tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55064121424462280792024-08-28T13:47:41.262-07:00Truth in Torah and TanachLove G_D, Seek Truth, Act Justly, then can we hope to find understanding, peace and life.Yaakov --James Jeffrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884770935087527850noreply@blogger.comBlogger161125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506412142446228079.post-24714150057444752018-08-30T19:15:00.000-07:002018-08-30T19:15:34.031-07:00How does HE(GOD ALMIGHTY) know what I am doing now?How does HE(GOD ALMIGHTY) know what I am doing now?
by yaakov » Mon Mar 18, 2013 7:33 pm
Your soul is the connection by which GOD and each of us is connected.
How can that be?
Your soul is not of this earth nor even of this universe. It can not be measured, weighted, stolen or located. And, yet, the soul which HE placed in you is part of HIM also. Therefore wheresoever you go, HE is there orYaakov --James Jeffrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884770935087527850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506412142446228079.post-6234320214194762732017-06-27T18:18:00.003-07:002017-06-27T18:18:58.533-07:00Why Relationship and Sex Laws
Why Relationship and Sex Laws
Why should we be concerned about relationship and sex laws?
I started of this in a different place and needed to rethink the idea of relationships. More a presentation from a different point of view, rather than a change in what I know and do.
In today’s world, political correctness is literally killing the masses of people. No, not all in one day but over theYaakov --James Jeffrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884770935087527850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506412142446228079.post-70781330837898002982016-08-14T15:50:00.003-07:002018-08-30T19:13:22.955-07:00Tisha B’Av, A Question.
Tisha B’Av, the Fast of the Ninth of Av, is a day of mourning to commemorate the many tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people, many of which have occurred on the ninth of Av. This is a quote from Judaism 101
Yes there are many similar descriptions of Ninth of Av(meaning of Tisha B’Av).
In the middle of Sabbath night I awoke with these thoughts:
Tisha B’Av, On this day Yaakov --James Jeffrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884770935087527850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506412142446228079.post-58115085939668414952016-08-14T15:50:00.001-07:002016-08-14T15:50:39.221-07:00Tisha B’Av, A Question.
Tisha B’Av, the Fast of the Ninth of Av, is a day of mourning to commemorate the many tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people, many of which have occurred on the ninth of Av. This is a quote from Judaism 101
Yes there are many similar descriptions of Ninth of Av(meaning of Tisha B’Av).
In the middle of Sabbath night I awoke with these thoughts:
Tisha B’Av, On this day Yaakov --James Jeffrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884770935087527850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506412142446228079.post-32027848446954719462016-08-14T15:49:00.000-07:002016-08-14T15:49:09.865-07:00Only The Jews?
The presented question was: “Will someone please explain, why do only Jews get to go to Heaven, and the rest of humanity, that Gd did create, go to some second kind of Heaven?”
The person who asked this question, it seems, heard a Rabbi make a similar statement. This upset the questioner greatly and she was confused and angry. Personally, I can understand the mood of the questioner, and I Yaakov --James Jeffrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884770935087527850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506412142446228079.post-29518512248150334932016-08-11T12:42:00.002-07:002016-08-11T12:42:41.126-07:00How Much Is Enough?
I have a question, but I suggest that you read all of this before attempting to answer.
How bad must the situation become before the Jews actually return to the Almighty, as in the prophesies? How about for you?
Most prophecies have been fulfilled, yet there are a few that remain to be completed before the Last Day. The most troubling prophesy for my heart startsYaakov --James Jeffrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884770935087527850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506412142446228079.post-90524861493975571932016-08-11T12:41:00.003-07:002016-08-11T12:41:59.291-07:00To be Or Not To BE, Different
Our lives are full of contradictions, and we can see this in The Written Torah. Before I go there, let us explore ourself.
We are driven by contradiction, by opposites. Not every one, not all of the time, but more often than not, for most people. Our actions are:
I want to be Me, but I don’t want to be alone.I want to be popular, but I must have privacy.I want to be adored, but only in a Yaakov --James Jeffrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884770935087527850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506412142446228079.post-3456251317474727032016-08-11T12:41:00.000-07:002016-08-11T12:41:08.003-07:00Truth in Torah and Tanach: What does is mean to be chosen by G-D?
What does is mean to be chosen by G-D?
First try replacing “Chosen” with “EXAMPLE”! –for simpler understanding.
For the Children of Israel, what I see in the Torah(5 books of Moses), Chosen means precisely that: The Chosen are the example for the world to demonstrate that: The Living G-D of Abraham, Issac and Jacob IS; that there is only ONE and that we are to love the LORD with All of Yaakov --James Jeffrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884770935087527850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506412142446228079.post-84543255052165120642016-08-11T12:40:00.002-07:002016-08-11T12:40:07.284-07:00Do You Have The Mind Of GOD?
Someone asked me that in a discussion. “Do you have the Mind of Of GOD?”
My answer is/was: I don’t need the mind of GOD, I need to know what HIS WORD is; I need to keep HIS LAWS, then comparing my actions with HIS WORD, I know where I stand according to HIS LAWS.
I possess the intentionality to be Righteous by HIS Laws. The is a word there that requires a closer look: “Intentionality”. ThisYaakov --James Jeffrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884770935087527850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506412142446228079.post-6536396166012609442016-08-11T12:39:00.002-07:002016-08-11T12:39:13.426-07:00The TORAH, Written By The Hand Of Moses
The TORAH, Written by the Hand of Moses, dictated the Living GOD of Israel, is Real or TRUE.
That is where we start this article, accepting that statement as FACT. For our purposes here, we will not go into the old arguments. If you are not able to accept that, then what is said here you will be unable to comprehend. Stop reading here. Read something else. How about: “You Should Know Yaakov --James Jeffrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884770935087527850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506412142446228079.post-53979093549714067212016-08-11T12:38:00.003-07:002016-08-11T12:38:33.182-07:00A Question Of Timing
Recently, I heard a Rabbi say that a young man asked him? If God is so powerful why did creation take six days instead of one?
The answer is Timing!
Everything must happen when it is right to do so. For example: An infant 3 hours after birth cannot be a opera star, or at six hours after birth. Reason: the mouth, throat, teeth, lungs, muscle control, size and shape of the parts will change Yaakov --James Jeffrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884770935087527850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506412142446228079.post-21235029958283264562016-08-11T12:37:00.002-07:002016-08-11T12:37:41.865-07:00Are You Ready?
On Shabbat, while studying Exodus 2:23..25, there was something I became aware of, “the need to be ready”. Not like Are you ready for the return?; or Are your ready to be saved?; but more of a “When will We be ready to consider those questions?”
Here is the text that brought this to mind:
“Exodus 2:23 And it came to pass in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt diedYaakov --James Jeffrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884770935087527850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506412142446228079.post-90073590571889841172016-08-11T12:36:00.003-07:002016-08-11T12:36:52.051-07:00The Dark Before The Light
The dark before the light? So what are we talking about here? Can I get an example?
I have heard of the “The calm before the storm”, or “It is always darkest before the dawn”. Something like that?
The Big Bang Theory: From Nothing to something, first is darkness and then light.
Example:
Genesis 1:2 Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and Yaakov --James Jeffrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884770935087527850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506412142446228079.post-85637664660374669402016-08-11T12:36:00.000-07:002016-08-11T12:36:08.815-07:00A Question Of Truth
The people of the earth at this time, (The Year is 2016;) do not seem to need, want or desire TRUTH.
Okay, that was a bit unfair, I apologize, it should read: “Most of the People of the earth . . . .”.
Maybe it is just that they do not know what the truth looks like.
Still, we accept as truth, that the Sun, which is the name that bright object above the earth, is Hot! We accept this based Yaakov --James Jeffrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884770935087527850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506412142446228079.post-25664467585106886272016-08-11T12:35:00.000-07:002016-08-11T12:35:08.575-07:00Family, What We Have Done And Are Doing
This is an opinion piece, My Opinion in regards to family. And yet, I show the TORAH’s words also.
There are many ways to start this piece and each would be valid. So, I will start with what happened today that got me thinking about this writing.
Today was an early October Sunday, where for a change, I went to Shul to hear a Rabbi speak about a book on which my thoughts on this type of Yaakov --James Jeffrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884770935087527850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506412142446228079.post-8071112615185359702016-08-11T12:34:00.003-07:002016-08-11T12:34:24.363-07:00Not Only With You Alone
I started writing this one, because some people wrote to asking “Is it true, only Jews”? While others are busy with the other side, saying never a Jew.
Also, there are many people saying they need a savior, a messiah, somebody to forgive their sins,
So how does it feel? Are you one of the twelve Tribes of Israel? If not, Matthew 15:24 says the guy you follow is not for any except Yaakov --James Jeffrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884770935087527850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506412142446228079.post-40512274816023770122016-08-11T12:33:00.003-07:002016-08-11T12:33:29.392-07:00The Laws at the Hand Of Moses Versus The Covenants
There is a difference between the Laws of Moses and The Covenants(Contracts) with The GOD of Our Fathers.
An example of this is in the Law of Circumcision, where we have Genesis 17:
9 And God said unto Abraham: ‘And as for thee, thou shalt keep My covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations.10 This is My covenant, which ye shall keep, between Me and Yaakov --James Jeffrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884770935087527850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506412142446228079.post-91275415033529752252016-08-11T12:32:00.004-07:002016-08-11T12:32:46.219-07:00What Must We Do For PassOver?
A response to someone that wrote me that question.:
Thank you for the question regarding celebration of Passover, how to celebrate.
Before I start, let me explain that this post is longer than normal, even for me. This is due to the subject and its importance, had GOD(source) and the Hand of Moses(writing) not commanded multiple times, there would not be so many verses involved here. NoticeYaakov --James Jeffrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884770935087527850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506412142446228079.post-69658163340129790992016-08-11T12:32:00.001-07:002016-08-11T12:32:23.839-07:00To Be Of The Children Of Israel
So what does it mean to be of the Children Of Israel? Where did the name come from?
First use of the Name: ISRAEL.
Jacob receives a blessing after an all night struggle with a messenger of GOD. Who gives Jacob a new name in order to be set free before dawn.(Genesis 32:25 .. 29; and restated by The LORD in Genesis 35:10)
In “Genesis 32:29 . . . . no more Jacob, but Israel; for thou Yaakov --James Jeffrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884770935087527850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506412142446228079.post-7543836510434563892016-08-11T12:31:00.002-07:002016-08-11T12:31:24.579-07:00To Be Of The Children Or Israel --Deeper, much deeper
So what does it mean, to be of the Children Of Israel? Where did the name come from?
As always, I highly recommend reading the full chapter of every reference I make. Actually, you should do that, for anything you are ready to believe, from any source. Check the references. If they are telling you the truth, they won’t mind.
I notice that “names” are very important in the TaNaKh (Yaakov --James Jeffrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884770935087527850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506412142446228079.post-45433878161102055412016-08-11T12:30:00.003-07:002016-08-11T12:30:34.608-07:00ISHRAEL?
There are some inconsistencies I see in the world. So many people, say one thing and do the opposite.
I have been part of the Jewish world since the 1984, and have been watching as the world and people have changed. There are some things that bother me, but it was not until a few days ago, that I realized this issue.
“Children of Jacob” does not Equal “Jews”(Judah the Tribe) whichYaakov --James Jeffrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884770935087527850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506412142446228079.post-37676930509304720182016-08-11T12:29:00.003-07:002016-08-11T12:29:40.778-07:00This Question of Timing Re: Egypt
It seems that Timing continues to arise in discussions. This time it has to do with taking the Hebrews out of Egypt.
Why did we have to have the plagues? Why did so many have to suffer? . . . .
These questions lead to one of a long time ago, “Why does the LORD just make us good?” I will not answer that one this time, but I will talk about Egypt and the Redemption Then and NOW!
Yes, I did Yaakov --James Jeffrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884770935087527850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506412142446228079.post-53346971922470446812016-08-11T12:28:00.000-07:002016-08-11T12:28:08.196-07:00Moses's Dilemma
Moses, descendant of Levi, the one the The GOD of Israel, spoke to mouth to mouth, as a friend.
Here is a man that was a shepherd in Midian maybe forty or more years, and made one choice that changed the world ever after. One decision which we have recorded, that opened his eyes so that he could never go back to being a tender of sheep again. Later!
There was a time when Moses failed, and Yaakov --James Jeffrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884770935087527850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506412142446228079.post-29592015349756990292016-08-11T12:27:00.003-07:002016-08-11T12:27:23.627-07:00The Really BIG WHY –Revisited
The Really BIG WHY? Was the original writing.
A continuance of this topic, or just some more thoughts about this topic.
Isaiah 45:18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens, He is God; that formed the earth and made it, He established it, He created it not a waste, He formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD, and there is none else.
So what’s the point of this attention Yaakov --James Jeffrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884770935087527850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506412142446228079.post-6914340120361834742016-08-11T12:25:00.000-07:002016-08-11T12:25:07.196-07:00My Entry 20160627
My Entry 20160627
It is observed that, we(most people of the earth), are willing to take anything EXCEPT the Written TORAH by the Hand of Moses, as justification for personal actions.
Even the Rabbinic version and use of the word “Torah”, which their definition has been and continues to be: “All Jewish writing”. Which is then given equal or greater validity to that of: Written TORAH in the Yaakov --James Jeffrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884770935087527850noreply@blogger.com0