I don’t know how I ended up at a Jewish website this morning but I began to read about keeping the Sabbath and how to keep a Passover that falls on the Sabbath.
It was all very tediously executed and for once I may understand what Jesus said to the religious leaders of His day, “For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.” Matt 23:4
I think any Jew that finds the freedom in Christ would find a great burden lifted off their shoulders.
As I continued reading I notice a blessing for Torah at the top of the page, so I clicked on it.
It said, “Blessed are You, Hashem our G-d, King of the universe, Who has made us holy through His commandments, and commanded us to actively study Torah.”
Who is Hashem?
That took Google for me to know.
In conversation, many Jewish people, even when not speaking Hebrew, will call God “Hashem”, which is Hebrew for “the Name”.
This comes from Leviticus 24:11, And the Israelite woman’s son blasphemed the name of the LORD and cursed; and so they brought him to Moses.
“The Name” in Hebrew is hashem.
How sad it is to me that they know His name and are too afraid to call upon it and yet I respect how much the Jews revere His name while our society banters “the Name” around so easily.
A Jew named Peter realized the truth about “the Name” and taught that “the Name” is Jesus; Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12
Aren’t you glad you have the freedom to call on His Name!