Weekly Sidra: Behar (On the Mount) Torah Portion: Leviticus / Vayikra 25:1-26:2 Haftorah: Yermiyahu / Jeremiah 32:6 – 27 Jeremiah said: The word of the Lord came to me: 7 Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, will come to you and say, "Buy my land in Anathoth, for you are next in succession to redeem it by purchase." 8 And just as the Lord had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the prison compound and said to me, "Please buy my land in Anathoth, in the territory of Benjamin; for the right of succession is yours, and you have the duty of redemption. Buy it." Then I knew that it was indeed the word of the Lord. (Yeremiyahu 32:6-8) This week’s Torah portion deals with our relationship to the land God has given us. There are two important concepts here. First we have the Shemita year. This is where we [...]
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The Sabbath (or Shabbat, as it is called in Hebrew) is one of the best known and least understood of all Jewish observances. People who do not observe Shabbat think of it as a day filled with stifling restrictions, or as a day of prayer like the Christian Sabbath. But to those who observe Shabbat, it is a precious gift from God, a day of great joy ...
Q: Why is the Torah called The Law? Does it teach legalism? A: The Torah is called The Law simply due to a translation from one language to another. The Tanach was written in Hebrew. The translation goes from the Hebrew word Torah (teaching) to the closest word in the Greek Nomos and then to the English Law. In our Western culture, the word law in ...
For lo! That day is at hand, burning like an oven. All the arrogant and all the doers of evil shall be straw, and the day that is coming — said the Lord of Hosts — shall burn them to ashes and leave of them neither stock nor boughs. 20 But for you who revere My name a sun of victory shall rise to bring healing. You shall go forth and st ...
At a time where Zionism is defamed and slandered, this article sets out the truth. I am a Zionist. I believe that the Jewish people established itself in the Land of Israel, albeit somewhat late. Had it listened to the alarm clock, there would have been no Holocaust, and my dead grandfather – the one I was named after – would have been ...
And he (i.e., Maran Rabbeinu Yeshua King Messiah) came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and, as his custom was, he went into the Synagogue on the Shabbat / Sabbath day, and stood up for to read" [Luke 4:16]. The reading and the studying of the Holy Scriptures have always played an important role in Jewish congregational lifestyle and ...
Shabbat (Hebrew: שַׁבָּת, Modern Shabbat Tiberian Šabbāṯ, Ashkenazi pronunciation: Shabbos, Yiddish: שבת, IPA: [ʃabəs], in English: the Sabbath, "rest" or "cessation") is the seventh day of the Jewish week and a day of rest in Judaism. On Sha ...
From out of the sea of mitzvot it is the Shabbat that God has chosen to elevate and make of supreme importance to us as a people. Of all the commands He chose the Shabbat as the sign of His covenant with us. What is the summary of His pact with us? It isn’t just acknowledging HaShem as our God, refraining from murder and abominations, b ...
Q: Why is the Torah called The Law? Does it teach legalism? A: The Torah is called “The Law” simply due to a translation from one language to another. The Tanach (Jewish Hebrew Bible) was written in Hebrew (the holy tongue). The translation goes from the Ivrit (Hebrew) word “Torah” (“teaching”) to the closest wor ...
When we present God’s holy law, And arguments from scripture draw, objectors say, to pick a flaw, ‘It’s Jewish.’ Though at the first the Eternal One blessed be He sanctified His day of rest, the same belief is still expressed, ‘It’s Jewish.’ Though with the world this rest began, And thence through all Scri ...
I’ll be sharing a cornucopia of plentiful Sukkot delights over the next 8 days or so. I do hope you keep the Feast in love with family and friends. If you are Jewish and have not discovered the joys of this most merry aspect of your heritage, I hope to be an encouragement. If you are a Christian and wish to join with Israel in some aspects of ...
First reading this year: Vayelech, Vayeilech, VaYelech, Va-yelech, Vayelekh, Va-yelekh, or Vayeleh (וילך — Hebrew for "then he went out", the first word in the parshah) is the 52nd weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the ninth in the book of Deuteronomy. It constitut ...
Shabbat brings in a new month Rosh Chodesh Tammuz this week. Each month has a place in the Jewish calendar and significance spiritually. Tammuz is the fourth month. It is of Babylonian origin as are all of the Jewish months’ names. In this case Tammuz was an idol. This foreshadows problems of idol worship a ...
In leap years (for example, 2011, 2014, and 2016), parshah Acharei is read separately on the 29th Sabbath after Simchat Torah. In common years (for example, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2018), parshah Acharei is combined with the next parshah, Kedoshim, to help achieve the needed number of weekly readings. This year is not a leap year, therefo ...
Weekly Sidra: Tazria-Metzora (Conceived-Leper) Torah Portion: Vayikra / Leviticus 12:1-15:33 Haftorah: Melachim Bet / II Kings 7:3-7:20 Parashat Tazria – Metzora. The Parshahs of Tazria and Metzora continue the discussion of the laws of Tumah v’Taharah, ritual impurity and purity. A woman giving birth should undergo a pro ...
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