Rabbi Jim Appel Interview

It was a fabulous day in the studio as I once more welcomed Rabbi Jim Appel to the program.  Rabbi Jim has been the spiritual leader of Congregation Shema Yisrael since 1996 and a Jewish follower of Yeshua since 1977. He is ordained by the International Alliance of Messianic Congregations and Synagogues.
Rabbi Jim previously worked for Xerox Corporation in Webster, N.Y., for 24 years as an optical engineer and engineering manager. He holds more than 45 patents in the areas of copier imaging systems and laser printing. Rabbi Jim received a bachelor's degree in optical engineering from the University of Rochester in 1967 and a master's degree in physics from the University of Southern California in 1970.
Rabbi Jim decided to follow Yeshua after a long spiritual search. He grew up with parents who taught him that God did not exist and organized religion deceived and oppressed people. In 1967 after completing college, Jim became disillusioned with life as an atheist. He rejected his parent's teachings and began his search for spiritual reality. This search took him into the world of mind-altering drugs and yoga meditation, and ended with a dramatic encounter with Yeshua the Messiah, who revealed himself to Rabbi Jim in the privacy of his bedroom without the assistance of any other person.

Today Rabbi Jim discussed the "blood moons" - what is their spiritual significance and what has happened in the past during these eclipses.   Plus you'll enjoy some great Passover music from Nancy Santiago, Sue Samuel, Michelle Gold, Rachel Boskey, House of Peace, the Schleps and Jonathan Settel.

Passover 2012

Passover is that wonderful time of year where I remember my delight to realize all the parallels there are between Yeshua - the pure unblemished lamb - and the Passover lamb whose blood on the doorposts saved the first-born Israelites from death. Yeshua was the pure unblemished lamb whose blood spares us from eternal death. The Last Supper was a Passover Seder. The disciples were Jewish. When you look at the matzoh you will see bruises, stripes and piercings. And during the seder there is a time where the middle matzoh is broken, wrapped in a linen napkin, and later is redeemed for a prize. Ah, it all makes sense!!! Enjoy this Passover program with special music by Nancy Santiago, Joel Chernoff, Sue Samuel, Sharon Wilbur and Michelle Gold.