The Mishna, Yeshua’s Teachings & Pirket Avot 3
Program #21 - The Mishna, Yeshua’s Teachings & Pirket Avot 3
We begin our discussion in Pirke Avot 1:4
Avot 1:4-5 Yossi ben (son of) Yo’ezer of Ts’raidah and Yossi ben Yochanan of Jerusalem received the transmission from them. Yossi ben Yo’ezer used to say: Let your house be a […]
The Malchut Shamayim - Kingdom of Heaven
The Fifth lesson of “From Jerusalem to Athens” begins with a discussion on Adam and his occupation as the initial authority of the Malchut Shamayim (Kingdom of Heaven). I discuss the terms as used in the Apostolic Writings. Likewise, we discuss the two phrases used in the […]
Program #20 - The Mishna, Yeshua’s Teachings & Pirket Avot 2
In this program I begin moving forward in my discussion of the Pirke Avot. Likewise, we explore the idea that Yeshua and his talmidim were acquainted with the Mishnaic ideas of their day.
Who were the Men of the Great Assembly? We discuss […]
The Temptation of Yeshua and Beyond
I open this class by reading D’varim (Deuteronomy) 6:4-16 as a foundation for understanding the temptation of Yeshua.
I open the class with the relevance of Yeshua’ Temptation.
What was the real reason for the temptation?
What is the underlying message of the Temptation?
In this class I elaborate on the relevance of the […]
From Jerusalem to Athens #3
Yeshua, His youth, his education, his lost years and his ministry years.
In this third class we will be exploring the lost years of Yeshua along with his youth and education. From the lost years and his education we will move into his ministry and teachings.
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Program #18 - The Mishna and Yeshua’s Teachings
In this program, I explore the first Mishnah of Pirke Avot (The Sayings of the Fathers).
We place Pirke Avot in its ethical category of mussar. I explain that one chapter of Pirke Avot is read each Shabbat from Pesach until Rosh HaShanah.
Pirke Avot 1:1
“Moshe received the Torah from […]
Counting
Leviticus 23:15-21; Deuteronomy 16:9-12
During this time, we are supposed to be working on our selves. We are to see the forty-nine days as if we were ascending to Sinai.
After the miraculous Exodus from Mitzraim (Egypt), the B’nai Yisrael spent 49 days preparing for the most awesome experience in human history, the giving of the […]
Lesson #2
In this class, we begin with Vayikra (Leviticus) 12:1-17. This passage lays the foundational instructions for childbearing. I have chosen to begin here with this passage because it illuminates the opening passage of the book of Luke.
Then I begin reading the book of Luke looking at it from its original Jewish perspective. We […]
