Beth HaDerech; Messianic Jewish Congregation, Toronto, Canada

A Loving Creator – Parasha Pesach (Videos)

Chol HaMoed Pesach or Chol Ha-Moed Pesach (also transliterated from Hebrew as: Hol HaMoed Pesach or Hol Ha-Moed Pesach) refers to the intermediate or middle days of the Passover or Pesach festival as well as another Jewish festival, the autumn harvest festival of Sukkot. Literally-speaking, Chol HaMoed means "The Non-Holy Appointed Time" in Hebrew, where Chol means "Non-Holy" as opposed to "Kodesh" which means "Holy"; Ha means "The", and "Moed" means "appointed time." Our reading this Shabbat starts with the successful attempt by Moses to have God reconsider and have God come close again and lead the people through the wilderness. Let's read: So Moses carved two tablets of stone, like the first, and early in the morning he went up on Mount Sinai, as HaShem had commanded him, taking the two stone tablets with him. 5 HaShem came down in a cloud; He stood with him there, and proclaimed the name Yud Hey Vav Hey. 6 HaShem passed before him and proclaimed: "HaShem! HaShem! a God compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in kindness and faithfulness, 7 extending kindness to the thousandth generation, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin; yet He does not remit all punishment, but visits the iniquity of parents upon children and children's children, upon the third and fourth generations." 8 Moses hastened to bow low to the ground in homage, 9 and said, "If...