Kollel Beresheit
Romans Chapter 1 & 2
Updated October 2009
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 [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Kollel Beresheit
10/25/2009Epistle Beresheit
10/25/2009Epistle Beresheit
James Chapter 1
Updated October 2009
James, in his epistle, borrows extensively from the themes in the writings of Ben Sirach. That book appears in the apocrypha which many protestants do not have in their Bibles. For serious Bible study, it is recommended that everyone have several different translations and versions of the Bible in order [...]
Talmidim Beresheit
10/25/2009Talmidim Beresheit
Matthew chapters 1-4
Updated October 2009
Mat 1:1 The book of the geneology of Yeshua the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Avraham.
Mat 1:2 Avraham became the father of Yitzchak. Yitzchak became the father of Ya`akov. Ya`akov became the father of Yehudah and his brothers.
Mat 1:3 Yehudah became the father of Peretz and Zerach [...]
Haftarah Beresheit
10/25/2009Haftarah Beresheit
Isaiah 42:5-21 Sephard
Isaiah 42:5-43:11 Ashkenaz
Updated October 2009
All readers begin here.
Isaiah 42:5a Thus says the Elohim, and Elohim who created the heavens and stretched them out…
This very interesting literal rendering comes to us from 1QIsa(a) and resists the later “correcting” of the Tanakh by the Masorites who wanted to eliminate instances where the Deity seems [...]
Parashat Beresheit
10/25/2009Torah Portion Beresheit
Genesis 1:1-6:8
Updated October 2009
This is a long Parashat and covers a lot of esoteric theological ground.
Gen 1:1 בראשׁית ברא אלהים את השׁמים ואת הארץ׃
The word “beresheit” has given people fits for a long time. It is the preposition “B” linked with the root “R-SH” (as in “Rosh,” meaning a literal “head,” a [...]
