Been interested in Judaism for a long time, planning to convert eventually. I've been keeping Kosher since 2018 but didn't really do it seriously until 2020.

In 2004 or so my father who was a Christian minister in the United Methodist Church started doing a seder. He had previously travelled to Israel and had been constantly incorporating more and more Jewish teachings in his ministry some of which was met with resistance from his congregation.... He used a prayer shaw, was in JfJ, had friends with Messianics but they were a bit dodgy in my opinion.

Back to me having such a lengthy experience in religion and after doing a lot of studying of religious texts I came to the conclusion that Judaism was for me. Wanting to be a Jew by choice I started following the laws. I keep Kosher, take the sabbath off and holy days when I remember to check. I was told by my friends to not get the wrong conversion however I wonder if it matters if I'm not planning on moving to Israel?

Right now I'm gearing up for Pesach but no Seder tray this year from the looks of it. I know some Soviet Jews had it bad doing passover and I have it relatively easy but some things just don't seem to be for sale in West Virginia and I have to shop over in Marietta or Amazon to get a bulk of my supplies outside of fresh water, eggs, vegetables, fruit, salt, etc.

https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%...7%A9%D7%94
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_attem..._Sanhedrin
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuevo_Sanedr%C3%ADn


Link to the 3d Temple Institute in Jerusalem
https://templeinstitute.org/
https://templeinstitute.org/9th-av/

On 4/5/2024 I am writing  to the Rabbi of the Rabbonim of the Bais Hora'ah the following query:
Are the following events regarded in the Land of Israel by Torah Jews as forerunners to the comming of the Anointed one and the 3d Temple?
1) The 2004 revival of the Sanhedrin assembly?
2) The recent finding and bringing to Israel of 5 pure red Heifers
3) The Temple Institute to prepare the People of Israel for the arrival of the 3d Temple?

On 4/14/2024  I am writing  to the Rabbi of the Rabbonim of the Bais Hora'ah the following query:
Do devout Torah Jews beleive the following is forerunners of the coming of the Anointed one and the appearence of the 3rd Temple?
1) The 2004 revival of the Sanhedrin assembly?
2) Ingathering of Jews communities up to Israel from the galat of Europe; Arab Countries et al?
3) The Formation of the 3rd temple Institute to prepare Jews for the coming of the 3d temple/ANointed one?
4)The appearence of 5 red Hefiers in Israel for Temple scarafice?
5) The realization that of Galat Jews that Israel is the only real and safe home since the current War of Israel-Hamas  exposing the fact that Hamas has many spirtual supporters who do not want Jews to live anywhere on this earth-despite the covement made between the L-D and Abraham?
6) the realization of Secular Jews in Israel that the only way their children can live to be Jews..is to live the Torah. Talmund Oral Law in their Lives?

Sincerely

T.F

04/16/2024 received the following reply from the Rabbi of the Rabbonim of the Bais Hora'ah
Answer
Without getting into the techniclities of all of these things that you wrote, all of these types of things and are possible, preparations, but we will not know it until it actually happens.

Have a good day

Ref:
https://dinonline.org/2024/04/16/forerun...sh-people/

04/15/2024 I sent copies of the above query of 04/14/2014 to Aish torah ASk a rabbi and Chabbad ASk a Rabbi
04/15/2024  #6257592 received by Chabbad
04/15/2024   #6257592 responce:
B"H

Hi,

I believe that only no. 6 is similar to the belief that since the 60's when many Jews without any Jewish education began to return to Judaism, also known as the Teshuvah movement, that is a harbinger of the coming of the Messiah when it says at the end of Malachi
"I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord, that he may turn the heart of the fathers back through the children, and the heart of the children back through the fathers"

Please don't hesitate to write back if you have any questions

Best wishes,

Simcha Bart
Chaband.org

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On 04/16/2024 received responce from Aish Torah ASk A Rabbi
Hello,
Thank you for contacting us. I am not totally clear as to exactly what your asking, but many of these items are part of the view of the Jewish messianic epoch.

With blessings from Jerusalem,

Rabbi Yoni Miller
Aish.com

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https://israel365news.com/389853/teenage...ple-mount/

Hi, 

Is anyone able to translate the hebrew ? It is from a marriage authorisation in 1900.

   

https://mcnygenealogy.com/cem/jewish-poor-lot.htm
https://urresearch.rochester.edu/institu...emId=13202
https://fomh.org/the-rededication-ceremo...0community.

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/wiscons...-h.207899/

Happy Purim to al that celebrate, may we have the strength, courage and wisdom of Esther to make the right decisions to stand against our enemies who try to annihilate us.

After reading through the Megillah I noticed something that generated a question.

In Chapter 5, Verse 14 it says -

And Zeresh his wife and all his friends said, "Let them make a gallows fifty cubits high, and in the morning say to the king that they should hang Mordecai on it, and go to the king to the banquet joyfully." The matter pleased Haman, and he made the gallows.

Then, later in the next chapter it says -

Chapter 6 Verse 13 it says -

And Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and to all his friends all that had befallen him, and his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, "If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish stock, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him."

So my question is - Why did Zeresh tell Haman to make a gallows for Mordecai to hang if she knew that Haman would not prevail against him since he is a Jew?

It seems Zeresh knew Mordecai was Jewish since Mordecai stated so in Verse 13 just before she suggested to hang him -

Chapter 5 Verse 13 -
But all this is worth nothing to me, every time I see Mordecai the Jew sitting in the king's gate."

Could someone please help me? I'm trying to figure out which syllables are stressed. I read that the dot in a letter means it is stressed, but not every word has something like that. The word אַֽהֲבָ֔ה in particular throws me out of rhythm:

כִּֽי־עַזָּ֤ה כַמָּ֨וֶת֙ אַֽהֲבָ֔ה

(for love is as strong as death; Song of Songs 8:6)

On March 17, 2024 Leo Eric Varadkar, Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of the Republic of Ireland gave a speech in which he said among other things:

Quote:"[...] when I travel the world, leaders often ask me why the Irish have such empathy for the Palestinian people.  And the answer is simple: We see our history in their eyes — a story of displacement, of dispossession and national identity questioned and denied, forced emigration, discrimination, and now hunger. [...]"

Source:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room...lebration/

Quote:"The Palestinians are those Arab nationals [...]"

Source:
The Amended Palestinian National Charter (1968) - English, Article 5.

Quote:“When was the “Palestinian people” actually created? Simply using the Google Ngram Viewer provides the answer.”

[You can use Ngram to do this using the following URL:]
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?co...53B%252Cc0

Extract source:
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/11401...ian-people

Quote:“[...] Jewish identity is also commonly defined through ethnicity. [...]”

Extract source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_is_a_Jew%3F

Quote:“[...] most Arabs in British Mandate Palestine were migrant workers and descendants of the 1832-1947 wave of Arab/Muslim immigration from Egypt, the Sudan, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Yemen, Libya, North Africa, Bosnia, India, Afghanistan, etc. While the British Mandate encouraged Arab immigration, it blocked Jewish immigration.”

Extract source:
http://theettingerreport.com/arab-migrat...n-society/

Has the U.S. Democratic Party become so panicked about its chances in the forthcoming U.S. General Election (Presidential election), that it is now turning on Israel?

Senate Democratic Party Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is quoted as stating (among other things) (March 14, 2024), that: 

Quote:"[...] Prime Minister Netanyahu has lost his way by allowing his political survival to take precedence over the best interests of Israel," [...]

Source:
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/14/123855578...-netanyahu 

Link of interest
https://www.jewishpartisans.org/

The Verba-Wetzler report published in Hebrew after 60 years!
https://rudolfvrba.com/vrba-vs-yad-vashem/