A word of caution the Midrash of Zohar is to be understood and study at the Sod level of interpolation, so one must not be a novice, Learn the Sod level 1st “And Hashem appeared to him” There were numerous moments in history when the goal of eternal peace and unending happiness for all mankind…
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Parasha Noach / פרשת נח
NOAH Torah Reading: Noah: Gen. 6.9-11.32 Parshas BEREISHIS told the story of the first Ten Generations of the Children of Adam, establishing fundamental facts about the world and man’s existential situation within it. The Parshah of NOAH spans the second Ten Generations, from Noah to Abraham. The Parshah teaches profound lessons about “the generations of…
Hillel’s Seven Principles of Bible Interpretation
The foundation of the study and exposition of Scripture, both in rabbinic literature and New Testament, is rooted in the Second Temple Period and the multi-faceted methods of interpretation developed by the Jewish people. Hillel the Elder developed seven distinct techniques for exposition that could be used to understand and apply the Torah in everyday…
LESSON SEVEN: ACTS PART 2
“Also the sons of the foreigner [l‘beni ha-nakar] who join themselves to HaShem, to serve Him, and to love the Name of HaShem, to be His servants – Everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, and holds fast My covenant – Even them I will bring to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and…
LESSON TWO: MATTHEW PART 2
Redemption in the Apostolic Scriptures “Now Yeshua stood before the governor. And the governor asked Him, saying, ‘Are You the King of the Jews?’ Yeshua said to him, ‘It is as you say.’” Matthew 27:11 Introduction Last week we saw how Matthew was written to reveal the continuity of the Promise of a Seed. The redemptive…
As in the days of Noah
The idea of the “Rapture” comes from interpretations of Scripture that see believers being taken out of this world into heaven. According to this view, the clearest rapture-reference in the Gospels appears in the Olivet discourse, in which Jesus says that some will be “taken” and others “left” (cf. Matt 24:40-42; Lk 17:34-35). When read…
Lesson 33
Parashah 33: Bechukotai ( by my regulations) 26:3-27:34 26:3 (LY:i) Im-bechukotai telekhu (תלכו) ve’et-mitzvotay ti shomeru va’asitem otam. (If you walk in My statutes, and keep My mitzvah, and do them;) 26:4 Ve natati gishem ey chem be’itam(season) ve natenah (yield) ha’eretz yevulah(increase) ve’etz (tree) ha sadeh(field) yiten(their) piryo(fruit). (Then I will give you rain…
KEDOSHIM
DIASPORA TORAH READING FOR SHABBAT MAY 11: KEDOSHIM Universal Torah commentary By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: Parshas KEDOSHIM, Leviticus 19:1-20:27 Haftara: Amos 9.7-15 (Sephardi ritual: Ezekiel 20.2-20). BE HOLY FOR I AM HOLY This week’s parshah, KEDOSHIM TIHYU, “Be holy.”, was specifically addressed by G-d through His prophet Moses “to all of the assembly…
An Aramaic Approach to the Church Epistles
An Aramaic Approach to the Church Epistles By Karen Masterson Commentaries and biographies almost unanimously regard the Apostle Paul as a Hellenistic Jew. They regard him as a Jew whose native language was Greek, who thought in terms of Greek ideas and culture. They compare him to men such as Philo, who explained Judaism in terms…
Lesson 30
Parashah 30: Kedoshim (Set Apart people)19:1-20:27 [In regular years read with Parashah 29, in leap read separately] Kedoshim : Holiness code, Parents, Shabbat n idols of chapters 19-20 consist of 64 verses and 51 mitzvot Exercise the mitzvot in Disciplinary lifestyle Key instruction: Love first Elohim with all our hearts, mind and nefesh and then…
Passover in the Hebrew Bible
Article by William Brownpublished on 19 April 2019 Passover is a Jewish festival celebrated since at least the 5th century BCE, typically associated with the tradition of Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt. According to historical evidence and modern-day practice, the festival was originally celebrated on the 14th of Nissan. Directly after Passover is the Festival of Unleavened…
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