Hello,
Not sure where to put this. I have found it so interesting to 'talk' with the local Rabbi. I am blown away by all the assumptions I have made. I am a Christian. I am not converting or trying to convert anyone to Judaism. I love speaking to everyone one. Here are a few questions I have asked him and his response. I have just found my talks with him to be so eye opening to how dumb I am. Hope you all enjoy as well.
In the list of Judges: Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar, Barak, Gideon, Tola, Jair, Jephthah, Ibzan, Elon, Abdon, and Samson. Is that the list Judaism recognizes? Some say Deborah was a judge and not Barak, what is your take on that?
Jewish tradition holds that Debroah was the Judge. NOT Barak. Full stop. I'd honestly never heard that people considered Barak to be the Judge. Debroah is described as a prophetess (Nevi'ah in Hebrew) who judged (shoftah, the feminine form of the verb "to judge") Israel in Judges 4:4-5. There's no ambiguity in the Hebrew text, nor any indication that it was Barak.
I believe the Jewish people are still waiting for the Messiah, correct?
Yes we are still waiting. Jewish traditions regarding the messiah are explicit that such an individual will be completely mortal, not work miracles, and will meet several criteria (from the Davidic line, a political and military leader, not perform divine miracles, usher in peace throughout the world and a return of the Jewish people to the land of Israel.) When they die, they will be dead.
The Temple was destroyed more than once, how many times and when (what year) did those occur? The Jehovah's Witnesses teach Babylon destroyed the temple in 607 BC.
There were two temples, both are said to have been destroyed on Tisha B'av (literally, the 9th day of the month of Av). The first in 586 BCE (Before Common Era, which corresponds to BC), and the second in 70 CE (Common Era, corresponds to AD).
Not sure where to put this. I have found it so interesting to 'talk' with the local Rabbi. I am blown away by all the assumptions I have made. I am a Christian. I am not converting or trying to convert anyone to Judaism. I love speaking to everyone one. Here are a few questions I have asked him and his response. I have just found my talks with him to be so eye opening to how dumb I am. Hope you all enjoy as well.
In the list of Judges: Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar, Barak, Gideon, Tola, Jair, Jephthah, Ibzan, Elon, Abdon, and Samson. Is that the list Judaism recognizes? Some say Deborah was a judge and not Barak, what is your take on that?
Jewish tradition holds that Debroah was the Judge. NOT Barak. Full stop. I'd honestly never heard that people considered Barak to be the Judge. Debroah is described as a prophetess (Nevi'ah in Hebrew) who judged (shoftah, the feminine form of the verb "to judge") Israel in Judges 4:4-5. There's no ambiguity in the Hebrew text, nor any indication that it was Barak.
I believe the Jewish people are still waiting for the Messiah, correct?
Yes we are still waiting. Jewish traditions regarding the messiah are explicit that such an individual will be completely mortal, not work miracles, and will meet several criteria (from the Davidic line, a political and military leader, not perform divine miracles, usher in peace throughout the world and a return of the Jewish people to the land of Israel.) When they die, they will be dead.
The Temple was destroyed more than once, how many times and when (what year) did those occur? The Jehovah's Witnesses teach Babylon destroyed the temple in 607 BC.
There were two temples, both are said to have been destroyed on Tisha B'av (literally, the 9th day of the month of Av). The first in 586 BCE (Before Common Era, which corresponds to BC), and the second in 70 CE (Common Era, corresponds to AD).
