You may celebrate Christmas. Or you may not. But since everything is closed today, it couldn’t hurt to take some time to reflect on the birth of our Messiah. Toward that end, allow me to recommend this fictional short story that I wrote last year, combining Christmas with the Feast…...
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“That which comes after” or “dessert” (Pronounced “ah-fee-KOH-men”)
On the Passover table is a plate with three matzot (“unleavened bread”, plural for matzah). During the early part of the Passover meal, the middle matzah is removed and broken in two. The larger half is called the Afikomen, and wrapped in a cloth and hidden.
A trumpet fashioned from the horn of a ram. May be short or long.
Mount Moriah, the site of the binding of Isaac, later became the site of the Jerusalem Temple. Abraham and Isaac were most likely living in the land of the Philistines at the time at the time of this story. Philistia was west/southwest of Mount Moriah. Thus, just a few minutes before arriving at the spot of the sacrifice, they would have likely passed the site that would come to be known as Golgotha (immediately west of the Temple, outside the city walls) where Yeshua was crucified. Imagine Abraham seeing a vision of what was to come, just as he passed the spot where it would take place.
Yiddish: shameless audacity; guts
Mary’s Hebrew name. Literally, “Rebellious”
“Spirit”
Ruakh HaKodesh, “Holy Spirit”
Ruakh Elohim, “Spirit of God”
First 5 books of the Old Testament. The Law of Moses. The Pentateuch.
Priest (Pronounced “KO-hayn”)
Priests: Kohanim (Pronounced “ko-ha-NEEM”)
Translated “LORD”. This word is typically used as a Hebrew substitute for the name of God given to Moses at the burning bush: YHVH (“I AM” sometimes rendered “Yahweh”)
Jesus’ Hebrew name, what his relatives and peers would have called him. Literally, “Salvation” or “God Saves”
