Passage

Romans 7

• Glossary Term

  Holy

  Deeply shared vocabulary (Kadosh Baruch Hu, 'the Holy One, Blessed be He,' a common Jewish name for God).

  ROM.7.12

• Glossary Term

  Holy Spirit

  CRITICAL: a genuine, positive Tanakh phrase (God's Spirit inspiring the prophets), but mainstream Rabbinic tradition holds two claims that must both be addressed: the Ruach HaKodesh functions as an impersonal divine influence rather than a distinct Person, and (per the Talmud, Yoma 9b) it 'departed from Israel' with the death of the last prophets.

  ROM.7.12

• Doctrine

  Sanctification

  Must not evoke the specific Kiddush wine-blessing ritual; this is the Spirit's ongoing work of moral transformation, not a liturgical ceremony.

  ROM.7.12

• Glossary Term

  Sanctification

  קידוש (Kiddush) is overwhelmingly recognized as the specific Shabbat/holiday wine blessing ritual in everyday Jewish life; using it here would evoke that ceremony rather than the Spirit's ongoing moral transformation.

  ROM.7.12

• Doctrine

  Thanksgiving

  Strong positive overlap with Jewish liturgy (the Hallel psalms).

  ROM.7.25

• Glossary Term

  Thanksgiving

  Strong positive overlap with Jewish liturgy (the Hallel psalms' 'Hodu LaShem ki tov').

  ROM.7.25