Page 101 - Attractive Deception - The False Hope of the Hebrew Roots Movement

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Much could be said about the hem of the garment, but I will be brief as I want to conclude this subject
on the tefillin, tallit, and tzitzit. Understanding the significance in ancient cultures to the hem of the
garment and the status of the wearer, we can understand its association with the glory, or rank of the
individual. There are accounts in the New Testament of people being healed as they merely touched
the hem of Yahshua’a garment. Symbolically, they touched His glory. When the woman with the
issue of blood touched Christ’s hem and was instantly healed, Yahshua did not immediately know
who had touched Him, but he sensed that “dunamis” or “miraculous power” had gone out from Him
at her touch. Such marvels were prophesied of the Savior in the Old Testament, though the message
is obscured due to some poor translations.

Malachi 4:2
But to you who fear My name the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings (kanaph
- literally “borders”)...

Malachi prophesied that the Son of God would have healing in His “borders,” which is to say, the
hem of His garment. Strong’s Concordance defines this word in the following manner.

OT:3671
kanaph (kaw-nawf'); from OT:3670; an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing,
(of a garment or bed-clothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle.

Although this word is appropriately understood as a reference to a bird’s wings in some passages, this
is not always the case.

Exodus 19:4-5
“You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings (kanaph) and
brought you to Myself.”

Numbers 15:37-38
Again Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel: Tell them to make fringes
on the borders (kanaph) of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a blue thread in
the fringes of the borders (kanaph).”

The same word used in Numbers to denote borders of the garment is the word Malachi used when
speaking of the Messiah having healing in His borders. Some have speculated that the woman with
the issue of blood touched the tzitzit which Yahshua likely wore in fulfillment of the Biblical
commandment. This seems to be a defensible view.

What we do not find in the Scriptures is instruction on the actual construction of the tzitzit other than
the instruction that they include a blue thread. There is no mention of the number of threads to be
used, how they are to be knotted, or how many knots they are to have. Where the Bible is silent we
once again find the rabbis rushing in to fill the gap. Their added instructions have a Luciferian
significance.

Though many methods exist, the one that gained the widest acceptance can be described as follows: