The 12 Commandments

The Two Commandments Matthew 22:34-40 34But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, 36″Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” 37Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the LORD your God with all…

BS”D KNOW YOUR BIBLE: Daniel Chapters 2-3

BS”D KNOW YOUR BIBLE: Daniel Chapters 2-3 Study Notes by Avraham ben Yaakov DANIEL CHAPTER 2 Although the dream of Nebuchadnezzar is dated in our text as having taken place in “the second year of the reign (MALCHUS, kingship) of Nebuchadnezzar…” (v 1), Rashi (ad loc.) points out that this cannot be taken literally since…

The Bible BC Before Chapters – Rightly Dividing the Word

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 –…

Why uphold Torah?

OJB Devarim 27 |26| Arur be he that confirmeth not divrei haTorah hazot by doing them. And kol HaAm shall say, Omein. This last curse, which condemns any and every transgression of the divine Law, shows that the individual cases mentioned in the preceding curses are only examples, and for the most part such as…

We need to get along

We need to get along and apply this command of HaShem.  “For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. 13 For “whoever calls on the name of YHWH shall be saved.” 14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall…

Acts 24:14-15

TS1998 Acts 24: 14 “And this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the Elohim of my fathers, believing all that has been written in the Torah and in the Prophets, HNV Acts 24:14 But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which…

THE WORD BEING FLESH

THE WORD BEING FLESH YAH CHANAN 1: 14 And the Word being flesh 1008a melta nn word 271 besra nn flesh 486 hewa vv be, become, been, being and resting within us, 370 ’agen vv descend, rest 223d ’atra prp (there) (where) at, by, in, within and we, seeing his glory, 595a heza vv see,…

Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments: The Inside Story By Naftali Silberberg The Ten Commandments were engraved on two tablets. The five commandments etched on the first tablet deal with man’s relationship with G‑d; the second tablet contains five commandments which concern man’s relationship with his fellow man. Of the 613 biblical commandments, G‑d selected these ten commandments…

THE WORD BEING FLESH

THE WORD BEING FLESH 14 And the Word being flesh 1008a melta nn word 271 besra nn flesh 486 hewa vv be, become, been, being and resting within us, 370 ’agen vv descend, rest 223d ’atra prp (there) (where) at, by, in, within and we, seeing his glory, 595a heza vv see, manifest 1718a subha…

ERRING QORBANS

CONGREGATIONAL INADVERTENT ERRING QORBANS 13 And if the whole congregation witness of Israel Yisra El sin through ignorance err inadvertently, and the thing word be hid concealed from the eyes of the assembly congregation, and they have done somewhat against any worked unto one of the commandments misvoth of the LORD Yah Veh concerning things…