Weekly Sidra: Yitro (Jetro) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 21:1-24:18 Haftorah: Yermiyahu / Jeremiah 34:8-22, 23:25-26 These are the rules that you shall set before them: 2 when you acquire a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years; in the seventh year he shall go free, without payment. (Shemot 21:1-2) This week’s reading deals with many rulings including how to treat a slave. The seventh year was called the Shemita (Hebrew: שמיטה , literally "release"), also called the Sabbatical Year. An aspect of Shemita concerns debts and loans. When the Shemita year ends, personal debts which are due during that year are considered nullified and forgiven. Many people do not find much relevance to this passage because we cannot relate to slavery in our modern day concept. I think it is important to note that slavery in biblical times was not the same as the slavery that many equate with [...]
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Weekly Sidra: Tazria-Metzora (Conceived-Leper) Torah Portion: Vayikra / Leviticus 12:1-15:33 Haftorah: Melachim Bet / II Kings 7:3-7:20 There were four men, lepers, outside the gate. They said to one another, "Why should we sit here waiting for death? If we decide to go into the town, what with the famine in the town, we shall d ...
The writer of this article is not a believer in Maran Yeshua. Never the less his insights about Mashiach are well worth reading. HaShem gave to the Jewish people insight on His ways and how He truly operates, even if they may not understand it completely. We must remember that they are not rejecting Maran Yeshua the Rabbi, the Pharisee, the Zionist ...
Yosef played a big role in saving many lives from the famine. He revealed his identity to his brothers, and called his father to join him in Egypt. Ya’akov delivered a final blessing to each son. Families today gather to welcome the Shabbat. The Father lays his hands on the children and blesses them. to the girls he says "May God make yo ...
Weekly Sidra: Tazria (she conceived) Torah Portion: Vayikra / Leviticus 14:1-15:33 Haftorah: Melachim Bet / Kings II 7:3-20 There were four men, lepers, outside the gate. They said to one another, "Why should we sit here waiting for death? 4 If we decide to go into the town, what with the famine in the town, we shall die there; ...
Weekly Sidra: Terumah (Gift) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 25:1-27:19 Haftorah: Yeshayahu / Isaiah 66:1-24 Terumah (תרומה — Hebrew for "gift" or “offering,” the twelfth is the nineteenth weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the seventh in the book o ...
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