The Real Yeshua Project is not about creating religious
groups that live like Yeshua and his fellow Jews lived 2,000 years ago. His
religion was a "Temple" religion. The rabbis, after the destruction
of Temple in 70 CE, confronted that issue and created a Judaism in which
synagogues and homes functioned as the centers of religious activities.
Yeshua's teachings provide a wealth of wisdom and values that could
dramatically transform Christian churches and homes into centers of restoration
and life. We created the Real Yeshua Project to provide a way for people to
compare their Jesus to Yeshua and consider new options for life today. http://www.biblicalheritage.org/real-yeshua-project.html
One of Jesus’s earliest memories was no doubt watching and listening to his family when they gathered to pray the Shema at sunrise before the day’s work began and after the working work day was over at sunset . He also heard and participated in praying the Shema at their synagogue. He was surrounded by neighbors who also prayed the same prayer in their homes every day. The Hebrew word for prayer is tefilah . It is derived from the root Pe-Lamed-Lamed and the word l'hitpalel, meaning “ to judge oneself .” This surprising word origin provides insight into the purpose of Jewish prayer. The most important part of any Jewish prayer, whether it be a prayer of petition, of thanksgiving, of praise of God, or of confession, is the introspection it provides, the moment that we spend looking inside ourselves, seeing our role in the universe and our relationship to God. [1] Most of Jewish prayers are expressed in the first person plural, "us" instead of "me," an...
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