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Rosh Chodesh

Rosh Chodesh is the monthly celebration of the New Moon, according to the Jewish calendar. The Jewish calendar follows lunar months, each with 29 or 30 days, although the year is solar. Some scholars believe that lunar months derive from ancient nomadic calendars and solar years are the invention of agricultural societies; the Jewish calendar…

Parashat Pekudei / פרשת פקודי

TORAH: PEKUDEI By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: PEKUDEY Exodus 38:21-40:38. Special Selection: Shabbat Shekalim Exodus 30:11-16. II Kings 12:1-17 (Sephardi ritual: II Kings 11:17-12:17). Rosh Chodesh: Numbers. 28.9-15. A LESSON IN GOOD GOVERNMENT The parshah of PEKUDEY brings the second book of the Torah, Exodus, to an end, concluding the subject of the construction…

Parashat Vayakhel / פרשת ויקהל

Parshas Vayakhel Note: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section is called an Aliya [literally: Go up] since for each Aliya, one person “goes up” to make a bracha [blessing] on the Torah Reading. 1st & 2nd Aliyot: The Parsha begins with the Mitzvah of Shabbos and the penalty for her…

Aramaic Thoughts Part 6

Aramaic Thoughts Aramaic Literature – Part 6 – The Mishnah The fourth treatise of the order Mo’ed is Shekalim (shekels). This deals with the half-shekel tax that was assessed on Israelite males (Ex 30:11-16). Originally this went to the provision for and upkeep of the tabernacle. Later, it was applied to the maintenance of the…

Parashat Vayakhel

PRAXIS The greater part of our parshah of VAYAKHEL is devoted to a detailed description of how Betzalel and his fellow craftsmen made the Sanctuary and its vessels in accordance with the plan whose details we studied three parshahs earlier in TERUMAH. While TERUMAH taught how they were to be made when they were still…

Torah Reading for Ki Tisa

Exodus Chapter 30 11The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: יאוַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־משֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר: 12“When you take the sum of the children of Israel according to their numbers, let each one give to the Lord an atonement for his soul when they are counted; then there will be no plague among them when they are counted….

Parshas Ki Sisa

Note: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section is called an Aliya [literally: Go up] since for each Aliya, one person “goes up” to make a bracha [blessing] on the Torah Reading. 1st Aliya: This first Aliya concludes the details of the Mishkan’s construction. The Bnai Yisroel are commanded to give…

The Aramaic Solution to Jesus’ Conflicting Genealogies

Originally posted on Yeshua Centered Judaism:
The following article is invaluable in solving this centuries-old problem. This is yet more evidence of the superiority of the Aramaic Scriptures, the Peshitta. It answers the following questions: • Why are there only list 13 generations listed from the Captivity of Babylon to Jesus, in Matthew’s account? Doesn’t Matthew…

A 2House Conclusion

2House Unavoidable Conclusion And she conceived again, and bore a bat. And G-d said unto him, Call her shem Loruchamah (not pitied); for I will no more have pity upon Bais Yisroel; since I have been utterly betrayed by them [1K 2:10]. But I will have mercy upon the Bais Yehudah, and will save them…

Parashat Ki Tisa / פרשת כי תשא

Torah Portion Summary of The Weekly Torah Reading: Parshas Ki TisaNote: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section is called an Aliya [literally: Go up] since for each Aliya, one person “goes up” to make a bracha [blessing] on the Torah Reading. 1st Aliya: This first Aliya concludes the details of…

The Be-Attitudes From The Aramaic

The Be-Attitudes From The Aramaic Touveyhoun, the first word in Aramaic of each Be-Attitude, is historically interpreted as a bestowed “Blessing.” Y’Shua’s words spoke of an earned reward. He delivered simple and practical teachings in His native tongue, Aramaic. In the sixth century, all known Aramaic bibles were burned and many foreign ideas, unsupported by…

Betrayal and Healing

BBH233 Betrayal and Healing: 1 and 2 Samuel An Online Course Instructor: Dr. Jin Hee Han Course Web: http://nyts475.tripod.com/samuel.htm (Please do not add www after http://) Class Notes June 1-23, 2003 Course Description: The major focus of the course is on the two books of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible commonly known…