Mishnah Snapshots

#5 ✡ Brachot 1:1

• Is the "greatest commandment" talked about in the Mishnah?
• Does Gamaliel show up anywhere in Jewish history?
• How are Paul's "Maranatha" and "Rabban" related terms?
• How does "Acts" of the Apostles mean legal precedents?
• Are the Karaites right about the "takanot and ma'asim of the Rabbis"?
• Did other Rabbis call their disciples sons/children or just Yeshua?
• Why is Rabbinic literature called "Chazal", what's that acronym mean?
• What's an example of building a fence around the Torah?

#6 ✡ Brachot 1:3-2:2

• Who were the greatest sages in Jerusalem when Yeshua was a boy?
• What kinds of things did Hillel and Shammai disagree about?
• Why do Jewish people say "C.E." instead of "A.D."?
• How old are the traditional blessings said before/after the Shema?
• The Talmud says Messiah was supposed to come 2000 years ago!
• What do you take the yoke of the Kingdom of Heaven?
• Was Paul alone in his emphasis on the basics of faith and love?

#7 ✡ Brachot 2:3-3:1

• How are the Exodus and fulfilling the Torah connected in Hebrew?
• Any tips from the sages to Hebrew newbies?
• Did the early Jerusalem church pray the Eighteen Blessings prayer?
• Did you know the prayer for Messiah's coming says "Yeshuah" three times?
• Why did Yeshua say "when you stand praying" versus sitting or kneeling?
• Did the Master approve of the literal application of phylacteries?
• If "phylactery" is a Greek word what's the Hebrew equivalent?

#8 ✡ Brachot 3:4-5:1 

• Does Mishnah distinguish between Rabbinic tradition and Torah commands?
• Was the early church's "hour of prayer" during Jewish "Mincha"
• How were Jewish and Romans ways of keeping time different?
• Did the Sages only do fast fixed prayers as is usually done today?
• Did the apostle John call God "Hashem"?
• How do Hasidic Jews and Gentiles show up in the Mishnah and NT?
• What does it mean that God is "the Place"/Omnipresent/Context?

#9 ✡ Brachot 5:5-7:3 

• Why are Jews quicker to understand the apostolic than Christians?
• What were the blessings Yeshua said before bread and wine?
• Is John 1:1's "created all things" from the Jewish blessing for food?
• What are the seven yummy species that put Israel on the map?
• What's an example of synagogue liturgy from Messiah's time?

#10 ✡ Brachot 6:8-8:6

• Why do we look at our fingernails for Judaism's prettiest ritual?
• Why did they only count the men at the feeding of the 5000?
• How did the prayer go that the Master said after eating?
• What did our Rabbi pray with his disciples before the Festivals?
• Why do Jews say Kiddush before Shabbat and Jewish holidays?

#11 ✡ Brachot 8:8-9:4

• Where did Christians learn to say "amen" to people's prayers?
• Why were Samaritans called COOTIES in Hebrew?
• What should I say at Jewish weddings and funerals?
• What are some simple and profound principles of Jewish prayer?
• How does being Hebrew mean making babies?

#12 ✡ Peah 1:1-2:6

• How does the Hebrew word for "helpmate" mean EQUAL TO?
• Is it ok to call Rabbi Yeshua "Abba"?
• What does "in the naaaaame of Jesus" actually mean?
• How was Gamaliel famous not just in the NT but in the Mishnah?
• When were the historical eras in the transition of Torah tradition?

#13 ✡ Peah 4:4-8:9

• If God wants you, why is he hiding from you?
• Why did Yeshua curse the fig tree when it wasn't even fig season?
• Ever notice the Hebrew wordplay in Peter's second epistle?
• How did they implement "corners of the field" in the time of Jesus?
• Why does Midrashic interpretation only work in Hebrew?

#14 ✡ Demai 2:1-Kilayim 1:1

• Did Yeshua agree with the Mishnah on cumin tithing?
• Why did the Pharisees separate themselves from the common people?
• Simon Peter had the power to bind and loose...what?
• Were wheat and tares an illegal mixture, or just dumb? 
• How are tares related to sexual immorality?

#15 ✡ Kilayim 2:5-8:6

• Surprised to hear the old Hebrew word for hemp is...cannabus?
• Where is the broad road/narrow path dichotomy in Jewish law?
• Why is betrothal pictured by vines trained together and intertangling?
• What kind of vibe did parties in ancient Israel have?
• What are some wild and domesticated animal names in Hebrew?

#16 ✡ Kilayim 7:1-9:9

• Did you know "blessed" through Abraham also means "grafted in"?
• Should you throw away your cotton/polyester underwear?
• Is "Our Father who art in Heaven" a phrase used in Jewish prayer?
• Did Paul get the concept of "dead not under the law" from the Mishnah?
• Where is "practicing your righteousness in secret" in Jewish law?

#17 ✡ Shvi'it 1:1-1:6

• Do you struggle with shame? Here's the story your heart needs to hear. 
• Why is it ok to call the Day of Trumpets "Rosh Hashanah"?
• In Hebrew fig trees either get harvested, or cursed...sound familiar? 
• Feel the beautiful symmetry of day starts in the evening, year starts in the fall?
• How is it prophetic that the word for Shavuot/Weeks/Pentecost means "stop"?

#18 ✡ Shvi'it 2:2-4:2

• Is something piercing your heart? Here's some encouragement.
• How is the meaning of "Bethphage" chillingly prophetic?
• Why are Jews are more comfortable with debates than Christians?
• Did Paul get his field and building analogies from the Mishnah? 
• Is there evidence the countup to Pentecost doesn't start on Sunday?

#19 ✡ Shvi'it 8:5-10:9

• What was nailed to the cross and done away with? The Torah?
• How does it feel to hear these legal terms Yeshua used to say "you're mine"?
• How is Hebrew all about crossing over to the other side, the great beyond?
• What kind of racial dynamics did Jesus and his followers face?
• How do barbers, scribes, and God all do the same job?

#20 ✡ Terumot 2:3-11:10

• Why do Messianic Jews say immerse instead of baptize?
• Is it true that Judaism is legalistic and focused on externals?
• What does it mean that Jesus is our Rabbi? Like teacher?
• Could this Hebrew wordplay in the New Testament move you to tears?
• How is discipleship all about lifestyle and habits?

#21 ✡ Ma'asrot 4:5 & Ma'aser Sheni 1:1-4:11

• Rabbi Jesus talked about tithing dill, just like other Rabbis
• Dwell and pledge are the same Hebrew word...think Holy Spirit
• In Judaism God and Jerusalem are both called "the Place"
• Paul got his idea of "reckoning yourself dead" from a deep Hebrew insight
• Want to see more of the glory of God in your life? Here's how.

#22 ✡ Ma'aser Sheni 5:1-5:15, Challah

• Is it true you shouldn't keep Torah if you can't keep it all perfectly? 
• How much do you know about the years between Malachi and Matthew? 
• What does the name "Iscariot" actually mean? What's Judas' backstory?
• Ever eaten Challah? Did you know there's an entire Tractate about it?
• Yom tov is a traditional Jewish name for Festival sabbaths

#23 ✡ Orlah 2:4-Bikkurim 2:6

• Why I wish I had these lessons when I started studying Torah
• Hebrew wordplay in Yeshua's teachings telling you to be your spicy self!
• Israel had ninjas way before Japan, except they were called "Sicarii"
• Jewish prayer and "Inclusion theology" in the Mishnah and New Testament
• The Hebrew word for "hermaphrodite" isn't actually a Hebrew word

#24 ✡ Bikkurim 3:2-3:9

• Full-colour depiction of how the Firstfruits were brought to Jerusalem
• Who's King Agrippa and why is he in the Mishnah and the book of Acts?
• Vilifying the "takanot" of the Rabbis is misinformed at best, here's why
• Surnames like Sagan and Nanos are old Hebrew words from the Mishnah
• How is a wicker basket a picture of Messiah and his followers?