STUDY NOTES FOR PARASHAH SHELACH ~ LEKHA (Numbers 13:1-15:41) Week 37 SHELACH-LECHA: Send on your behalf: “Send men on your behalf; reconnoiter.” RECONNOITER: To patrol, investigate, search out, inspect Y’HOSHUA: Moses added the Yud, changing Hoshea “to save” to Y’Hoshua, “God Saves”. NIPHILIM: FALLEN ANGELS? GIANTS IN THE EARTH? We meet the Nephilim again, after the flood, …
PARASHAH B’HA’ALOTCHA (Numbers 8:1-12:16) Week 36 B’HA’ALOTKHA: When you set up. “When you mount the lamps…” MENORAH: The Golden Lampstand (66 pounds of pure hand-forged gold) Six Candlesticks on each side, leaning in, three per side, toward the MIDDLE 7th CANDLE. The Almighty fashioned the Menorah Himself, which was tended 2 X per day, always …
PARASHAH NASO (Numbers 4:21-7:89) Week 35 NASO: (TAKE) Count by the Lift of the chin; “The Lord spoke to Moshe saying TAKE a census…” AVODAH: Holy Service TAMID: Daily Sacrifices SHEMAR: To Guard KORBANOT: Sacrifices TZARA’AT: Skin affliction from Lashon Hara LASHON HARA: The Evil Tongue: Sowing, scattering gossip, or negativity about others, even if …
PARASHAH B’MIDBAR (Numbers 1:1-4:20) Week 34 B’MIDBAR: In the wilderness (desert) “Adonai spoke to Moshe in the Sinai Desert…” NASO: To Lift a Head! The word NASO, the name of this week’s Parashah is a verb of an extraordinary range of meaning: to lift, to carry, and to forgive. Here, and elsewhere in B’MIDBAR, it is …
SIMCHAT TORAH ~ The Joy of Torah SIMCHAT TORAH is the annual celebration of an ancient love affair! The Old Testament Bible is the foundation of our Christian faith. It is imperative that we, The Wild Olive Branch (grafted into the eternal vine of God’s chosen people) comprehend and connect with the amazing love affair …
WELCOME FRIENDS OF THIS TORAH LIFE A Journey for Messianic Christians, 5782 Welcome to this Journey of the Spirit, the study of the Garden of God’s Torah as described by Adonai Himself. Think of the Garden of Eden, in all its beauty. The Torah brings beauty into the lives of faithful Talmidim, or Torah Students. …