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September and High Holy Days Calendar, Click HERE Welcome to the Kansas City Torah Connection! Yeshua had 12 apostles. Peter and Andrew were fishermen. James and John, the "sons of thunder," were sons of Zebedee. They, too, were fisherman. James and John were possibly related to the high priest, through Salome, their mother. Matthew was of a highly despised class being a tax collector. Phillip and Nathanael appear to have been scholars. There was another James, son of Alpheus, and also Thaddeus. There was Thomas, the doubter. The other Simon was a zealot (a rebel if you will). And finally, there was Judas, in Hebrew--Judah--who was the one who betrayed. What does all of this mean? You would think that if Yeshua was going to put together a ministry team, he would have put together a team of like minded, Torah observant, well-to-do Jewish scholars to walk into the Temple, declaring with the appropriate proofs that He was in fact the Jewish Messiah. Instead, He chose 12 misfits, men prone to depression, greed, arrogance, betrayal, self-promotion, and all other sorts of ungodly characteristics. With these men, he established a movement that changed the world. The Kansas City Torah Connection is not a place, an organization, or even a unified type of denomination. You will not find a clearinghouse of consistent teachings that agree with each other. There is no codified set of statements that comprise what we believe. What you will find is a debate that shows many of our efforts and struggles with our proclamation of Yeshua the Messiah, the King of Israel. We are less concerned with what people believe. Our beliefs do not seem to unify us. We disagree with lots of people, and most often, we disagree with even ourselves. Individuals often do not agree with himself or herself. No, we are unified by WHAT WE DO. Our good deeds, our "mitzvot" bind us together as we help each other and learn to love each other, even as we learn to love our enemies. It is not our BELIEF in the proclamation of Yeshua as described in Torah that unites us. It is our LIVING OUT of Torah in the manner of Yeshua the Messiah. Much like the 12 apostles were not unified on their own, but were unified in Yeshua, so too are our small groups throughout the Kansas City area unified. We are not the same, but we have the same God. Our individual works and ministries are not the same, but we stand together in obeying our King. Our purpose is fulfill two great commandments: To love the Adonai our G-d with all of our hearts, minds, and strength. And also, to love our neighbors as ourselves. This is the main motivation for this web site and for many of these groups. If you are a small group leader or congregational leader and would like to have a link on this page, please e-mail a message to rob@kctorahconnection.com. The system administrator will contact you and give you more information. Check back for updates. We'll be seeing you soon. ***************************************************************** The Weekly Torah Portion for Week of August 29-September 4:
Nitzavim
/ Vayelech-
נצבים /
וילך :
"You are
standing" The History in the book of Acts, part 1: click here. ***************************************************************** Two new Torah Study times in Kansas: 1. Friday evening, 6:30 PM Join Shawnee Jewish Roots for Erev Shabbat Torah Study, using FFOZ Torah study materials. Contact roger@kctorahconnection.com for more information. 2. Saturday evening Join Antioch Jewish Roots @ Antioch Family Worship Center, 6:30 PM Contact russ@kctorahconnection.com for more information. New Shabbat morning worship in Parkville, MO. HaDerekh Chaim, 8501 Parkville, MO @ New Covenant Baptist Church. 10:00 am worship, 11:30 Oneg, 1:00 Torah Study. Contact rob@kctorahconnection.com for more information. *****************************************************************
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**************************************************** Torah Blog Participate in the weekly Torah discussion at: http://haderekh-chaim.blogspot.com/ In this Torah discussion, Rob has put the Torah portion for the week on the front page. As you read the Torah portion for the week, check back at this web site and post comment. Either ask a question, post a response to a question, or simply give your own drash. Do this by pushing "post a comment." This is a great place for us to learn from one another! Hebrew and Worship Videos For Hebrew
lessons and
other video
uploads, go to:
http://www.youtube.com/user/haderekhchaimvideos
For those
interested in
beginning to
read in Hebrew,
these lessons
begin with
learning the
alef-bet in song
and how to write
the letters.
Soon, there will
be videos that
will take the
learner through
Gensis chapter 1
and Hebrew
vocabulary.
Happy learning! A Quote
from Rambam: "In
talks about
Torah or other
works of the
wise, brevity
should prevail
and context
should dominate.
This is what our
sages meant in
their message:
'A Teacher must
choose to limit
the length of
his lesson.
When there is an
abundance of
words and a
dearth of
content, there
is abject
stupidity.'" |
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