Mishnah Snapshots: Personal Glimpses of Rabbi Yeshua
Step into the world of Yeshua and his disciples and understand the New Testament better through the oldest Jewish writings outside the Bible - the Mishnah. Main page: https://holylanguage.com/mishnah
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Intro #1 ✡ What's the Mishnah?
What is the Mishnah anyway, and what isn't it?
What does the Hebrew word "Mishnah" actually mean?
Is the word "mishnah" in the Bible and if so where?
Is the Mishnah controversial?
How many of the negative things that Christians/Messianics say about the Mishnah are true? -
Intro #2 ✡ How and why did the Mishnah happen?
How long was this commentary taking shape before it was written down?
Is it in Hebrew or Aramaic?
What's the difference between the Mishnah and the Talmud?
The Million Dollar Question: Why have an oral Torah anyways, isn't the written Torah good enough? -
Intro #3 ✡ Did Yeshua support the Mishnah?
Did the Mishnah exist in Yeshua's time and if so where was he at with it?
Are Luke's "Sabbath day's journey" and "the Fast" in the written Torah?
How about Hanukkah and the Water-Pouring Ceremony in John's Gospel?
Is it a Biblical commandment or a Jewish tradition to pray before eating?
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Intro #4 ✡ What should I do with the Mishnah?
This talk is especially for you if...
You haven't even read through the Bible yet.
This feels like a lot and you're overwhelmed.
You don't want to become Jewish.
You believe all Christians should keep the Torah.
You identify with the lost ten tribes and not Judah. -
#5 ✡ Brachot 1:1
Is the "greatest commandment" talked about in the Mishnah?
Does Gamaliel show up anywhere in Jewish history?
How are Paul's "Maranatha" and "Rabban" related terms?
How does "Acts" of the Apostles mean legal precedents?
Are the Karaites right about the "takanot and ma'asim of the Rabbis"?
Did othe... -
#6 ✡ Brachot 1:3-2:2
Who were the greatest sages in Jerusalem when Yeshua was a boy?
What kinds of things did Hillel and Shammai disagree about?
Why do Jewish people say "C.E." instead of "A.D."?
How old are the traditional blessings said before/after the Shema?
The Talmud says Messiah was supposed to come 2000 years... -
#7 ✡ Brachot 2:3-3:1
How are the Exodus and fulfilling the Torah connected in Hebrew?
Any tips from the sages to Hebrew newbies?
Did the early Jerusalem church pray the Eighteen Blessings prayer?
Did you know the prayer for Messiah's coming says "Yeshuah" three times?
Why did Yeshua say "when you stand praying" versu... -
#8 ✡ Brachot 3:4-5:1
Does Mishnah distinguish between Rabbinic tradition and Torah commands?
Was the early church's "hour of prayer" during Jewish "Mincha"
How were Jewish and Romans ways of keeping time different?
Did the Sages only do fast fixed prayers as is usually done today?
Did the apostle John call God "Hashe... -
#9 ✡ Brachot 5:5-7:3
Why are Jews quicker to understand the apostolic than Christians?
What were the blessings Yeshua said before bread and wine?
Is John 1:1's "created all things" from the Jewish blessing for food?
What are the seven yummy species that put Israel on the map?
What's an example of synagogue liturgy fr... -
#10 ✡ Brachot 6:8-8:6
Why do we look at our fingernails for Judaism's prettiest ritual?
Why did they only count the men at the feeding of the 5000?
How did the prayer go that the Master said after eating?
What did our Rabbi pray with his disciples before the Festivals?
Why do Jews say Kiddush before Shabbat and Jewish... -
#11 ✡ Brachot 8:8-9:4
Where did Christians learn to say "amen" to people's prayers?
Why were Samaritans called COOTIES in Hebrew?
What should I say at Jewish weddings and funerals?
What are some simple and profound principles of Jewish prayer?
How does being Hebrew mean making babies? -
#12 ✡ Peah 1:1-2:6
How does the Hebrew word for "helpmate" mean EQUAL TO?
Is it ok to call Rabbi Yeshua "Abba"?
What does "in the naaaaame of Jesus" actually mean?
How was Gamaliel famous not just in the NT but in the Mishnah?
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#13 ✡ Peah 4:4-8:9
If God wants you, why is he hiding from you?
Why did Yeshua curse the fig tree when it wasn't even fig season?
Ever notice the Hebrew wordplay in Peter's second epistle?
How did they implement "corners of the field" in the time of Jesus?
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#14 ✡ Demai 2:1-Kilayim 1:1
Did Yeshua agree with the Mishnah on cumin tithing?
Why did the Pharisees separate themselves from the common people?
Simon Peter had the power to bind and loose...what?
Were wheat and tares an illegal mixture, or just dumb?
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#15 ✡ Kilayim 2:5-8:6
Surprised to hear the old Hebrew word for hemp is...cannabus?
Where is the broad road/narrow path dichotomy in Jewish law?
Why is betrothal pictured by vines trained together and intertangling?
What kind of vibe did parties in ancient Israel have?
What are some wild and domesticated animal names ... -
#16 ✡ Kilayim 7:1-9:9
Did you know "blessed" through Abraham also means "grafted in"?
Should you throw away your cotton/polyester underwear?
Is "Our Father who art in Heaven" a phrase used in Jewish prayer?
Did Paul get the concept of "dead not under the law" from the Mishnah?
Where is "practicing your righteousness i... -
#17 ✡ Shvi'it 1:1-1:6
Do you struggle with shame? Here's the story your heart needs to hear.
Why is it ok to call the Day of Trumpets "Rosh Hashanah"?
In Hebrew fig trees either get harvested, or cursed...sound familiar?
Feel the beautiful symmetry of day starts in the evening, year starts in the fall?
How is it pro... -
#18 ✡ Shvi'it 2:2-4:2
Is something piercing your heart? Here's some encouragement.
How is the meaning of "Bethphage" chillingly prophetic?
Why are Jews are more comfortable with debates than Christians?
Did Paul get his field and building analogies from the Mishnah?
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#19 ✡ Shvi'it 8:5-10:9
What was nailed to the cross and done away with? The Torah?
How does it feel to hear these legal terms Yeshua used to say "you're mine"?
How is Hebrew all about crossing over to the other side, the great beyond?
What kind of racial dynamics did Jesus and his followers face?
How do barbers, scribe... -
#20 ✡ Terumot 2:3-11:10
Why do Messianic Jews say immerse instead of baptize?
Is it true that Judaism is legalistic and focused on externals?
What does it mean that Jesus is our Rabbi? Like teacher?
Could this Hebrew wordplay in the New Testament move you to tears?
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#21 ✡ Ma'asrot 4:5 & Ma'aser Sheni 1:1-4:11
Rabbi Jesus talked about tithing dill, just like other Rabbis
Dwell and pledge are the same Hebrew word...think Holy Spirit
In Judaism God and Jerusalem are both called "the Place"
Paul got his idea of "reckoning yourself dead" from a deep Hebrew insight
Want to see more of the glory of God in yo... -
#22 ✡ Ma'aser Sheni 5:1-5:15, Challah
Is it true you shouldn't keep Torah if you can't keep it all perfectly?
How much do you know about the years between Malachi and Matthew?
What does the name "Iscariot" actually mean? What's Judas' backstory?
Ever eaten Challah? Did you know there's an entire Tractate about it?
Yom tov is a trad... -
#23 ✡ Orlah 2:4-Bikkurim 2:6
Why I wish I had these lessons when I started studying Torah
Hebrew wordplay in Yeshua's teachings telling you to be your spicy self!
Israel had ninjas way before Japan, except they were called "Sicarii"
Jewish prayer and "Inclusion theology" in the Mishnah and New Testament
The Hebrew word for "... -
#24 ✡ Bikkurim 3:2-3:9
Full-colour depiction of how the Firstfruits were brought to Jerusalem
Who's King Agrippa and why is he in the Mishnah and the book of Acts?
Vilifying the "takanot" of the Rabbis is misinformed at best, here's why
Surnames like Sagan and Nanos are old Hebrew words from the Mishnah
How is a wicker...