Yeshua Centered Judaism

LESSON TWO: MATTHEW PART 2

“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 identity begins early in Matthew…

DIVREY YA’AKOV Lesson 17

C h a p t e r S e v e n t e e nThe Great Benefits for the Entire JewishNation Resulting from every Individual’sCautiousness in Areas of Sanctity andModesty (Tzniut )Part 1 In areas of sanctity and modesty, halachic detail is broughtat length in halachic and ethical works, as well as the greatobligation…

Parasha Vayakhel/Pekudei

The Gathering Netzarim Emunah Chumash Commentary 91 Rashbam on Exodus 34:34 ‫יסיר‬ ‫את‬ ‫המסוה‬, whenever Moses had to convey HaShem’s instructions to the people he still did not cover his forehead with the cloth he had removed in order to communicate with HaShem. Once he concluded conveying HaShem’s words he would again cover his forehead….

ADV Parasha Vayakhel/Pekudei

The שבת of ויקהל פקודי usually connectsאדר toניסן , Purim to Pesach- נסמך גאולה לגאולה. Nisan is the month that the yidden were redeemed and will be redeemed. In ויקהל, Moshe gathered all the yidden and began teaching them the לט מלאכות. Shabbos was taught before this, but not the מלאכות. The Midrash says that…

Parashat ha-Chodesh

VAYAKHEL-PEKUDEI PARASHAT HA-CHODESH RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT AND THE QUESTION OF THE NESI’UT Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein THE NASI AND THE SACRIFICES The starting point of the haftara for Parashat ha-Chodesh, like that of many other haftarot, is subject to a difference in custom between Ashkenazim and Sefardim. According to the Sefardic rite, the haftara (Yechezkel…

DIVREY YA’AKOV Lesson 16

C hapter S ixteenMesillat Yesharim ‫־‬ C hapter 25 In Mesillat Yesharim chapter 25, he writes how to acquire ahigh level of fear of Hashem. The way to acquire this awe is tocontemplate two very true things. The first is that the Presenceof Hashem exists in every place in the world and He himselfwatches over…

THE APOSTOLIC SCRIPTURES

REDEMPTION IN THE APOSTOLIC SCRIPTURES Introduction “All Scripture is given by inspiration of G-d, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of G-d may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”2Timothy 3:16-17 Introduction What are the “Apostolic Scriptures”? Why not call them the “New Testament”? Is G-d’s Word divided between a message of…

DIVREY YA’AKOV Lesson 15

CHAPTER FIFTEENTHE GREAT OBLIGATION TO BE AS BUSY AS POSSIBLEWITH THE HOLY T ORAH The Nefesh Hachaim writes in sha’ar 4: chapter 15 how wehave been commanded from the mouth of Hashem Himself withan awesome warning, “This Torah scroll must never leave yourmouth and you must toil in it day and night.” [Joshua 1:8]. TheZohar…

ADV Parashat Ki Tisa

בס”ד כי תשא Parshas כי תשא has many hints to the י”ט of Purim. In פסוק ל:כג, one of the main spices of the שמן המשחה is mentioned- בשמים ראש מר דרור, where Unkeles translates as מירה דכיא, which more or less make up the name מרדכי. In pasuk כט, describing this שמן המשחה, Rashi…

Parashat Ki Tisa / פרשת כי תשא

Torah Reading: KI TISA Exodus 30:11-34:35Haftara: I Kings 18.1-39 (Sephardi ritual: I Kings 18.20-39). PROVIDING THE MEDICINE BEFORE THE ILLNESS The lengthy first section of our parashah of KI TISA (the entire first Aliyah in the synagogue Torah reading, up to Ex. 31:18) starts with a number of commandments concluding the account of the Sanctuary,…

Shabbat Parah / שבת פרה

Shabbat Parah (“Sabbath [of the] red heifer” שבת פרה) takes place on the Shabbat before Shabbat HaChodesh, in preparation for Passover. Numbers 19:1-22 describes the parah adumah (“red heifer”) in the Jewish temple as part of the manner in which the kohanim and the Jewish people purified themselves so that they would be ready (“pure”)…

Praying by the Holy Spirit in Hodayot

By Pinchas Shir -February 22, 2021 1474 The Hebrew word Hodayot refers to “thanks” or “thanksgiving”. Other names include Thanksgiving Hymns, Thanksgiving Psalms, Hymns Scroll and Scroll of Hymns. The main scroll found in 1947 is designated 1QH a. Other fragments of this text have been found in Caves 1 and 4 (1Q35, 4Q427-432). The text quoted below is known…