Kollel Ki Tetze

Kollel Ki Tetze
Hebrews chapters 7 & 8
Heb 7:1 For this Malki-Tzedek, king of Shalem, Kohen of El `Elyon, who met Avraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
Heb 7:2  to whom also Avraham divided a tenth part of all (being first, by interpretation, king of righteousness, and then also king of Shalem, [...]

Epistle Ki Tetze

Epistle Ki Tetze
John 18:1-18
Joh 18:1 When Yeshua had spoken these words, he went out with his talmidim over the brook Kidron, where was a garden, into which he and his talmidim entered.
Joh 18:2  Now Yehudah, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Yeshua often met there with his talmidim.
Joh 18:3  Yehudah then, having taken [...]

Talmidim Ki Tetze

Talmidim Ki Tetze
Revelation chapters 10 & 11
Rev 10:1 I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.
Rev 10:2  He had in his hand a little open book. He set his [...]

Haftarah Ki Tetze

Haftarah Ki Tetze
Yeshayahu – Isaiah 54:1-10
Isa 54:1 Sing, barren, you who didn’t bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, says YHWH.
“The desolate” is 10-Israel (Ephrayim) that was divorced from Elohim, and the [...]

Torah Portion Ki Tetze

Torah Portion Ki Tetze
Devarim – Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19
Deu 21:10  When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and YHWH your Elohim delivers them into your hands, and you carry them away captive,
Deu 21:11  and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you have a desire to her, and would take her to you as [...]

Rosh Chodesh Elul and the Season of Repentance

Two emails have been received concerning the sighting of the New Moon in Jerusalem for Rosh Chodesh Elul:
Karaite Korner Newsletter #408
New Moon Report
Sixth Biblical Month
Part 1
On Friday August 21, 2009 observers looked for the moon from Jerusalem but did not sight it. Visibility was uncertain this evening. Further sighting reports will be posted as they [...]

Kollel Shoftim

Kollel Shoftim
Hebrews chapters 5 and 6
Heb 5:1 For every Kohen Gadol, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to Elohim, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
Heb 5:2  The Kohen Gadol can deal gently with those who are ignorant and going astray, because he himself is also [...]

Epistle Shoftim

Epistle Shoftim
John chapter 17
Joh 17:1 Yeshua said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you;
Joh 17:2  even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
Joh [...]

Talmidim Shoftim

Talmidim Shoftim
Revelation chapters 8 & 9
If you recall, in chapter 6 the first series of judgements were opened, these being released as each of six seals on the scroll of judgment was opened by the Lamb.  The first seal revealed the False Messiah, the second his main military opponent who engaged him in conventional warfare [...]

Haftarah Shoftim

Haftarah Shoftim
Yeshayahu – Isaiah 51:12-52:12
Isa 51:12  I, even I, am he who comforts you: who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass;
Isa 51:13  and have forgotten YHWH your Maker, who stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of [...]

Torah Portion Shoftim

Torah Portion Shoftim
Devarim – Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9
Deu 16:18  Shofetim and officers shall you make you in all your gates, which YHWH your Elohim gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
Deu 16:19  You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for [...]

Kollel Reh

Kollel Reh
Hebrews chapters 3 and 4
If you have not already read the introduction to Hebrews from last week’s Parashat, please do so.
Hebrews, continued:
Heb 3:1 Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and Kohen Gadol of our confession, Yeshua;
Heb 3:2  who was faithful to him who appointed him, as also was Moshe [...]

Epistle Reh

Epistle Reh
John chapter 16
Joh 16:1 “These things have I spoken to you, so that you wouldn’t be caused to stumble.
Joh 16:2  They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to Elohim.
While this was certainly true in the early days prior to [...]

Talmidim Reh

Talmidim Reh
Revelation chapters 6 and 7
Recall, chapters 2 and 3 were a review of the apostolic era, the age of “making disciples of all peoples, nations, and tongues.”  It went in fits and starts, and Torah Observance was finally all but vanquished by the syncretization of pagan Greek and Roman practices.  Finally we arrived at [...]

Haftarah Reh

Haftarah Reh
Yeshayahu – Isaiah 54:11-55:5
Isa 54:11  You afflicted, tossed with storms, and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colors, and lay your foundations with sapphires.
The context of the first part of chapter 54 seems to indicate that Elohim is referring to Ephraim, 10-Israel, from whom He “turned away” for a little [...]

Torah Portion Reh

Torah Portion Reh
Devarim – Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17
Recall, Moshe is giving a final speech to the Israelites before he dies and they cross the Jordan River.
Deuteronomy, continued:
Deu 11:26  Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:
Deu 11:27  the blessing, if you shall listen to the mitzvot of YHWH your Elohim, which I [...]

Kollel Ekev

Kollel Ekev
Hebrews chapters 1 & 2
We must always remember the warning of Peter when we start a new Pauline epistle – that false teachers distort Shaul’s words to make it appear he was teaching Torahlessness.
2Pe 3:15  Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Sha’ul also, according to the wisdom [...]

Epistle Ekev

Epistle Ekev
Yochanan – John chapter 15
Joh 15:1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.
Joh 15:2  Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
Joh 15:3  You are already pruned clean because of the word which I [...]

Talmidim Ekev

Talmidim Ekev
Revelation chapters 4 & 5
Rev 4:1 After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, like a shofar speaking with me, was one saying, “Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this.”
“These things” are the things he [...]

Haftarah Ekev

Haftarah Ekev
Yeshayahu – Isaiah 49:14-51:3
Isa 49:14  But Tziyon said, YHWH has forsaken me, and Adonai has forgotten me.
Isa 49:15  Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you.
Isa 49:16  Behold, I have engraved you on [...]