Torah Reading: VAYEISHEV Gen. 37:1-40:23; Numbers 7:18-29. Haftara: Zechariah 2:14-4:7. B’rit Chadashah: Acts 7:9-16 “FROM THE DEPTH OF HEBRON”: JACOB & HIS CHILDREN “These are the generations of Jacob. These are their dwellings and rollings (GILGULIM) until they came to a state of habitation (YISHUV). The first cause was that ‘Joseph was seventeen years old.’…
Since we are approaching the holiday of Chanukah, let us begin discussing some of its pertinent laws based on what we have written in previous years in addition to new some new ideas as well. When Chanukah Falls Out this Year The holiday of Chanukah lasts for eight days beginning from the 25th of Kislev,…
YAH CHANAN 1:1 GENESIS OF THE EVANGELISMS GENEALOGY OF THE WORD The Aramaic Old Testament, the Memra (the Word) The modern manner of interpreting Biblical text is commonly called exegesis. This method concerns itself mostly with the literary and grammatical context of Scripture verses. Practitioners of exegesis sometimes view anything beyond the literal text as “isogesis”…
1. “And Ya’akov sent messengers” Rabbi Yehuda begins with a discussion of the Good Inclination and the Evil Inclination, two angels that constantly abide by man. When man is virtuous, the Good Inclination gains dominion over the Evil Inclination, and the right side prevails over the left. Rabbi Elazar then speaks of the Shechinah and the legions of holy…
Our Call Is to take the good news of a NEW LIFE in Jesus (Yeshua) the Nazarene to a lost and hurting world. Go, therefore, make talmidim for Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach of all the nations, giving them a tevilah in a mikveh mayim in Hashem, in the Name of HaAv, and HaBen, and HaRuach Hakodesh…
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On Shabbat Vayishlah (the eighth perasha of the Torah; Genesis 32:4-36:43), Maqam SABA is applied to the prayers, because Esau’s army (Hebrew: SABA) approaches Jacob. Another explanation for SABA is because the people of Shekhem are tricked into circumcisions (and SABA is the maqam for circumcisions). Many sources disagree…
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Question: Must one recite a blessing upon drinking a beverage within a bread meal? Answer: The Rishonim disagree regarding whether or not one who drinks any beverage (besides for wine) within a bread meal must recite the “Shehakol Nihya Bidvaro” blessing on it or not. The Ba’al Halachot Gedolot…
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Question: If one eats cake and drinks coffee or tea along with it, must one recite a blessing on the beverage? Answer: In the previous Halacha we have determined that one who drinks a beverage (besides for wine) during a bread meal does not recite the “Shehakol” blessing upon…
The Hebrew Scriptures were not always divided into chapters and verses; in fact it is not even of Jewish origin (Ginsburg, 1966). The chapter divisions that we are familiar with, according to Moore (1893) date back to “the Latin Bible in the thirteenth century ” (p. 73). Stephen Langton, the Archbishop of Canterbury (c. 1150 –…
UNIVERSAL TORAH: VAYISHLACH By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah reading: Gen. 32.4-36.43. Haftara: Obadiah 1.1-21. Major Testimonies: 1Qurintaus 5.1-13. (Optional substitution: Hosea 11.7-12.12). THE ENCOUNTER WITH ESAU At the end of the previous parshah, VAYEITZEI, we saw Jacob at MOUNT Gil’ad in his final encounter with Laban, who represents the evil husk in its spiritual manifestation,…
Dr. Martin Luther (1483-1546) On the Jews and Their Lies Von den Jueden und jren Luegen. D. M. Luth. Wittenberg, H. Lufft 1543. 1Pe_1:22 Having purified your nefashot (souls) by mishma’at (obedience 1:2) to HaEmes, resulting in ahavah shel achvah (brotherly love) without tzevi’ut (hypocrisy), have fervent ahavah (agape) for one another, from a…
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