First Fruits of Zion

Let [wives] exhibit the beautiful behavior of purity, let them show an honest attitude of meekness; let them demonstrate the control they have over their tongue by the way they speak; let them display their love for others, not by showing favoritism just to best friends, but by showing the same...

Monday evening, November 10, begins the 23rd of Cheshvan which is the yahrzeit of Rabbi Daniel Zion, a holocaust-era hero and pioneer in incorporating faith in Messiah Yeshua with Orthodox Judasim...

We have several test groups running through the HaYesod program. We are blessed to hear the early feedback. This note from the Armbrust Family in Flint, MI was encouraging to me, I hope it is to you as well...

This month, and especially this week, brings the culmination of four years of work at FFOZ as we labor to put the final touches and last edits on the new HaYesod program. We will need your prayers. We need to sort through hundreds of details that remain...

One of the fun things about working at First Fruits of Zion is watching the publications take shape. I just got a peek at the early proofs for the new issue of Messiah Journal (Issue 102)...

No man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 3:11). The firm foundation of God stands. (2 Timothy 2:19) Jesus is the foundation of Christianity...

President Obama is definitely seen in religious terms: by some as a messiah-like figure, by others as the Antichrist...

I enjoy rabbinic literature. I am happy to curl up with a tractate of the Talmud the way many people are happy to curl up with a detective novel...

"While you preach against stealing, do you steal?" Romans 2:21 Not many of us would consider ourselves thieves--but perhaps there is an admonishment in Jewish wisdom that will guard our lives from sin, sharpen us, establish our testimonies, and build his kingdom...

Paul sums it up quite well "Without love I am nothing" teaching whatever we are doing, if we do not do it with selfless love, we do it in vain. ...I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing...

Shalom and Shanah Tovah! It's time to announce the winners for this year's 2009 Sukkah Contest! But, before we do, we'd like to thank everyone who participated. We were blessed and inspired by the creativity and energy that was put into keeping the mitzvah of dwelling in a sukkah...

At times I sigh when I have to start over. Currently there are several things in my life that I feel frustrated at the thought of beginning again. One is my running--I have to start over. After breaking my arm I could not run, I lost my base, and I now have to start over...

We are honored that our Vine of David republication of Paul Philip Levertoff's Love in the Messianic Age was reviewed in the current issue of Mishkan (Issue #60). Miskhan is a pre-eminent Messianic academic journal published by the Pasche Institute of Jewish Studies...

"The Torah of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul." That's a bold statement, but it seems a bit misguided! After all, isn't Jesus the restorer of our souls, rather than the Torah? Maybe King David said this because he didn't know Jesus...