Why do Jewish people say a blessing before doing a commandment?
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Why are the Hebrew words for "neck" and "commandment" related? Because just as the neck connects the body to the head, God's traditions are opportunities to connect with him. You might not be "Torah-observant", but how could you allow this principle to rekindle the love in your relationship with God? What if you just whispered "I love you" every time you…? This is a takeaway from my newest Mishnah Snapshots study. We also talked about these questions: ~Fights about the calendar are nothing new, so what did the sages do? ~A beautiful story about the relationship between rabbi and disciple ~Why does the Hebrew word for Torah-observance also means Exodus? ~"Our Father who art in Heaven", is that a Christian or a Jewish prayer? ~How much of the synagogue service is from Yeshua's time and WWJD? Watch the full lesson and check out this ongoing series by clicking through this episode or by going to holylanguage.com > Learn > Mishnah Snapshots.
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