On the holiday of Shavuot, the 6th day of the month of Sivan, 3313 years ago, the entire Jewish nation received the Torah on Mount Sinai and heard the Ten commandments from God Himself. The Torah primarily presents the feast of Shavuot as a harvest festival, which represented the end of the barley harvest and the first fruits of the wheat harvest (Shemot / Ex 34:22; Bamidbar / Num 28:26; Devarim / Deut 16:10).[5] Later, Jewish tradition links Shavuot with the day Israel received the Torah at Sinai. Traditionally dairy products are often eaten because Song of Songs compares the Torah to milk — some stay awake all night in one long study session of the Torah. Generally Exodus (or at least the 10 commandments) are read along with the book of Ruth on this holy day. In Acts we learn Shavuot was the day the Ruach (Holy [...]
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We are entering the Hebrew month of Sivan – ראש חדש סיון. Since the last month had 29 days it is celebrated only one day this month which has 30 days. Sivan is the third month of the year as Torah describes it. The first day of Sivan the people encamped at Mt. Sinai preparing to rece ...
Maimonides in his Thirteen Principles of Faith, the ninth principle reads:"I believe with complete faith that this Torah will not be exchanged and there will be no other Torah from the Creator, blessed be His Name." He also wrote in The Laws of the King Mashiach: "If a king will arise from the House of David who delves deeply into th ...
Parsha Naso, is Bamidbar (Numbers) 4:21 – 7:89, and it is the longest single parsha in the Torah. This portion follows weeks of learning the Most High’s ways of holiness, being a community, family and relationships. As a coin as two sides and is recognized by either side, mitzvot (commandments) have both positive and n ...
(Ya’akov / James 1:22-25) Don’t deceive yourselves by only hearing what the Word says, but do it! For whoever hears the Word but doesn’t do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror, who looks at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But if a person looks closely into the perfect Torah ...
Ingredients: Desert, Water and Fire Thought, Speech, and Action Instructions: Mix well. Blend till no lumps and smooth consistency. Whip incorporating air for lightness. This week’s parsha is Bamidbar (Numbers) 1:1- 4:20 which is always read before Shavout. The giving of the Torah occurred in the desert, Bamidbar 1:1. Water is an image of Tor ...
Observing, Trembling, Trusting – Hearing and Knowing Our Redeemer Parsha Behar-Bechukotai (Leviticus 25:1-27:34) calls for decision, action pulling no punches. The Most High teaches the care of the land and it’s rest from Mt. Sinai before they entered the land. With the resting of the land comes the return of land, indentured servants ...
Weekly Sidra: Ki Tisa (when you lift up) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 30:1-34:35 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / Kings I 18:1-39 This Shabbat we read two portions, the weekly portion of Ki Tisa and a special portion for Parshat Parah (פרשת כי תיסע – פרה). ...
Yitro, Yithro, or Yisro (יתרו — Hebrew for “Jethro,” the second word and first distinctive word in the parshah) is the seventeenth weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fifth in the book of Exodus. It constitutes Shemot / Exodus 18:1–20:23. Jews in the Dias ...
Are freedom and commitment absolute opposites? How do I honor a decision in the face of changing emotions? These aren’t new questions. In Parsha Yitro, Shemot/ Exodus 18:1 – 20:23 the mixed multitude are hearing from the Most High again. Just as we encounter God in varying circumstances, the Israelites found a differen ...
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