol ha'amim, venatan-lanu et torah-to.Baruch atah Adonay, noten hatorah.

Blessed are You, LORD our God, king of the universe, who chose us from all the peoples and gave to us His Torah. Blessed are You, LORD, giver of the Torah.

•The Youth & Children are dismissed

• unmute mic for video!

The AmidahBy Rabbi Stanley

Before we get into the teaching, last week a question came up about the last teaching we did on the Nazarenes.

I had said that if someone tells you that every word of the New Testament was G-d breathed, they’re not telling you the truth.

So the question came up about Titus 3:16 which says… All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.

Who can tell me how this should be explained in light of understanding that there were many different texts used to compile the New Testament of which some contradict each other. How can we explain this?

It’s pretty easy if you think about it… what did Titus consider to be Scripture?The New Testament didn’t exist yet. The parts of it that did, no one considered to be holy inspired writ.

There was no Canon at that time. It wasn’t even canonized till the mid 300’s AD. By that time all the disciples and apostles were dead.

A good way to think about that is to think about how old the United States of America is. How old is the USA?A lot has happened since the beginning of the US till now don’t ya think?

So between the writing of the New testament till the time it was canonized was quite a while wasn’t it?

So, Titus had nothing to call “Scriptures” but the Tanach.This is true of every time you read in the New Testament the word “Scriptures”. It’s NOT talking about the New Testament.

That’s something you want to remember when reading the Brit Hadasha. Again, it was a good question, but that’s how it should be answered because that’s the truth.

Today we’re going to study about the Amidah. The next few weeks we’re going to be studying Biblical customs and Commandments and how to apply them to our own lives as seen in Scripture. The Amidah is the perfect place to start in our new round of Mitzvahs.

What do I mean by a new round of mitzvahs. Well, every now and then I introduce commandments that you may not have been aware of before or that you were aware of but didn’t know much about.

I try to give some time in between teaching on these mitzvahs so you don’t feel overwhelmed, so you don’t hear about them all at once. That is exactly what Acts 10 is talking about when it says…

Acts 10:10 10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear ?

I know the commentators try to say that this verse is saying that Gentiles no longer have to follow the Law, it was too big of a burden and actually impossible to keep so why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

But that’s not the idea that was being conveyed in this passage. What they were saying was what has always been said… If Gentiles are going to become Jews then allow them to take the Commandments slowly.

As Jews who were brought up in Judaism, we learned the Laws slowly too. Our dad’s didn’t just dump them all on us, they taught us slowly and as we got one law down then we started on another. And so on and so on.

So we shouldn’t just dump all of them onto a new convert all at once, not even we or our forefathers could bear such a thing.

In the spirit of that, I teach some laws then I give you some breathing room, some time and then when it looks like you’re ready as a group, we do some more.

Does this go on forever, yes and no, all these first laws you’ve been learning have been the hardest ones. Forsaking pagan holidays for G-d’s holidays is hard for some, not everyone but for some.

Paying tithes is hard for some, and not others. Getting rid of engraven images is hard for some and not others.

But overall these have been the more difficult laws for this society.But the laws that take more commitment like the ones I just mentioned, are almost done and then it’s just a matter of fine tuning the ones you’re already doing and

learning ones that aren’t quite so demanding. Eventually you get to the point where you want all the Commandments you can get because you realize that it brings you closer to G-d.

I continually look for new Commandments because I want the blessings that come with those commandments. But at first it’s kinda hard for some… at first.

So now we’re going into some more of G-d’s Laws. Always remember that along with keeping G-d’s Laws comes more blessings. They’re not all physical blessings but some of them are.

At this juncture I also want to point out that it’s easy to become complacent now that you’ve been keeping some of G-d’s Commandments.

You may have become accustomed to some of the blessings that you’ve gotten since you’ve been keeping them.

You may have become accustom to them and not even really noticed that you’ve become accustomed to them. You may have got used to them.

And that is a very important juncture in your walk with G-d and it comes with a warning. If you’re used to those blessings, you may forget and then start slacking on keeping His commandments,

you may have taken G-d and His blessings for granted and lost your zealousness for His statutes and ordinances. You may even feel that you haven’t gotten any recent blessings for all your hard work in keeping His Laws and that is a very dangerous place to be.

Maybe you’re not seeing those sudden pay raises as when you first started keeping His Laws.

Maybe you’re not seeing that relationship with your spouse or other family members growing as quickly as it did when you first started keeping his Feasts.

Maybe you’re not getting as many Biblical revelations as you were when you first decided to become a Jew.

Maybe it’s not as exciting as it once was, everything isn’t quite so new. Well then for you, this is the time to dig in.

This is the time when you show G-d that you’re truly committed no matter what you get from it.

That tingly feeling we get sometimes when we feel His spirit moving, that’s not a right, that’s a bonus and we don’t always get our bonus.

G-d is not Santa Clause. I did what I was supposed to now give me my presents. I was a good boy this year now give me my due. I keep G-d’s Laws even when things aren’t going well.

When I went to India, as glad as I was to be with my wife, it was hard NOT to feel that G-d had abandoned me. That I had done something horribly wrong to deserve such treatment.

I still kept His Commandments and trained many others to do the same but more then once I reminded Him of my faithful service. I reminded Him (as if He needs reminding)

I reminded Him that I had gone any and everywhere He asked me to go and I’ve had to live in some very tough places and more then once I paid for that physically.

I promise you this, there’s not one person in this group who currently has worse living conditions then a number of places where I was living.

I was also in highly dangerous situations often. Living in the West Bank in Israel was dangerous every hour of every day. You should be thanking G-d for how you live here, every one of you, no exceptions.

And I’m not saying oh look I’ve had it worse then everyone in the world. Nope, I’ve seen people in other countries that had it way worse.

The prisons in America are better then many places where I lived. So count your blessings and don’t expect blessings that aren’t afforded you by HaShem.

Don’t get me wrong, being a Jew is good, but it’s good in the long run. Ok, lets move on.

So, what is the Amidah? The Amidah is a prayer for every man and woman it is THE most important prayer in Judaism. “Well, isn’t The Sh’ma the most important prayer?” No, it’s not even a prayer. Think about it, “Hear oh Israel, the L-rd our G-d is One L-rd”. Who is it addressed to? Israel!

Just because it says G-d in it doesn’t mean it’s a prayer. I’ve talked to people before about G-d and they start to bow their head like they’re going into a prayer and I’m like, I’m not praying, I’m just talking about Him. What’s wrong with you. Not everything about G-d is a prayer. What was Yeshua asked… “What is the greatest Commandment?”.

Hear oh Israel the L-rd our G-d is One L-rd. It’s a commandment not a prayer.Now. that doesn’t mean I wont lift my hands and close my eyes and say it with conviction.I’ve done that speaking to Teresa before… that doesn’t mean it’s a prayer and the Shma is not a prayer.

The Amidah goes by other names as well. It is also known as the “18 Benedictions” in Hebrew, the Shamoni essray (18). It’s also known as the “Standing Prayer” and it is also known as “The Prayer”.

One can find the Amidah in most Siddurs, in Hebrew we say Siddure and in Yiddish, we say Siddur.What’s a Siddur? Basically a siddur is a Jewish prayer book which contains a set order of daily Hebrew prayers.

We’ll discuss more in depth what a siddur is in the next teaching, but for now, it’s suffice to say it’s a Hebrew prayer book.

So the Amidah is a prayer. It’s a very old prayer too. It was formulated before the time of Yeshua. Now, there’s a legend about when it was formed but it's just a legend and I’m going to tell you the legend because you’ll come across it when you look up anything that has to do with the Amidah. So you need to know this.

You might remember we talked about Ezra last week and he lived around 450 BC. That’s hundreds of years before Yeshua.

According to legend, Ezra had quite a bit to do with the Amidah. This legend says that Ezra was the one who standardized the Amidah to prevent it’s loss to future generations. Well, there’s no way to possibly know this. It’s just a story in the Talmud with no verification. Some things in the Talmud do have verification, this does not.

Did parts of the Amidah go clear back to Ezra? It’s possible but to state it as a fact is overstepping the bounds of scholarship.

So like I said, the Amidah is also called the standing prayer. “Why is it called that?” Because we recite it while we’re standing. “Why do we do it while standing?”, it’s a tradition, but it’s a tradition rooted in Scripture.

Some prayers in the Bible are said while standing and some are said while on our knees. An example of one praying on his knees is in Ezra…

Ezra 9:5And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,

Also Daniel… Daniel 6:10Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

Likewise, some prayers we say while we’re standing. We read in Mark 11:25 25And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.Or

Matthew 6:5And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

Now, that verse isn’t saying that if you stand praying, you’re a hypocrite. It’s saying don’t be hypocritical like a few of the Pharisees were.

Not all the Pharisees were hypocritical, just a few of them were. Most of them were pious men. BTW, being pious isn’t a bad thing.

I often heard that word used in Churches as if it was a negative. People have actually said to me, “Oh that guy is so pious!” and I’d say, “Great I’d like to meet him, maybe he’ll be my friend”.Being pious is good.

But a few Pharisees were hypocrites… Ancient Rabbinical writings list that kind of Pharisee as one of the 7 types of Pharisees we mentioned last week remember?

Here’s another verse about standing and praying Luke 18:10-11 “Two men went up into the Temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other was a tax extractor. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘YHVH, I thank You that I’m not like everyone else—thieves, dishonest, adulterers, or like this tax extractor.

Again here it’s not saying that standing is wrong… it’s saying pray with a humble heart. But it shows that there were times when we stood and prayed. Do you see how I get that?

The Amidah is a standing prayer but if you’re sick or not able to stand, then, you can say it while sitting or laying down if one has to.Which way do you think we face when we do the Amidah?

Many prayers should be done facing Jerusalem. For simple blessings, it’s not required. Today we’ve even started doing our prayer requests praying towards Jerusalem and we do this in respect to G-d’s Holy city.

When we have our own Synagogue, it’ll be built with the entire congregation facing towards Jerusalem.

Like I said, the Amidah is also called the Shemoneh Esrei which literally means “eighteen” Why is it called that? Because originally there were eighteen prayers in the Amidah. Later on, another one was added and we’ll talk about that one a little later.

So there were 18 original prayers and they are divided into three general sections: Those being Praise -Petitions -Gratitude .We’ll see how that all works out shortly as well.

So how do we approach this mitzvah practically?We do this prayer at least twice daily. The Amidah is in your siddurs, so 2ce a day at 9am and 3pm. If you have to work at those times, adjust the times to where you can do them, don’t just NOT do them.

If you don’t have a siddur yet, I have just the Amidah printed here for you. Now many say we’re supposed to do it three times a day and they reference Daniel 6:10

Daniel 6:10 On learning that the document had been signed, Dani'el went home. The windows of his upstairs room were open in the direction of Yerushalayim; and there he kneeled down three times a day and prayed, giving thanks before his God, just as he had been doing before.

So some will say you have to pray three times a day because that’s what Daniel did. I don’t see it that way. This was simply his custom. Is it good to pray three times a day? Yep. Better if you can do it more then that.

But it’s not a commandment. It’s a good idea. Remember Daniel was also thrown in the lions den and he wasn’t commanded to pray there either, but it was a good idea.

So twice a day is enough, but you can always do it more.Now, we have to examine the 19th prayer of the Amidah. This is the one that was added after the time of Yeshua.

After the Bar Kochba war the Rabbinic Jews that were left became bitter towards the Nazarene sect. They shouldn't have gotten bitter towards them,

it was their own fault for trying to force the Nazarenes to declare Bar Kochba the Messiah. It didn’t make any sense for them to be bitter but they were.

And they decided to add a 19th prayer to the Amidah against us. Even though it was added later they stuck it near the middle and it’s now the 12th prayer of the 18 prayers. In this prayer they don’t call us Notzereem (Nazarenes) they employ other verbiage.

This “blessing” is called the Birkat Hamanim and was instituted at the council of Yavneh ( a Rabbinical council) after the destruction of the second Temple. It was composed in response to the early Messianic believers in Yeshua the Nazarene sect.

We want to note that in its present form, this blessing does not seem to target Messianic Believers. In Hebrew the key word lamalshinim is normally translated as “for the slanderers”. That doesn’t sound like it’s aimed specifically at us.

But the Talmud (B’rakhot 28b-29a) states that the original form of this blessing had the term laminim, which means “for the sectarians,”. Well, there were lots of different sects in Judaism, maybe it was talking about someone else.”.

I wish that were true, but in the first century, that was a term that was reserved for us, the Nazarenes.

Not only was this prayer against us, it was also used as a litmus test to root us out from any and every Rabbinical synagogue throughout the known world. It was such an important prayer to the Rabbinical Jews that this was written in the Talmud…

“If the chazzan makes a mistake in any other of the blessings they do not remove him, but if he makes a mistake when saying the Birkat HaMinim they remove him because he is suspected of being a sectarian himself” (B'rakhot 28b).

If you remember in our Yeshua and the First Church course, in one of those classes we talked about the various positions in the ancient Synagogue, we talked about the Chazzan.

The Chazzan was a very powerful position in the ancient Synagogue under the Nasi. The Nasi was the president of the Synagogue. Not Nazi, that would be incredibly ironic. The Nasi.

The Nasi was the president of the Synagogue and that’s what it was called even on the Christian side as late as 160 AD., Even by non-Jewish writers as Justin Martyr (Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 1, p. 186). In other words they were calling the leader of the Church “President” not “Pastor” clear down to 160 AD.

You realize that means that the first leaders of Nazarene sect didn’t call anyone “pastor” in Hebrew or Greek. They used the term for President as was used in the Synagogue.So…

the Rabbinical Jews put in this prayer to root us out and to use it as a litmus test so that any Chazzan that wouldn’t say it exactly so… they’d know he was a Nazarene and dismiss him.

It was a dastardly prayer straight from the heart of the Adversary.So what do we do as Nazarenes?, we do the Amidah minus that additional prayer.

So we do this prayer at least 2 times dailyWell, isn’t that kinda legalistic? 2 times a day and it’s a set prayer. Don’t set prayers restrict the Spirit?

That is a common response by Charismatics. How do I know that’s a common response by Charismatics?Hello I’m Rabbi Stanley and I’m a recovering Charismatic myself.

I still hear it all the time, yet when you point out the L-rd’s prayer, isn’t that a set prayer as well?And the pride to think that we can restrict the Holy Spirit…

Oh my goodness. We do NOT control the Holy Spirit. This is worth repeating… we do NOT control the Holy Spirit.I’ve seen Benny Hinn act like he was throwing something behind his back and he said, “Here, have some Holy Spirit”. Like the Holy Sprit can be controlled and handled like a basketball.

If G-d chose to manifest that part of himself at any given place or time, saved or not everybody’s gonna hit the floor prostrate and no body will be there to catch ya.

Talk about restricting the spirit, “Ok first we gotta get everybody lined up and then we have to wait for our catchers ok NOW the Holy Spirit can manifest”. Are you kidding me?

It’s no wonder most Jews think Christians are foolish. Do you honestly think that kind of behavior is going to provoke the Jews to jealousy. No, it might provoke them to getting a restraining order.

“Well you just don’t understand the moving of the Holy Spirit”. Yes, I do, I grew up with one foot in Messianic Judaism and the other in the Charismatic movement.

One doesn’t have to manufacture the moving of G-d. It’s His choice, not ours. Our choice is to do what He’s told us to do.So that begs the question did G-d tell us to do the Amidah. Yes…What I aim to show you is that the Amidah, is indeed what is today called the L-rd’s prayer. They are one and the same thing.

I also aim to show that Yeshua prayed this prayer on a daily basis and not only that but that the Disciples and thus the first church carried on this practice even after the death and resurrection of Yeshua.

I’ll start by telling you that the L-rd’s prayer is very Jewish in nature The Interpreter's Bible, agrees. The Lord's Prayer is thoroughly Jewish, and nearly every phrase is paralleled in the Jewish liturgy.and we’ll see soon how it was already in play before Yeshua was ever born on this earth.

The first thing we want to understand is that the Amidah is a little long, but a shortened version was given in the first century at the time of Yeshua.

Only a few select Rabbis were made aware of this shortened version, as we see in the Talmud there were some Rabbis still not aware of it clear down into the second and third generations after Yeshua.

We read in the Mishna in Berakoth 28b…RABBAN GAMALIEL SAYS: EVERY DAY A MAN SHOULD SAY THE EIGHTEEN BENEDICTIONS. R. JOSHUA SAYS: PRAYERS SIMILAR TO THE EIGHTEEN. R. AKIBA SAYS: IF HE KNOWS IT FLUENTLY (IF ONE IS NOT A NEW CONVERT ETC.) HE SAYS THE ORIGINAL EIGHTEEN, AND IF NOT THE ABBREVIATED EIGHTEEN.

If one was in a situation where he didn’t have time to do the whole Amidah, he could do the shortened version.

Rabbi Joshua was a well learned Rabbi. He was a leading Tannaim (First Century Rabbi) of the first half-century following the destruction of the Temple. He was of Levitical descent and served in the sanctuary as a member of the “class of singers” (Arakhin 11b). We read about these singers in the Tanach itself in 1 Chron. 23…

1 David had now grown old; he had lived many years; so he made Shlomo his son king over Isra'el. 2 Then he assembled all the leaders of Isra'el, with the cohanim and L'vi'im. 3 A census of L'vi'im thirty years old and over was taken, and their number came to 38,000.

4 Of these, 24,000 were to oversee the work on the house of ADONAI, while 6,000 were officials and judges, 5 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 sang praise to ADONAI "with the instruments I made for the purpose of singing praise."

This is what Rabbi Joshua was. He was one of those singers. (not in the time of David though but during the Second Temple period.

So he wasn’t some dummy, he just didn’t know about the abbreviated Amidah. He hadn’t been privy to that information.So not everyone knew the shortened version. But Yeshua knew it, He was royalty! If He was a peasant, He wouldn’t know it.

We also have to think about the very first part of the verse in Mathew where it says… L-rd teach us how to pray.Now, once again, I’ve heard a lot of sermons on that very first part.“Well ya know brother, those disciples were very unlearned fishermen, they didn’t even know how to pray. They had to ask Jesus how to pray those poor fools.”

They knew how to pray! They said the Amidah every day, so did every devout Jew in the country. They said it twice a day every day. What they didn’t know was the short version.

So if one didn’t know the whole Amidah fluently (like a new convert to Judaism) then he was permitted to say the abbreviated version.The abbreviated version retains the exact same form as the extended version of Praise -Petitions –Gratitude.

The Jewish understanding of expressing gratitude to G-d is by crediting him with all glory.Let’s look at the L-rd’s Prayer for a moment.

Matt 6:9 You, therefore, pray like this (That’s the commandment): `Our Father in heaven! May your Name be kept holy. 10 May your Kingdom come, your will be done on earth as in heaven. 11 Give us the food we need today. 12 Forgive us what we have done wrong, as we too have forgiven those who have wronged us. 13 And do not lead us into hard testing, but keep us safe from the Evil One. For kingship, power and glory are yours forever. Amen.'

Let’s break it down bit by bit… `Our Father”In Hebrew this is Aveinu. That’s the name of our Synagogue. Aveinu and it means Our father. When addressing G-d we never say Father, we say “our Father”.

For one this shows that everything we do is communal and not individual and for 2 if one said “father” instead of our father, that person has just made him or herself equal to G-d… we read in John 5:18…

"For this cause therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God,“. If Yeshua wasn’t really G-d, they had every right to want to kill Him for calling G-d “Father”.

BTW He wasn’t breaking Sabbath, He was healing someone. We have to also remember that the New testament often doesn’t tell us which Jews Yeshua is talking to. They could’ve been part of the Am Haretz, people who knew nothing of Torah. It doesn’t always tell us, sometimes it just says “Jews”.

That’s like saying, “The Americans live in the desert”. Well which Americans are you speaking of? Not ALL Americans live in the desert.

So we never call G-d, “Father” or “Daddy” or “Abba”. Jews in the first century would never do that, it was a death sentence. This passage also shows that Yeshua did indeed see Himself as equal to G-d.

It’s another point of many that I use to show that Yeshua is Diety, He is G-d. If He wasn’t and he was simply a human messiah, he’d have never called G-d “Father”, he would've said “Our Father” just like he told the disciples to do.

Next part.. Who art in heaven, holy is your name. This is a very typical, Rabbinical way to open prayers. We see that exact verbiage throughout the Talmud. So, as we start the L-rd’s prayer we see it starts by praising Him and here we have the very first element of the Amidah “Praise”. Your Name is Kadosh, there it is right off the top.

“Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us”… Petition!!! “our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” 13 And do not lead us into hard testing, but keep us safe from the Evil One. Here comes the third part, acknowledging that we know who He is “for thine is the power and the glory forever Awmain.”

Matt 6:9 Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come . Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

“Now wait a minute, is that all the proof you have Rabbi?”We have a small portion of the actual shortened version given by Rabbi Eliezer. He’s the Rabbi who was more then likely a Believer in Yeshua and he gives us part of the shortened version…

“Our Father, King of the universe, who dwells in the heavens (praise) may your will be done in heaven above, grant peace of mind (petition) to those who fear you on earth below, and do what seems best to you. Blessed are you, O LORD, who answers prayer….”

You can see how this part is strikingly similar to... Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come . Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. The concepts are identical. “Well it’s not word for word!”. No it’s not but you have to remember that the New Testament that we have is from Hebrew to Greek to English. Even from just Greek to English, there’s gonna be changes.

Also note the parallel between "grant peace of mind" in the prayer Rav Eliezer taught and "deliver us from evil" in the prayer Yeshua taught.There are other portions in the extended Amidah that also are identical to the L-rd’s Prayer

From the 6th prayer in the Amidah… “Forgive us, O our Father, for we have sinned;pardon us, O our King, for we have transgressed; for you pardon and forgive. Blessed are you, O Lord, who is merciful and always ready to forgive.Compare that to verse 12 in the L-rd’s Prayer 12 Forgive us what we have done wrong, as we too have forgiven those who have wronged us.

The 9th prayer of the Amidah is called The Prayer FOR DELIVERANCE FROM WANT: Bless this year for us, O Lord our God,together with all the varieties of its produce, for our welfare. Bestow dew and rain for a blessing upon the face of the earth. O satisfy us with your goodness, and bless our yearlike the best of years.

Compare that to “Give us this day or daily bread” Bread could also be translated as “FOOD”. They didn’t only eat bread, they also ate meat and fruit and vegetables. Yes, also bread, but for bread they needed wheat and for the wheat they needed rain! The Amidah says… Bestow dew and rain for a blessing upon the face of the earth.

It’s the same prayer as the Amidah and it has the same structure… Praise – Petition – Gratitude and in that very same order.

The Disciples continued to say the Amidah even after Yeshua’s death. There are particular times when we’re supposed to recite the Amidah… 9am and 3pm. These two times are sometimes called the “Times of the Morning and Evening offerings”.The 3pm time slot is quite important because we read in the Brit Hadasha in Acts

Acts 3 tells us in verse 1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.Remember this passage, we talked about it a few weeks ago. The 9th hour is what time? 3pm! Peter and John were going to daven Mincha, that’s the evening prayer one of the two times when the Amidah is recited daily.

Yochanon the Immerser AKA John the Baptist also taught his talmidim the Amidah. In fact there was a fragment of the second prayer of the Amidah found in Qumran along with the Dead Sea Scrolls. Their version had some slight differences tailored for their sect as the Essenes were quite different then the other sects of Judaism, even more different then the sect of the Nazarenes.

But they still did the Amidah.We know Yochanon the Immerser taught his talmidim the Amidah because it says in Luke 11…

1 One time Yeshua was in a certain place praying. As he finished, one of the talmidim said to him, "Sir, teach us to pray, just as Yochanan taught his talmidim." 2 He said to them, "When you pray, say: `Father, May your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. 3 Give us each day the food we need. 4 Forgive us our sins, for we too forgive everyone who has wronged us. And do not lead us to hard testing.'"

See once we begin to look at the Scriptures with a Jewish perspective, it all starts to come alive. When we understand the importance of the Amidah, you look at various passages of the Brit Hadasha completely differently. For example….

Mark 11:24 Therefore, I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, trust that you are receiving it, and it will be yours. 25 And when you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him; so that your Father in heaven may also forgive your offenses." Was Yeshua referencing the Amidah here as well??? It sure looks like it!

Let’s look at Acts 3 again… 1 One afternoon at three o'clock, the hour of minchah prayers, as Kefa and Yochanan were going up to the Temple, 2 a man crippled since birth was being carried in. Every day people used to put him at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, so that he could beg from those going into the Temple court.

3 When he saw Kefa and Yochanan about to enter, he asked them for some money. 4 But they stared straight at him; and Kefa said, "Look at us!" 5 The crippled man fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them. 6 Kefa said, "I don't have silver, and I don't have gold, but what I do have I give to you: in the name of the Messiah, Yeshua of Natzeret, walk!"

7 And taking hold of him by his right hand, Kefa pulled him up. Instantly his feet and ankles became strong; 8 so that he sprang up, stood a moment, and began walking. Then he entered the Temple court with them, walking and leaping and praising God! 9 Everyone saw him walking and praising God.

Every faithful Jew wanted to be able to do the Amidah while standing and this poor man was given that opportunity and he took it! He wasn’t only standing, he was jumping repeating the shmoneh essray, the Amidah one by one by one.I can hear him now, look at me look at me, I’m standing while I do the standing prayer Haleluyah

What a different story!Here’s another example… this is during Pentecost Acts 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come , they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting . 3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

We go down to verse 13 But others made fun of them and said, "They've just had too much wine!" 14 Then Kefa stood up with the Eleven and raised his voice to address them: "You Judeans, and all of you staying here in Yerushalayim! Let me tell you what this means! Listen carefully to me! 15 "These people aren't drunk, as you suppose - it's only nine in the morning. …They had just finished the morning Amidah when the Holy Spirit fell on them.

We go down to verse 13 But others made fun of them and said, "They've just had too much wine!" 14 Then Kefa stood up with the Eleven and raised his voice to address them: "You Judeans, and all of you staying here in Yerushalayim! Let me tell you what this means!

Listen carefully to me! 15 "These people aren't drunk, as you suppose - it's only nine in the morning. …They had just finished the morning Amidah when the Holy Spirit fell on them.This is pretty powerful stuff isn’t it? And it can change how you’ve understood Scripture before.

Now, you may think, “Well, other then the L-rd’s Prayer. I don’t think I’ve heard any of the Amidah. Actually you have. You’ve been hearing a part of it almost every week. I’ve been praying it over you for quite some time now. Let’s stand for the benediction as I say the 19th prayer of the Amidah.

Now, you may think, “Well, other then the L-rd’s Prayer. I don’t think I’ve heard any of the Amidah. Actually you have. You’ve been hearing a part of it almost every week. I’ve been praying it over you for quite some time now. Let’s stand for the benediction as I say the 19th prayer of the Amidah.