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…
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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…
The Problem with WOKE
Woke (/ ˈwoʊk / WOHK) is a political term originating in the United States referring to a perceived awareness of issues concerning social justice and racial justice. It derives from the African-American Vernacular English expression ” stay woke “, whose grammatical aspect refers to a continuing awareness of these issues. Many believers are waking to the fact that…
ADV Parashat Tetzaveh / פרשת תצוה
תצוה פרשת זכור בס”ד The Zohar says there are 53- גן Parshios in Chumash, but there are really fifty four. There are many opinions that זאת הברכה is not counted as a Parsha, since in חו”ל this Parsha is never read on שבת. There are other opinions that נצבים and וילך are considered one, and…
The Gospel of Peter
The Gospel of Peter – Patristic References The following is transcribed from M.R. James in The Apocryphal New Testament (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1924). Here I place the notices of it that are found in the Church wrtiers. There are but three. Origen on Matthew, x. 17. (They of Nazareth thought that Jesus) was the son of Joseph and…
Megillah Reading- Corona virus
Every member of the Jewish nation is obligated to read the Megillah on the day of Purim. One must read it during the night and once again the next day, as the verse states, “My G-d, I call out to you during the day and you do not answer; during the night I have no…
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