"Oh Chanukah, Oh Chanukah, Come light the Menorah!" The Rebbitzen Corner, tid bits concerning halachah, Jewish lifestyle from a Messianic Jewish perspective.

My husband is the Rabbi at Congregation Melech Yisrael but you already know that. His last editorial in our monthly newsletter was titled "Complacency". This sin has always been on our hearts as believers. We have met so many "believing" people that say that being compassionate is being silent. Silence will get you and I nowhere when it is concerning the person you are witnessing to silently, it will only get them to hell.

Oh, does that bother you when I say it will get them to hell? Hell is real, as real as heaven and it's the place unsaved people go after they die. Is this a surprise to you? Well, I'm sorry if you didn't know this but now you do. Do I sound angry, cynical, disgusted, fed up...

Chanukah is about shinning your light, the light of Messiah Yeshua. It says in the Word not to hide your light under a bushel, so don't!

Get out there and tell those who you say you love about JEEEESUS! No, I am not the best or most fervent witness and I have missed opportunities that I know for sure were from the L-rd, so I can tell you - don't be silent.

There are some conditions though. If you are proclaiming from the heart and the spirit - go for it. If you are full of knowledge but no understanding of who G-d is - forget it! We need to be worshipping in spirit and truth. As Messianic believers they go hand n' hand. One without the other is lacking. I know that we're just the messengers and the L-rd will bring to pass what He has already ordained concerning the salvation of His people but stop the lip service already and get right with G-D!

Chanukah is about light. Not the sci-fi light you hear about on X-Files, "Don't walk into the light!" No I mean the light of Yeshua burning brightly within. Did you ever look into the eyes of someone and truly see their soul? Look into the eyes of the person that usually sits by you in shul and hopefully you will see that true light. Not the light of self, not the light of facts and of works but the light of the love of Yeshua HaMashiach. As believers we sometimes think that we need to see this smiling face and pursed lips with the words "G-d loves you" on them . If its not from the heart it doesn't matter what the words are or how wide the smile. Here's a good way to find out if someone is for real, let a child approach them. I've seen this so many times when a child is approached by an adult and they aren't for real the child runs away screaming.