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Question: Yeshua (Jesus) said, "be not called rabbi, for one is your Master: Messiah; and, do not be called masters, for one is your Master: Messiah; and call no man on earth father, for one is your Father: He Who is in heaven.", can you, please, explain this to me?

Question: Rabbi Ya'acov, Could you answer these queries for me? Jesus was crucified by the Romans, not the Jewish priests. He was not slaughtered / sacrificed in the Temple but outside the Holy City on unsanctified ground. He was exposed to the dead, which nullifies Mosaic sacrifices, His blood was not poured out on the alter as required for sacrifices. Human sacrifice (let alone deity sacrifice!) is not accepted under the Law... And besides, when did God ever accept a blood sacrifice from the hands of a Pagan priest (or soldier) anyway? So, my question, how could his crucifixion have met the biblical requirements? If "Jesus fulfilled the Law" specifically which Laws did he fulfill? I don't see that he fulfilled any of the sacrificial Laws/requirements as described in the TANAK or Hebrew Scriptures.

Question: One of the sillynesses of the messianic movement is this notion of G-d. When we are born again, we are as Christ told us "His bride".  As His bride we are entitled to the FAMILY NAME for pity sakes. God is our Father, and His Son is our bridegroom.  We are now family, entitled to the family name as we are betrothed to the Father's Son. Shalom, for to know God is to know true PEACE.

Question: Why do we leave out the "o" in both G-d and L-rd? I presume  it must be very significant

Question: I have a kippah.... I have been brought up to believe that the kippah is to be the sign that G-d is with us. Now, in the New Testament it says, 1Co 11:4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoreth his head. It also says, 1Co 11:7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. Does this mean we should no longer wear our kippahs?

Question: why you call the Ruach Hakodesh... HIM? I was taught the Ruach HaKodesh רוח הקודש is really a famine reference and therefore completes the Family of G-D.

Question: How does one establish that one is "a Jewish person"? Since there were 13 tribes of Israel and many populations moved to Europe and much of this population preserved their 'Jewishness" or indeed, their original faith, what about the rest of us who may be "Jewish" originally but whose original faith has been lost due to migrations and so on...

Question: Is it just a Jewish tradition to pray with tefillin daily: (no tefillin required on Shabbat and High Holidays)? Does it say in the Torah that we must wear it while doing the morning prayers?