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Arieh Lebowitz
Needless to say, the vast majority of people Jesus encountered were Jews, so it's just silly to posit that he was in a place where "where people are named Mohammed, Abdul, Mounir, Aziz, Ahmed, Farid, Omar, Youssouf, Mouloud, etc." And unless I'm mistaken, the New Testament's description of the life of Jesus placed him either in Israel or Judaea, even if during his (or His) life, there was a rather severe Roman occupation of the land where those two countries / kingdoms existed. It's unlikely that the New Testament said he was born"in Palestine." Palestinian nationalism, manifest in the movement for the Palestinian people to have an independent country, developed centuries after the time of Jesus, but it was present in that contested land for well over a century, perhaps a century and a half. I'm just saying.
As to the names of the Apostles, you're reading from an English translation of the New Testament, no doubt. To the extent that one can track down their "original names, here's one person's list (source at end):
Peter
Peter’s original name, according to the Greek text is Simon son of Jonah (John 21:15). However, being a Jew, his Hebrew name would have been שמעון בן יונה (shimon ben yonah). The name שמעון (shimon, Strong's #559) means “heard.” In Mark 3:16 we are told that Yeshua (Jesus) gives Shimon the name Peter (Petros in Greek), a Greek name that has no equivalency in Hebrew. However, in John 1:42 we are told that his new name is, according to the Greek, Kephas (Cephas), not Petros (Peter). Kephas is a Greek transliteration of the Aramaic name כאפא (Kepha, pronounced kee-phah) meaning “stone.”
Andrew
The New Testament does not give us any clues to his original Hebrew and Aramaic names as it does with his brother Peter, except that the Aramaic name must have meant “brave” as this is the meaning of the Greek name Andreas. While the 4th Century Aramaic Peshitta provided us Peter’s Aramaic name Kepha in Matthew 10:2, it simply transliterates the Greek name as Andraus, which means that, unlike Peter who used his Hebrew and Aramaic name, Andraus may have used his Greek name.
James (2)
James is identified as the son of Zebedee, a Hebrew name, זבדי (zav’di, Strong's #2067), meaning “my gift.” James is the brother John, both of whom are called, in the Greek, Boanerges, which in Hebrew is בני רגז (beney regaz). This is the word בן (ben, Strong's #1121) meaning “son” (but written in the plural form – sons) and רגז (regaz, Strong's #7266) meaning “rage” – sons of rage. In the New Testament Greek text the name James is written as Iakobos, a transliteration of the Hebrew name יעקב (ya’akov, Strong's #3290). This name is the verb עקב (Ah.Q.B, Strong's #6117) meaning “to grab the heel,” and the prefix י (yud) meaning “he” – he grabs the heel.
John
The name יוחנן (yohhanan) is a compound name consisting of two words, יו (yo) and חנן (hhanan). חנן (hhanan) is a verb mean “he provides protection." The word יו (yo) is universally accepted as a form of the name יהוה (YHWH/Yahweh). When these two words are combined we have the meaning “Yahweh provides protection.”
Philip
In the Greek text this name is written as Φίλιππος (philippos) and is a Greek name meaning “horse lover.” In Hebrew and Aramaic texts this name is transliterated as פיליפוס (philipos). In the case of this name, no Hebrew or Aramaic name is provided for this individual.
Bartholomew
The name Bartholomew is an Aramaic name that is written as בר תלמי (bar talmey). The Aramaic word בר (bar, Strong's #1247) means “son of..,” so bar talmey means “Son of Talmey.” תלמי (talmey, Strong's #8526) is a Biblical Hebrew name derived from the noun תלם (telem, Strong's #8525) meaning “furrow.” In the book of John, Bartholomew is identified as Nathanael. In Hebrew this name is written as נתנאל (natanel, Strong's #5417), which is a combination of the verb נתן (N.T.N, Strong's #5414) meaning “give,” and the noun אל (el, Strong's #410) meaning “mighty one” or “god.” It is likely that Bartholomew’s full Hebrew name is נתנאל בר תלמי (natanel bar talmey / Nathanel son of Talmey).
Matthew
The name Matthew is a Hebrew name, and is written in Hebrew as מתתיה (matityah). This name is the Hebrew noun מתת (matat, Strong's #4991) meaning “gift” or “reward,” and the name יה (Yah, Strong's #3050). Combined, this name means “gift of Yah” or “reward of Yah.”
Thomas
The name Thomas is derived from the Hebrew word תאום (ta’om, Strong's #8380) meaning “twin.” His name in Hebrew would then be Ta’om. In the 4th C. AD Aramaic Peshitta of the New Testament, this name is written as תאומא (Toma). When this Aramaic name is Hellenized (made into a Greek name), an “s” is added to the end of the name, as is done with all male names, and becomes Tomas or Thomas.
Thaddeus
Some Greek manuscripts simply identify this Apostle as Thaddeus, while others refer to him as "Labbeus who is called Thaddeus," such as seen in the King James Version. It has been proposed that Thaddeus is a Hellenized (Greek) form of an Aramaic or Hebrew name תדי (Taddai), but the actual meaning of this name is uncertain. The name Labbeus is a Hellenized form of the Hebrew word לבב (levav, Strong's #3824) meaning "heart" and the Hebrew name may have been לבבי (levaviy) meaning "my heart" or לבביה (levaviyah) meaning "heart of Yah." The Gospel of Luke omits the name Thaddeus, but instead has "Judas" (not Judas Iscariot) and most scholars agree that Thaddeus is this Judas.
Simon
The name שמעון (shimon) is derived from the verb שמע (Sh.M.A, Strong's #8085) meaning to "hear" and the name שמעון (shimon) means "hearer." Notice that both of these words (the name and the verb) appear in the passage above. Leah named her son "hearer" because YHWH "heard" her.
Judas
The name Judas is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Judah, in Hebrew יהודה (ye-hu-dah, Strong's #3063). Most Hebrew dictionaries will define this name as "praise," but as this English word is an abstract word it falls short of its true Hebraic meaning. The parent root of this word is יד (yad, Strong's #3027) meaning "hand". The child root ידה (Y.D.H, Strong's #3034) is derived from yad and means "to throw or stretch out the hand" and is the base root in the name Yehudah. If you were standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon for the first time you might throw your hands out and say "Wow, will you look at that". This is the Hebraic understanding of "praise" and the name Yehudah.
Matthias
To replace Judas, the disciples cast lots for the new apostle, and the lot fell on Matthias. In a previous issue, we examined the name "Matthew," which in the Greek is written as Mat-thai-os. The Greek for Matthias is very similar; Mat-thi-as. Both Matthaios and Matthias are Greek forms of the Hebrew name מתתיה (matityah), which we previously found to be מתת (matat, Strong's #4991) meaning “gift” or “reward,” and the name יה (Yah, Strong's #3050) and when combined, this name means “gift of Yah” or “reward of Yah.”
https://www.quora.com/What-were-the-Hebrew-names-of-the...


WE ARE JUST APPROCHING THE NEW YEAR
The Gregorian New Year which is the reason why our New is never the same as Rosh Hashana the Jewish New Year which is based on lunar calendar. Most of the world uses the gregorian calendar based on the Sun. I live in a gregorian calendar world but because of my close Jewish links I am very influenced by the lunar calendar. Jewish liturgy even recognises all the new moons.
What is the difference between Gregorian and Julian calendar?
What Calendar Do We Use? | About the Gregorian Calendar
The Julian Calendar adds a day to the calendar every 4 years. The Gregorian calendar does the same, except when the year is divisible by 100 and not divisible by 400. Then the leap year is skipped. Different Level of Accuracy: The Julian Calendar was off by 11 minutes every solar year.15 Sept 2023


Arieh Lebowitz
Needless to say, the vast majority of people Jesus encountered were Jews, so it's just silly to posit that he was in a place where "where people are named Mohammed, Abdul, Mounir, Aziz, Ahmed, Farid, Omar, Youssouf, Mouloud, etc." And unless I'm mistaken, the New Testament's description of the life of Jesus placed him either in Israel or Judaea, even if during his (or His) life, there was a rather severe Roman occupation of the land where those two countries / kingdoms existed. It's unlikely that the New Testament said he was born"in Palestine." Palestinian nationalism, manifest in the movement for the Palestinian people to have an independent country, developed centuries after the time of Jesus, but it was present in that contested land for well over a century, perhaps a century and a half. I'm just saying.
As to the names of the Apostles, you're reading from an English translation of the New Testament, no doubt. To the extent that one can track down their "original names, here's one person's list (source at end):
Peter
Peter’s original name, according to the Greek text is Simon son of Jonah (John 21:15). However, being a Jew, his Hebrew name would have been שמעון בן יונה (shimon ben yonah). The name שמעון (shimon, Strong's #559) means “heard.” In Mark 3:16 we are told that Yeshua (Jesus) gives Shimon the name Peter (Petros in Greek), a Greek name that has no equivalency in Hebrew. However, in John 1:42 we are told that his new name is, according to the Greek, Kephas (Cephas), not Petros (Peter). Kephas is a Greek transliteration of the Aramaic name כאפא (Kepha, pronounced kee-phah) meaning “stone.”
Andrew
The New Testament does not give us any clues to his original Hebrew and Aramaic names as it does with his brother Peter, except that the Aramaic name must have meant “brave” as this is the meaning of the Greek name Andreas. While the 4th Century Aramaic Peshitta provided us Peter’s Aramaic name Kepha in Matthew 10:2, it simply transliterates the Greek name as Andraus, which means that, unlike Peter who used his Hebrew and Aramaic name, Andraus may have used his Greek name.
James (2)
James is identified as the son of Zebedee, a Hebrew name, זבדי (zav’di, Strong's #2067), meaning “my gift.” James is the brother John, both of whom are called, in the Greek, Boanerges, which in Hebrew is בני רגז (beney regaz). This is the word בן (ben, Strong's #1121) meaning “son” (but written in the plural form – sons) and רגז (regaz, Strong's #7266) meaning “rage” – sons of rage. In the New Testament Greek text the name James is written as Iakobos, a transliteration of the Hebrew name יעקב (ya’akov, Strong's #3290). This name is the verb עקב (Ah.Q.B, Strong's #6117) meaning “to grab the heel,” and the prefix י (yud) meaning “he” – he grabs the heel.
John
The name יוחנן (yohhanan) is a compound name consisting of two words, יו (yo) and חנן (hhanan). חנן (hhanan) is a verb mean “he provides protection." The word יו (yo) is universally accepted as a form of the name יהוה (YHWH/Yahweh). When these two words are combined we have the meaning “Yahweh provides protection.”
Philip
In the Greek text this name is written as Φίλιππος (philippos) and is a Greek name meaning “horse lover.” In Hebrew and Aramaic texts this name is transliterated as פיליפוס (philipos). In the case of this name, no Hebrew or Aramaic name is provided for this individual.
Bartholomew
The name Bartholomew is an Aramaic name that is written as בר תלמי (bar talmey). The Aramaic word בר (bar, Strong's #1247) means “son of..,” so bar talmey means “Son of Talmey.” תלמי (talmey, Strong's #8526) is a Biblical Hebrew name derived from the noun תלם (telem, Strong's #8525) meaning “furrow.” In the book of John, Bartholomew is identified as Nathanael. In Hebrew this name is written as נתנאל (natanel, Strong's #5417), which is a combination of the verb נתן (N.T.N, Strong's #5414) meaning “give,” and the noun אל (el, Strong's #410) meaning “mighty one” or “god.” It is likely that Bartholomew’s full Hebrew name is נתנאל בר תלמי (natanel bar talmey / Nathanel son of Talmey).
Matthew
The name Matthew is a Hebrew name, and is written in Hebrew as מתתיה (matityah). This name is the Hebrew noun מתת (matat, Strong's #4991) meaning “gift” or “reward,” and the name יה (Yah, Strong's #3050). Combined, this name means “gift of Yah” or “reward of Yah.”
Thomas
The name Thomas is derived from the Hebrew word תאום (ta’om, Strong's #8380) meaning “twin.” His name in Hebrew would then be Ta’om. In the 4th C. AD Aramaic Peshitta of the New Testament, this name is written as תאומא (Toma). When this Aramaic name is Hellenized (made into a Greek name), an “s” is added to the end of the name, as is done with all male names, and becomes Tomas or Thomas.
Thaddeus
Some Greek manuscripts simply identify this Apostle as Thaddeus, while others refer to him as "Labbeus who is called Thaddeus," such as seen in the King James Version. It has been proposed that Thaddeus is a Hellenized (Greek) form of an Aramaic or Hebrew name תדי (Taddai), but the actual meaning of this name is uncertain. The name Labbeus is a Hellenized form of the Hebrew word לבב (levav, Strong's #3824) meaning "heart" and the Hebrew name may have been לבבי (levaviy) meaning "my heart" or לבביה (levaviyah) meaning "heart of Yah." The Gospel of Luke omits the name Thaddeus, but instead has "Judas" (not Judas Iscariot) and most scholars agree that Thaddeus is this Judas.
Simon
The name שמעון (shimon) is derived from the verb שמע (Sh.M.A, Strong's #8085) meaning to "hear" and the name שמעון (shimon) means "hearer." Notice that both of these words (the name and the verb) appear in the passage above. Leah named her son "hearer" because YHWH "heard" her.
Judas
The name Judas is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Judah, in Hebrew יהודה (ye-hu-dah, Strong's #3063). Most Hebrew dictionaries will define this name as "praise," but as this English word is an abstract word it falls short of its true Hebraic meaning. The parent root of this word is יד (yad, Strong's #3027) meaning "hand". The child root ידה (Y.D.H, Strong's #3034) is derived from yad and means "to throw or stretch out the hand" and is the base root in the name Yehudah. If you were standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon for the first time you might throw your hands out and say "Wow, will you look at that". This is the Hebraic understanding of "praise" and the name Yehudah.
Matthias
To replace Judas, the disciples cast lots for the new apostle, and the lot fell on Matthias. In a previous issue, we examined the name "Matthew," which in the Greek is written as Mat-thai-os. The Greek for Matthias is very similar; Mat-thi-as. Both Matthaios and Matthias are Greek forms of the Hebrew name מתתיה (matityah), which we previously found to be מתת (matat, Strong's #4991) meaning “gift” or “reward,” and the name יה (Yah, Strong's #3050) and when combined, this name means “gift of Yah” or “reward of Yah.”
https://www.quora.com/What-were-the-Hebrew-names-of-the...

Only God could do this!
By adding up the years in Genesis 5 and 11 from creation to the birth of Abraham we see that Abraham was born 1948 years after creation.
Abraham was the father of the nation of Israel, and the modern state of Israel was reborn in 1948 AD!

In Genesis 12v4 we read that Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran, setting out for the land of Canaan, this year in April, Israel has just celebrated their 75th anniversary!! Never in the history of the world had such a thing happened before–but God keeps His word ALWAYS. As definitely foretold in Ezekiel 37:21 - 22 + Isaiah 66:8
Who hath heard such a thing? Who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. Israel became a recognized nation, actually “born in one day.”
1948 + 75 = 2023 !! The King in coming

FACTS

🟣1.Israel became a state in 1312 B.C.E., two millennia before Islam.
2.Arab refugees from Israel began calling themselves “Palestinians” in 1967, two decades after (modern) Israeli statehood in 1948.
🟢3.After conquering the land in 1272 B.C.E., Jews ruled it for a thousand years and maintained a continuous presence there for 3,300 years.
🟡4. The only Arab rule following conquest in 633 B.C.E. lasted just 22 years.
🟠5.For over 3,300 years, Jerusalem was the Jewish capital. It was *NEVER* the capital of any Arab or Muslim entity. Even under Jordanian rule, (East) Jerusalem was not made the singular capital, and no Arab leader came to visit it.
6. Jerusalem is mentioned over 700 times in the bible, but not once is it mentioned in the Muslim Qur’an.
7. King David founded Jerusalem; Mohammed never set foot in it.
8.Jews pray facing Jerusalem; Muslims face Mecca. If they are between the two cities, Muslims pray facing Mecca, with their backs to Jerusalem.
🟦9.In 1948, Arab leaders urged their people to leave, promising to cleanse the land of Jewish presence. 68% of them fled without ever setting eyes on an Israeli soldier.
🟥10. Virtually the entire Jewish population in the Muslim countries had to flee as the result of violence and pogroms.
🟧11. Some 630,000 Arabs left Israel in 1948, while close to a million Jews were forced to leave the Muslim countries.
🟨12.In spite of the vast territories at their disposal, Arab refugees were deliberately prevented from assimilating into their host countries. Of 100 million refugees following World War 2, they are the only group tohave never integrated with their co-religionists. Most of the Jewish refugees from Europe and Arab lands were settled in Israel,a country no larger than New Jersey, USA.
🟩13. There are 22 Arab Muslim countries, not counting Palestine. There is only one Jewish state.
️14. Fatah and Hamas constitutions still call for the destruction of Israel.
Israel ceded most of the west bank and all of Gaza to the Palestinian authority, and even provided it with arms.
️15.During the illegal Jordanian occupation (1948-1967), Jewish holy sites in east Jerusalem were vandalized and were off limits to Jews. After the Six Day War of 1967, east Jerusalem under Israeli rule was open to all Muslim and Christians & the holy sites of all the religions was accessible to all faiths.
🟣16. The Jordanians renamed Judea and Samaria, the Biblical heartland of Israel into its new name *West Bank* which is the English translation of the Arabic word *AD-ḌIFFAH L-ĠARBIYYAH* which the Jordanians used to demarcate lands (Judea & Samaria) that were on the West side of the Jordan River or West of the Kingdom of Jordan.
17.The Muslims used the U.N. to erase all mention of the Biblical name Judea and Samaria & adopted the new name West Bank which is used widely in the world today.
18. Out of 175 United Nations Security Council resolutions up to1990, more than 50% or 97 resolutions were against Israel; out of 690 UN General Assembly Resolutions, 429 Resolutions or more than 50% of all the UN General Assembly Resolutions condemned Israel alone out of all the 190+ member countries in the UN (Not counting UN condemnation against Israel in other bias UN Agencies).
️19. The U.N. was silent when the Jordanians destroyed 58 synagogues in the old city of Jerusalem between 1948 & 1967. It remained silent while Jordan systematically desecrated the ancient Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives, and it remained silent when Jordan enforced apartheid laws preventing Jews from accessing the Temple Mount and the Western Wall .
20. In December, 2018, the United States ambassador to the U.N. @Nikki Haley condemned the U.N. for condemning Israel over 700 times and not one single U.N. Resolution condemning Hamas by name, not even once.
🟣️️21. Arabs started all five major wars against Israel, and lost

Where does the Torah say that a Jewish man must wear a kippah?

The Aish Rabbi Replies
There is no source for it in the Torah, as it is not a Torah obligation. However, the importance of having one’s head covered is mentioned several times in the Talmud.

The most famous passage is Talmud Shabbat 156b. The mother of the future Torah scholar Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak was told by a soothsayer that her son would be a thief. Heeding his warning, she instructed her son to always have his head covered so that he will have the fear of Heaven upon him. She also told him to pray for God’s mercy. The son obeyed, though he never understood why this was so important to his mother.

One day Rav Nachman was sitting under a palm tree studying Torah and the top of his cloak slipped off his head. He was suddenly consumed with such an urge to steal that he immediately climbed the tree and bit off a cluster of dates.

A similar statement is found in Kiddushin 31a – that the scholar Rav Huna would never walk four cubits with his head uncovered since “the Divine Presence (Shechina) is above my head.”

Another early source states that one many not participate in synagogue services with his head uncovered (Massechet Soferim 14:15).

Although such early sources imply that wearing a kippah is a laudable custom and not a strict obligation (other than for Torah study and prayer), a number of more recent authorities argue that today it is much more akin to an obligation. For a further discussion of the rationale behind this see: Taz O.C. 2:8, Mishna Berurah 2:11, Shulchan Aruch HaRav 2, Yechaveh Da’at 4:1, Igrot Moshe O.C. I 1, Tzitz Eliezer 5:6.

As a result, religious Jewish men universally keep their heads covered at almost all times. However, there is room for leniency in cases of great need, such a person would lose his job if he would keep his head covered (Igrot Moshe O.C. IV 2).

We have several good articles on this topic. See these links:

https://www.aish.com/jl/m/pb/48949686.html

https://www.aish.com/ci/be/48901292.html

https://www.aish.com/jw/s/48930972.html

On a separate note, there is a common belief that the Yiddish word for kippah – yarmulke – is a combination of the words yerei malkah = “a fearer of the King” (being a combination of Hebrew and Aramaic), but this is not the belief of etymologists and is most likely a popular myth.

Zephaniah 2 (ASV) written approx 430BC
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⁴ For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation; they shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
⁵ Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea-coast, the nation of the Cherethites! The word of Jehovah is against you, O Canaan, the land of the Philistines; I will destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.

Who wrote the book?
In Zephaniah 1:1, the author introduces himself as “Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah.” Among the prophets, this is a unique introduction with its long list of fathers back to Zephaniah’s great-great grandfather, Hezekiah. So why stop with Hezekiah? Most likely, the prophet wanted to highlight his royal lineage as a descendant of one of Judah’s good kings. The reference to “this place” in Zephaniah 1:4 indicates that he prophesied in Jerusalem, while his many references to temple worship display a strong familiarity with Israel’s religious culture. All these factors paint the picture of a man who was at the center of Judah’s political and religious world, a man whose close proximity to those in power would have given his shocking message an even greater impact.

Elaine, chag sameyach! (Happy Holiday!)
Acts 2:1,4 And when the day of Pentecost (Shavuot) was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
In Israel, the celebration of Shavuot began last night. Most Christians would recognize this as the celebration of Pentecost in Acts 2. However, the very first Shavuot took place fifty days after the Israel crossed the Red Sea. It was on this day according to Jewish tradition that the law was given on tablets of stone.
Fifty days after the resurrection of Jesus, Shavuot was celebrated again when the Holy Spirit was poured out and the law of God became written upon the hearts of men. Just as God had promised in Ezekiel and in Jeremiah -- the law of God shall be written upon your heart.
Shavuot is both a celebration of the God's faithfulness in the early harvest and an anticipation of the abundance of the final harvest yet to come. Just as three thousand Jewish people came to faith in Messiah on this day a couple thousand years ago, the day will soon come when the fullness of the Gentiles will be completed and then "all of Israel shall be saved!"
Elaine, let's celebrate how the Lord has provided for us today and be assured that this is only a glimpse of our awaited home in glory -- a home that the Lord has spent thousands of years preparing for us!
Your family in the Lord with much agape love,
George, Baht Rivka, Obadiah and Elianna
(Dallas, Texas)