Well family....the family will be getting bigger in about 4 months....and as it stands now...its a boy. Hmm, now that is a problem. How do I get him circumcised on the 8th day when the hospital would do it either the very same day or the day after his birth....and I don't really think a Mohel is an option....not so much because I wouldn't go to one...but rather I don't think they would agree to do it....so what is Yahudi to do?

I can tell that you haven't even asked: Our Messianic Congregation has relationships with a few Orthodox Mohels who perform the process for about 50% of the newborns.

(Wait for it...)

(Just the boys!)

The rabbi's hope that we will give up our belief that Yeshua is the MessiYah and see this as an opportunity for out reach!

(We consider these events to be an out reach, in the opposite direction.)

Get out there and ask, S82!

The worst that can happen is that they say no!

A question arises: who shall circumcise us so that our circumcisions are valid?

is a circumcision on the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh day not a valid circumcision; one performed by a rabbi, moyhl, doctor. What more need be done than cut off the foreskin in furtherance of the covenant?

On the 8th day is also when vitamin K levels are highest in a baby, leading to a quicker healing time. Personally I believe it shows oneness with Father in the covenant.

Don't want to nitpick here but they crossed the Jordan while still uncircumcised in the flesh ;) Don't worry, just messing around as we all know what happened straight after it and why it was done.

Oh yeah, that's a good one. I've discussed that passage good and proper, it's an awesome passage. It's the great leveller, every man will have to bare himself - not to mention humble himself - before he enters. Makes TSA look like a joke!

Fellowship. Okay, this can fit here.

I remember about a year or so ago I posted about the activity, or lack thereof, on the board. I noticed wherever I would log in I had developed a habit of looking at the number of folks currently on line, usually upwards of 20, 30, but tonight, 11:30 EST, there were 154 members on line at the same time. I said to myself, “Wow, what is going on?” And then I remembered something I posted recently about my feeling for this board, its people, the quality, the excitement it and the radio show develops each day, and how I have this feeling that we are ripe for an interest explosion. My guess it is happening.

I would classify this as a no nonsense board, minimum 2 cents, seeking no more, no less than the truth. Friendly, family-like. Of course, without our prolific captain and his loyal soldiers none of this could happen. What is so exciting now, is Yada's wish has come true; many members now are excitedly doing their own translations. I have no doubt one day there will be a translation/transliteration of the PSS, from Hebrew to English emanating from this board. For all of us, I know that day cannot come soon enough. But first the board must be revised. I know, after the ITG. Someone should start a project to figure out how to edit the needed changes to the books on the site (because of Paul) without the assistance of Yada, so all is ready when the ITG hits. As the time of Jacob's troubles nears (if we are not yet there), everyone will want an honest, accurate script (bible) of the PSS. They (we) will know of the religious deception put over on the world. And we will say, “Boy (girl), have I got the deal of a lifetime for you!”

Thanks. That's my post. I just wanted to share that little thought.

Really? What in tarnation is an "ethnic fetishist", brother?

I don't know what he meant by it...maybe it is just slang or something. I guess he was saying i smell like a jews sandal?.....or something!

lol..wannabe...I might be a "yad." As I point to the Towrah for anyone seeking.

I hear ya brother, I thought I might get it again today from an older gentleman, but surprisingly he was very receptive. He was even once in his life thinking of becoming a methodist preacher. I'll have to give him a call and let him remind me why he didn't. I remember he mentioned not attending church anylonger, I suppose I was too wrapped up into getting my point across this time, that the few things he did say I just missed, b/c once I get rolling I'm already ahead into my next, what I guess I should call, presentation. I know it stuck with him b/c as he was leaving he turned and asked, "what was that name again for that site?"
You know, most times I usually just hope for an invite when a person does something like DG the old man did today, when he told me, "I see you every year, like x-mas."...big mistake!