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**Update** SC National Shabbat Details!!

Read carefully.  New notes added into original post! Mark your calendar!!!  We have a venue and a band, and I am really excited to tell you about it!!  South Carolina will have a National Shabbat gathering!! Rich, in Washington, DC, … Continue reading

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Jerusalem Post: “Yosef is Alive!!”

This morning, friend and Israeli who lives in the Land, Ephraim Frank emailed an amazing advertisement from the Jerusalem Post.  Below is an image of a FULL PAGE ad they ran on the eve of Sukkot, the Feast of Ingathering!!  … Continue reading

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ALL Israel… Bones, sticks and kingdoms…

I have really been soaking in Ezekiel 36 the last few days and several times have read on til the end of chapter 37.  Well, this morning a coworker asked me about the dry bones and I got to share … Continue reading

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National Shabbat, ‘an idea whose time has come…’

Simply acknowledging the division in the Messianic (messy-antic?) world is not enough.  Neither are simple calls for unity.  Something must be done. Over the last year or so, there has been an increasing acknowledgement of the discord in the Messianic … Continue reading

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Post Congress Interview with Organizers Ephraim and Rimona Frank

I just heard an awesome podcast interview of Ephraim and Rimona Frank, conducted by Tzefanyah ben Yochanan.  As you may recall, Ephraim and Rimona were the primary organizers of the First B’ney Yosef National Congress.  In this interview they share … Continue reading

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Sharing with Adat Shalom

One of the fellowships that we represented at the First B’ney Yosef National Congress in Ari’el, Israel, was Adat Shalom of Summerville, SC.  Yesterday we had the blessing of returning to their Shabbat service to give a report on the … Continue reading

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Excellent podcast interview explaining ‘Ephraim’

Early this morning I reblogged Al McCarn’s report on the B’ney Yosef Congress that my wife and I just attended in Israel.  I did not have time to view/listen to all of the links, but I absolutely trust Al’s posts … Continue reading

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Foundations of Ephraimite National Identity

Here is the full text of Al McCarn’s opening presentation to the Congress. Foundations of Ephraimite National Identity. I highly recommend reading in its entirety and pondering. For us, the Congress is over and travel begins in an hour or … Continue reading

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Sunday School, P.9 “Heaven is NOT my home” & “The Good Shepherd”

We had some fun this week breaking paradigms and learning what Yeshua meant when He claimed to be the Good Shepherd.  Listen in and find out where Beulah Land is, or what Scripture actually promises as the final dwelling place … Continue reading

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Excellent Scripture Compilation, Re: Restoration Promises

I have been doing a bit of reading and digging in the Scriptures trying to gain deeper insight into the prophesied return of Ephraim and how it is all supposed to work out.  In the process, through a link on … Continue reading

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‘Cheapening’ Jewish identity?? Oh, really??!

Great article and comments, especially by John Reiler: Does It “Cheapen” Jewish Identity When a Gentile Practices the Torah of Israel? And, the article OMJ is addressing is: Unity in Messiah: A Commentary on One Law and Gentiles   Those … Continue reading

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United 2 Restore – Connecting to Israel Tour

Our good friend, Hanoch Young, has asked me to post the following message with details for the fall 2014 Israel tour that he and Ken Rank are sponsoring through United2Restore.  Please seriously consider this VERY unique opportunity to have an … Continue reading

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A Matter of the Heart!!

Lately, I have been marking instances of ‘heart’ in the Tanakh, or ‘old’ Testament.  My specific reason is that on so many occasions, in conversations with others regarding the importance of Torah in our day, I am told that it … Continue reading

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Full Hanoch video that the previous compilation came from!

I did a little digging…  didn’t take much… and found the full video of Hanoch Young’s comments in the previous video I posted. Even better, there are some terrific comments before hand by two other gentlemen:  Frank Houtz and Ken … Continue reading

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Ani Yoseph! (Awesome Hanoch Young video!)

Do the students of Scripture truly understand some of prophecy?  Do we understand ‘one new man?’  Do we understand how incredible is the Father’s plan?? Currently, we are in the middle of the Torah Portions that deal with Joseph and … Continue reading

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