Almost
everything Jesus taught was linked to teaching people how to do acts of tzedaqah. He made it clear that this was
what God had anointed him to do – his
mission as “the Christ” was to do and teach people how to do acts of tzedaqah.
So, what is tzedaqah? Every “follower of Yeshua” knew the answer to
that question by heart. But today, most “believers
in Jesus” have never heard the question, much less know the answer. Read
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The witnesses, laying their coats at the feet of Saul, were the men that would cast the first stones at Stephen in Acts 7. Why did they all lay their coats at Saul’s feet? The Talmud contains a very interesting account of the act of stoning that may provide the answer. “When the trial was over, they take him [the condemned person] out to be stoned. The place of stoning was at a distance from the court, as it is said, ‘Take out the one who has cursed.’ [i] A man stands at the entrance of the court; in his hand is a signaling flag [Hebrew sudarin = sudar , ‘scarf, sweater’]. A horseman was stationed far away but within sight of him. If one [of the judges] says, ‘I have something [more] to say in his favor,’ he [the signaler] waves the sudarin , and the horseman runs and stops them [from stoning him]. Even if [the condemned person] himself says, ‘I have something to say in my favor,’ they bring him back, even four of five times, only provided that there is some substance to...
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