Haftarah VaYigash

Haftarah VaYigash
Ezekiel 37: 15-28
Eze 37:15 The word of YHWH came again to me, saying,
Eze 37:16 You, son of man, take one stick, and write on it, For Yehudah, and for the children of Yisra’el his companions: then take another stick, and write on it, For Yosef, the stick of Efrayim, and [for] all [...]

Torah Portion VaYigash

Torah Portion VaYigash
Genesis 44:18-47:27
Pay particular attention to chapter 47 in the Torah Portion of this Parasha, because it gives a slow-motion account of a complete economic collapse. These same steps will be taken against the “House of Yosef” in the latter days, as the “end of days” and the “birth pangs” are drawing to [...]

New Moon Report

Karaite Korner Newsletter #360
New Moon Report
December 2008
Tenth Biblical Month
On Sunday December 28, 2008 the new moon was not sighted from Israel
despite clear weather conditions. New moon day will begin tomorrow
night, Monday December 29, 2008.
Nehemia Gordon
Jerusalem, Israel
This means that Rosh Chodesh Tevet will begin at sundown on Monday, December 29th and continue throughout the daylight hours [...]

Kollel Miketz

Kollel Miketz
I Corinthians chapters 3 & 4

1Co 3:1 Brothers, I couldn’t speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Messiah.
1Co 3:2 I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you weren’t yet ready. Indeed, not even now are you ready,
1Co 3:3 for you are still fleshly. [...]

Epistle Miketz

Epistle Miketz
I Peter chapter 5

1Pe 5:1 I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Messiah, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.
1Pe 5:2 Shepherd the flock of Elohim which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not [...]

Talmidim Miketz

Talmidim Miketz
Matthew Chapters 24 & 25

Mat 24:1 Yeshua went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His talmidim came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.
Mat 24:2 But he answered them, “Don’t you see all of these things? Most certainly I tell you, there will not be left [...]

Haftarah Miketz

Haftarah Miketz
I Kings 3:5-4:1

1Ki 3:5 In Giv`on YHWH appeared to Shlomo in a dream by night; and Elohim said, Ask what I shall give you.
1Ki 3:6 Shlomo said, You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, according as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness [...]

Torah Portion Miketz

Torah Portion Miketz
Genesis 41:1-44:17

“Miketz” means “at the end” and the Sages have always considered this Parashat as an allegory of the End Times and the Events that will then occur. The two sets of 7 years that Pharoah dreams about are the “End of Days” and the “Birth Pangs.” By the end of the birth [...]

Kollel VaYeshev

Kollel VaYeshev
I Corinthians chapters 1 and 2

1Co 1:1 Sha’ul, called to be an emissary of Yeshua the Messiah through the will of Elohim, and our brother Sosthenes, [are both sending this letter]
1Co 1:2 to the assembly of Elohim which is at Korint; those who are sanctified in Messiah Yeshua, called to be holy ones, with [...]

Epistle VaYeshev

Epistle VaYeshev
I Peter chapter 4

1Pe 4:1 Forasmuch then as Messiah suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin;
1Pe 4:2 that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of [...]

Talmidim VaYeshev

Talmidim VaYeshev
Matthew chapters 22 & 23

Mat 22:1 Yeshua answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,
Mat 22:2 “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,
Mat 22:3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they [...]

Haftarah VaYeshev

Haftarah VaYeshev
Amos 2:6-3:8

Amo 2:6 Thus says YHWH: “For three transgressions of Yisra’el, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;
Amo 2:7a They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and [...]

Torah Portion VaYeshev

Torah Portion Vayeshev
Genesis 37:1-40:23

Gen 37:1 Ya`akov lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Kena`an.
Gen 37:2 This is the history of the generations of Ya`akov. Yosef, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s [...]

Kollel VaYishlach

Kollel VaYishlach
Romans chapters 15 & 16

Rom 15:1 Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Rom 15:2 Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.
Rom 15:3 For even Messiah didn’t please himself. But, as [...]

Epistle VaYishlach

Epistle VaYishlach
I Peter chapter 3

1Pe 3:1 In like manner, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;
1Pe 3:2 seeing your pure behavior in fear.

This is not outdated, misogynist or an [...]

Talmidim VaYishlach

Talmidim VaYishlach
Matthew chapters 20 & 21

Mat 20:1 “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
Mat 20:2 When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his [...]

Haftarah VaYishlach

Haftarah VaYishlach
Obadiah 1:1-21

Ovadyah is found intact in two of the ten “minor prophet” scrolls (4QXII(g) and MurXII). Although Edom is mention in two non-biblical scrolls (War Scroll 1:1 and 4Q434-7b-3) there are no expository writings on Ovadyah’s vision in the surviving manuscripts. So we don’t know how the post-exilic community interpreted Ovadyah – we only [...]

Torah Portion VaYishlach

Torah Portion VaYishlach
Genesis 32:4-36:43

Gen 32:3 (32:4) And Ya’akov sent messengers before him to Esav his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
Gen 32:4 (32:5) And he commanded them, saying: ‘Thus shall you say unto my lord Esav: Thus says your servant Ya’akov: I have sojourned with Lavan, and stayed until now. [...]

Kollel VaYetze

Kollel VaYetze
Romans chapters 13 & 14

Rom 13:1 Let every being be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from Elohim, and those who exist are ordained by Elohim.

This is the precept that “the law of the land is the law” as long as it [...]

Epistle VaYetze

Epistle VaYetze
1 Peter Chapter 2

1Pe 2:1 Putting away therefore all depravity, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,
1Pe 2:2 as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby,
1Pe 2:3 if indeed you have tasted that Adonai is gracious.

Psa 34:8 (34:9) O taste and [...]