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"Great peace have they which love thy law
and nothing shall offend them." Psalms 119:165
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Thousands of Kohanim, Jewish men descended from members of the priestly class in the
People of Israel, gathered at the Kotel (Western Wall) in Jerusalem on Thursday morning
for the traditional Birkat HaKohanim.
The Priestly Blessing at the Western Wall, October 16, 2008
Israel News Photo: Tovia Singer
Holiday festivities also are being held in Hevron, where the Jewish community is offering
activities for children and live Chassidic vocal entertainment.
The Kotel ceremony featured some two thousand Kohanim who blessed all those present with
three verses from the Torah (Numbers 6:23-27) that were recited by Jewish priests in the
First and Second Holy Temples.
The Western Wall plaza was packed with some 50,000 Jewish worshippers who streamed into
Jerusalem from all over the country and around the world especially for the event.
During the recitation of the blessing, the Kohanim gathered into groups spread their
prayer shawls over their own heads, spreading out their arms over the congregation to
form a small enclosure that prevented congregants from seeing them during the actual
blessing. There is a custom for the congregants who are being blessed to avoid looking at
the Kohanim during the blessing as well.
Kohanim have the tradition of being direct descendants of the first High Priest of the
Jewish People, Aharon (Aaron), the brother of Moshe (Moses), and as such have a separate
status in Judaism. All Kohenim are members of the Tribe of Levi by direct patrilineal
descent, although not all members of that tribe are Kohanim. The Levites who were not
Kohenim served as Temple assistants and provided the music and songs to accompany
ceremonies, among other tasks.
Following the ceremony, Israel's Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger recited a prayer he
composed especially for the occation, asking G-d to "rescue" Jonathon Pollard,
imprisoned in America for more than 20 years on a single count of espionage for handing
classified information to Israel, an allied nation, and kidnapped IDF St. Sgt. Gilad
Shalit, held captive by Hamas terrorists in Gaza since June 25, 2006.
Chief Sephardic Rabbi Shlomo Amar followed with a supplication of his own composition as
well, asking G-d to take away distress from the People of Israel, to end the numerous
tragic motor vehicle accidents that have destroyed so many lives in the country over the
past year and the sicknesses that have affected so many people, and finally to decimate
Israel's enemies.
To both blessings, some 50,000 voices answered with a resounding, "Amen!"
according to an eyewitness, who added that security officers were discreet but clearly
present. "It wasn't an overwhelming presence, you didn't get the feeling they were
imposing themselves on you, but you did see them everywhere," he said. "I saw
one soldier up on a roof with binoculars."
"Great peace have they which love thy law
and nothing shall offend them." Psalms 119:165
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The Temple Institute in Jerusalem's Old City succeeded on Wednesday in arousing a spirit
of longing for the Holy Temple amongst a crowd of thousands that gathered for a
re-enactment of the Hakhel ceremony.
Of the two once-every-seven-years Biblical commandments - Shemittah and Hakhel - the
first lasts for a whole year, while Hakhel takes only an hour or two, but packs a great
burst of inspiration into that short period. Binding only when the Holy Temple is
standing, it involves a public Torah reading by the King of Israel for the entire nation
- men, women, and children - for the purpose of rousing all to stand in awe of G-d and
follow the Torah's statutes.
The word Hakhel (pronounced Hock-hel) literally means, in fact, "Gather the people
together" (Deut. 31, 10-12).
The Temple Institute held a smaller-scale re-enactment of the event in an Old City park
on Wednesday, the first day of the Intermediate Days of the Sukkot holiday following the
Shemittah year. Though only 500 people had been expected, several times that amount
arrived. The event began with a procession of Kohanim, wearing priestly garments of the
type used in the Temple and sounding of silver trumpets of the type sounded in the
Temple, making their way through Old City streets until their arrival at the central
stage.
Following the afternoon Mincha prayer, Rabbi Yehuda Glick of the Temple Institute
introduced the rabbi-priests who were to read from the Torah. Among them were Rabbi
Shlomo Riskin of Efrat, Rabbi Menachem Cohen of Jerusalem's Nachlaot neighborhood, and
Rav Avi Kahane, as well as Rabbi Azariah Ariel - the head of the Temple Institute's
kollel - and Yeshivat Shilo head Rav Araleh Harel.
The passages read aloud included Deut. 1 ("Behold, I have given you this Land; come
and inherit this Land promised to your forefathers to give their descendants"),
Deut. 11 (about the rewards for fulfilling the Torah and the negative consequences of not
doing so), and others.
New Temple Vessel Serves 12 Priests at Once
The ceremony also featured the unveiling of the just-completed Kiyor HaNechoshet, the
water source to be used for washing by the Priests several times a day. Built to
replicate the Kiyor used in the Holy Temple, it is about nine feet high, weighs two tons,
and is made mostly of copper. It comes complete with a computerized system that enables
heated water to be used on weekdays, and non-heated water on Sabbaths and festivals, when
heating the water is not permitted. Twelve priests can wash their hands and feet at
once; each one presses one of two buttons to indicate whether he wants a large amount of
water, such as after completing preparing an animal offering, or a small amount to merely
purify his hands and feet.
The kiyor was built by Moshe Buchbut, a budding Torah scholar and a member of the family
that owns Buchbut Metal Industries in the city of Akko (Acre). He repeated his
explanations countless times to the many excited vistitors who asked how he built it and
how it works. The Buchbut's decided to build the kiyor during the Second Lebanon War.
"From the moment we made the decision," a family spokesman said, "we have
been blessed, both in terms of Katyushas that seemed to stop hitting us during the war,
and financially."
The actual faucets are expected to be installed in the coming weeks. The kiyor is now
standing in a plaza in the Jewish Quarter, and is expected to be placed inside a
protective glass container, as is the Temple Institute's Menorah. It had been hoped that
the kiyor would be placed in the Western Wall Plaza, but this will apparently not occur
in the near future.
A short film describing the Simchat Beit HaShoevah water pouring festival [N.B. REMEMBER THE COMMENTS BY JESUS AT THIS FESTIVAL! D.G.]- a mainstay of
the Sukkot ceremonies in the Holy Temple - was also screened. The film was prepared, as
were the Temple vessels and clothing, by the Temple Institute.
Rabbi Glick explained that though the vessels were prepared in fulfillment of the
Biblical commandment to fashion them - "we even recited the blessing 'He Who has
sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us to fashion the tzitz [Priestly
headplate],' for instance" - the vessels have not been consecrated to the Holy
Temple and may therefore be used for other purposes, such as education.
"Great peace have they which love thy law
and nothing shall offend them." Psalms 119:165
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Isa 44:1 "Now listen, Ya`akov my servant, Isra'el whom I have chosen:
Isa 44:2 Thus says Adonai, who made you, formed you in the womb, and will help you: Don't be afraid, Ya`akov my servant, Yeshurun, whom I have chosen.
Isa 44:3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, my blessing on your offspring.
Isa 44:4 They will spring up among the grass like willows on the riverbanks.
Isa 44:5 One will say, 'I belong to Adonai.' Another will be called by the name of Ya`akov. Yet another will write that he belongs to Adonai. and adopt the surname Isra'el."
Isa 44:6 Thus says Adonai, Isra'el's King and Redeemer, Adonai-Tzva'ot: "I am the first, and I am the last; besides me there is no God.
Isa 44:7 Who is like me? Let him speak out! Let him show me clearly what has been happening since I set up the eternal people; let him foretell future signs and events.
Isa 44:8 Don't be frightened, don't be afraid — Didn't I tell you this long ago? I foretold it, and you are my witnesses. Is there any God besides me? There is no other Rock — I know of none."
Isa 44:9 All idol-makers amount to nothing; their precious productions profit no one; and their witnesses, to their own shame, neither see nor understand.
Isa 44:10 Who would fashion a god or cast an image that profits no one anything?
Isa 44:11 All involved will be ashamed, but more than anyone else, the people who made them. Let them all be assembled, let them stand up; let them fear and be shamed together.
Isa 44:12 A blacksmith makes a tool over burning coals; with his strong arm he shapes it with hammers. But when he gets hungry, his strength fails; if he doesn't drink water, he grows tired.
Isa 44:13 A carpenter takes his measurements, sketches the shape with a stylus, planes the wood, checks it with calipers, and carves it into the shape of a man; and, since it is honored like a man, of course it has to live in a house.
Isa 44:14 He goes to chop down cedars; he takes an evergreen and an oak; he especially tends one tree in the forest, plants a pine for the rain to nourish.
Isa 44:15 In time, when it's ready for use as fuel, he takes some of it to keep himself warm and burns some more to bake bread. Then he makes a god and worships it, carves it into an idol and falls down before it.
Isa 44:16 So half of it he burns in the fire; with that half he roasts meat and eats his fill; he warms himself; says, "It feels so good, getting warm while watching the flames!"
Isa 44:17 With the rest of the log he fashions a god, a carved image, then falls down before it; he worships it and prays to it. "Save me," he says, "for you are my god!"
Isa 44:18 Such people know nothing, understand nothing. Their eyes are sealed shut, so that they can't see; their hearts too, so they can't understand.
Isa 44:19 Not one thinks to himself or has the knowledge or the discernment to say, "I burned half of it in the fire, baked bread on its coals, roasted meat and ate it. Should I now make the rest an abomination? Should I prostrate myself to a tree trunk?"
Isa 44:20 He is relying on ashes! A deceived heart has led him astray; so that now he won't save himself, just won't say, "This thing in my hand is a fraud!"
Isa 44:21 "Keep these matters in mind, Ya`akov, for you, Isra'el, are my servant. I formed you, you are my own servant; Isra'el, don't forget me.
Isa 44:22 Like a thick cloud, I wipe away your offenses; like a cloud, your sins. Come back to me, for I have redeemed you."
Isa 44:23 Sing, you heavens, for Adonai has done it! Shout, you depths of the earth! Mountains, break out into song, along with every tree in the forest! For Adonai has redeemed Ya`akov; he glorifies himself in Isra'el.
Isa 44:24 Here is what Adonai says, your Redeemer, he who formed you in the womb: "I am Adonai, who makes all things, who stretched out the heavens all alone, who spread out the earth all by myself.
Isa 44:25 I frustrate false prophets and their omens, I make fools of diviners, I drive back the sages and make their wisdom look silly.
Isa 44:26 I confirm my servants' prophecies and make my messengers' plans succeed. I say of Yerushalayim: 'She will be lived in,' of the cities of Y'hudah, 'They will be rebuilt; I will restore their ruins.'
Isa 44:27 I say to the deep sea, 'Dry up! I will make your streams run dry.'
Isa 44:28 I say of Koresh, 'He is my shepherd, he will do everything I want. He will say of Yerushalayim, "You will be rebuilt," and of the temple, "Your foundation will be laid." ' "
"Great peace have they which love thy law
and nothing shall offend them." Psalms 119:165
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Jason, this is the only week of the year where there is not Scripture readings. The following week starts back with Genesis 1.
Dan
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I would like to wish you all a good week.
Since we are celebrating the last Holy Day of the Sacred Calendar, there is no Parsha this week. Instead, we read the following, where Yeshua (Gk. Jesus) celebrates Sukkot for the last time:
Joh 7:1
After this, Yeshua traveled around in the Galil, intentionally avoiding Y'hudah because the Judeans were out to kill him.Joh 7:2
But the festival of Sukkot in Y'hudah was near;Joh 7:3
so his brothers said to him, "Leave here and go into Y'hudah, so that your talmidim can see the miracles you do;Joh 7:4
for no one who wants to become known acts in secret. If you're doing these things, show yourself to the world!"Joh 7:5
(His brothers spoke this way because they had not put their trust in him.)Joh 7:6
Yeshua said to them, "My time has not yet come; but for you, any time is right.Joh 7:7
The world can't hate you, but it does hate me, because I keep telling it how wicked its ways are.Joh 7:8
You, go on up to the festival; as for me, I am not going up to this festival now, because the right time for me has not yet come."Joh 7:9
Having said this, he stayed on in the Galil.Joh 7:10
But after his brothers had gone up to the festival, he too went up, not publicly but in secret.Joh 7:11
At the festival, the Judeans were looking for him. "Where is he?" they asked.Joh 7:12
And among the crowds there was much whispering about him. Some said, "He's a good man"; but others said, "No, he is deceiving the masses."Joh 7:13
However, no one spoke about him openly, for fear of the Judeans.Joh 7:14
Not until the festival was half over did Yeshua go up to the Temple courts and begin to teach.Joh 7:15
The Judeans were surprised: "How does this man know so much without having studied?" they asked.Joh 7:16
So Yeshua gave them an answer: "My teaching is not my own, it comes from the One who sent me.Joh 7:17
If anyone wants to do his will, he will know whether my teaching is from God or I speak on my own.Joh 7:18
A person who speaks on his own is trying to win praise for himself; but a person who tries to win praise for the one who sent him is honest, there is nothing false about him.Joh 7:19
Didn't Moshe give you the Torah? Yet not one of you obeys the Torah! Why are you out to kill me?"Joh 7:20
"You have a demon!" the crowd answered. "Who's out to kill you?"Joh 7:21
Yeshua answered them, "I did one thing; and because of this, all of you are amazed.Joh 7:22
Moshe gave you b'rit-milah — not that it came from Moshe but from the Patriarchs — and you do a boy's b'rit-milah on Shabbat.Joh 7:23
If a boy is circumcised on Shabbat so that the Torah of Moshe will not be broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man's whole body well on Shabbat?Joh 7:24
Stop judging by surface appearances, and judge the right way!"Joh 7:25
Some of the Yerushalayim people said, "Isn't this the man they're out to kill?Joh 7:26
Yet here he is, speaking openly; and they don't say anything to him. It couldn't be, could it, that the authorities have actually concluded he's the Messiah?Joh 7:27
Surely not — we know where this man comes from; but when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he comes from."Joh 7:28
Whereupon Yeshua, continuing to teach in the Temple courts, cried out, "Indeed you do know me! And you know where I'm from! And I have not come on my own! The One who sent me is real. But him you don't know!Joh 7:29
I do know him, because I am with him, and he sent me!"Joh 7:30
At this, they tried to arrest him; but no one laid a hand on him; because his time had not yet come.Joh 7:31
However, many in the crowd put their trust in him and said, "When the Messiah comes, will he do more miracles than this man has done?"Joh 7:32
The P'rushim heard the crowd whispering these things about Yeshua; so the head cohanim and the P'rushim sent some of the Temple guards to arrest him.Joh 7:33
Yeshua said, "I will be with you only a little while longer; then I will go away to the One who sent me.Joh 7:34
You will look for me and not find me; indeed, where I am, you cannot come."Joh 7:35
The Judeans said to themselves, "Where is this man about to go, that we won't find him? Does he intend to go to the Greek Diaspora and teach the Greek-speaking Jews?Joh 7:36
And when he says, 'You will look for me and not find me; indeed, where I am, you cannot come' — what does he mean?"Joh 7:37
Now on the last day of the festival, Hoshana Rabbah, Yeshua stood and cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him keep coming to me and drinking!Joh 7:38
Whoever puts his trust in me, as the Scripture says, rivers of living water will flow from his inmost being!"Joh 7:39
(Now he said this about the Spirit, whom those who trusted in him were to receive later — the Spirit had not yet been given, because Yeshua had not yet been glorified.)Joh 7:40
On hearing his words, some people in the crowd said, "Surely this man is 'the prophet' ";Joh 7:41
others said, "This is the Messiah." But others said, "How can the Messiah come from the Galil?Joh 7:42
Doesn't the Tanakh say that the Messiah is from the seed of David and comes from Beit-Lechem, the village where David lived?"Joh 7:43
So the people were divided because of him.Joh 7:44
Some wanted to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him.Joh 7:45
The guards came back to the head cohanim and the P'rushim, who asked them, "Why didn't you bring him in?"Joh 7:46
The guards replied, "No one ever spoke the way this man speaks!"Joh 7:47
"You mean you've been taken in as well?" the P'rushim retorted.Joh 7:48
"Has any of the authorities trusted him? Or any of the P'rushim? No!Joh 7:49
True, these `am-ha'aretz do, but they know nothing about the Torah, they are under a curse!"Joh 7:50
Nakdimon, the man who had gone to Yeshua before and was one of them, said to them,Joh 7:51
"Our Torah doesn't condemn a man — does it? — until after hearing from him and finding out what he's doing."Joh 7:52
They replied, "You aren't from the Galil too, are you? Study the Tanakh, and see for yourself that no prophet comes from the Galil!"Joh 7:53
[Most scholars believe that 7:53 - 8:11 is not from the pen of Yochanan. Many are of the opinion that it is a true story about Yeshua written by another of his talmidim.] Then they all left, each one to his own home.Jason,
Have good day.
Danny
Today is 10-5-2008, the first day of the week.
I would like to wish you all a good week.
It is the 6th day in the new biblical year 5769.
This is the reading for today:
Deu 32:1
Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.Deu 32:2
My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew; as the small rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb.Deu 32:3
For I will proclaim the name of the LORD; ascribe ye greatness unto our God.Deu 32:4
The Rock, His work is perfect; for all His ways are justice; a God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is He.Deu 32:5
Is corruption His? No; His children's is the blemish; a generation crooked and perverse.Deu 32:6
Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not He thy father that hath gotten thee? hath He not made thee, and established thee?Iii. 9-30-2008
(7) And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
(8) And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
(9) And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel.
1st Portion
Chapter 31
1. And Moses went, and he spoke the following words to all Israel. 2. He said to them, "Today I am one hundred and twenty years old. I can no longer go or come, and the Lord said to me, "You shall not cross this Jordan. 3. The Lord, your God He will cross before you; He will destroy these nations from before you so that you will possess them. Joshua he will cross before you, as the Lord has spoken.
2nd Portion
Thank you to everyone for your prayers, cards, flowers, visits and calls. I feel like gettin ack to normal now but will restrain myself.
I have cancelled some activities. Will suspend the Perla Group for later and hope to find someonet to cover me for PPD.
Today is the first day of the week. This is the start of the 52nd Parsha for the year.
Sunset 9-29-2008 is Yom Teruah and wish you all a good week and sweetness for the coming year.
En Su Hijo Unigenito,
Danny
"Great peace have they which love thy law
and nothing shall offend them." Psalms 119:165
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Torah Reading for Nitzavim
Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20 1st portion | 2nd portion | 3rd portion | 4th portion | 5th portion | 6th portion | 7th portion | Complete
1st Portion
Chapter 29
9. You are all standing this day before the Lord, your God the leaders of your tribes, your elders and your officers, every man of Israel, 10. your young children, your women, and your convert who is within your camp both your woodcutters and your water drawers, 11. that you may enter the covenant of the Lord, your God, and His oath, which the Lord, your God, is making with you this day,
MEDITATION: What must I do to enter a personal relationship with G-d?
"Great peace have they which love thy law
and nothing shall offend them." Psalms 119:165
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III. Today is 9-16-2008, the third day of the week. Today at 5:00 P.M. pray for the lost to be born-again.
(8) When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a parapet for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence.
(9) Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with two kinds of seed; lest the fulness of the seed which thou hast sown be forfeited together with the increase of the vineyard.
(10) Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
(11) Thou shalt not wear a mingled stuff, wool and linen together.
(12) Thou shalt make thee twisted cords upon the four corners of thy covering, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
(13) If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,
(14) and lay wanton charges against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say: 'I took this woman, and when I came nigh to her, I found not in her the tokens of virginity';
(15) then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate.
(16) And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders: 'I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
(17) and, lo, he hath laid wanton charges, saying: I found not in thy daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity.' And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.
(18) And the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him.
(19) And they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel; and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
(20) But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the damsel;
(21) then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die; because she hath wrought a wanton deed in Israel, to play the harlot in her father's house; so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.
(22) If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman; so shalt thou put away the evil from Israel.
(23) If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a man, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
(24) then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die: the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife; so thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee.
(25) But if the man find the damsel that is betrothed in the field, and the man take hold of her, and lie with her; then the man only that lay with her shall die.
(26) But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death; for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter.
(27) For he found her in the field; the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
(28) If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, that is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
(29) then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he hath humbled her; he may not put her away all his days.
(30) (23:1) A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.
(1) (23:2) He that is crushed or maimed in his privy parts shall not enter into the assembly of the LORD.
(2) (23:3) A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of the LORD.
(3) (23:4) An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation shall none of them enter into the assembly of the LORD for ever;
(4) (23:5) because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Aram-naharaim, to curse thee.
(5) (23:6) Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
(6) (23:7) Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
(7) (23:8) Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, for he is thy brother; thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.
"Great peace have they which love thy law
and nothing shall offend them." Psalms 119:165
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Dan
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No. 49
Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19 JPS
I. Today is 9-14-2008, the first day of the week. Pray for those who are sick today at 10:00 A.M. CDT.
(10) When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou carriest them away captive,
(11) and seest among the captives a woman of goodly form, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife;
(12) then thou shalt bring her home to thy house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
(13) and she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thy house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month; and after that thou mayest go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
(14) And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not deal with her as a slave, because thou hast humbled her.
(15) If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated;
(16) then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved the first-born before the son of the hated, who is the first-born;
(17) but he shall acknowledge the first-born, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath; for he is the first-fruits of his strength, the right of the first-born is his.
(18) If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not hearken to the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them;
(19) then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
(20) and they shall say unto the elders of his city: 'This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he doth not hearken to our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.'
(21) And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die; so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
"Great peace have they which love thy law
and nothing shall offend them." Psalms 119:165
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No. 49
I. Today is 9-07-08 and the first day of the week. Pray for the infirm between 10:00 and 11:00 A.M. today. This is today's reading:
Deuteronomy 21:
(10) When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou carriest them away captive,
(11) and seest among the captives a woman of goodly form, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife;
(12) then thou shalt bring her home to thy house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
(13) and she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thy house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month; and after that thou mayest go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
(14) And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not deal with her as a slave, because thou hast humbled her.
(15) If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated;
(16) then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved the first-born before the son of the hated, who is the first-born;
(17) but he shall acknowledge the first-born, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath; for he is the first-fruits of his strength, the right of the first-born is his.
(18) If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not hearken to the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them;
(19) then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
(20) and they shall say unto the elders of his city: 'This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he doth not hearken to our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.'
(21) And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die; so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
MEDITATION: Can G-d disown His children?
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"Great peace have they which love thy law
and nothing shall offend them." Psalms 119:165
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Thanks Erika!
"Great peace have they which love thy law
and nothing shall offend them." Psalms 119:165
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Danny
"Great peace have they which love thy law
and nothing shall offend them." Psalms 119:165
-- Paul <pdial@earthlink.net> wrote:
Hi Danny,
I wanted to let you know that you have inspired me to start a weekly Bible study for my family. We follow the weekly Torah portions and I use the "Family Parsha" (with coloring pages!) from aish.com.
Carol and I try to read the portions in tandem through the week but since we have young children, we focus on whichever portion that can best relate to the kids every Wednesday night....some weeks it goes well, other weeks we are reminded that it is a process to keep working on!
Thanks,
-Paul
-----Original Message-----
>From: From Danny <danielsaenzgonzalez@netzero.com>
>Sent: Aug 31, 2008 9:43 AM
>To: Undisclosed-recipients@null, null@null
>Subject: Gustav the spirit 8-31-2008
>
>I wish you a safe and peaceful week.
>Remember us in the Gulf Coast as Hurricane Gustav approaches, currently as a category 4 storm
>Danny
>
>This is today's reading:
>No. 48
>
>Torah Reading for Shoftim
>Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9
>
>1st Portion. Today is 8-31-2008 and the 1st day of the week. This is the 244th day of the Julian calendar. Today is the last day of the 8th month of 2008.
>
>Chapter 16
>18. You shall set up judges and law enforcement officials for yourself in all your cities that the Lord, your God, is giving you, for your tribes, and they shall judge the people [with] righteous judgment.
>19. You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show favoritism, and you shall not take a bribe, for bribery blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts just words.
>20. Justice, justice shall you pursue, that you may live and possess the land the Lord, your God, is giving you.
>21. You shall not plant for yourself an asherah, [or] any tree, near the altar of the Lord, your God, which you shall make for yourself. 22. And you shall not set up for yourself a monument, which the Lord, your God hates.
>Chapter 17
>1. You shall not sacrifice to the Lord, your God, an ox or a sheep that has in it a blemish or any bad thing, for that is an abomination to the Lord, your God. 2. If there will be found among you, within one of your cities which the Lord, your God is giving you, a man or woman who does evil in the eyes of the Lord, your God, to transgress His covenant, 3. and who will go and worship other gods and prostrate himself before them, or to the sun, the moon, or any of the host of the heavens, which I have not commanded; 4. and it will be told to you, and you will hear it, and investigate thoroughly, and behold, the matter coincides; this abomination has been perpetrated in Israel. 5. Then you shall bring out that man or that woman who has committed this evil thing, to your cities, the man or the woman, and you shall pelt them with stones, and they shall die.
>6. By the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall the one liable to death be put to death; he shall not be put to death by the mouth of one witness. 7. The hand of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people, and you shall abolish evil from among you.
>8. If a matter eludes you in judgment, between blood and blood, between judgment and judgment, or between lesion and lesion, words of dispute in your cities, then you shall rise and go up to the place the Lord, your God, chooses. 9. And you shall come to the Levitic kohanim and to the judge who will be in those days, and you shall inquire, and they will tell you the words of judgment. 10. And you shall do according to the word they tell you, from the place the Lord will choose, and you shall observe to do according to all they instruct you. 11. According to the law they instruct you and according to the judgment they say to you, you shall do; you shall not divert from the word they tell you, either right or left.
>12. And the man who acts intentionally, not obeying the kohen who stands there to serve the Lord, your God, or to the judge that man shall die, and you shall abolish evil from Israel.
>13. And all the people shall listen and fear, and they shall no longer act wantonly.
>
>MEDITATION: How do you judge another?
>*******
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>
>"Great peace have they which love thy law
>and nothing shall offend them." Psalms 119:165
>
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This is today's reading:
No. 48
Torah Reading for Shoftim
Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9
1st Portion. Today is 8-31-2008 and the 1st day of the week. This is the 244th day of the Julian calendar. Today is the last day of the 8th month of 2008.
Chapter 16
18. You shall set up judges and law enforcement officials for yourself in all your cities that the Lord, your God, is giving you, for your tribes, and they shall judge the people [with] righteous judgment.
19. You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show favoritism, and you shall not take a bribe, for bribery blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts just words.
20. Justice, justice shall you pursue, that you may live and possess the land the Lord, your God, is giving you.
21. You shall not plant for yourself an asherah, [or] any tree, near the altar of the Lord, your God, which you shall make for yourself. 22. And you shall not set up for yourself a monument, which the Lord, your God hates.
Chapter 17
1. You shall not sacrifice to the Lord, your God, an ox or a sheep that has in it a blemish or any bad thing, for that is an abomination to the Lord, your God. 2. If there will be found among you, within one of your cities which the Lord, your God is giving you, a man or woman who does evil in the eyes of the Lord, your God, to transgress His covenant, 3. and who will go and worship other gods and prostrate himself before them, or to the sun, the moon, or any of the host of the heavens, which I have not commanded; 4. and it will be told to you, and you will hear it, and investigate thoroughly, and behold, the matter coincides; this abomination has been perpetrated in Israel. 5. Then you shall bring out that man or that woman who has committed this evil thing, to your cities, the man or the woman, and you shall pelt them with stones, and they shall die.
6. By the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall the one liable to death be put to death; he shall not be put to death by the mouth of one witness. 7. The hand of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people, and you shall abolish evil from among you.
8. If a matter eludes you in judgment, between blood and blood, between judgment and judgment, or between lesion and lesion, words of dispute in your cities, then you shall rise and go up to the place the Lord, your God, chooses. 9. And you shall come to the Levitic kohanim and to the judge who will be in those days, and you shall inquire, and they will tell you the words of judgment. 10. And you shall do according to the word they tell you, from the place the Lord will choose, and you shall observe to do according to all they instruct you. 11. According to the law they instruct you and according to the judgment they say to you, you shall do; you shall not divert from the word they tell you, either right or left.
12. And the man who acts intentionally, not obeying the kohen who stands there to serve the Lord, your God, or to the judge that man shall die, and you shall abolish evil from Israel.
13. And all the people shall listen and fear, and they shall no longer act wantonly.
MEDITATION: How do you judge another?
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"Great peace have they which love thy law
and nothing shall offend them." Psalms 119:165
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1st Portion. Today is 8-24-2008, the 1st day of the week.
Pray for the sick from 10:00 A.M. until 11:00. A.M.
Chapter 11
26. Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse.
27. The blessing, that you will heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today; 28. and the curse, if you will not heed the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn away from the way I command you this day, to follow other gods, which you did not know. 29. And it will be, when the Lord, your God, will bring you to the land to which you come, to possess it, that you shall place those blessing upon Mount Gerizim, and those cursing upon Mount Ebal. 30. Are they not on the other side of the Jordan, way beyond, in the direction of the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites, who dwell in the plain, opposite Gilgal, near the plains of Moreh? 31. For you are crossing the Jordan, to come to possess the land which the Lord, your God, is giving you, and you shall possess it and dwell in it. 32. And you shall keep to perform all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today.
Chapter 12
1. These are the statutes and ordinances that you shall keep to perform in the land which the Lord God of your fathers gives you to possess all the days that you live on the earth.
2. You shall utterly destroy from all the places where the nations, that you shall possess, worshipped their gods, upon the lofty mountains and upon the hills, and under every lush tree. 3. And you shall tear down their altars, smash their monuments, burn their asherim with fire, cut down the graven images of their gods, and destroy their name from that place.
4. You shall not do so to the Lord, your God. 5. But only to the place which the Lord your God shall choose from all your tribes, to set His Name there; you shall inquire after His dwelling and come there. 6. And there you shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the separation by your hand, and your vows and your donations, and the firstborn of your cattle and of your sheep.
7. And there you shall eat before the Lord, your God, and you shall rejoice in all your endeavors you and your households, as the Lord, your God, has blessed you. 8. You shall not do as all the things that we do here this day, every man [doing] what he deems fit. 9. For you have not yet come to the resting place or to the inheritance, which the Lord, your God, is giving you. 10. And you shall cross the Jordan and settle in the land the Lord, your God, is giving you as an inheritance, and He will give you rest from all your enemies surrounding you, and you will dwell securely.
MEDITATION: What will bring a curse on you?
I would like to hear what God has shown you through today's portion. Please write back to me.
Peace in Messiah the King of Israel,
Danny
"Great peace have they which love thy law
and nothing shall offend them." Psalms 119:165
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I hope you have a safe and healhful week.
Danny
No. 46
I. 8-17-2008. Today is the first day of the week. Pray for the sick, today at 10:00 A.M.
Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25 JPS
And it shall come to pass, because ye hearken to these ordinances, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep with thee the covenant and the mercy which He swore unto thy fathers, (13) and He will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; He will also bless the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy land, thy corn and thy wine and thine oil, the increase of thy kine and the young of thy flock, in the land which He swore unto thy fathers to give thee.
(14) Thou shalt be blessed above all peoples; there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. (15) And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness; and He will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee, but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.
(16) And thou shalt consume all the peoples that the LORD thy God shall deliver unto thee; thine eye shall not pity them; neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee. (17) If thou shalt say in thy heart: 'These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?' (18) thou shalt not be afraid of them; thou shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt: (19) the great trials which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out; so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the peoples of whom thou art afraid. (20) Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and they that hide themselves, perish from before thee. (21) Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for the LORD thy God is in the midst of thee, a God great and awful. (22) And the LORD thy God will cast out those nations before thee by little and little; thou mayest not consume them quickly, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee. (23) But the LORD thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and shall discomfit them with a great discomfiture, until they be destroyed. (24) And He shall deliver their kings into thy hand, and thou shalt make their name to perish from under heaven; there shall no man be able to stand against thee, until thou have destroyed them. (25) The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire; thou shalt not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein; for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
(26) And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, and be accursed like unto it; thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.
(8:1) All the commandment which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers. (2) And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that He might afflict thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep His commandments, or no. (3) And He afflicted thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that He might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every thing that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
(4) Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. (5) And thou shalt consider in thy heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. (6) And thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in His ways, and to fear Him.
(7) For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, springing forth in valleys and hills; (8) a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig-trees and pomegranates; a land of olive-trees and honey; (9) a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. (10) And thou shalt eat and be satisfied, and bless the LORD thy God for the good land which He hath given thee.
Meditation: What is the outcome of obeying G-d's teachings?
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Hope you're having a good week.
Perla Group meets tonight 7:00 to 8:00 P.M. CDT. We will study this week's Sedrah focusing on the following Portion:
V. Today is Day 5, 8-14-2008.
(4) HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE [JPS translates alone]. (5) And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
(6) And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; (7) and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. (8) And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes. (9) And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.
MEDITATION: What is the outward sign that you love G-d ?
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Paul,
More thoughts on your reply:
Mat 11:14
And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.Mat 17:10
And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?Mat 17:11
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.Mat 17:12
But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.Mat 17:13
Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.Mar 9:12
And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.Mar 9:13
But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.-- Paul <pdial@earthlink.net> wrote:
OK, I can follow Messiah Ben Joseph and Messiah Ben David - these together complete the nature of Mashiach that is described in the OT.
So that being established, the prophecy in Mal 4:5 has yet to be fulfilled...
TRUE.
Even when John the Baptist was asked if he was Elijah, he said "no" (John 1:21). (Plus, if Elijah were to return in the person of John the Baptist, then don't we get into some reincarnation-type weirdness?). But I'm thinking that one could view John the Baptist as a foreshadow of Elijah at the Second Coming... John the Baptist after all was the one "to prepare the way".... sound reasonable?
I BELIEVE THIS IS RIGHT. JB WAS A FORESHADOW, NOT THE LITERAL ELIJAH. ELIJAH CANNOT BE REINCARNATED, REMEMBER HE DID NOT DIE. IRREGARDLESS, HE WILL APPEAR RESURRECTED ANYWAY, AS WE ALL WILL AT HIS COMING.
Underline, caps format only for emphasis, you see.
Hope you have a good day.
Danny
"Great peace have they which love thy law
and nothing shall offend them." Psalms 119:165
-- Paul <pdial@earthlink.net> wrote:
OK, I can follow Messiah Ben Joseph and Messiah Ben David - these together complete the nature of Mashiach that is described in the OT.
So that being established, the prophecy in Mal 4:5 has yet to be fulfilled...
I guess this (Mal 4:5) is just one of the prophecies that Jews use when dismissing Jesus as Messiah. Because first century Jews were looking for Elijah (as they are now) to herald in the Messianic Age. And, since Elijah did not return in the first century, Jesus could not have been the Messiah to the Jews.
John the Baptist
Even when John the Baptist was asked if he was Elijah, he said "no" (John 1:21). (Plus, if Elijah were to return in the person of John the Baptist, then don't we get into some reincarnation-type weirdness?). But I'm thinking that one could view John the Baptist as a foreshadow of Elijah at the Second Coming... John the Baptist after all was the one "to prepare the way".... sound reasonable?
Thanks!
-Paul
-----Original Message-----
>From: From Danny <danielsaenzgonzalez@netzero.com>
>Sent: Aug 13, 2008 1:26 PM
>To: pdial@earthlink.net
>Subject: Re: The Third Jewish Temple
>
>Paul;
>First of all, what a delight to hear from you. I ask Micah about you and he says your are busy -- which I can certainly understand. You will be like this atleast till the kids reach 18. Best wishes. I am well and wish you the same.
>
>Second, the rabbi is correct.Elijah will come before "the day of the L-RD". This IS the Messianic Age, or the "Second Coming" in christian terms. See Passage Below from Malachi.*
>
>Jesus said that JdB was Elijah. John DID announce the coming of the Lord (i.e. Jesus, hte Messiah). Remember, we learn from prophecy that there are multiple "fulfillments". But these "fullfilments" are signs, not the actual event.The "actual" event occurs only once. BTW, Jesus was the Messiah ... you can only know this by the Holy Spirit, who does not reveal THAT to everyone.
>
>Jesus came, as announced by the Prophets. He WAS Messiah Ben Joseph, (son of Joseph). Later He comes as Messiah Ben David -- the conqueror, fullfilling the Messianic Age. Unbelievers teach Two Messiahs, not one. BUT, He is one in the same.
>
>So, Elijah (the real one) does come. And his coming is anticipated (the empty chair).
>*
>Mal 4:1 (3:19) For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall set them ablaze, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. [I.E. THIS IS THE END OF THE WORLD, JUDGMENT DAY]
>Mal 4:2 (3:20) But unto you that fear My name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.
>Mal 4:3 (3:21) And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I do make, saith the LORD of hosts.
>Mal 4:4 (3:22) Remember ye the law of Moses My servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.
>Mal 4:5 (3:23) Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the LORD. [N.B. TO THE UNBELIEVER, HE HAS NEVER SEEN MESSIAH [[YESHUA BEN JOSEPH]] BEFORE]
>Mal 4:6 (3:24) And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers; lest I come and smite the land with utter destruction.
>
>Let me know if this helps, Paul.
>
>Yours,
>Danny
>"Great peace have they which love thy law
>and nothing shall offend them." Psalms 119:165
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>-- Paul <pdial@earthlink.net> wrote:
>Hi Danny,
>
>I hope all is well!
>
>Hey I recently attended a Jewish friend's son's Brit milah, and before the rabbi performed the cutting, he gave some background about the ceremony. One thing I found interesting was that an empty chair is made available for the prophet Elijah - as there is a prayer that is recited that invites Elijah to the ceremony (Elijah didn't die). According to Jewish interpretation of Malachi 4:5, Elijah will return right before the Messianic Age (or the Messiah, I guess it depends on one's view.)
>So I've been struggling with this over the last week or so..... are there other legitimate interpretations of Mal 4:5? I know that some say that John the Baptist fulfilled this prophecy - but I have difficulty with that.... what are your thoughts?
>
>-Paul
>
>
>
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Archaeology article........
THREE 9,000-YEAR-OLD SKULLS FOUND IN GALILEE
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
Archaeologists have discovered three 9,000-year-old skulls at the Yiftah'el dig in the
Lower Galilee, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday. Experts said the
placement of the skulls confirms the worship of ancestors from during that time,
practiced by displaying skulls inside houses.
The skulls were apparently placed on benches in a house where they would inspire the
younger generation to continue in the ways of their forefathers. A similar custom was
also identified in Syria, Turkey and Jordan.
The skulls are 8,000-9,000 years old and were buried in a pit adjacent to an excavated
large public building. They were discovered during excavations for a new highway
interchange at the Movil Junction, a major intersection.
"The skulls were found plastered – that is to say sculpted – which is a phenomenon
that is identified with the New Stone Age," said site director Dr. Hamoudi Khalaily.
"The practice included the reconstruction of all of the facial features of the
deceased by means of sculpting the skull with a variety of materials such as plaster that
was specifically intended for this. On the skulls that were found in the excavation the
nose was entirely reconstructed."
The pit where the skulls were found showed depressions that probably were used for graves
underneath floors.
Dr. Khalaily explained, "Some time thereafter, the residents would dig up the grave,
retrieve the skull from the rest of the skeleton and recover the grave. Later they would
then mold the skull in the image of the deceased and keep it inside the house. This
custom is known in the scientific literature as 'ancestor worship.'"
The three molded skulls that were found at Yiftah'el join 15 other similar skulls that
have been found to date.
Some Torah authorities explain that findings which are dated before the Jewish date of
creation are remnants from worlds which G-d created and destroyed before this world.
"Great peace have they which love thy law
and nothing shall offend them." Psalms 119:165
Paul;
First of all, what a delight to hear from you. I ask Micah about you and he says your are busy -- which I can certainly understand. You will be like this atleast till the kids reach 18. Best wishes. I am well and wish you the same.
Second, the rabbi is correct.Elijah will come before "the day of the L-RD". This IS the Messianic Age, or the "Second Coming" in christian terms. See Passage Below from Malachi.*
Jesus said that JdB was Elijah. John DID announce the coming of the Lord (i.e. Jesus, hte Messiah). Remember, we learn from prophecy that there are multiple "fulfillments". But these "fullfilments" are signs, not the actual event.The "actual" event occurs only once. BTW, Jesus was the Messiah ... you can only know this by the Holy Spirit, who does not reveal THAT to everyone.
Jesus came, as announced by the Prophets. He WAS Messiah Ben Joseph, (son of Joseph). Later He comes as Messiah Ben David -- the conqueror, fullfilling the Messianic Age. Unbelievers teach Two Messiahs, not one. BUT, He is one in the same.
So, Elijah (the real one) does come. And his coming is anticipated (the empty chair).
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Mal 4:1
(3:19) For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall set them ablaze, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. [I.E. THIS IS THE END OF THE WORLD, JUDGMENT DAY]Mal 4:2
(3:20) But unto you that fear My name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.Mal 4:3
(3:21) And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I do make, saith the LORD of hosts.Mal 4:4
(3:22) Remember ye the law of Moses My servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.Mal 4:5
(3:23) Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the LORD. [N.B. TO THE UNBELIEVER, HE HAS NEVER SEEN MESSIAH [[YESHUA BEN JOSEPH]] BEFORE]Mal 4:6
(3:24) And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers; lest I come and smite the land with utter destruction.
Let me know if this helps, Paul.
Yours,
Danny
"Great peace have they which love thy law
and nothing shall offend them." Psalms 119:165
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-- Paul <pdial@earthlink.net> wrote:
Hi Danny,
I hope all is well!
Hey I recently attended a Jewish friend's son's Brit milah, and before the rabbi performed the cutting, he gave some background about the ceremony. One thing I found interesting was that an empty chair is made available for the prophet Elijah - as there is a prayer that is recited that invites Elijah to the ceremony (Elijah didn't die). According to Jewish interpretation of Malachi 4:5, Elijah will return right before the Messianic Age (or the Messiah, I guess it depends on one's view.)
So I've been struggling with this over the last week or so..... are there other legitimate interpretations of Mal 4:5? I know that some say that John the Baptist fulfilled this prophecy - but I have difficulty with that.... what are your thoughts?
-Paul
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III. Day 3, 8-12-2008.
(5:1) And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and observe to do them. (2) The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. (3) The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
(4) The LORD spoke with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire - (5) I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to declare unto you the word of the LORD; for ye were afraid because of the fire, and went not up into the mount - saying:
(6) I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
(7) Thou shalt have no other gods before Me. (8) Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, even any manner of likeness, of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. (9) Thou shalt not bow down unto them, nor serve them; for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate Me, (10) and showing mercy unto the thousandth generation of them that love Me and keep My commandments.
(11) Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain.
(12) Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the LORD thy God commanded thee. (13) Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work; (14) but the seventh day is a sabbath unto the LORD thy God, in it thou shalt not do any manner of work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou. (15) And thou shalt remember that thou was a servant in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God brought thee out thence by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
(16) Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
(17) Thou shalt not murder.
(18) (5:17) Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
MEDITATION: Can anyone obey these commandments?
