Posted on Jun 14, 2014
explained by Patrick Shannon. (Summary) As the Israelites arrive adjacent to the promised land, spies are sent in to survey. Caleb, comes back and reports that, truly it is filled with Milk and Honey. And pommegranite fruit. The people are strong. The cities are walled. We saw the sons of Anuk. Giants. So let’s go, now let’s take it. But then other spies reported conversely, opposite perspective. The people lifted up their voices, and they cried. They grumbled...
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Posted on Jun 8, 2014
by Rabbi Paul Falk. and YHVH spoke to Moses saying speak to Aaron and say to him, “When you light the lamps…. ” This is a Torah portion that has many teachings. One aspect of it is Faith. In the world, most believers today study only from Matthew to Revelation. Messiah didn’t come to build something new. He came to repair, fix what had been distorted. We are going to start off with trying to understand Faith. Then we are going to step back...
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Posted on Jun 1, 2014
by Rick Ortiz. And the Lord spoke to Moses saying: “Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon throughout the houses of their fathers by their families.” “Register them, from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who enter to perform the service, to do the service in the Tent of Appointment.” Also in this Torah portion is the challenge of a jealeous husband accusing a wife suspected of adultery. How he brings her to the...
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Posted on May 25, 2014
explained by Rick Ortiz. God tells Moses he wants him to count all the people, a census. The form of the camp and where each tribe and how many is pictured. “And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai in the tent of meeting on the first day of the second month in the second year.” To count all the males 20 and up who could go to war. The Levites were not to be counted among them, since they were to be in place of the firstborns. Then a census...
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Posted on May 18, 2014
explained by Rabbi Paul Falk
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Posted on May 10, 2014
by Patrick Shannon. Moses is on the mountain (of God) bringing to God’s people the teachings. The Sabbath year letting the land rest; God provides an abundant crop in the preceding year or time, so that it will be possible to let the land rest. Jubilee occurs 7×7 years, then the 50th year.
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