Checklist

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Checklist

• Supplies
• Plastic spoons, knives and forks
• Coffee maker
• Coffee
• Coffee cups
• Water/juice cups
• Juice
• Food/desert
• Tablecloth
• Napkins

• Torah scroll
• Tallit
• Extra Tallit for reader
• Kippa
• Tsit tsits
• Webcam
• Shofar
• Keys for building
• Envelopes
• Biz cards
• Welcome cards
• Sign
• Sandwich boards

• Congregational
• Projector
• Blue cord to projector
• Power cord extension to projector
• Computer
• Power cord to computer
• Mouse for computer
• Net antennae
• Usb cord for antennae
• Usb extension for antennae

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Temple Sheckles Available In The Hallway!
Romans 31 What advantage then hath the Jew? Or
what profit is there of circumcision? 2 Much in
every way!
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PENING

• low the Shofar

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PENING

• Why do we blow the Shofar?
• Exodus 1916
• On the morning of the third day there was
  thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over
  the mountain, and there was the sounding of a
  very loud SHOFAR blast. Everyone in the camp
  trembled.
• Because this is the way G-D begins sacred
  assemblies

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Announcements

• Monday Night Solemn Assembly...
• Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread and
  on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly
  to the LORD thy God thou shalt do no work
  therein.
• Deut 168
• Well meet at our apartment for snacks and
  fellowship as well as a few short prayers at 7pm
  Monday night.

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News
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HEMA ISRAELHear oh Israel

• Shema Israel Adoni Elohaynu
• (Hear oh Israel the L-RD our G-D)
• Adoni Echad
• (The L-RD is one)

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HEMA ISRAELHear oh Israel Part 2

• Barukh shem k'vod malkhuto l'olam va'ed.Blessed
  be the Name of His glorious kingdom for ever and
  ever.

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hy do we recite/sing the SHEMA?

• Because Messiah said it was the greatest
  Commandment
• Mark 1228-29
• 28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard
  them reasoning together, and perceiving that He
  had answered them well, asked Him, Which is the
  greatest commandment of all?
• 29 And Yeshua answered him, The first of all the
  commandments is, Hear, O Israel The Lord our God
  is One Lord

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e-nay Ma TovBehold how good - Psalm 1331Am

• He-Nay Maw tove
• Behold how good
• Oo-maw nyeeem
• And how pleasant it is
• Shevet aw-heem
• For brothers to dwell
• Gum Yaw Hawd
• In unity

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-Seh ShalomCL3 Play Em

• Em
• O-seh Shalom Beem rue-mawv
• Am D7
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• Who yah-seh Shalom aw-lay-nu
• Am D7
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• V'al kol Yees-raw-ale
• Em Am
  Em Bf7 Em
• B'-eem rue Eem rue Ah- main
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• Ya-a-seh sha-lom Ya-a-seh sha-lom
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• Shalom aw-lay-new Val kol Yees-raw-ale
• Sing twice 2X
• May He who makes peace in His heights make peace
  upon us and upon all IsraelAmen."

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menCL 3 A

• A-men .A-men.A-men, A-men, A-men
• Baw-rouk Ha-Shem, Baw-rouk Ha-Shem,
• Blessed be the Name, blessed be the Name
• Baw-rouk Ha-Shem Me-she-ach
• Blessed be the Name of Messiah

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Chavareem Toveem!

• Chavareem Toveem!
• Meet any new people. Let them see that Messianics
  truly understand community and brotherly/sisterly
  love.
• If someone is already talking to a visitor stand
  in line to meet them dont just walk away. We
  want to descend on them like they are a lost
  relative.
• Say hello to old friends. Find out how their week
  has been going. Show that you care.
• Say hello to anyone you have something against
  and give them a hug ?. There is room in the Body
  for forgiveness.
• Exercise modesty with your hugs.

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Chavareem Toveem
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Chavareem Toveem

• Chavereem toveem (Good friends) Chavereem Toveem
  (Good friends)
• this is the time to stand up and sing
• Chavereem Toveem (Good friends) Chavereem Toveem
  (Good friends)
• on this Sabbath day it's an offering we bring
• Baruch HaShem chavere shellee (Blessed be The
  Name my friend)
• we're brothers and sisters one family
• Chavereem toveem chavereem toveem
• this is the time to stand up and sing
• Chavereem toveem chavereem toveem
• on this Sabbath day it's the offering we bring
• Baruch HaShem chavere shellee
• united in Him we will live throughout eternity.
• Chaveereem toveem

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Prayers

• Joann, Barbara, Pam, Karin, Jesse, Bob (getting a
  catscan today), for healing.
• Prayer for Salvation for loved ones and the
  Jewish people
• Sha'alu shalom YerushalayimPray for the Peace of
  Jerusalem. May His Shalom (Yeshua) come quickly.
  Pray for G-ds will in the Middle East.
• Evis family

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Prayers

• Pray for Pams family (Cinda)
• Pray for our government
• Karins Granddaughter Heather
• Kathys Nephew Danny, started dialysis needs
  transplant
• Barbaras grand-daughter Karlie in New York for
  safety and Salvation

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Prayers

• Waynes friend Ariel
• Amys cousins girlfriend for treatment for
  drugs.
• Continued prayer for Barbaras son Van
• Steve for aftermath concerning cancer
• Pastors in Wenatchee
• The Bible Belt tornadoes
• Joanns eye and her mom for her memory to return.
• Russs oldest daughter for surgery on her ears.

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ring our gifts to the altar

• We Bring Our Sacrifice With Praise
• We Bring Our Sacrifice With Praise
• Unto the House of the LORD (2 X)
• And we offer unto Him
• Our sacrifices with thanksgiving
• And we offer unto Him
• Our sacrifices with joy

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La'asok B'divray Torah Blessing Before The
Reading Of The Torah
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Next Weeks Parsha

• May 07, 2011 Emor ("Say")
• Leviticus 211-2423
• Ezekiel 4415-31
• Luke 18-20

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Todays Parsha

• Apr 30, 2011 Kedoshim ("Holy")
• Leviticus 191-2027
• Ezekiel 221-19
• Luke 16-17
• Well read
• Lev 20 1-22
• Ezekiel 221-19
• Luke 171-10

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Leviticus 20 1-22

• 1 ADONAI said to Moshe, 2 "Say to the people of
  Isra'el, 'If someone from the people of Isra'el
  or one of the foreigners living in Isra'el
  sacrifices one of his children to Molekh, he must
  be put to death the people of the land are to
  stone him to death.

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Leviticus 20 1-22

• 3 I too will set myself against him and cut him
  off from his people, because he has sacrificed
  his child to Molekh, defiling my sanctuary and
  profaning my holy name.

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Leviticus 20 1-22

• 4 If the people of the land look the other way
  when that man sacrifices his child to Molekh and
  fail to put him to death, 5 then I will set
  myself against him, his family and everyone who
  follows him to go fornicating after Molekh, and
  cut them off from their people.

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Leviticus 20 1-22

• 6 "'The person who turns to spirit-mediums and
  sorcerers to go fornicating after them -I will
  set myself against him and cut him off from his
  people.

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Leviticus 20 1-22

• 7 Therefore consecrate yourselves -you people
  must be holy, because I am ADONAI your God. 8
  Observe my regulations, and obey them I am
  ADONAI, who sets you apart to be holy.

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Leviticus 20 1-22

• 9 "'A person who curses his father or mother must
  be put to death having cursed his father or his
  mother, his blood is on him.

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Leviticus 20 1-22

• 10 "'If a man commits adultery with another man's
  wife, that is, with the wife of a fellow
  countryman, both the adulterer and the adulteress
  must be put to death.

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Leviticus 20 1-22

• 11 The man who goes to bed with his father's wife
  has disgraced his father sexually, and both of
  them must be put to death their blood is on
  them.

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Leviticus 20 1-22

• 12 If a man goes to bed with his daughter-in-law,
  both of them must be put to death they have
  committed a perversion, and their blood is on
  them.

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Leviticus 20 1-22

• 13 If a man goes to bed with a man as with a
  woman, both of them have committed an
  abomination they must be put to death their
  blood is on them.

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Leviticus 20 1-22

• 14 If a man marries a woman and her mother, it is
  depravity they are to be put to death by fire,
  both he and they, so that there will not be
  depravity among you.

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Leviticus 20 1-22

• 15 If a man has sexual relations with an animal,
  he must be put to death, and you are to kill the
  animal.

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Leviticus 20 1-22

• 16 If a woman approaches an animal and has sexual
  relations with it, you are to kill the woman and
  the animal their blood will be on them.

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Leviticus 20 1-22

• 17 If a man takes his sister, his father's
  daughter or his mother's daughter, and has sexual
  relations with her, and she consents, it is a
  shameful thing they are to be cut off publicly -
  he has had sexual relations with his sister, and
  he will bear the consequences of their
  wrongdoing.

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Leviticus 20 1-22

• 18 If a man goes to bed with a woman in her
  menstrual period and has sexual relations with
  her, he has exposed the source of her blood, and
  she has exposed the source of her blood both of
  them are to be cut off from their people.

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Leviticus 20 1-22

• 19 You are not to have sexual relations with your
  mother's sister or your father's sister a person
  who does this has had sexual relations with his
  close relative they will bear the consequences
  of their wrongdoing.

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Leviticus 20 1-22

• 20 If a man goes to bed with his uncle's wife, he
  has disgraced his uncle sexually they will bear
  the consequences of their sin and die childless.

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Leviticus 20 1-22

• 21 If a man takes his brother's wife, it is
  uncleanness he has disgraced his brother
  sexually they will be childless. 22 "'You are to
  observe all my regulations and rulings and act on
  them, so that the land to which I am bringing you
  will not vomit you out. END (Baruch HaShem)

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Ezekiel 221-19

• 1 The word of ADONAI came to me 2 "Now, human
  being, are you prepared to judge? Are you
  prepared to judge the city drenched in blood?
  Then make her realize how disgusting all her
  practices are! 3 Say that Adonai ELOHIM says,
  'City that sheds blood within yourself, thus
  speeding your own doom, and that makes idols for
  yourself that defile you

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Ezekiel 221-19

• 4 you are guilty because of the blood you have
  shed, you are defiled by your idols that you have
  made. You have shortened your days, you have
  completed your years therefore I have made you
  an object of scorn for the nations and a
  laughingstock for every country.

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Ezekiel 221-19

• 5 Those close by and those far off will taunt
  you, you who have such a defiled reputation and
  such great disorder. 6 "'The leaders of Isra'el
  in you all use their power in order to shed
  blood. 7 In you, they make light of fathers and
  mothers, they oppress foreigners, they wrong
  orphans and widows.

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Ezekiel 221-19

• 8 You treat my holy things with contempt, you
  profane my shabbats. 9 In you, people gossip to
  the point of inciting bloodshed in you are those
  who go to eat on the mountains in you, they
  commit lewd acts 10 in you, they commit incest
  in you, they force themselves on women during
  their menstrual impurity.

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Ezekiel 221-19

• 11 In you, one commits an abomination with his
  neighbor's wife another commits some lewd act
  defiling his daughter-in-law still another
  humbles his sister, his own father's daughter.

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Ezekiel 221-19

• 12 In you, people take bribes to shed blood you
  demand and accept interest on loans in greed you
  make profits off your neighbors by extorting
  them and you have forgotten me,' says Adonai
  ELOHIM.

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Ezekiel 221-19

• 13 "'Therefore, I am clapping my hands together
  because of your ill-gotten gains and the blood
  shed in you. 14 Can your courage last, can your
  strength continue during the days when I deal
  with you? I, ADONAI, have spoken it and I will
  do it.

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Ezekiel 221-19

• 15 I will scatter you among the Goyim and
  disperse you throughout the countries thus I
  will remove your defilement from you, 16 and you
  will cause yourselves to be profaned in full view
  of the Goyim. Then you will know that I am
  ADONAI.'"

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Ezekiel 221-19

• 17 The word of ADONAI came to me 18 "Human
  being, the house of Isra'el has become an alloy
  of base metals for me they are all copper, tin,
  iron and lead mixed together in the crucible, the
  dross left over from the silver.

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Ezekiel 221-19

• 19 Therefore Adonai ELOHIM says this 'Because
  you have all become dross, I will collect all of
  you inside Yerushalayim.
• END (Baruch HaShem)

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Luke 171-10

• 1 Yeshua said to his talmidim, "It is impossible
  that snares will not be set. But woe to the
  person who sets them! 2 It would be to his
  advantage that he have a millstone hung around
  his neck and he be thrown into the sea, rather
  than that he ensnare one of these little ones.

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Luke 171-10

• 3 Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke
  him and if he repents, forgive him. 4 Also, if
  seven times in one day he sins against you, and
  seven times he comes to you and says, I repent,'
  you are to forgive him."

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Luke 171-10

• 5 The emissaries said to the Lord, "Increase our
  trust." 6 The Lord replied, "If you had trust as
  tiny as a mustard seed, you could say to this fig
  tree, Be uprooted and replanted in the sea!' and
  it would obey you.

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Luke 171-10

• 7 If one of you has a slave tending the sheep or
  plowing, when he comes back from the field, will
  you say to him, Come along now, sit down and
  eat'?

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Luke 171-10

• 8 No, you'll say, Get my supper ready, dress for
  work, and serve me until I have finished eating
  and drinking after that, you may eat and drink.'

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Luke 171-10

• 9 Does he thank the slave because he did what he
  was told to do? No!

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Luke 171-10

• 10 It's the same with you -- when you have done
  everything you were told to do, you should be
  saying, We're just ordinary slaves, we have only
  done our duty.'"
• END (Baruch HaShem)

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Noten HaTorah

• Baruch atah Adonay Eloheynu melech ha'olam, asher
  bachar banu mikol-ha'amim, venatan lanu
  et-torato.Baruch atah Adonay, noten hatorah.
• Blessed are You, LORD our God, king of the
  universe, who chose us from all the peoples and
  gave to us His Torah. Blessed are You, LORD,
  giver of the Torah.

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Video Cam Reminder

• Turn on the video camera.

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Todays Joke

• Mr. and Mrs. Greenberg go out to see My Fair Lady
  on stage. This is the most sold out show of the
  year, and scalpers are retiring on this one.

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Todays Joke

• Somehow, they've lucked into front row seats. But
  they notice that in the row behind them, there's
  an empty seat. When intermission comes and no one
  has sat in that seat, Mrs. Greenberg turns to the
  woman sitting next to it and asks, "Pardon me,
  but this show is completely sold out and in such
  demand. We were wondering why that seat is
  empty."

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Todays Joke

• The woman says, "That's my late husband's seat."
  Mrs. Greenberg is horrified and apologizes for
  being so insensitive. But a few minutes later,
  she turns around again. "Without meaning to be
  rude or anything, this is an incredibly hard show
  to get into. Surely you must have a friend or a
  relative who would have wanted to come and see
  the show?"The woman said, Yes, but

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Todays Joke

• they're all at the funeral.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• This will be a 3 part series, well do the other
  parts after next week.
• Next week Im teaching on demonology

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• Why do Jewish mean wear Tzit tzits?
• The Torah states in Numbers 1538 "Speak to the
  children of Israel, and say to them, that they
  shall make themselves fringes on the corners of
  their garments throughout their generations, and
  they shall put on the corner fringe a blue
  thread."

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• So its a Commandment.
• Were Jews, we do what G-d says THEN we try to
  figure out why.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• Fortunately, we dont have to look too far in
  this case the following verses tell us exactly
  why.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• Numbers 15
• 39And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye
  may look upon it, and remember all the
  commandments of the LORD, and do them and that
  ye seek not after your own heart and your own
  eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring
•  40That ye may remember, and do all my
  commandments, and be holy unto your God.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• So we wear Tzitzits to remember G-ds Laws and
  Commandments.
• That part is pretty simple.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• Theres also many different methods of tying Tzit
  tzits.
• The total of knots and strings used adds up to
  613 (in reference to the 613 Commandments)

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• These numbers also add up numerically to the name
  YHVH (26).
• Why is that important?

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• Notice where the Tzits lie
• They basically lie across the thigh.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• Interestingly enough we read in Revelation 19
  concerning the return of Yeshua

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• Rev 1916
• 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has this name
  written    KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
• Some people think this means He has a tattoo of
  some sort on His thigh.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• I dont, I believe its a reference to His Name
  in the Tzit tzits. Its on His robe and on His
  thigh.
• The Greek word for written here gegrammenon
  doesnt always mean written with ink etc.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• Why do I think Yeshua even wore Tzit tzits?
• For one, Yeshua never broke any Commandments.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• For 2 we read about Him wearing Tzit tzits in the
  New Testament itself more then once

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• Matthew 920-22
• And a woman who had been suffering from a
  hemorrhage for twelve years, came up behind Him
  and touched the fringe of His cloak 21 for she
  was saying to herself, "If I only touch His
  garment, I will get well." 22 But Jesus turning
  and seeing her said, "Daughter, take courage
  your faith has made you well." At once the woman
  was made well. NASU

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• I know most translations say she grabbed the
  hem of His garment.
• The Greek word used there for hem is kraspedon.
  It means fringes.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• Matthew 1434-36
• When they had crossed over, they came to land at
  Gennesaret. 35 And when the men of that place
  recognized Him, they sent word into all that
  surrounding district and brought to Him all who
  were sick 36 and they implored Him that they
  might just touch the fringe of His cloak
  (kraspedon) and as many as touched it were cured.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• Mark 653-56
• When they had crossed over they came to land at
  Gennesaret, and moored to the shore. 54 When they
  got out of the boat, immediately the people
  recognized Him, 55 and ran about that whole
  country and began to carry here and there on
  their pallets those who were sick, to the place
  they heard He was. 56 Wherever He entered
  villages, or cities, or countryside, they were
  laying the sick in the market places, and
  imploring Him that they might just touch the
  fringe of His cloak (kraspedon) and as many as
  touched it were being cured.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• Luke 843-44
• And a woman who had a hemorrhage for twelve
  years, and could not be healed by anyone, 44 came
  up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak
  (kraspedon), and immediately her hemorrhage
  stopped.
• NASU (New American Standard Update Version)

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• Tzit tzits are to be tied on the 4 corners of
  your garment.
• What kind of garment would that have been?

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• There were different types of clothing and styles
  in ancient times.
• The following is the only known image of an
  Israelite king.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• Jehu, king of the northern Israelites, is shown
  bowing down toShalmanesar, king of the
  Assyrians, approx. 682 b.c.e. (ref.2Kings 173)

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?
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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• So you can see he was wearing his Tzit tzits at
  the very bottom of his robe.
• Heres another image of an Israelite from the
  Egyptian period (1496 BC)

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• Notice in this case of the Hebrew slave, the
  fringes are further up near his thigh.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• Contrary to what some believe today, the Tallit
  itself was used in Biblical times (1800 B.C.).
• The word Tallit itself means cloak in Aramaic.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• This idea was adopted by other people groups.
• Its where the Kafyia comes from as well as the
  Roman Toga.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• It was a rectangular mantel that looked like a
  small blanket.
• Initially, the Tallit was worn daily.
• Typically in Israel the days are hot and the
  Tallit would be draped around the body and head
  to provide cover from the sun.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• The evenings can be dramatically cool and the
  Tallit could be draped around the neck and
  shoulders to provide warmth.
• Similar to what the Yemenite Jews do today

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• It could also be used as a burial shroud.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• Was it ever used as a utility garment?
• Yes, the Yemite Jews still do use it that way.
• Was that what it was used for initially.
• Absolutely not.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• Anyone whos lived in the Middle East knows the
  importance of a Kafyia type garment.
• Protection from the sun and the cold are of
  primary value.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• The colors of a Tallit varied from tribe to
  tribe.
• For example if you
• were from the tribe of
• Naphtali their stone
• was jasper (green) so
• theyd wear Tallits that
• had green on them and so
• forth.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• The color of these stones corresponded to the
  stones of the breastplate worn by the Cohen
  HaGadole.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• After the exile of the Jews from Eretz Israel and
  their dispersion, they came to adopt the fashions
  of their gentile neighbors

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• and the Tallit became a religious garment for
  prayer.
• It did get a little shorter but its still very
  similar in some ways to what it was thousands of
  years ago.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• We know the Tallit was used in Biblical times
  because there are references to it.
• When one holds his Tallit outstretched youll see
  what we call wings

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• There are references to these wings in the
  Tanach.
• Ruth 2
• 11And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath
  fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done
  unto thy mother in law since the death of thine
  husband and how thou hast left thy father and
  thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art
  come unto a people which thou knewest not
  heretofore.
•  12The LORD recompense thy work, and a full
  reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel,
  under whose wings thou art come to trust.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• Ps 17 speaking of the L-rd
•  7Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that
  savest by thy right hand them which put their
  trust in thee from those that rise up against
  them.
•  8Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under
  the shadow of thy wings.
• Its not talking about bird wings. Its imagery
  referring to a Tallit.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• Mal. 4
• 2But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of
  righteousness arise with healing in his wings
  and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of
  the stall.

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• Again in Psalms
• Psalms 61
• 2From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee,
  when my heart is overwhelmed lead me to the rock
  that is higher than I.
•  3For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a
  strong tower from the enemy.
•  4I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever I will
  trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.

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• There are also references to it as a mantle
• I Kings 19
• 13And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he
  wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and
  stood in the entering in of the cave. And,
  behold, there came a voice unto him, and said,
  What doest thou here, Elijah?

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• II Kings 19
• 11And it came to pass, as they still went on, and
  talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of
  fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both
  asunder and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into
  heaven.
•  12And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my
  father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen
  thereof. And he saw him no more and he took hold
  of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
•  13He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell
  from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of
  Jordan.

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• Elisha took Elijahs Tallit as it fell off of
  Elijah.
• Thats why to this day it is a custom for a Rabbi
  to purchase a Tallit for his Talmid (Student).

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• So, how do we wear Tallits?
• The tallit must be long enough to be worn over
  the shoulders (as a shawl), not just around the
  neck (as a scarf), to fulfill the requirement
  that the tzitzit be on a "garment."

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• Also on the Tallits they commonly have an
  artistic motif of some kind along the top long
  end (the outside of the part that goes against
  your neck).

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• This motif is referred to as an atarah (crown).
  There is no particular religious significance to
  the atarah it simply tells you which end is up!

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• If one doesnt wear a Tallit, he can wear a
  Tallit Kittan.
• This is worn under the shirt (though Rabbinically
  not touching the skin).

Solid white
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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• Usually all that is seen is the Tzitzyot (Tzit
  tzits)

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• Theres different styles and colors that are used
  just like theres different colors and styles
  used for Tallit Gadole (big Tallits)

Black striped
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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• Theres different styles and colors that are used
  just like theres different colors and styles
  used for Tallit Gadole (big Tallits)

Blue striped
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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• What are the meanings of the 2 colors?
• The blue stripe was to signify the blue string
  which they no longer use in Tzittzits. (its also
  where we get our flag from)

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• The black strip is meant to represent mourning
  because the Temple has been destroyed.
• Whats the difference between the Tallit Kitan
  and the Tallit Gadole?

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• The Tallit Kitan as it is today is a relatively
  new invention.
• Some believe its older then the Tallit gadole as
  they think it was worn like a poncho or
  over-garment to the tunic style dress in ancient
  days.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• I dont think the original Tallit was a poncho
  style garment, the evidence shows it was more
  like a blanket or wrap, like a mantle, as Ive
  shown before.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• So where did the Tallit Kitan come from?
• It came about due to persecution of the Jews in
  history.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• They were easily identified by persecutors back
  then wearing their big Tallits so we began to
  make Tallit Kitans so we could blend in easier.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• If we came across someone who might kill us for
  being Jewish, wed simply stuff away our tzit
  tzits and wed be safe.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• Nothing wrong with that. Its a greater mitzvah
  to save your life and the life of your family.
• Ive worn Tallit Kitans myself, its a matter of
  preference.

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• We will be making some for those who want to wear
  them and theyll be available at our Aveinu
  Bookstore

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• Sometimes you will see me kiss the Tallit before
  I put it on.
• That is a sign of affection towards
• G-ds Commandment to wear Tzit tzit

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Why Do The Men Wear Tzit Tzits?

• Its not required, though most Jews do the same
  and say the prayer for donning Tzit tzit (usually
  written on the crown of the Tallit)