Weekly Sidra: Vayishlach (he sent) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 32:4-36:43 Haftorah: Obadiah 1:1-1:21 As you did, so shall it be done to you; Your conduct shall be requited. Yea, against all nations The day of the Lord is at hand6 That same cup that you drank on My Holy Mount Shall all nations drink evermore, Drink till their speech grows thick, And they become as though they had never been. 7 But on Zion’s mount a remnant shall survive, And it shall be holy. The House of Yacov shall dispossess Those who dispossessed them.8 The House of Yacov shall be fire, And the House of Joseph flame, And the House of Esau shall be straw; They shall burn it and devour it, And no survivor shall be left of the House of Esau —for the Lord has spoken. (Ovadiyah 1:15-18) This week’s Torah portion reminds me of the old spaghetti westerns. This [...]
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The question who is a Zionist is often a sterile (difficult) debate over semantics, rather than one of any substance. Contrary to popular concept, one does not have to be Jewish to be a Zionist. A Zionist is anyone who believes that God gave the land of Israel to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their descendants forever. "Forever" includes t ...
Mevaser is the Hebrew word for Proclaimer. We can find such word for example in Yeshayahu 52:7, which states: “Mah navu al heharim raglei mevaser Mashmi’a shalom mevaser tov, mashmi’a yeshu’ah, omer leTzion malach Elokoyich.” “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger of good tidings that ann ...
The year is 2448 and the 40 years in the desert are drawing to a close. Miriam and Aharon have passed on, and Yehoshua has been appointed as the successor. In these last two portions of Sefer Bamidbar, Matot – Masei, HaShem begins to wrap things up. Pay attention to the laws selected to end the 4th Sefer. Parshat Matot is always read during t ...
"For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak and not lie; though it tarry, wait for it, because it will surely come, it will not tarry." (Habakkuk 2:3) What is meant by ‘but at the end it shall speak and not lie?’— R. Samuel b. Nahmani said in the name of R. Jonathan: Blasted be the bones o ...
Weekly Sidra: Beha’alotcha (when you step up) Torah Portion: Bamidbar/ Numbers 8:1-12:16 Haftorah: Zecharyah / Zechariah 2:14-4:7 “Shout for joy, Fair Zion! For lo, I come; and I will dwell in your midst–declares the Lord. In that day many nations will attach themselves to the Lord and become His people, and He will ...
R. Bechaye writes that when God’s presence filled the Tabernacle, He said: "Today I am causing My Presence to rest among you; if you sin, My Presence will leave you. But when Messiah comes, My Presence will remain with you permanently. Now you see the Divine Presence through fire, but with the advent of the Messiah you will see it clearl ...
And if you do obey these rules and observe them carefully, the Lord your God will maintain faithfully for you the covenant that He made on oath with your fathers: 13 He will favor you and bless you and multiply you; He will bless the issue of your womb and the produce of your soil, your new grain and wine and oil, the calving of your herd and the l ...
La parasha Devarim (la cual significa palabras o cosas) nos comienza a recordar las palabras que El Eterno, HaKodesh Baruj Hu (El santo, bendito sea) nos a hablado por los cuarenta años en el midbar (lugar desolado, mal traducido como desierto). Nos recuerda que encontramos dificultades, fuimos desobedientes, y aprendimos valentía a t ...
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