Parasha Pesach

Shalom and Blessings;

The first Pesach was celebrated by the children of Israel (bnei Yisrael) after God exposed, humiliated and eliminated the false gods of Egypt. There are false gods galore being worshiped today all over the world, but none more ominous and tenacious as the gods of Islam. I say gods because The Lord has revealed that many demons dominate this idolatrous religion. The Muslim people have no idea that they're worshipping demons and they need to be set free from the grip they have on them. Please join with me in prayer during this Feast of Pesach that The Lord expose, humiliate and eliminate the false gods of Islam. True peace will be established in the Middle East only when the Muslim people recognise that they're not worshipping the God who created heaven and earth but that they are worshipping demons. May the Lord God of heaven and earth open their eyes to the truth and may they fall to their knees in repentance and receive Yeshua as their Lord and Savior. 

Hag Pesach Sameach

Rabbi Jack & Ellen

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Parasha Metzora

What relief, the election is over!

Israel has a very unique electoral system. We do not vote for individuals, we vote for a party. The party chooses its leader and candidates and prioritizes, depending on how many seats they win, who will have a seat with the party in the Knesset (government). There is a first, second and third rung of candidates associated with each party. Party politics decides who will be in which rung. The number of seats a party wins is calculated according to the percentage of the votes they receive. If the party receives a large percentage of the vote the candidates that sit in the Knesset from that party are chosen first, from the first rung and then from each successive rung. 

There are a total of 120 seats in the Knesset and almost as many parties vying for them. So only once in the history in the country did a party have sufficient votes to form a government without forming a coalition of parties. The parties are primarily divided between right-wing and left-wing, much like Republicans and Democrats in the US. This makes forming a coalition a little easier since right-wing and left-wing parties tend to stick with each other, even though they may not totally agree with each other. Things get even more complicated when a coalition government has to choose cabinet members and portfolios, but we won't get into that, I think I've confused you enough. 

On a simpler note, Ellen and I are booked to travel for our second missionary trip to Kenya. This time, God willing, we'll be staying 1 1/2 months and plan on visiting the west of the country. There we will be spending time ministering at a congregation which also has an orphanage. 

Your prayers for our success and safety is appreciated, as we are going into a known malaria infested area. Our goals are to bring the message of salvation to the Kenyan people, to share the love of Messiah Yeshua with them, to teach the truth from the Word of God and to bring them the knowledge of the Jewish roots of the Christian faith. Please share in our efforts through your prayers and financial support. The SMALLEST amounts, when combined with others, makes a BIG difference. 

Blessings in Messiah Yeshua

Rabbi Jack

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Parasha Tzaria

Shalom, trust you had a blessed week,so far.

Well they did it again, another ceasefire was negotiated. I'm sure like all the others, this one will not be adhered to by the "Palestinians" and we'll soon have rockets and missiles flying again. For what ever reason, our government has decided that bombs destroying Israeli property, traumatizing children, and causing injuries is not worth going to war over. Until one lands on them, I guess.

Sadly Ellen and I were unable to organize returning to Kenya for Pesach, perhaps next year in Kenya! We have, however, in faith, made reservations to spend May and half of June ministering there. This trip, besides teaching and preaching in Nairobi and Karatina, we will be visiting Pastor Evans in Migori County, west Kenya. We will be ministering at his congregation and the orphanage connected with it. We look forward to sharing this experience with you upon our return. 

We covet your prayers and know how important they are to the success of our missions trip. Should the Lord place it upon your heart to share with us financially we've made a PayPal account available for your convenience. Just click the icon below and follow the instructions. You may have to open a PayPal account if you do not already have on, which is a very simple process.

Blessings in Yeshua

Rabbi Jack

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Parasha Vayetze

Shalom and blessings. I've included a link to an article written by Caroline Glick. I believe it sums up everything that's happening in Israel today.

Blessings in Yeshua

Come quickly Lord Yeshua

Rabbi Jack

https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2018/11/14/caroline-glick-iran-opens-a-war-against-israel-from-gaza/

Parasha Shemini

We just finished celebrating Purim. As with most Jewish holidays the theme is the same; "they tried to kill us, we won, let's eat!" Sadly that has not been the case with Gaza. We have fought three wars with this enemy and have yet to have a victory. No, instead the saga has been; "they tried to kill us, we gave in and signed a ceasefire, now what?" It's been nothing but a tit for tat you bomb us we bomb you merry-go-round ever since we pulled our citizens out of Gaza in 2005. 

We are residents of the south (Ashkelon) living under the shadow of not knowing when the next conflict will start, when the next missile will be fired towards us. The gloomy part is our enemy is the one deciding on the when. To them we are like fish in a barrel. Happily this last round of "shootem up fish" did not reach our neighborhood but is that any consolation? No, especially when you only have 15 seconds to make it into your mamad (safe room). 

Last November, when Hamas decided to fire over 500 missiles at us, one landed in the park across from our apartment causing considerable damage. Thankfully it took place in the early hours of the morning and the park was empty. However, had the rocked traveled a mere 400 meters to the east it would have slammed into an adjacent apartment building, perhaps even ours! Yep, no "they tried to kill us, we won, let's eat" when it comes to Gaza, with them, it is only "they want to kill us and our government is playing a game of tit for tat with our lives." 

B"H, Rabbi

Parasha Tzav

Ellen and I desire to return to Kenya for the Passover. We would like to assist the congregations there in their Yeshua centered celebration of this Feast. However, God has not yet released us. Please pray for God to speak with us concerning this and for Him to give us His divine direction and provision.

I was encouraged by the response I got from my last week's comment concerning the lie being taught about Yeshua not being God. But I was also saddened by a negative comment and the disclosure that this demonically inspired lie is being circulated among people Ellen and I dearly love. Let's join in prayer against this teaching and may God have mercy on the souls of those spreading it.

Hebrews 6.4-6

4 It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age 6 and who have fallen away, to be brought back to repentance. To their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace.

Blessings In Yeshua

Rabbi

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Parasha Vayikra

Sadly there's false teaching being disseminated by Satan, saying that Yeshua came as the Messiah, but that He's not God, not the Father. Their logic may sound right but isn't that the way the devil works? These false teachers use rabbinical teachings and the twisting of Scripture to get weak-minded people to believe their poison. It's just not true! Yeshua Himself confessed that He and the Father are One (Yochanan/John 10:30). He also said; "If you have seen Me, you have seen the Father," (Yochanan 14:8-9). Don't believe these deceived, false teachers; they're teaching a form of human sacrifice. Even though they're claiming Yeshua came as the Messiah of God and therefore is a special human; it's still human sacrifice, something Satan has had mankind fooled into practising throughout the ages, obviously even to this very day!

Please find my commentary attached below and click on the link:

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Parasha Pekudei

Shalom;

I see Israel as being at a very critical juncture in her history at present. Will we turn to the left, to the right or will we hover somewhere between the two? No matter however, because the stage is set for a conflict with our Muslim neighbors. It makes no difference where we turn politically after the next election, there will be no agreement and subsequently no peace. Get ready for a rough ride world in 2020, God is going to shake the foundation of the earth and only the faithful will weather the storm.

B"H

Rabbi Jack

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Parasha Vayakhel

From: Jack Farber <daatbina@gmail.com>

Date: Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 7:06 PM

Subject: Parasha Vayakhel

To: Babylon <ravjack@hotmail.com>

Most Israelis we know are enamored with America and everything American. When people find out that Ellen and I were from Miami, they gasp in disbelief that we moved to Israel.

With election season in high gear, Israel has found something else about America they can copy. The Prime-minister is being indited for graft and bribery, while the leader of the party closest in the polls is being accused of sexual harassment. King Solomon was right, "There is nothing new under the sun."

Shabbat Shalom

Rabbi

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Sermon - Never Underestimate

Shalom and Shavua Tov (Good week); I have heard from a number of people that they didn't receive the last commentary I wrote on Parasha KiTisa. Please let me know if you didn't receive it and I'll send it out to you.

Below is the audio link for a sermon I gave in Kenya. Enjoy.

Blessings in Yeshua

Rabbi

Listen

Parasha KiTisa

B"H (Praise the Lord), Ellen and I arrived home safely. This was an extraordinarily successful missions trip; 18 souls were saved, 13 were immersed and Ellen got to share the Besorah Tovah (Good News) of the Gospel with 14 children, 10 of which confirming that they understood what they were doing. On our return trip we will reaffirm there prayer of salvation and immerse them. These results would have been deaynu (enough), but God give us one more precious gift. During our meeting at the kehila (congregation) in Karatina, a town at the foothills of Mt. Kenya, we met and prayed for Theresa and her husband Judah. Teresa's body was riddled with rheumatoid arthritis. She couldn't use her fingers properly and could hardly walk. Both were members of the cult Church of God Seventh Day, and both received salvation through grace in Yeshua HaMashiach that day (they're counted among the 18). Theresa was prayed over for healing, first by me then by Ellen and lastly by the elders of both congregations (the one in Nairobi and the one in Karatina). We didn't witness any change in her condition at the time. The next day I received this Whats App message.

"Today I managed to visit the woman who was sick last Sunday. I was so happy to see her walking on her own.... She confessed how she was healed and in every part of her body we touched she was free of pain" 

What an awesome God we serve. In addition to this week's D'var Torah I have attached a picture of Theresa. Those who participated with us in prayer and financial help have a share in everything that took place in Kenya and there was more. We're preparing a PowerPoint presentation which I will share with you when it's done. 

B"H

Rabbi

***Link to Parasha KiTisa***

Parasha Tetzaveh

Shalom and blessings from Kenya. God has given us a glorious time of ministry. The congregations here are so blessed by our visit and they can't get enough teaching. The Lord has also opened the door for us to meet the pastors of a local Pentecostal congregation and we had great fellowship and discussion with them. They are so hungry for the Messianic perspective of the scriptures. Sadly due to the limited time we're here our focus has to be with the groups we established, perhaps another time, God willing. There are also many false prophets and teachers here claiming to be Christians and leading many astray. Poverty is rampant and these charlatans are sucking what little the people have while they lavish in luxury. 

So far we have had 18 salvations and have officiated over 13 immersions. I have attached a few pictures and will send more when were back in Israel. 

Please pray for Kenya, corruption is a way of life. Also please pray for the Messianic congregations, they are precious people hungry for teaching. Also please pray for them to find a permanent meeting place and for the finances they will need to acquire a place; they are financially needy and many do not have jobs. However, they are all well kept and their children are well cared for. It's amazing how much they can do with so little. Lastly please pray for Ellen and me. We need God's help, support and direction. 

Blessings in Yeshua

Rabbi

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Parasha Terumah

Baruch HaShem (Praise the Lord) we're off in the morning. Looking forward to what the Lord has waiting for us in Kenya. We'll do our best to keep you posted of our progress. You're prayers will do much to sustain us.

I am sending out this week's D'var Torah early in the event that I will not be able to do it from Kenya until everything is set up.

Blessings in Yeshua

Rabbi Jack

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