These 47 musings were selected to encourage appreciation, respect and study of the Torah (Pentateuch, first five books of the Bible) as the foundation for our Christian faith. More important, these views of His Torah explore its relationship to the New Testament. Like the old song – “Love and Marriage, you can't have one without the other.”Yosef wants everyone to grow in understanding what our Loving Father God intended for His children. What was God's plan for us from the beginning? He gave us His Word to study and gave us His Holy Spirit to interpret His Word. Topics covered by these 47 bite size “Musings” include - What is the Torah, God's Feast Days, OT & NT Relationships, Treasures in the Hebrew Language and Foreshadowings.The Torah is much more than a book of Law. It is a Tree of Life and contains lessons to enrich our walk and our Christian faith. Are you ready to understand how our Loving Father God wants us to understand His Words to us? You will find these musings useful for preaching, leading Bible studies, and understanding God in a refreshing way. They are humorous, evangelistic, enlightening, testimonial and lovingly provocative…with points to ponder.

Can we re-imagine our relationship to the earth—using the viewpoints and texts of the last four millennia? Human responses to the natural world stretching back through the last 4,000 years come to life in this major new resource providing a diverse group of ecological and religious voices. It gives us an invaluable key to understanding the intersection of ecology and Judaism, and offers the wisdom of Judaism in dealing with the present environmental crisis. Both intelligent and accessible, Torah of the Earth is an essential resource and a reminder to us that humans and the earth are intertwined. More than 30 leading scholars and experts enlighten, provoke, and provide a guided tour of ecological thought from four major Jewish viewpoints: Vol. 1: Biblical Israel: One Land, One People Rabbinic Judaism: One People, Many Lands Vol. 2: Zionism: One Land, Two Peoples Eco-Judaism: One Earth, Many Peoples

Torah Musings is a window into the Orthodox Jewish intellectual's world, providing sophisticated but popular textual studies, important news stories and associated commentary from the perspective of an Orthodox Judaism that is intellectually open and halakhically conservative.

Yosef wants everyone to grow in understanding what our Loving Father God intended for His children, "Jew and Gentile," These 95 insights will encourage understanding of the richness of the Old Testament, the Torah, the culture and customs of the people and God wants for His children. The Insights reveal the Hebraic Roots of Christian faith by addressing these topics: * 'Scripture' as Heard by the Chosen People - And Treasures Lost in Translation* Laws, Commandments, Mitzvot - For Our Benefit from a Loving Father God * Hebraic Customs of Biblical Times - Encouraging Us to Honor God Continuously* Holidays and Everlasting Feast Days - So can Draw Closer to God* Marriage, God's Plan from the Beginning - For Us, and For His Son* Theology, Sin and Salvation - Deepening Our Understanding* Deceptions and Trojan Horses - How To Avoid Being Deceived

Today's broad Messianic movement is of the conviction that the Torah or Law of Moses is relevant instruction for God's people in the post-resurrection era. This is a conviction firmly rooted within the teaching of Yeshua the Messiah, who explicitly said that He did not come to abolish or eliminate the Torah (Matthew 5:17-19). Yet throughout much of Christian history, and even more so today, many theologians and examiners have argued that Moses' Teaching has been rendered inoperative, and/or that it was only to be followed by those in the pre-resurrection era. Many of today's Messianic people, while having a witness of the Spirit that God's commandments are to be written on their hearts and minds via the New Covenant (Jeremiah 31:31-34; Ezekiel 36:25-27), are not equipped well enough to answer common arguments delivered by evangelical Protestant family members, friends, acquaintances, or even various pastors or teachers that they know-when they quote verses to them from the Apostolic Scriptures (New Testament), in support of the premise that the Torah of Moses has been abolished. The New Testament Validates Torah is a massive resource that all of today's Messianic Believers need, especially in the current season of growth, development, and expansion in which our faith community finds itself. This publication is an extensive compilation of data across the wide range of books and commentaries available from Messianic Apologetics. The core of this resource is an examination of fifty passages, which are commonly used as proof texts to claim that the Torah is not to be followed by God's people today. Statements such as not being "under the Law" (Romans 6:14-15), "Christ is the end of the Law" (Romans 10:4), "All things are lawful" (1 Corinthians 6:12), 'how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things" (Galatians 4:9), "abolishing...the Law of commandments contained in ordinances" (Ephesians 2:15), "having nailed it to the cross" (Colossians 2:14), and even "Thus He declared all foods clean" (Mark 7:19)-among many-are thoroughly addressed. Considerable attention is given to various Hebrew and Greek issues, potential translation differences, and differences of perspective. Cross-examination and discussion with a wide number of commentators have also been offered, as well as an exploration of important subjects present within today's Biblical Studies. The New Testament Validates Torah is an important apologetic study that will benefit Messianic Believers and evangelical Christians alike. There is literally nothing in today's Messianic movement that has compiled and packed as much information on Torah relevance for God's people into a single book. Also, unlike some other publications issued on the message of Torah relevance, The New Testament Validates Torah is highly respectful to Protestant voices over the centuries who have valued what they have considered to be the "moral law" of the Old Testament, and seeks to fairly honor those who have preceded us in the faith, establishing common ground where possible.

I have prepared this book especially for my grandchildren who now become an extension of the family heritage and are responsible for carrying on the family's traditions. With my wife of 52 years, we raised 7 children, spouses, 15+ grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren to date so far. As Yosef I have authored four books on Christian Faith: "Hebraic Insights"; "Biblical Marriage"; "Musings v.1 - A Victorious Life" and "Musings v.2 - Exploring the Torah and New Testament.And "Hebraic Musings" go out as weekly e-mails.

Can we re-imagine our relationship to the earth—using the viewpoints and texts of the last four millennia? Human responses to the natural world stretching back through the last 4,000 years come to life in this major new resource providing a diverse group of ecological and religious voices. It gives us an invaluable key to understanding the intersection of ecology and Judaism, and offers the wisdom of Judaism in dealing with the present environmental crisis. Both intelligent and accessible, Torah of the Earth is an essential resource and a reminder to us that humans and the earth are intertwined. More than 30 leading scholars and experts enlighten, provoke, and provide a guided tour of ecological thought from four major Jewish viewpoints: Vol. 1: Biblical Israel: One Land, One People Rabbinic Judaism: One People, Many Lands Vol. 2: Zionism: One Land, Two Peoples Eco-Judaism: One Earth, Many Peoples