Is the Torah the Hebrew Bible? Is the Torah the Hebrew Scriptures? What is the Torah? The Torah is the primary document of Judaism. Torah, which means “teaching”, is God’s revealed instructions to the Jewish People. It teaches Jews how to act, think and even feel about life and death.
Tora: Bereshit / Gen. 44,18-47,27 Haftarà: Yejezkel / Ez. 37,15-28 I nostri Maestri riflettono molto sulla parola ‘vaigash’, con la quale si apre la Parashà e dalla quale prende appunto il nome. Potremmo tradurre come “e si appressò” o “e si avvicinò” o ancora “e si appropinquò”. Il termine indica appunto tanto un avvicinamento fisico verso un oggetto o una persona di grande importanza quanto un momento attivo di preparazione. Infatti, nella parashà di Vaigash si parla di Josef, ed un episodio che descrive – da una parte – la disperazione di un uomo equo come Josef, e dall’altra descrive l’amore per il padre ed infatti – non potendo più controllare le proprie emozioni – Josef scoppia in un incontrollabile pianto e dice ai suoi fratelli: “Io sono Josef, mio padre è ancora vivo? Ed i suoi fratelli non poterono rispondere perché erano stati presi dal panico”. Josef [...]
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Bereshit: (Genesi) 41 – 44:17 B’midbar: (Numeri) 7:24-35 Haftarà: Zaccaria 2:14-4:7 Un peccato non intenzionale è un peccato di cui non siamo consapevoli di averlo commesso. Non avendo conoscenza di un peccato che commettiamo, non vuol dire che HaShem non consideri il peccato come trasgressione. Il peccato è una tra ...
What does Chanukah mean? The word "Chanukah" means "dedication". The holiday celebrates the re-dedication of the Temple in 165 B.C.E., after the Maccabee family and their followers recaptured the Temple Mount from the Syrians. How is Chanukah spelled? Unfortunately for internet search engines, there is no standard English spelli ...
En el año 3622 de nuestro calendario, el Beit Hamikdash esta usurpado por el ímpio goberante griego de nombre Antiocus, el cual comenzó a promulgar resoluciones y decretos que constreñian a nuestro pueblo a asimilar la cultura, filosofía y creencias de la idolatría helénica. De tal manera, que entre ...
Introduction Four books, none of which is in the Hebrew Bible but all of which appear in some manuscripts of the Septuagint. The book is like a fearful peal of thunder echoing out of the dim horrors of ancient tyranny. It is a chapter based on persecution by Antiochus, the tyrant of Syria, whom some called Epiphanes, The Madman. Roman history of th ...
In parasha Vayetze we are passing from the individual to the collective. In the past, we see the call of Abraham as an individual to whom God made a promise; we move to the individual Isaac, the father of Jacob and Esau. It is through Jacob that the promise made to Abraham would be fulfilled in the building of the nation of Israel throu ...
Weekly Sidra: Vayishlach (he sent) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 32:4-36:43 Haftorah: Obadiah 1:1-1:21 One of the most interesting passages in this week’s portion is by Jacob wrestling with “a man” (32:25-32) “Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the break of dawn. 26 When he saw t ...
Weekly Sidra: Vayetze (and he left) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 28:10-32:3 Haftorah: Hosea / Hosea 11:7-12:12 This week’s portion (29:32-30:24) lists the birth of all of Jacob’s sons except for Benjamin. His birth is recorded in next week’s portion (35:16-18) followed by the complete listing (35:23 ...
When one studies rabbinic ideas of the Messiah one comes upon a very curious idea: Messiah is a Leper! Where does this idea come from? We’ll tell you below, but first consider some of the rabbinic references speaking from the Biblical text Yeshayahu / Isaiah 53. Babylonian Talmud: "The Messiah –what is his name?…The Rabbis sa ...
מעין עולם הבא Meein Olam ha Ba, Iom Shabat Menujá "Una muestra del Mundo Venidero, el día Shabat de descanso". La palabra meein tal como la pronunciamos se entiende como "sabor de…" y se refiere a la experiencia del Shabat como microcosmos de l ...
Weekly Sidra: Toledot (Generations) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 25:19-28:9 Haftorah: Malachi 1:1 – 2:7 This week we see a dilemma in the fact that Isaac loves Esau, but Rebecca loved Jacob. Each twin wanted the blessing, but neither parent could agree as to who deserves to be blessed. God reveals Himself ...
Weekly Sidra: Chayei Sarah (Sarah’s life) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 23:1-25:18 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / Kings I 1:1-31 This portion called Chayei Sarah means Sarah lived yet it begins her burial. It was never our custom to celebrate birthdays but to remember the day of the death of our loved ones, represent ...
Weekly Sidra: VaYera / And he appeared Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 18:1-22:24 Haftorah: Melachim Bet / Kings II 4:1-4:23 My intention is to bring people together without the imposition of the dogmas of any religion. Religious people debate back and forth but I am not interested in debating; my desire is to bring us back t ...
Weekly Sidra: Chayei Sarah (Sarah’s life) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 23:1-25:18 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / Kings I 1:1-31 Among the many events which take place in this week’s portion is that Abraham asks his servant to get a wife for Isaac from among his kin. The Torah says: “and I will make you swear b ...
When our Rabbi, Maran Yeshua HaMashiach was crucified the earth shook and the veil of the temple was rent from top to bottom. Surely this had significance, along with the strange miracles surrounding the temple after his death. During 200 years before 30 CE, when the high priest picked up one of the lots, again the selection was governed by chance. ...
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