PARASHAH BO (EXODUS 10:1-13:16) Week 15 BO: GO The Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these signs of mine among them.” QASHAH: HARDENED – CRUEL – STUBBORN Describing the deep heart-throb of …
PARASHAH VA’ERA STUDY NOTES (Exodus 6:2-9:35) Week 14 VA’ERA: “I appeared” (I am Adonai…I appeared to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, as El Shaddai) EL: The Almighty…God of overpowering strength! EL SHADDAI: From the Hebrew word “shad” meaning “breast”; El Shaddai, our caring nourisher, and also from the Hebrew word “shadad” meaning to overpower, speaking of …
PARASHAH SH’MOT STUDY NOTES (Exodus 1:1-6:1) Week 13 SH’MOT: “Names” The first verse includes the names of the 12 Tribes of Isra’el (the sons of Jacob) YHVH: The tetragrammaton is the distinctive, personal name of the God of Israel. This Parashah is called SH’MOT or NAMES. The irony of this Parashah, called NAMES in the Book …
PARASHAH VAYECHI STUDY NOTES (Genesis 47:28-50:26) VAYECHI: Week 12 “He lived…” VAYECHI: He lived (And Jacob lived, in the land of Egypt for 17 years) CAVE OF MACHPELA: The burial cave, with field, Abraham purchased from Efron the Hittite, thought by rabbinical sages to be the burial site of Adam and Eve. JACOB LIVED for …
PARASHAH VAYIGASH STUDY NOTES (Genesis 44:18-47:27) Week 11 “And he drew near…” VAYIGASH: “And he drew near” JUDAH: “Praise” (See how Jacob ADVANCED Judah in the lead as they processed into Egypt!) NIVALU: Great Fear HINENI: “Here I am!” Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses responded to God’s call this way! THE COUNT OF 70: Jacob’s family …
PARASHAH MIKETZ (Genesis 41:1-44:17) Week 10 MIKETZ: At the end of (2 years since the wine steward was freed from prison, gives context to the timing) CHALOM: Dreams (Joseph had dreams as a boy, interpreted dreams for Pharaoh, and in prison for servants of the court) TZAFNAT PA’ NEACH: Code or Secret Breaker (Joseph’s name …
PARASHAH VAYESHEV (Genesis 37:1-40:23) Week Nine Vayeshev: And he settled Jacob ~ now “Israel”: Contender with God Joseph: He Will Add (The 11th son of Jacob, but the first with favored wife Rachel) Benjamin: Son of the Right Hand, Son of the South (The 12th son of Jacob, second son of Rachel) Bechor: First-Born Son …
PARASHAH VAYISHLACH (Genesis 32:4 (3)-36:43) Week Eight VAYISHLACH: “And He sent” MALAKH: Angel … means Messenger MALAKH ADONAI: The Angel of YHVH, The Angle of the Lord! AVEK: To Grapple or Wrestle: To make oneself dusty, having descended to the ground ISH: Divine Fire (male) ISHA: Divine Fire (Female) BRIT MILAH: Covenant of Circumcision, the …
PARASHAH VAYETZE (Genesis 28:10-32:3) Week 7 VAYETZE: And He Went Out (Jacob flees from Beersheba to Haran as commanded by his father) CHALOM: To Dream (Notice how close this Hebrew word is to “Shalom”) BEIT EL: House of God (Beit means house, El is the name of God) SHAW’AR: Gate, Gate of Heaven HA SHEM: …
PARASHAH TOLDOT (Generations) STUDY NOTES (Genesis 25:19-28:0) Week 6 TOLDOT: Meaning ‘Generations’ or ‘History’… this is the generational story of Abraham’s descendants who would usher in the Covenant Promises from Adonai to Abraham. ISAAC: Meaning ‘Laughing’ JACOB: Meaning ‘Supplanter’, from the Hebrew root meaning ‘heel’ ESAU: Meaning ‘Hairy’ (Esau was born with red hair all …