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Kerstetter Chronicles: October 2016

Chills ran down my spine. Young hands ran across the keys, and the notes reverberated powerfully through the hall, compelling every guest to rise to their feet and wrinkled hands to wipe tears from wizened eyes. The song was HaTkivah “The Hope,” Israel’s national anthem. And a banquet hall of Holocaust survivors joined their voices with the notes of the piano in impassioned song.

We thanked them for their bravery. Because of their courageous determination to survive and to become pioneers in the land of Israel, the next generations – my generation – can return to a settled land. And they asked us to make them a promise. They asked us to be their voices. To tell their stories. To stand for Israel. To stand in the gap and say, “Never again.” To do what it takes. And we promised. We will be their voices.

We won’t have them in our midst much longer. Are there Jewish elderly homes near you? Is a survivor speaking at your school or community center? Go. Hold their hands and hear their stories. Be their voices. Stand in the gap with us. Stand for Israel, and stand for humanity. If we won’t push back into the dark, who will? We have the light, and it is imperative that we let it shine.

Over our month in Israel this summer, we served both believers and unbelievers in numerous ways, including the aforementioned banquet for Holocaust survivors in Sderot, a pizza and game night in a foster children’s home outside of Jerusalem, packing supplies at food distribution centers in Sderot and Jerusalem, sharing the Gospel with students at Jerusalem University and on the beach in Tel Aviv, and reconnecting with friends we made in Argentina. We learned so much and our years of studies came to life more fully as we immersed ourselves in the beautiful complexities of Israeli culture.

Because of our early return to the States, we only made it through one week of Hebrew studies, so we have prayerfully applied to restart the Hebrew course at Tel Aviv University in 2017. Please pray with us as we seek God’s will in this and every area of our lives, and to use our time for His best during BJ’s last full semester at Moody. We look forward to the next steps of this journey, as God guides us and you walk prayerfully beside us. Thank you for your faithful support through the valleys and mountain tops.

With love,

BJ and Carissa

On the Seder Plate: Charoset

A devotional for Passover by Ryan Karp

 

Most people can’t even say the word.  You have to use the back of your throat and the result is a little bit of spit coming out. And no, there is no English translation for it.

 

The way my Gentile wife described charoset when she first saw it was that it was sort of like the filling for an apple pie.  However you relate to the mixture of apples, honey, nuts, juice, and cinnamon, it is DELICIOUS!  It is one of my favorite parts of Passover.  Every Jewish person knows when it is coming because it follows the awfully bitter horseradish.  But the peculiar part is that it is not one of the three parts of the Passover as mandated by the book of Exodus and reiterated by Rabbi Gamaliel in rabbinic literature.  So why do we have it?

 

You can tell by the ingredients that the mixture, which is described as a reminder of the mortar that the Hebrew slaves used, is incredibly sweet.

 

“The Egyptians compelled the sons of Israel to labor rigorously; and they made their lives bitter with hard labor in mortar and bricks and at all kinds of labor in the field, all their labors which they rigorously imposed on them.”   

Exodus 1:13-14

 

And more than the mortar explanation, I like the concept of what the sweetness brings to the Passover meal.  As a family sits around the Passover dinner table, they partake of parsley and salt water, dry matzah and horseradish.  These are not exactly the most enjoyable treats.  But while all of these elements remind us of the trials that we suffered in Egypt as slaves, there are very few occasions within the order of the service that remind us that God did indeed deliver us from slavery.

 

Yet when we take the matzah with the horseradish and then cover it with the sweet charoset so that the bitterness of the horseradish is masked, I love that picture. Yes we suffered, but let’s not forget that all of those ill feelings or thoughts of our tribulations pale in comparison of the sweetness of God’s deliverance.  That is why we don’t taste the bitterness, only the sweetness.

 

“For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.”  

Romans 8:18

 

“For the Lord is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting. And His faithfulness to all generations.”

Psalm 100:5

 

ryan karp Ryan Karp grew up in suburban Maryland with a Jewish father and Gentile mother. His family celebrated the occasional Jewish holidays but other than that, there was no real connection to the Jewish religion except the occasional synagogue visit. When Ryan was eight, his father accepted Jesus as his Messiah after experiencing a Passover presentation by a Chosen People Ministries missionary. After seeing how the Jewish celebration of Passover foreshadows Jesus’ death and resurrection, his father came to faith and the family changed forever.

Ryan came to faith when he was ten years old. While on a tour to Israel with a group of young Jewish people, he shared that he believed that Jesus is the Messiah; the organization, with whom Ryan had traveled to Israel, made him leave the trip. His heart broke for the people on the tour. It was at this time that the Lord placed in him a desire to learn more about the scriptures and to share his faith with his Jewish people.

Ryan is now serving with Chosen People Ministries as Chicago Branch & Ministries Director and National Director of Young Adult Mobilization & Outreach. He enjoys speaking in churches about the Jewish roots of the Christian faith and has a deep and sincere desire to share the Gospel with the Jewish people and to share with churches how to do the same.

On the Seder Plate: Maror

A devotional for Pesach by Mara Frisch.

 

 

Ever since I was a little kid, I celebrated Passover with my family. I have rich memories of searching for the Afikomen (matzah) with my cousins, singing songs like “Let My People Go” and “Dayenu,” and participating in the traditional Seder meal. The story of Passover has always resonated with me. Each year, we retell the story of our ancestors, who were once slaves in Egypt. God saw their suffering and heard their cries and had compassion on them. Through a dramatic series of events and divine intervention, He delivered them from slavery. As Jewish people, we are implored each year not to simply listen to the retelling as bystanders but to identify with our ancestors as if we were reliving the story. We proclaim, “We were once slaves, and now we are free.” Each year, I consider the awe of this truth.

 

As a Messianic Jewish believer, I love the mediating on the spiritual truths that are evident throughout the Exodus story. I also recognize that while the Seder meal tells the story of the Israelite’s suffering and deliverance, it also tells the story of Yeshua’s (Jesus) suffering and resurrection. By this truth, we can truly proclaim, “We were once slaves, and now we are free.”

 

To further explain this, I’ve chosen to take one of the symbols of the Seder meal and discuss its significance. The bitter herbs are one of the most infamous aspects of the Seder meal. We eat the bitter herbs to remind ourselves of the bitter suffering our ancestors endured while they were slaves in Egypt. I always hated this part of the Seder meal because my name in Mara, and in Hebrew, my name means bitter. The Hebrew word for bitter herbs is Maror, with the same root letters as Mara. During this part of the Seder, I’m always reminded of the meaning of my name.

 

Yet, immediately after eating the bitter herbs on their own, it’s tradition to create a “Hillel sandwich” and put a touch of charoset, a sweet mixture of apples, nuts, honey, and sweet spices, on the matzah along with the bitter herbs. This touch of sweetness is meant to remind us that even in the midst of harsh suffering, there is the promise of redemption.

 

We see many examples in the Bible of G-d bringing sweetness out of bitterness. In Exodus 15:22, G-d turned the bitter waters sweet so the Israelites could drink from them and be refreshed. In Genesis 50:20, Joseph explains to his brothers that what they intended for evil, G-d used for good. In other words, G-d used the bitterness of Joseph’s situation to bring forth good for the entire land of Egypt and Israel. In Romans 8:28, we are told, “And we know that in all things G-d works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Though my name means Mara, I have experienced enormous blessings that have come out of some of the most bitter moments of my life. Even when I can’t see the blessings, I cling to the promise in Romans and the examples from Scripture where I see that G-d is working even the worst things together for good. It doesn’t mean that the suffering we experience isn’t real or difficult; rather, we are reminded that G-d can and does bring sweetness out of our sorrows. I encourage you during this Passover season to trust G-d with the bitter circumstances of your own life and look for traces of the sweetness that He is already bringing about through it.

 

02.28.2016-MaraHeadshot-1Mara Frisch is the full-time Ministries Director of the Young Messianic Jewish Alliance (YMJA). She was raised in a Reform Jewish family in suburban Chicago, IL. At 18, she made a decision to put her faith in Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah, which dramatically changed the course of her life. Mara received her bachelor’s degree from Miami University of Ohio, where she double majored in psychology and speech communications. She received her master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from University of Cincinnati. Mara is devoted to helping teens grow in their faith and has had the privilege of serving in various roles in Messianic youth ministry for the past 12 years. In addition to serving young people, Mara loves teaching figure skating, flying on trapezes, and spending time with her friends and family in Chicago, IL.

 

Zeroa: One Lamb for the Family

A devotional for Pesach by Rabbi Glenn Harris.

 

 

Rabban Gamliel was accustomed to say, “Anyone who has not said these three things on Pesach has not fulfilled his obligation, and these are them:

the Pesach sacrifice, matza and maror.”

(From the Passover Haggadah)

 

Passover is a holiday beautifully rich in symbolism, and according to the esteemed rabbi Gamaliel, the first priority is to speak of the ‘Pesach sacrifice’ – meaning, the lamb. Thus, one of the most significant symbolic items on the Seder table is a lamb shank bone [in Hebrew Zeroa].

 

God’s instructions were very clear to Israel: the lamb was to be a one year-old male, without any blemish or defect (Exodus 12:5). That lamb was to be brought into the home on the 10th of Nisan – four days before Passover (12:3). On the evening of the 14th of Nisan, the lamb was to be slaughtered, its blood drained into a bowl, and some of the blood of that lamb was to be applied, using hyssop, to the lintel of the doorway and to the two side posts. The lamb was to be roasted and eaten, none of it was to remain until morning, but any leftovers were to be burned. Finally, the commands were given forbidding that any of the lamb’s bones be broken, that it be eaten in one house, and that no meat be taken outside (12:46).

 

The four days of having the lamb in the home accomplished several things. First of all, it would almost become part of the family (especially to the children). So there is the aspect of identification. The lamb was identified with Israel (versus Egypt), and with the family. Secondly, those four days of observation gave the family more than ample opportunity to examine the quality of the lamb, and if there was any sort of spot or imperfection discovered, the family would be afforded time to locate a flawless lamb in order to comply with God’s command.

 

We can easily understand why the directive was given that none of the meat be taken outside the house when we remember that that first Passover meal took place the evening of the last and most terrifying of the Ten Plagues – the death of all Egypt’s firstborn. Only those inside a home that had the blood of a flawless, year-old male lamb on the doorposts would be spared the death of their firstborn. And so it made sense that no one was to venture outside the house during that meal.

 

Furthermore, since that lamb foreshadowed Messiah Yeshua, who Himself died on Passover, all its meat must remain in the house, in other words, identified with Israel. In a sense, taking any of that meat outside the house would be to identify it with Egypt. Salvation was to be found only in the houses belonging to Israel. Yeshua said, “I was sent to the lost sheep of the House of Israel” and again, “Salvation is of the Jews.”

 

But why the command that no bones of that lamb be broken? For the most part, the rabbis seem to have left that one alone. The main theory is that, unlike people in desperate situations, who might break an animal’s bones while eating out of desperation, God wanted Israel to carry themselves with dignity. There may be some merit to that argument, but to be honest, I find it wanting.

 

Could it be the rabbis have been unwilling to consider the much more obvious implication? Namely, that this was a foreshadowing of the Suffering Messiah, Yeshua, who would fulfill the type of the Passover Lamb, and in whose death no bones were broken.

 

During the Roman period, at the time of a crucifixion, if it became necessary to hasten the death, Roman soldiers would break the legs of the condemned to prevent them from being able to push themselves up to get a breath, and suffocation would quickly ensue. To accommodate the Chief Priests of the Jewish people, who needed to attend to Passover, that was what was done to the criminals crucified on either side of Yeshua. And they intended to break His legs, too. But when they came to Him, He was already dead. So they didn’t break his legs, and Yeshua’s beloved disciple, John, who witnessed that scene, by inspiration of the Holy Spirit made the connection between this Passover command to not break any bones of the lamb, and put it together with Psalm 34:20 and wrote, “These things happened so that the Scriptures would be fulfilled: ‘Not one of His bones will be broken’”.

 

But concerning the command: It must be eaten inside one house…, it seems to me that this was a hint of the great mystery that lay ahead: that God was going to bring Jews and Gentiles together in one Great Kehilah, one Body, through the Messiah.  Rabbi Paul, a student of Gamaliel, wrote in Ephesians 2. For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier… and he went on to write, His purpose was to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace.  We who love Yeshua, whether Jew or Gentile, are in one House – one family in Messiah, and He is the one Lamb for the whole family of God. It works out this way:

 

Nobody (Jew or Gentile)

who remains outside the house experiences redemption

 

on the other hand…

 

Everybody (Jew or Gentile)

who remains inside the house experiences redemption

 

Scripture tells us that Israel left Egypt as “a mixed multitude”. Presumably many Egyptians figured it out: after nine terrible plagues, each one worse than the last, and each one a humiliation to one or another of the Egyptian deities, it became obvious that there was something wrong with the gods they had been worshiping. The God of the Hebrews clearly was in control.

 

Perhaps many Egyptian families, seeing their Jewish neighbors applying lamb’s blood to their doorposts, and upon learning why, and what was to come, pleaded with them to be allowed to bring their own families into those homes. Their first-born would be saved if they came under the covering of an Israeli home that night.

 

One lamb for the household.

 

Yeshua said, “I am the Good Shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me, even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one Shepherd” (John 10:14-16).

 

 

Rabbi Glenn Harris

Glenn Harris was born and raised in a traditional Jewish family in Los Angeles, California. After several fruitless years searching through New Age religions for answers to the big questions of life, Glenn became a believer in Jesus in March of 1981. This happened through the invitation of a co-worker to come to a church presentation to hear the Gospel. Glenn served for ten and a half years with Jews for Jesus and for the past eighteen years has been the Associate Rabbi and Worship Leader at Congregation Shema Yisrael in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan – a community of both Jews and Gentiles who acknowledge Yeshua (Jesus) as the Messiah of Israel and Savior of the World.

Glenn holds his Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Literature from Northeastern Bible College (now Kings College, NY) and Master of Divinity from Moody Theological Seminary – Michigan. He and his wife Alexandra have three children and live in Birmingham, MI. Glenn is a respected Bible teacher, occasional talk-radio host, an outspoken pro-life advocate, cancer survivor, musician and avid motorcyclist. 248-885-7101 | [email protected]

 

On the Seder Plate: Beitzah

A devotional by Lea Dickinson.

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During the Passover Seder we eat many symbolic foods. Passover is rich in symbolism. One such item that we partake in is the egg, or in Hebrew, beitzah. The egg represents all the lambs that were sacrificed back at the temple in Jerusalem.

One interpretation that I recently read, by Rabbi Yossy Goldman, refers to the egg being a symbol of the beginning of life. Like the egg, Passover represents the beginning of the Jewish people’s freedom from Egypt. Life has stages and so too, does an egg. The egg does not just exist, it has a beginning. The egg first starts out inside of the hen, then the egg is laid and eventually with care, time and warmth, it hatches into a baby chick. When the Jewish people left Egypt, they were just like that egg. They were coming out of 400 years of enslavement and then they were freed from the chains of slavery, but they were not quite born anew. They no longer were under the jurisdiction of the Egyptians. They were like children in need of guidance. God, knowing what the Jewish people needed, eventually brought the Israelites to Mount Sinai where he gave them the Torah. They now had a new life with Godly rules that they were to follow.

From a Messianic standpoint, we know that life comes through Yeshua the Messiah, who is our sacrificial Passover lamb. He was and he is our final sacrifice and he is all that we need. Jesus has given us freedom from the bondage of sin and death and the power of darkness. He is our light in a dark world. We can trust that he will meet our needs and will provide for us, much like how he provided for the Jewish people 5,000 years ago.

Now, during the Passover meal, we dip the egg into salt water and we eat it. This reminds us of the destruction of the temple in 70 A.D. and the tears shed because of how sad we are that we can no longer sacrifice bulls, goats and lambs at the temple. So, in another sense, the egg represents mourning because no longer would the sins of the Jewish people be wiped clean, but we know that in Yeshua, we have been made clean once again, and no longer need the sacrifices of animals to atone for our sins! This Passover, let’s be reminded, that we are made new in Yeshua the Messiah. Please pray with me, that my Jewish people would come to this beautiful revelation and that their lives would be made new in Christ.

Lea Dickinson

Lea Dickinson has a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, with a minor in Jewish Studies and Islamic Studies from San Fransisco State University. She and her husband, Mikael, are Jewish believers in Jesus and are passionate about reaching fellow Jewish people with the truth of Jesus the Jewish Messiah. She currently serves as the Evangelistic Coordinator at Shema Yisrael Messianic Congregation in Michigan.

 

Cleansing our Homes & Lives of Leaven

In five days time begins one of the most celebrated festivals of Judaism; that is, Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Easter has come and gone, and perhaps you had the joy of attending a Passover presentation at church, but according to Scripture, the dates of Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection coincide with the days of Passover, which on the Jewish calendar falls next weekend. Passover is one of my favorite holidays because the biblical Jewish traditions surrounding it provide so much rich symbolism through which we can learn a great deal about the character of God, how He has chosen to relate to mankind and His incredible plan to redeem us by sending a Savior or Messiah to make the necessary payment for our sin.

As I clean my home of chametz, or leaven, and prepare for Passover to begin, I embrace the tangible reminder to meditate on all that God has done for me and examine my life and heart for areas of sin that also need to be cleansed, as God continues to sanctify me and make my life a clearer reflection of Himself.

Whether you are Jewish or not, I invite you to join me in physically and spiritually removing leaven from your life this Passover. To help us intentionally meditate on the spiritual truths symbolized in Passover, I’ve asked eight respected friends to write a devotional for each day of unleavened bread. Reading them has already blessed my socks off and I’m confident you will enjoy them too! This first wonderful devotional by our coworker, Stephen Arnold, explains the significance of cleansing the home of leaven.

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“Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven out of your houses, for if anyone eats what is leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel.” Exodus 12:15 (ESV)

“Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Let us therefore celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.” I Corinthians 5:6-8 (ESV)

The story of Passover is the story of the exodus of the Jewish people out of Egypt. When the Jewish people left Egypt, it says that they left in such haste that their dough didn’t have time to be leavened (Ex. 12:39). Once this unleavened dough was cooked, the result was matzah, which is essentially a large cracker.

While this is the origin of eating matzah on Passover, there is a much deeper significance to why God commanded that no leaven be eaten during Passover. This is because leaven represents sin. The seriousness of this representation is displayed in the punishment for eating leaven during Passover: expulsion from Israel (Ex. 12:15). The person who eats leaven during Passover is essentially saying that he is disregarding the covenant that God has made with His people, and this rebellion has repercussions.

This is why Orthodox Jews go to great lengths to cleanse their homes of leaven. Every corner of their home is cleaned from top to bottom. Even special dishes are used, which are only used during Passover and have never touched leaven. Nothing is left unclean or uninspected. Every book they own is shaken out to ensure that if someone was eating a cookie while reading, no single crumb containing leaven could be found contaminating their home.

This is the point: sin is what separates us from God (Is. 59:2, Rom. 6:23). If sin once completely separated us from God and we have been forgiven through the blood of the Lamb, how can we allow it to continue in our lives once we are cleansed? The act of cleaning out one’s home of symbolic sin should be a huge reminder to clean all sin out of our lives. It may seem strange that some Jewish people go to such extremes to cleanse their homes of leaven, but have we gone to such extremes to cleanse the most spiritually toxic thing from our lives? Have we even taken the time to examine the hidden corners of our lives so we can clean out the filth and be brought closer to our Savior? As Passover is a time of remembering Messiah’s death, burial, and resurrection, may this season be a time of introspection and removal of sin so we can partake of the body and blood of our Messiah in a worthy manner (I Cor. 11:27-32).

Shmueli

Stephen Arnold is a Jewish believer in Jesus and a full time missionary with Chosen People Ministries. He currently serves in Argentina, loving, serving and evangelizing to Israeli backpackers. In the future, we will partner with him to open a new outreach to Israelis in Brazil! 

 

Kerstetter Chronicles: September

     Crisp autumn air has come again to Chicago, and with it has come more change and opportunity for growth in our lives. Since our letter at the end of August,

  • We have begun weekly Jewish evangelism outreach at a Starbucks in Skokie (a suburb of Chicago with a large Jewish population). Please be praying for our new friends, Carol (Starbucks barista), Elon, Danny and Freddie, (Starbucks regulars), with whom we have been building friendships as we discuss Judaism, Israeli & American politics, and most excitingly – the identity of Yeshua and faith in Him as the Jewish Messiah.

  • We had the honor of meeting Joel C. Rosenberg and hearing him speak about three imminent threats to America, Israel and the Church in the Middle East, as well as address the Arab-Israeli conflict. You can read about his visit to Moody in an upcoming Coffee Talk blog post here.

  • We have been attending Devar Emet Messianic Synagogue. The family of believers at Devar Emet, and in the greater Messianic community of Chicago, have already been a wonderful blessing to us and we are thankful to have a “home away from home” among them.

  • L’shana tovah! We just celebrated Rosh Hashanah – the Feast of Trumpets. According to the Jewish calendar, this Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of the year 5775. It also begins the Jewish High Holiday season, and we have been learning about each Jewish holiday in weekly studies at Devar Emet. What a blessing it is to look into God’s Word and read about the holidays that He ordained for Israel, to see what truths and blessings He has given in them. Our studies into these holidays have begun to open to us the rich depths of the history and culture that Jesus himself embraced and celebrated. Watch for new blog posts about the holidays at kerstetterconnection.com/category/coffee-talk, and take a look at our calendar to see what’s coming up next!

  • God has led us to decide that I (Carissa) will not be taking classes for credit at this time. This was a difficult decision in many ways, but we have peace that it is the right one. I am excited to continue learning alongside BJ in our class, History and Thought of Modern Israel, with Dr. Michael Rydelnik. We have already found this to be an incredibly valuable course!

  • We have received 80% of the funds necessary to pursue a new treatment for my (Carissa) Lyme’s Disease. At this time, we only lack the money to fly to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho for the treatments scheduled January 5 – 8, during our winter break from school.

  • Praise the Lord! We have received donations totaling 67% of the school payment due October 1. We still need $551 to make this month’s payment, and our total remaining school bill for this semester is $3,551.

We are so thankful for your continued prayers and encouragement for us. God is truly teaching and stretching us here in Chicago, and we are excited to see what this next month will bring. L’shana Tovah – to a good new year!

 

Judaism Q & A

 

Shalom! I have a homework assignment for you. Yes, I know, I’m the one starting school in a few weeks. But we’re in this together, right? 😉 Actually, this is your chance to put me to work! I have put together a list of some of the words, questions and topics that I want to learn more about in school. Sort of like my “to-do” list of things to learn. If you’d like, you can send me your questions and I’ll add them to my list. As I study through the list, I’ll report back here with a post about my findings. Because it is part of my heritage, and central to God’s Word, Jewish culture has always fascinated and intrigued me. Sadly, I have spent very little time really studying or experiencing Judaism – until now! I’m so excited to get started! So, without further ado, here’s my list. Send me yours via email or leave them in the comments below!

 

 

  • What is the “Mishna?”
  • What is “Succot” all about? And how do you even pronounce that?
  • What is the “Tenach?”
  • Who is the “remnant” referred to in Romans 11?
  • Why do the rabbis say that Jewish lineage is passed down through the mother?
  • What does Scripture say about the Church’s responsibility concerning Israel?
  • Why do Jews & Messianic Jews write “G-d” without the ‘o?’
  • Who assigns the weekly Parsha? How did this tradition start?
  • How can I ask Jewish friends about their beliefs in a non-offensive way?
  • Is there still a Biblical basis for Christians or Messianic Jews to keep kosher?
  • What does God’s Word say about the Palestinians currently living in the land of Israel?
  • Why does the woman of the house pray and “welcome the light” each Shabbat (Sabbath)?
  • Is it traditional or Biblical to light the candles and share bread and share wine at the beginning of Shabbat (Sabbath)?

Check back here if you’d like answers to these questions or some of your own. I’m looking forward to learning together!

Love,

 

Carissa Kerstetter