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What is Messianic Torah observant?

CTOMC is a community of Jewish and non-Jewish Believers in Messiah Yeshua. We are a Torah Observant community by choice – not for salvation, but because of our salvation in Messiah Yeshua. Our Goal is to provide the Messianic Community with resources, education, congregational assistance, and support.

What is the Torah in simple terms?

Torah (Hebrew: תורה‎) is a Hebrew word that means “instructions”. When most people say the word Torah they either mean the whole Jewish Bible, the Tanakh, the first five books of the Bible, or all of the Jewish teaching in general. These five books are the beginning of both the Jewish and Christian bibles.

What religion is messianic?

Messianic Jews consider themselves Jewish Christians. Specifically they believe, as do all Christians, that Jesus is the son of God, as well as the Messiah, and that he died in atonement for the sins of mankind. There are approximately 175,000 to 250,000 messianic Jews in the U.S, and 350,000 worldwide.

Who wrote the Torah Bible?

Moses
Composition. The Talmud holds that the Torah was written by Moses, with the exception of the last eight verses of Deuteronomy, describing his death and burial, being written by Joshua. Alternatively, Rashi quotes from the Talmud that, “God spoke them, and Moses wrote them with tears”.

Why is it called Torah?

The word “Torah” in Hebrew is derived from the root ירה, which in the hif’il conjugation means ‘to guide’ or ‘to teach’ (cf. Lev 10:11). The meaning of the word is therefore “teaching”, “doctrine”, or “instruction”; the commonly accepted “law” gives a wrong impression.

Why believers in Jesus should keep the Torah?

Indeed, our obedience to Torah is simply the result of a transformed life in Christ. We don’t keep Torah to be saved; we keep it because we’re saved! When we correctly understand the place of Torah in our lives, it is a source of blessing. In fact, the longest chapter in the Bible (Psalm 119) is devoted to proclaiming the joy of Torah.

What does Torah say about Jesus Christ?

Nothing, it was written centuries before Jesus was born. Various Christian readers of the Torah will interpret passages of certain writings as a forward reference to Jesus, but that’s more like “What do some readers say the Torah says about Jesus” than what is in the actual Torah.

What is the difference between the Torah and the Tanakh?

Tanakh is an acronym for Torah, Nevi’im, and Kethuvim. Hebrew doesn’t really have vowels; at least not the way English does, so when writing Tanakh in Hebrew, the word only has 3 letters–the first letters of Torah, Nevi’im, and Kethuvim: תנ״ך (the ״ simply signifies that the word is an acronym, and is not a letter).

What is the Torah and what does it contain?

The Torah is Judaism’s most important text. It is composed of the Five Books of Moses and also contains the 613 commandments (mitzvot) and the Ten Commandments. These five books of Moses also comprise the first five chapters of the Christian Bible.