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Whenever you visit me in my study, you may ask any questions you may have, and which you think I might be able to answer.  If I do not have an immediate answer, I will research your question and respond at a later date.

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Questions (Click on hyperlinks for answers):

1. Unless I'm confused or mistaken, the rabbinical rationale for separating meat from dairy is from the Biblical commandment to not cook a "kid in its mother's milk."   If that is the case, why is chicken (poultry) included as "meat" under this law? (submitted by Stephen P.)
   
2. In my readings (in much of this area I am self-taught by study and reading) I find two divergent beliefs regarding Non-Jews. On the one hand, some sincere Lovers of God say there are "two sets of rules" and refer to the Non-Jewish one by the term "Noachdic laws." On the other hand, other trustworthy Lovers of God say (as we have to this point held) that we have been made one. The additional problem with the second stance is a further diverging of thought: some see all Believers as free from "rules", especially rabbinic ones; some see us as candidates to follow the 613 rules plus rabbinic ones. HELP. (submitted by Stephen B.)
   
3. My local congregation has been celebrating the Year of Jubilee since June 1998, declaring that this is our year of Jubilee.  Please explain to me if Christians should celebrate this year as the year of Jubilee.  The Bible says that Jesus came in the volume of the Book that He fulfilled the law.  Please explain:  Did Yeshua fulfill the Feast of Trumpets (Jubilee) declaring every year to be a year of Jubilee to all who have accepted His Finished work? (submitted by John F.)