Weekly Sidra: Shemot (Names) Torah Portion: Shemot /Exodus 1:1-6:1 Haftorah: Yermiyahu /Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 According to the yearly Torah cycle, this week we are reading the weekly Parasha called Shemot which means Names in Hebrew and begins the book of Exodus 1:1-6:1. This portion of Scripture details the birth of Moshe. At the time of Moshe’ birth the people of Israel were slaves to the kingdom of Pharaoh and Egypt / Mitzrayim. The root word of Mitzrayim, according to Brown, Driver and Briggs, is mem/tzadi/resh, metzeir, meaning to border, to shut or to limit. Other sources claim the etymology of the word Mitzrayim lies in tzar, either or the verb, means to bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, or cramped, while , a noun, means straits, or distress, and as an adjective means narrow, or tight. All commentators agree that Mitzrayim, the word, represents hardship, distress, oppression, a narrow place or straits etc. They were oppressed by the Egyptians and no matter how hard they worked, their lives were ultimately spent in bitter futility. They were without mercy in their condition and needed a saviour (a Mashiach type). This can be compared to the life of sin and death. This is similar to the situation Israel was in during the 1st Century under Roman rule when Yeshua was born. This is also a situation, at least spiritually, that we’re all in until...
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Maran Melech HaMashiach kept the whole Torah. He told every one that followed him that Torah was to be kept (see Mattityahu HaLevi / Matthew 5, also 28). All His teachings have as a base the Holy Torah and the Prophets (the besorah tova hageula / good news of redeption is only a mishna / repetion to what the naviim / prophets of HaKadosh Baruch Hu ...
Would we have a Jewish world leader? If this question were asked of the people of this planet, the most likely answer would be: "Why ask such a foolish question?" After all, the Jews comprises only one percent of the world's population. Israel is considered a non-entity by most of the world's inhabitants. So, if one should take a vote am ...
Any Etymological Hebrew Dictionary would describe Torah as: 1- instruction, teaching. 2- the Book of Laws, the Torah. 3- the Five Books of the Torah, the Pentateuch. 4- theory, system. 5- a book containing the principles of any branch of science. Torah literally means instruction, and does not mean law. For the word law, the Hebrew word Chuk (lit. ...
Wanting Mashiach now! In the days of the coming of Mashiach, all of Israel will be gathered to Israel were they will dwell in safety forever. In the days of Mashiach, the world will be full of the knowledge of God. In the days of Mashiach, all the Laws of Torah will be enforce and observed, including the Temple services and its sacrifices. I ...
A Great Holy King has arisen from the House of David. Possessing "חכמה בינה ודעה" chochma, binah ve’da'at (wisdom, knowledge and undestanding). Void of any evil. Possessing Torah and observant of the Mitzvot as they have been prescribed by the Torah of God. As ...
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 Scr ...
One of the major tenets in the thirteen articles of Jewish faith that Rabbi Moses Ben Maimon (Maimonides) wrote is the belief and affirmation that the Mashiach (Messiah) would come. The Mashiach is always been the hope of Israel for generations past to the present, for as we know that even Father Avraham saw His coming and rejoice in that fact, as ...
Maran Yeshua Melech HaHaMashiach said to him, "'You shall love HaShem your God with all your heart, all your soul, and with all your resources.' This is the first and great mitzvah. A second likewise is this, 'You shall love your neighbour as yourself.' The whole Torah and the Prophets depend on these two mitzvot." Mattityahu 22:37-40 Th ...
Do you really want Mashiach Now? Many people have that cry in their lips, but do not mean it. In the Amida which is a set of prayers composed by eighteen different prayers, we find at the end of it a prayer asking for Mashiach to come, to reveal Himself, and to bring Yeshuah / Salvation to our people, to our lives, to bring true Shelema (peace) to ...
And you shall call His name Yeshua; for He shall save His people from their sins. Mattityahu / Matthew 1:21. The Name of the Jewish Messiah is Yeshua, and its meaning comes from the Hebrew root, yasha, meaning "to save." That is why He was named Yeshua, because He will "save" His people from their sins (Mattityahu / Matthew 1:2 ...
The true Mashiah (Saviour) came as our teacher, and Rabbi. He did not come to start a new religion, but to "seek and save the lost sheep of the house of Israel," Mattityahu 15:24. To truly follow the Mashiach is to reject the deception of the religious system and return to the truth of the Bible and the facts of history. To experienc ...
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