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“As for you, son of man, describe to the house of Israel the temple, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and they shall measure the plan.”
With a few words about the Hebrew Calendar as we approach the end of the year, our discussion for Haftarah Tetzaveh focuses on the altar of burnt offering and the differences in Yechezqel’s description.
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“It was in the 480th year after the people of Isra’el had left the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Shlomo’s reign over Isra’el, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of YHWH.” Why even build a temple when there was already a mishkan (tabernacle)? We discuss royal ideology as we study this week’s Haftarah Terumah.
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“…they made the male and female slaves, whom they had freed, return; and they brought them back into subjection as slaves.”
An introduction on covenants precedes our study on Haftarah Mishpatim–Jeremiah’s prophecy against Israel for violating the commandment to release slaves in the seventh year.
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What does being in covenant with God entail? What does it mean to not have other gods before YHWH or take His name in vain? What does it mean to REMEMBER the sabbath day? From our Weekly Group Bible Class, Yoel teaches in depth about the Ten Statements of the Covenant of YHWH with Israel.
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“Holy, holy, holy, is YHWH of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory!”
Reminiscent of the revelation of YHWH at Mt. Sinai is Isaiah’s vision of YHWH in His throne room. Haftarah Yitro depicts this vision and ominous prophecy that is given.
The word משיח-Mashiach-Messiah is derived from the root משח which is mostly associated with the idea of placing oil on something or someone. The act of anointing was performed as an act of dedication of a person or an item to a service (mostly to God). In this article, I will be looking into the background of this act, and the meaning of the title Mashiach.
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In this short podcast, we look closer at some of the interpretations of what Cham did to Noach and the sources of these interpretations.
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What does “Yom Teruah” mean? What is it about? How is it observed? Why is it called Rosh Hashanah? Why is this day a shabbat? What do the blasts sound like? Yoel and Jono discuss these questions and we listen to the sounds of the shofar on Yom Teruah.
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Why are there such violent stories in the bible? In our final episode of the Book of Judges, Yoel and Jono address this question as Israel, due to the vow they took, find a loophole to rebuild the tribe of Benjamin whom they just decimated in the previous chapter.
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In this week’s torah portion, Pinchas (Phinehas), Yoel addresses textual practices, priesthood, genealogy, and inheritance for women.
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