Category: Torah Portions

022815tr Read and interpreted by Rick Ortiz.

012415t ricky by Rick Ortiz   It encompasses Exodus 10: 1-13,16

We get the title from the first line of the passage, and it says:  God Said to Moses “Go to Pharaoh”.  We find that in many of the (unintelligible) times when God was performing these signs, he said to Moses “Go to Pharaoh”.  This is a summary of this passage the, intent of which is to get you to go look yourself.  God has hardened the heart of Pharaoh, so that he would not let God’s people go.  The entire story was to serve as a sign for the children of the coming generations to remember what happened to Egypt.  Moses warns Pharaoh about the locusts.  Moses goes and talks to Pharaoh, and tells him what is going to happen if Pharaoh does not let the people go and worship Yahweh.   So in chapter 11, a summary again of chapter 10.  It is not all encompassing, there are a lot of details in there. God explains to Moses that after this next and last plague, Pharaoh will let you go.  This is the plague of the death of the first born….(continued in audio)

011715tp  by Rabbi Paul Falk.   Elohim spoke to Moses Saying “I am He who was, and is and is to come and I appeared to you.” And he goes on to say I am the Elohim of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.  I am the Elohim who has been passed down throughout the generations.  Because he wanted to clarify who he was.  Moses is made, Elohim to Pharaoh.  Interesting that Joseph is made a “father” to Pharaoh, but Moses (later) is made…

011015 tps    by Patrick Shannon. Outline:  70 descendants of Yacob, Yoseph and 11 brothers died in Egypt, Israelites increasing (over 400+ years), a threat, New Pharaoh institutes slavery, Pharaoh orders Hebrew sons to be killed, 1. Midwives to do that,   2. Thrown into river Mosheh born, hidden, placed in the river, found, Grown, killed an Egyptian, Fled to Midyan, a fugitive, shepherd The Burning Bush Conversation YHVH aware of Israel’s afflication in Egypt Sending Mosheh to bring them out…

122714t ricky  by Rick Ortiz.   The well known story of Joseph who is thrown into a pit by his brothers, sold to the merchants going to Egypt, brought to Potipher’s house.  Put in charge of everything at Potipher’s, Joseph is falsely accussed by Potipher’s wife, put in prison.  He gets out of prison after years only when Pharaoh’s cup bearer remembers, long after a promise to bear witness to him much sooner.  Joseph interprets Pharaoh’s dream of impending famine, and is again put in charge “of all.”  Joseph deals with his brothers when they arrive in Egypt to buy food, but ultimately forgives them.

122014tp  “Two full years passed then Pharaoh had a dream.”  Two full years from the moment Pharaoh’s cup bearer rose up back to his original  position, that he finally remembered, about Joseph.         Jeremiah 29:11        This is one of the most quoted scriptures among believers today.  For I know the thoughts or the plans that I plan or think toward you says Yahweh.  Thoughts of peace and not of evil to give you a future and a hope.  A lot of this plays into this week’s Torah portion.  Specifically this point, there are times in our life, when we fell like we are walking into a place of evil, that Yahweh has led us into a valley of evil.  But that is not His goal.  It is to give you a future and a hope.  But sometimes that is at the end of a very long journey.  Now, the life of Joseph, I want you to think about that it is a biography.  A biographer thinks, I have this persons entire life, I can’t write it moment by moment.  There are certain lesson’s that I really want to pass it on to people.  And you have to realize, that when we read about Joseph, not only is it written by the hand of God, a story passed to us, but it actually, was planned and written, then actually happened and now written to confirm what Yahweh did….(Continued on audio)

112914tpatrick By Patrick Shannon.

112214 tr  by Rick Ortiz.