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To: O'Hara who wrote (15433)	5/10/1998 12:42:00 AM
From: Alan Markoff	Read Replies (1) of 39621

Dear Shalom, Thank you for sharing your experiences. You have experienced a problem that has been dealt with by most Messianic Synagogues but takes time to work through. I aspire to write a book on seperating Biblical and Rabbinical laws. Some new to the Messianic worship have a tendancy to go to far like you said with davining and kosher etc..I believe all matters with some of the law of Messiah are between the person and God and are not to be forced on others (with exceptions being mentioned by Paul like sexual immorality, etc...). I have a problem with the Cross as a symbol for the Lord to begin with. This symbol was used in the Inquisitions, the Crusades, cross burnings by KKK, and by Hitler. A stirring of bad experiences are carried with it to the Jews and like Paul says to win some it should not be a matter of force or even concern if it offends someone that deeply. I have been told that the Star of David is an arrow pointing to God and an arrow of God to men and the center is where there is life that is why you see Chhais in it at times. I prefer to wear a Chai if I wear anything for Yeshua is alive and not still on a Cross. In a Messianic Congregation there are a multitude of backgrounds of members, from Baptist to Orthodox Judaism and everything in between, so doctrine is almost always a concern and should be mentioned for clarification. Where I worship it has taken time to develop a strong foundation but has been worth the effort. The Torah portions are set annually to assure a complete public reading of the scriptures every year even way in advance. The New Testament says to devote ourselves to the public reading of scripture. Also, when Yeshua read Isaiah 60 in Nazareth He was doing the Haf Torah portion and it is usual to do a commentary on the portion after reading it so they were looking to Him to share and boy did He ever. Anyway you have to hear my favorite CD; Shalom Jerusalem by Paul Wilber. This is from a live concert honoring Yeshua at the Wailing wall and is awesome. Nancy

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