PARASHAH KI TETZE (Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19) Week 49 KI TETZE: When you go out: “When you go out to war against your enemies, and the Lord your God gives them into your hand and you take them captive…” This Parashah contains 74 of the 613 Commandments INITA: To humiliate! (Unholy sexual contact) SHAMAR: To Guard in …
PARASHAH SHOTFTIM (Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9) Week 48 Shof’tim: Judges “You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgement.” Mishpat: Justice Tzedakah: Righteousness Cohanim: Priests Cohen Gadol: High Priest Bet Din: House of Judgement Shotrim: Police …
PARASHAH RE’EH (Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17) Week 47 RE’EH: SEE! “See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse.” In RE’EH, is a command to SEE truth! The key is the word YOU as a ‘National You’. ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER. EACH INDIVIDUAL LIFE IMPACTS EVERY LIFE! Blessings and Curses: Blessings …
PARASHAH EKEV (Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25) Week 46 EKEV: ROOT word akav: “To take by the heel” (The name of Jacob who grabbed the heel of Esau during the birth process of the twins) Jacob was renamed, after the wrestling with the Angel of the Lord, Isra’el meaning ‘Contender with God’. AKAV: From the root word DUST …
PARASHAH VA’ETCHANAN (Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11) Week 45 VAETCHANAN: “I PLEADED” … “And I pleaded with the Lord at that time, saying…” GEMARTRIA OF VAETCHANAN: 515 GEZEIROT: Fencing / Fences (Discuss Torah Law Fences in the 613 Laws!) PANIM EL PANIM: Face to Face Presence (Deut. 5:15) ‘God spoke face to face with those gathered before Moses …
PARASHAH D’VARIM DEUTERONOMY 1:1-3:22, Week 44 D’VARIM: “Words” Moshe repeats the Law to Israel, in what he knows to be the end of his life on earth as the Leader of the Nation of Israel. He leaves the LAW for this young, chosen generation who are about to CROSS OVER into their INHERITANCE. MISHNAH TORAH: Repetition …
PARASHAH MASEI (Numbers 33:1-36:13) Week 43 MAZAL TOV! CHAZAK! CHAZAK! VE’NIT CHAZAK! (Mazal: To Drip from Above!) MASEI: Journeys of: “These are the stages of the people of Israel when they went out of the land of Egypt by their companies under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.” (From Ramses to Moab) ISRAEL’S 42 Encampments: …
PARASHAH MATTOT (Numbers 30:2 – 32:42) Week 42 MATTOT: Tribes NEDARIM: Vow, pledge DIBBUR EMET: Honest, Truthful SHEKER: Deception, Lying BLI NEDER: Without Promise…Used on the heels of a declarative statement to observe the law of NOT making unnecessary VOWS, which might lead to breaking of the vow. HALAKH: Our ‘WALK’ with the Lord…the journey …
PARASHAH PHINCHAS (PHINEAS) (Numbers 25:10-30:1) Week 41 PHINEAS: “The Bronze One” … Grandson of Aaron…Son of Eleazer COVENANT OF SHALOM: Adonai extends the Covenant of the Priesthood to all future generations of Aaron because of the defensive actions of Phineas for the Nation of Israel. SHALOM: The Peace of God; The 3rd letter in Shalom …
PARASHAH BALAK (Numbers 22:2-25:9) Week 40 BALAK: Son of Tzippor, one of the sons of Lot’s daughters. BALAAM: An occult Seer hired to curse Israel (Considered one of Israel’s greatest enemies and a mad-man and corrupter of the people!) He was descended from the devious Laban, from Genesis 31! KISHUF: Occult Magic Practices AHARIT …