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Cannabis and the Temple: A Modern Misconnection
For Torah obedient adherents who enjoy recreational cannabis, the notion that it was an ingredient in the Temple’s Shemen Mishchah (holy anointing oil) or Ketores (incense) can hold a certain allure as a nod from Heaven toward its personal use. Some suggest that keneh bosem, listed in Exodus 30:23 as part of Shemen Mishchah, might…
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Miracles Are 100% Real, but the Torah Reveals a Test many will Fail.
In my teens, I joined maybe 150-200 worshippers at a Catholic charismatic meeting in a Christian bookstore. Drawn to the altar during fervent worship, I closed my eyes, unaware of the Torah’s prohibition against images I was imagining in my mind (Exodus 20:4). Healings erupted: the sick rose, crutches discarded, restored by faith. Returning to…
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Q-and-A_9-28-25 – Questions from Christianity
This MishnahWalk Q&A reviews mitzvot 1–13 (knowing/unifying God, loving/fearing Him, prayer, clinging to sages, emulating ways, sanctifying name, Shema twice daily, tefillin, tzitzit); atonement via repentance (no blood required in exile); Messiah not God/blood atonement; Elijah precursor (literal/spiritual possible); grace/mercy tied to humble obedience; intermediaries practical for revelation but none needed for prayer.
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The Misstep of Asking “The Big Question”
“Know therefore today… that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other” (Deuteronomy 4:39). When someone asks a convert to Judaism, “Do you still believe Jesus is the Messiah?” they enter into a Torah misstep, framing faith through a Christian lens that clashes with the Torah’s focus…
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The Crimson Thread of Covenant
I am Shapash, once bound to the hollow gods of Jericho’s stone altars, now a daughter of Israel’s enduring promise, all because of my little sister, Rahab. Her courage, her piercing faith, wove a crimson thread through the tapestry of our lives, binding us to a God who saw us—outsiders in a city doomed to…
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Have You been Conditioned to Reject the Messiah Who Fulfills All Prophetic Requirements?
The world quivers on the edge of destiny, its heartbeat quickening with longing. For Jews, the ache for the Messiah glows with an ancient fervor, a readiness carved into every prayer and tempered by centuries of struggle, their souls ablaze with hope for a deliverer who will crush enemies and stitch world peace from the…
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From “Never Again”…to “Once Again”
The time is now. For decades, “Never Again” has been our rallying cry, a solemn vow to shield our people from the horrors of history. But today, a bolder vision dawns: “Once Again”…a sacred call to restore Israel’s greatness as in the days of King David, when Torah governed, Temple offerings sanctified our land, and…
