What is wrong with writing something on our doorposts to remind us each time we enter that our home is
dedicated to YHWH and His way of life? What is wrong with carrying something on our person that causes
us to have the instruction (Torah) of YHWH always in our mind and heart? Just do not let the method
become a replacement for the desired end result, and do not allow your person to become a vehicle for
pagan symbols.
There is much prayer and study that needs to be done concerning these issues. Our instruction book is the
Holy Scriptures. Each individual Believer needs go before YHWH in a proper spirit and ask Him to show
them what is fitting and proper for them in this age. Only then will we ―grow in grace and knowledge‖.
Nothing in Jewish life is more hallowed than the saying of these words.
YHWH‘s name―The reverence of the Jewish people for the name of God is well known. Most English Bible's today translate
"Yahweh", the Tetragrammaton, as "Lord" (the Hebrew word "Adonai") in conformance with Rabbinical
custom. To the Jewish people, God's name is holy and sanctified - to even crumple a piece of paper with
God's name written on it is desecration.
With the Shema the Jew sanctifies God's name. It has become his inspiration and last fervent confession.
This one sentence, selected out of the 4875 verses of the Torah has become Judaism's greatest contribution
to the religious thought of mankind, and its eternal confession of faith.‖ (The Jewish Shema By David M.
Williams ([email protected]))
We should call YHWH by His name, period! There is overwhelming Scripture proving this.
―SHEMA Israel YHWH elohaynu YHWH echad‖
―Hear, O Israel: YHWH our God is one YHWH‖
22:39 Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself―And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.‖
As said in the explanation in verse 38, the entire Torah presents itself in commandments toward YHWH and
toward fellow man. The latter are of almost equal importance as our fellow man is made in the image of
YHWH.
22:40-46 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets―(40) On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. (41) While the Pharisees were
gathered together, Jesus asked them, (42) Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto
him, The Son of David. (43) He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, (44) The
LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? (45) If David then
call him Lord, how is he his son? (46) And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man
from that day forth ask him any more questions.‖
This teaching (verses 37-40) is reflective of the thought of Rabbi Hillel as well as Paul (see Glossary section
for more info on Rabbi Hillel):
Talmud, Mas. Shabbath 31a: "What is hateful to you, do not to your neighbour: that is the whole Torah, while
the rest is the commentary thereof; go and learn it.‖
(8) ―Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
(9) For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear
false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in
this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
(10) Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.‖ (Rom 13:8-10)
Y‘shua, Hillel, and Paul never taught that the Law of Moses is "done away with" and replaced by some
emotional concept of "love". However, much of Christianity, in the name of the Messiah, says that the Law of
Moses is thrown out and all we need now is this kind of "love". Puny! What happened to our rich heritage
that YHWH intended for us?