Beth HaDerech; Messianic Jewish Congregation, Toronto, Canada

The Remnant – Sidra Yitro

Weekly Sidra: Yitro (Jetro) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 18:1-20:23 Haftorah: Yeshayahu / Isaiah 6:1-6:13 (Sephardim) 13"But while a tenth part yet remains in it, it shall repent. It shall be ravaged like the terebinth and the oak, of which stumps are left even when they are felled: its stump shall be a holy seed." (Isaiah 6:13) Retailers of carpet, linoleum and cloth call the unused and unwanted scraps of these materials "remnants." However, the word remnant, as it applies to scripture, has a different meaning. The definition of the word is: “Something left over, especially the righteous people of God after divine judgment. Several Hebrew words express the remnant idea: yether, “that which is left over”; she' ar, “that which remains”; she' rith, “residue”; pelitah, “one who escapes”; sarid, “a survivor”; and, sheruth, “one loosed from bonds.”   Rav Shaul (Paul) states in Romans “And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.” (11:26) If we closely examine this verse we see that it states all Israel will be saved.  Many people say that this refers to all Jewish people, but that is not what the verse means.  Prior to this Rav Shaul mentions that there are non-Jews who are grafted in to Israel. “But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as...