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WHO IS A
JEW? DID ESAU ONLY NEED A
JEWISH MOTHER? IS A JEWISH
MOTHER ALL YOU NEED TO BE A
JEW? IF YOU HAVE HIGH SPEED ACCESS, TAKE A MOMENT TO LISTEN TO THIS MP3 FILE BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO YOU THAT THEY ARE NOT TELLING YOU IF YOU DO NOT HAVE HIGH SPEED ACCESS, TAKE A MOMENT TO READ THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE ABOVE MP3 FILE, BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO YOU THAT THEY ARE NOT TELLING YOU Some young people feel that
because they are studying in a yeshiva and doing many mitzvahs, and
because they have a Jewish mother, there can be no question that
they are Jewish. But wait a minute. Is it all that simple? Look at Ruth! Did she have a Jewish mother? But you reply, "She converted!" Aha! You concede that the
|10| Not only so, but also in the case of Rivkah (Isaac's wife) who conceived by the one act of sexual intercourse with Yitzchak Avinu. |11| For when they were not yet born nor had they done anything tov or rah, in order that the etzah (wisdom) of the tochnit Hashem (purposeful and willed plan of G-d--Ro 8:28) should stand in terms of bechirah (divine election, selection, choosing), |12| not from Ma'asim (Works) but from the One who makes the kri'ah (divine summons, call), it was said to her, RAV YA'AVOD TZA'IR ("the elder will serve the younger"--BERESHIT 25:23), |13| as it is written, VA'OHAV ES YA'AKOV V'ES ESAV SANEITI ("Ya'akov have I loved, but Esau have I hated"--MALACHI 1:2-3). See page 496 Also, notice this: |7| Therefore, Yochanan was saying to the multitudes coming out to have the mikveh mayim's tevilah supervised by him, You banim of nachashim (sons of snakes), who warned you to flee from the charon af [Hashem] habah (the coming burning wrath of Hashem)? |8| Therefore, produce pri tov l'teshuva (fruit worthy of repentance), and do not begin to presume within yourselves, saying, We have the zechut Avot (merit of the Fathers) of Avraham Avinu, for, I say to you, that Hashem is able from these avanim (stones) to raise up banim to Avraham Avinu. [YESHAYAH 51:2] |9| And already the ax is laid at the shoresh haetzim (the root of the trees). Therefore, every etz not producing pri tov is cut down and is thrown into the Eish. (Lk 3:7-9 OJBC) My heart's desire and prayer to G-d is for the salvation of Let me reiterate to my brothers in Moshiach who are the non-Jews of G-d: "You do not support the root; the root supports you." Think one more time about the fire and don't argue with me; argue with Isaiah and Daniel. If I may, let me speak of four people: Ruth and her sister Orpah, first; then two brothers from the same Jewish mother, Rivkah or Rebekah. Now having said that, let me say this. The Besuras HaGeulah (the Good
News of Redemption) is OF the Jewish people, FOR the Jewish people, and TO
the Jewish people FIRST,
above all. Only
secondarily is it to the non-Jews.
If you lose this priority, you lose the character of the faith and
the spiritual reality of the worship and mongrelize it with all kinds of
alien imported paganisms and "strange" fire. Hashem
promised the Besuras HaGeulah of G-d by His Nevi'im in the Kitvei HaKodesh specifically to
the Jewish people (Ro
9:4). The promise first
came to Avraham Avinu
that it might be a promise obtained by emunah in
accordance with grace or the Chen v'Chesed Hashem (Ro 4:1- 25). And it is not as though the
promise in the Dvar Hashem has failed. For not all See ARE YOU DEPRESSED? See How To
Point). See How To Honor Moshiach on Friday Nights. See the ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE.
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