Torah Portion: Numbers 8:1 – 12:16 After the dedication of the Sanctuary — the portable Temple and repository of the Torah — the Children of Israel were almost ready to start the journey to the Land of Israel. The purpose was to fulfill the mission of Abraham, the founding father: to take the Ark of the…
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WHAT IS RASHI SAYING?
Jacob and ShemaVayigash (Genesis 44:18-47:27)Jacob goes to meet his long-lost son, Joseph. Their meeting is quite emotional, as we wouldhave expected.Genesis 46:29“Joseph harnessed his chariot and went up to meet his father, to Goshen, and he appearedbefore him, he fell on his neck, and he wept on his neck for a long time.”RASHIAnd he wept…
Muktzeh Due to Monetary Loss
“Muktzeh Due to Monetary Loss” In the previous Halachot, we have discussed several laws regarding Muktzeh which are certain objects that our Sages prohibited moving on Shabbat. As of yet, we have discussed three types of Muktzeh: “Utensils used for work permitted on Shabbat”, such as forks, knives, and the like, which may be moved on…
Parashat Vayetzei / פרשת ויצא
Lesson Summary Parashat Vayetzei is the seventh weekly reading in the annual Torah reading cycle and the seventh reading of Bereshit (“Genesis”). Vayetzei (וַיֵּצֵא) is Hebrew for And He Left and is the first word of the parashah, which begins with Ya’akov’s (Jacob) departure from his family in Be’er Shava (Beersheva) and his journey toward Haran, to the family of his mother, Rivkah (Rebekah). The parashah records the…
The DSS vs Masoretic
The DSS vs Masoretic vs Samaritan vs Septuagint vs Aramaic Text, which is right? There are a number of anti-missionaries like Toviah Singer who have accused followers of Yehoshuah (Jesus) of altering texts that prophecy of The Anointed One. But the Dead Sea Scrolls, as well as some other manuscripts, indicate that it was the…
Yochanan 3
1. There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: [Nicodemus.] The Talmudists frequently mention Nicodemus. Now the Jews derive this name, not from the Greek original, but from this story: “Upon a certain time, all Israel ascended up to Jerusalem to the feast, and there wanted water for them. Nicodemus…
Yochanan 2
Yochanan 2 A Commentary on the New Testament From the Talmud and Hebraica by John Lightfoot/ 1. And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: [And the third day there was a marriage, &c.] A virgin marries on the fourth day of the week, and a…
Yochanan 1
1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [In the beginning was the Word.] In the beginning; in the same sense with Bereshith, In the beginning, in the history of the creation, Genesis 1:1. For the evangelist proposeth this to himself, viz. to shew how that, by…
Matthew 27
1. When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: [When the morning was come, &c.] Let us trace a little the proceedings of this council:– I. They spend the night in judging on a capital cause, which is expressly forbid…
Matthew 26 Of the present Authority of the Council, and of its Place. 3. Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas. [Assembled together unto the palace of the high priest.] Those ominous prodigies are very memorable,…
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