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The Difference in Being Jewish and Being Torah Observant

The Difference in Being Jewish and Being Torah Observant
By Rabbi Yehudah ben Shoemyr

Being Jewish is unlike any other thing in the world. For when you say "Jewish" you can either refer to an ethnicity or a religion, or both!

I Cor. 7: 17-19
19 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.

18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.

What Rav Sha'ul is saying is that if you are a Jew (circumcised) when you come to Messiah; don't become like a Gentile (uncircumcised).

And likewise if you are a Gentile and you do not have to convert and become a Jew to keep the commandments and serve Adonai. Gentiles indeed have their place and purpose in the body. But there is also no ban if one sincerely wishes to become a Jew through the process of conversion.

For a Gentile who comes to the Faith they can either officially convert if they so desire and become a full fledged Jew, or they can remain a Gentile and be as Acts records, a G-d Fearer (Acts 15) (See: "To Circumcise or Not to Circumcise, That is the Question" in the book "Get Back to the First Century" by Rabbi Yehudah ben Shomeyr).

However, even though it was left up to the Gentile if they wanted to convert or not, it was almost expected of them after they began to serve YHWH and learn how to keep Torah. Many people misinterpret the writings of Rav Shaul and say we don't have to keep circumcision. Okay, this is the crux of the issue.

The Judaisers argued "You must be circumcised to be saved. Circumcise first, teach Torah later." Rav Shaul said, "If you think your foreskin is your ticket to heaven you are sorely mistaken. What sense does it make to circumcise first, only to have the convert disagree with some of the commandments and say, ""This is not for me.", and splits. In this instance the circumcision would have been all in vain, thus harming YHWH's name and reputation, and our reputation among the goyim (gentiles) by publicly professing YHWH, His Torah, and His Messiah, then live contrary to that, no, teach Torah first then circumcise."

The reputation and responsibility of being circumcised is comparable to that of Christian baptism. A potential convert to Judaism under went a year of training in the Torah (Acts 15:19-21). My point being is that following Torah, obeying Torah is not the same thing as being Jewish.

There are not two covenants, one for Jews and one for Gentiles, for both Hebrew and Gentiles (mixed multitude) accepted Torah upon themselves when the Torah was given at Sinai (Exodus 12:38, Ex. 19:8) (See: "Torah: All for One and One for All" in the book "Get Back to the First Century" by Rabbi Yehudah ben Shomeyr). There is not
one faith, two expressions.

The Torah is incumbent upon every believer. Granted, not all 613 Commandments apply to one person. Some are for Men, Women, Kings, Israeli Farmers and some are for the Levitical Priests, but there are some that is applicable to all and not to be confused with "Jewish Customs".

For example, kippot (head covering) have become a custom, albeit based on Torah, but not specifically mentioned in Torah. But tzitzit (fringes) (Num. 15:37-41) on the other hand is a commandment for everyone, not just for Jews.

You don't have to eat challah bread, chullin, gefillta fish, lox and bagels or a falafel, but you do have to eat kosher (See: "The Root of Kashrut" in the book "Get Back to the First Century" by Rabbi Yehudah ben Shomeyr).

"For most Christians, the commandments which they have a problem with are commandments which deal with the Sabbath, Feasts, dietary laws, and miscellaneous things like tzitziyot (fringes), mezuzahs, beards, etc. These things are dismissed as "Jewish rituals, just for the Jews to do until Christ came."

Yet the Bible nowhere singles out these commandments from the rest of the Torah and says that they are just
for the Jews. Nor does the Bible say that these commandments would be abolished by the coming of the Messiah. People think of these things as Jewish practices only because Christians abandoned them centuries ago, and the Jews have continued to practice them. But the Bible does not give one set of rules for Jews and a different set of rules for non-Jewish believers. "Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am YHVH your G-d." (Lev.24:22)." – Daneil Botkin of Gates of Eden publication

Most Jews agree on observing all 613 Mitzvot, but we all differ on how, and to what extent we keep the Commandments. The way any particular Jewish sect keeps the Commandments is called, "Halakah", meaning, the way one walks. Keeping Torah doesn't mean one looses their cultural distinctiveness.

In Judaism there is Sephardic Jews, Yemenite Jews, Ashkenazi Jews, Netzari Jews etc. These are all Jews
who follow and keep Torah. Yet within these and other groups, there is enough room for them to keep Torah in their own way, and maintain their unique cultural identity, such as dress, food, music, customs etc. Each group has their own way of tying tzitzit, and laying teffilin. The Torah says to do them, but not how. Culture and custom
help define this, as Frank Sinatra sang, "I did it my way!" And each group's way of fulfilling the Commandments vary and are so pregnant with meaning and depth. And so too, I see no problem with Gentiles who accept the Commandments of Torah, the Messiah and serve the G-d of Israel but decide not to official convert to have their own customs that distinguish them from Jews, as long as the customs do not violate the Laws of G-d. For example, I have a good friend from Burundi Africa who is a master drummer; he indeed can use those drums and his talents
to worship YHWH in a Torah way.

However, remaining a Gentile and not officially converting does not make a Gentile a "second class citizen" but they will be certain things a Gentile will not be able to do, and places they will not be able to go.

This is because certain commands were given to the Jews, not as a double standard, for these particular commandments are not of a moral nature, but are in commemoration of the Exile from Egypt. For instance and uncircumcised man may not eat of the Passover lamb (Exd. 12:48). But since the Temple is not standing and we therefore do not sacrifice lambs, eat them, nor even have lamb to eat at modern seders this has become a moot point. However, when the Temple is rebuilt and Passovers will be as they were back then, a Gentile can come to the seder, but not eat of the lamb. In a similar way a non-Levite cannot eat of sacrificial meat (Lev. Ch.7, Ch.22). Speaking of the Temple, there is a section called the court of the Gentiles in which a Torah Observant Non-Jew may worship, but he cannot go any further unless he officially converts to Judaism.

Many would site that the 7 Noachide Laws are for the Gentiles. However, that is purely a Rabbinical invention based in Torah. I do not believe in the Noachide Laws for reasons stated above.

Yeshua didn't come to start a new religion, but to bring into fullness the original one and desires everyone to be apart of it in their own cultural way.

Ocean Spray Cran-Raspberry, From Concentrate, 48 fl oz

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Terefah

n181. It is forbidden to eat a "Terefah" (Shemot 22:30).

Terefah

any food, food product, or utensil that, according to the Jewish dietary laws (Kashrut, q.v.), is not ritually clean or prepared according to law and is thus prohibited as unfit for Jewish use. Terefah is thus the antithesis of kosher (“fit”). The broad connotation of terefah derives from a more specific prohibition against eating meat that has been “torn” by a...

Kashrut

...and birds must be slaughtered according to a ritual that, if violated, makes the meat “unfit” for use. Food ritually unfit, for whatever reason, is called “forbidden” (terefah), the opposite of kosher (“fit,” or “proper”). Because animal blood may not be eaten, meat must undergo a ritual process of presoaking and “salting”...

kosher

...kosher is also used to describe, for instance, such objects as a Torah scroll, water for ritual bathing (mikvah), and the ritual ram's horn (shofar). When applied to food, kosher is the opposite of terefah (“forbidden”); when applied to other things, it is the opposite of pasul (“unfit”).


Zav and Zavah are states of ritual impurity in Judaism arising from abnormal bodily discharges; for men the state is termed zav, and for women it is termed zavah. The Jewish regulations and existence of these states have a biblical basis[1][2], and further specification of these rules exists in the Jewish Oral Law; Orthodox Judaism views the Shulchan Aruch as being particularly authoritative on these matters, and it has extensive discussion about the subject. Normal menstruation is explicitly excluded from the biblical regulations concerning zavah[3], and is treated with separate requirements known as niddah[4]; the ejaculation of semen is also treated as being distinct from zav, and is given requirements known as keri[5].

n183. It is forbidden to eat the “Gid-HaNasheh” (Beresheet 32:33).

Gid haNasheh - The Forbidden Vein

Whether one may not eat it: Pesachim 22a
Whether one may not Benefit from it: Pesachim 22a
Forbidden Vein from a Wild Animal: Pesachim 23b
Eating the Forbidden Vein from a Corpse: Pesachim 47b; Makkot 22a
Whether the vein is permitted for benefit along with the Corpse containing it: Pesachim 23b
Whether Veins are considered to be Meat and contribute taste, or not: Pesachim 22a, 23b
Whether there is an extra prohibition against the Forbidden Vein from a Forbidden Species: Pesachim 22a
Lashes for eating this: Makkot 21b
Liability for cooking and eating gid hanasheh [sciatic neurovascular bundle] in milk on Yom Tov: Beitzah 12a-b

Can Non-Kosher Animals be used Kosherly?

Article was send to my egroup, Rabbi Yehudah share interest question for us to think about.

Can Non-Kosher Animals be used Kosherly?
By Rabbi Yehudah ben Shomeyr

I recently had a most thought provoking question by an online friend of mine that I have thought about briefly, but I honestly never really considered… and I'm a Rabbi! Now my answer will be strictly held to the Scriptures for I'm sure there is some Talmudic technicalities and such pertaining to this subject.

So can Jews were pearl necklaces that come from the unclean oyster? 

Well can the Gates to the New Jerusalem be made of pearl (Rev. 21:21)?

Interestingly enough the techellet (blue dye) we wear on our tzitzit comes from a recently rediscovered sea snail, and might I remind you that Eliyahu the Navi (Prophet) of G-d was feed my unclean ravens (I Kings 17:4)? The Patriarchs and other Biblical persons road camels, donkeys and horses all unclean animals and to ride them require touching.

I will say that a Jewish Tradition concerning the World to Come, that we will be permitted to eat what was considered unclean in this current world.

So, can we use violin bows that use horse hair? I don't know ask the Jewish violinist Yitzhak Pearlman. Is there such a thing as "kosher glue"? Can we touch pigskin footballs or use boar hair brushes, etc.? To my understanding we may not touch a carcass of a dead animal, (Lev. 17:15-16, Lev.5:2, Lev. 11:8), but again this is dealing with the consumption of such meat. I see now prohibition of slaughtering an unclean animal to use for practical or esthetic purposes.

Granted a Kohen (Priest) and one who has taken a Nazarite vow is held to a higher standard and is prohibited from touching any unclean animal or things (Lev.22, Num. 6).

Let us remember the state of uncleanness is not a sin Yeshua Messiah was unclean much of the time by the places he went (sick people's house, grave yards where demon possessed people lived, etc.) and the people he was around. It's an unavoidable fact of life, with the wars and Native peoples who lived in our lands, how do we know if the ground we walk on contains a dead body?
 
The state of "uncleanness" is mostly in regards not being allowed to coming to the Temple, Tabernacle, or handling Holy Objects and in our day is solved by a simple Mikvah (Baptism) and will be unclean until evening.

Shalom,
--Rabbi Yehudah

NTUC Fair price Name of Vegetables

Can you guess the above veg and fruit what are the names?

NTUC Fair price names of vegetables

I have problem naming the vegetables, I did a list naming vegetable know how they look like.

white Raddish (Bai luo Bok),
Bringal (purple colour) short bringal pale purple colour- Kio
Thai aloe vera (big leaf), Brocolli from China,
Bitter gourd large, cucumber, chinese leek are short,
Kai lan large stem no leaf,
indonesia celery; "snake mealow"
winter melon slice packed; china kai lan packet,
China shanghai green packet; Luffa (loofah cylinder)
China Chye Sim - short stem packed
Indonesia chye sim long stem large leaf; Baby kai lan very short;
Australia baby carrot - orange colour (for western steak meal)
Purple Cabbage slice half packed;
French bean (shi ji tou)
US celery - long
Caulifower (white colour) bai chai hua
Australia Carrot (orange colour long side)- Hong luo Bok
baby size spinach - stem very thin n short with roots
China round cabbage - light leaf greenish colour (leaf easy soft tender)
China Wong Bok (long cabbage)
Beijing cabbage - Ko leh chai
US iceberg Lettuce (Sheng Chai)
FP Leaf mustard (Kai choy) - have a bitter slight spice taste, cook with fish ball. Karmel sweetie grapefruit

Root vegetable
Sweet potato; Japanese sweet potato; Local sweet potato; Russet potato; Brastagi granola potato; old ginger, Austraial sweet potato baby green,
Green Burdock (long root stick)
lotus root - no soil wrapping
large spring onion
long string cluster clove white skin wrapping garlic
Japanese green pumpkin small side, orange in size

NTUC Fair price scale and fin fish Name list

NTUC Fair price SCALE AND FIN FISHE NAMES list

Silver Trevally; Red snapper, Black Pomfret, Greasy Groupers, Yellow -Tail fursilier, Japanese seabass, Tilapa (reddish white) Kembong fish, Black spot thread fin fish, Song fish head (plastic wraping), selar (plastic wrapping)

Fish fillet or steak plastic wrapping

Song fish head (fresh water fish), Norway Salmon fish fillet, smelt fish, Kunming fish

Sea Cucumbers are not Kosher marine animal

Why the Sea Cucumbers are considered unclean marine species

Sea cucumbers (Class Holothuroidea) are cylinder-shaped invertebrate animals that live in seas worldwide. They are found in a variety of sea floor habitats, from warm tropical waters to cold deep sea trenches. These nocturnal animals have a life span of about 5 to 10 years.

Anatomy: The body of the sea cucumber is elongated, leathery and muscular; spines are contained with the skin. These echinoderms have no arms, but do have five-part symmetry. Surrounding the mouth are 8 to 30 tentacles (modified tube feet). Five double rows of tube feet (with tiny suction cups) run along the body; they are used for crawling along the sea bed or anchoring to a rock. A sea cucumber breathes by pumping sea water in and out of an internal organ called a respiratory tree. Some sea cucumbers burrow into the sea floor. Sea cucumbers have no brain. The biggest sea cucumber, the tiger's tail sea cucumber (Holothuria thomasi), is about 2 m long - most sea cucumbers are much smaller than this.

Diet: Sea cucumbers eat decaying matter that floats in the water or is in the sand.

Sea cucumbers are generally scavengers, feeding on debris in the benthic layer. Their diet consist of plankton and other organic matter found in the sea. One way they might get a supply of food is to position themselves in a current where they can catch food that flow by with their tentacles when they open. Another way is to sift through the bottom sediments using their tentacles. They can be found in great numbers beneath fish farms.

They have the peculiar adaptation of expelling first sticky threads, perhaps to incapacitate predators, and then their internal organs when startled by a potential predator. These organs can then be regrown.

Sea cucumbers reproduce by releasing sperm and ova into the ocean water. Depending on conditions, one organism can produce thousands of gametes.

Enemies: Sea turtles, crustaceans, many fish, and people eat sea cucumbers. Sea cucumbers can expel most of their internal organs to confuse predators - they later regrows the organs. Some sea cucumbers' bodies contain toxins that can deter attackers.

Sea cucumber is one of the most unique foodstuffs in Chinese community cuisine. It is highly valued for its supposed medicinal properties. The flesh of the animal is "cleaned" in a process that takes several days. Trepang is often purchased dried, and rehydrated before use. The product is used in Chinese stews and braised dishes due to its gelatinous texture but is unappetising on its own. In Japanese cuisine, Konowata is made of cured sea cucumber entrails from which they extract, salt, and cure. It is considered a major delicacy. However as kosher observant this food is out of our food list as it is not kosher although it may seem good.

I saw on TV that the sea cucumber was cut half and throw back to sea, it was said that they can grow back to its normal size again, amazing