The un-paralleled ' SOLEMNESS ' of Tisha B' Av !!!

Shalom Shalom !

Last year our humble congregation was 'blessed' to share ' Tisha B' Av ' with our Messianic Jewish family of Sha'ar Hashamayim at their New England ' ONE NEW MAN ' conference. What a very Special Kingdom Weekend for ALL involved !

Hooda Evah Thunk ! , that this Goyim with a Jewish heart was ' honored ' to share a Stage as a speaker alongside not only my Mentor and Brother, Messianic Rabbi Henry Morse. To say nothing of MJAA General Secretary Joel Chernoff, TLV Founder and America's Messianic Mom Daniah Greenberg, and our Very Dear Brother, Messianic Pastor Don Long whose guidance and EXAMPLE of 'what it truly means to be a Kingdom Pastor with a Jewish Heart' surely Hit Home !!!
                           ( He Will Be Greatly Missed by his FAMILY of ' Spiritual Israel ' )

Our Messianic Family in Yeshua Messiah will surely lament for Pastor Don and Dear Family, as we reflect on the destruction of Adonai's Temples and the ' Spiritual Connectedness ' ( is that a word ? )

gained by a further understanding of this solemn Jewish holiday !

Enjoy the Following Tisha B' Av Teaching

( Discover the ' MORE ' of our Biblical Hebrew Roots ! )

Thoughts on Tisha B’Av from Jerusalem Dr. David Friedman, UMJC rabbi Director, Bet Midrash Lev Zion Tisha B’Av is upon us—the ninth day of the month of Av, commemorating the destruction of the Holy Temple. While I don’t relish a day of pain and sadness, performing a good cleansing tshuvah (repentance) is always in order. Being honest, however, the prevailing emotion I experience on Tisha B’Av is indeed one of pain.  I hurt for my nation. I hurt that we as a nation turn to God on a couple days of the year like Tisha B’Av, but find it difficult to do so on many of the others. We sit in humbleness on Tisha B’Av when we recite the Book of Lamentations. But as abortion, hatred, slander, our international enemies, and now disease harass our very existence as a country, we do not call upon God as a nation to help us. How strange! How sad. On Tisha B’Av, I can only imagine how the Almighty himself must feel about all of us in his beloved land. Heartbroken? Yes, and yet full of the most incredible hope, because he knows the future. Keep Reading Still staying home? Attend a Messianic synagogue virtually! Live-streaming Messianic synagogues