tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post116413564650774977..comments2023-11-03T01:13:22.719-07:00Comments on The Rabbi Is IN with Rabbi Rami: Messianic JewsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post-16681235828204459392007-12-06T07:43:00.000-08:002007-12-06T07:43:00.000-08:00I just found this post and though it is an old one...I just found this post and though it is an old one, I am compelled to weigh in here.<BR/><BR/>I am a Messianic Jew. And I get a lot of flack over it. But I like Jesus (ok, Yeshua) better than Rashi. I want to be able to pluck an ear of corn on Shabbat without fear of recrimination. I do not want to shave my head, sit behind a veil in Temple like a leper. I do not want to be "exempt" (which really means "excluded") from certain aspects of Judaism because I am a woman and if I want to touch my husband when I am "niddah" why is that the Rabbi's business?<BR/><BR/>In Jesus, I found bottom line common sense. I am free to be myself and follow my heart that has been telling me for years that rules and regulations do not earn you brownie points with God.<BR/><BR/>I do not want to tremble before God because I reached for the toilet paper on the roll rather than for the tissue on the back of the potty. Does anyone really think God cares what you wipe your behind with on Shabbat? Or on any other day for that matter. <BR/><BR/>I choose to follow the freedom Jesus offered. I choose to find the kingdom of God here and now. I do not reject myself as a Jew, I reject the "Judaism" created by disgruntled old men. So why don't I just convert to Christianity? A better question is "why should I convert to Christianity"? My Rebbe (Jesus) never heard of Christianity. I don't understand the Christian Jesus, I looked all over the gospels and didn't find that guy there. So in order to divorce myself from Judaism (or allow some Rabbi to kick me out of it) would be to divorce myself from my Rebbe.<BR/><BR/>I know all about Shoah and it still freaks me out that the Rabbis are so afraid of losing Jews to Jesus. If they are so worried about the head count, wouldn't the best answer be to embrace Jesus for the uncompromising radical "face" of God on earth that he was? If they continue with this exclusionary BS they will find themselves caught in a self fulfilled prophecy. Messianic Jews will not "reject" Jesus, (who wants to go back to rabbinic Egypt?) but they will eventually reject all things Jewish - except for Jesus. Does that matter to me anymore? Not a bit. <BR/><BR/>VaniaVaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08294492705117207229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post-1166040685838402162006-12-13T12:11:00.000-08:002006-12-13T12:11:00.000-08:00Of course the issue is theological! Judaism is a r...Of course the issue is theological! Judaism is a religion, not a race. You can't be Jewish and Christian at the same time because the beliefs are antithetical. Jews believe the Messiah hasn't come. Christians believe Jesus Christ was the Messiah. Theology 101, Rabbi.<BR/><BR/>Can someone who eats meat be a vegetarian? I think not.<BR/><BR/>Messianic Judaism is a lie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post-1164757377404193812006-11-28T15:42:00.000-08:002006-11-28T15:42:00.000-08:00Is "rabbinic Judaism" shorthand, or do you really ...Is "rabbinic Judaism" shorthand, or do you really mean that a prospective convert has to immerse herself in that great mikveh of patriarchy before she can belly-up to the bar (or bat) with the rest of the frum?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com