by Marlena Tanya Muchnick | Sep 27, 2012 | LDS and Jewish beliefs
…In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and you shall not do any work … For on that day he shall provide atonement for you to cleanse you from all your sins before the L-RD. -Leviticus 16:29-30 < This year the...
by Marlena Tanya Muchnick | Sep 15, 2012 | LDS and Jewish beliefs
Rosh Hashanah (Head of the Year) begins in the evening of Sunday, September 16, 2012, and ends in the evening of Tuesday, September 18, 2012. Today I am quoting Rabbi Brad Hirschfield who published this just today: The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, isn’t just for...
by Marlena Tanya Muchnick | Sep 3, 2012 | LDS and Jewish beliefs
Until I joined the LDS church I had never heard of the Election of Grace. Jews do not teach of it per se, but it is mentioned in Talmud and expressed to a large degree in Torah as the Abrahamic Covenant. What are the main elements of that covenant? It is...
by Marlena Tanya Muchnick | Aug 22, 2012 | LDS and Jewish beliefs
When I was a child my parents told me I was a Jew and they raised me in an environment that personified a Jewish-oriented life experience. This can be said of each Jew raised in that particular faith, whether Orthodox, Conservative, Reform or with no particular...
by Marlena Tanya Muchnick | Aug 11, 2012 | LDS and Jewish beliefs
As Mormons, we know why the Jewish people need us. But why do Jews need the Saints? I wish to give you six reasons. 1. The Savior read the Hebrew bible and preached his wisdom from it. His Hebrew name is Yeshua, meaning “he who makes free”. Though not an ordained...
