Posted on Aug 24, 2014
082314trick By Rick Ortiz. …We will begin with the high level summary of chapter 11, and the blessings and the curses of course, start off chapter 11. They were instructed to put the blessings on Mt. Gerazim, and the curses on Mt. Ebol. This is pertinent because you see, because as they would enter the land these were two mountains on opposite sides of each other, they would be able to see the blessings and they would be able to see the curses. In past teachings...
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Posted on Aug 17, 2014
081614tp by Rabbi Paul Falk (Sound starts at 1 min 15 secs). Torah portion as a whole talks about his judgments. Then it shall come to pass because you listened to my judgments. It’s going to happen because you listened. Shema. Listen. Whenever Messiah said, “He who has ears to hear let him hear”, what he was saying in Hebrew was shema. It had nothing to do with literal ears. What he was saying was, Listen so intently that when I’m done you...
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Posted on Aug 10, 2014
080914 Savannah Bat by Savannah LeFors. Torah: Va-Etchannan (Deuteronomy 3:21-7:11), Haf-Torah: Isaiah 40:1-26. GRASSHOPPERS. Whether you think you can or you can’t you are right. First we are going to identify the problem and read Numbers 13:26-27. Now they departed and came back to Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel in the wilderness of Peram at Kodesh. They brought back word to them and all the congregation and showed...
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Posted on Aug 2, 2014
080214tp by Rabbi Paul Falk. “These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel.” When he is speaking, Moses goal here is to actually teach them. What is intriguing about Devarim from all the other books, in Genesis we see sort of Yahweh evolving, not only creation but His people. From Exodus through Numbers is one long story. Devarim is a master teacher going “You know what, they are about to go into the land. There are some things I have to...
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Posted on Jul 26, 2014
072614t.rickBy Rick Ortiz. Egypt was still burying their firstborns, and the people Israel were leaving. God destroyed all of Egypt’s gods and put judgment upon them. It listed each of their stopping points of their journey to enter the promised land. All contained in chapter 33. Aarons death at Mt. Hor. What they were to do with the inhabitants of the land, all of their idols and all of their gods and all of their things. We are going back to go and touch...
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Posted on Jul 19, 2014
071914spby Rabbi Paul Falk– Moses spoke to the tribal leaders of Israel…Torah portion is Mattote. It is the last two in Numbers before we go into Deuteronomy. So the first few Hebrew words that we’d be reading. Now what’s intriguing is this means “said.” usually we’d say “Bada-behr YHVH” This Torah starts with “Bada-behr Moshe” Now, I am continuing with what I started last time. We started talking...
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Posted on Jul 13, 2014
by Patrick Shannon 071214tpat Our Torah portion this week is Pinechas. you might see it spelled Pinchas or Phineas. in our English translations, but its basically numbers 25 through 29. and depending on your translation the last verse might be 30 verse 1. The Torah portion covers several general topics. Five (5) actually. One (1) regarding Pinchas or Phineas, and Midyan, Yahwehs judgement of them favorable for Phineas and not so favorable for Midyan, Numbers 26 the...
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