Bereshit- "In the Beginning"

Well, my one year project has now gone full circle:
We have completed the entire Torah Cycle, and as we dawn on the new Torah Cycle, we look with anticipation upon the year before us. Again, much thanks is given to Rabbi Jack in Toronto who has faithfully supplied comments for this. Again, I have another post from him and thanks to those who have logged in and read. God's continued grace to you and yours, Brad

"הוכחה ניצחת"
"I Rest My Case"



Parashat HaShavua BeReshit / In The Beginning

This Week's Reading List:
BeReshit / Genesis 1:1-6:8
Yeshayahu / Isaiah 42:5-43:10
Yochanan / John 1:1-5


Bereshit {1:1} In the beginning G-D created the heavens and the earth. {1:2} Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. G-D's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Ever since Darwin came up with his teaching on “The Origin of Species” around 1884, better know today as “The Theory of Evolution” , the understanding of creation has been under fire. The belief in a Creator of the heavens and the earth along with everything that is in them, including man, has been relentlessly contested ever since. Now, even though Darwin’s theory has never been proven correct and even though Darwin himself repudiated his theory on his death bed, “The Theory of Evolution” has managed to survive, prosper and even thrive. It is now being taught almost universally as fact in most public schools around the world.

All of this is despite the fact that Darwin's “Theory of Evolution” is actually a theory in crisis. It is in crisis in light of the tremendous advances we have made in molecular biology, biochemistry and genetics over the past fifty years. However, all of this man-revealed evidence is secondary when you consider the amount of prophetic biblical evidence that proclaims that G-d truly is heaven and earth’s Creator. I offer, as evidence, this passage from the prophet Yeshayahu (Isaiah), the same prophet that prophesied the birth of Yeshua HaMashiach.

Yeshayahu {40:1} “Comfort, O comfort My people,” says your G-d. {40:2} “Speak kindly to Jerusalem; and call out to her, that her warfare has ended, that her iniquity has been removed, that she has received of HaShem’s hand double for all her sins.” {40:3} A voice is calling, “Clear the way for HaShem in the wilderness; make smooth in the desert a highway for our G-d.” {40:4} Let every valley be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; and let the rough ground become a plain, and the rugged terrain a broad valley; {40:5} Then the glory of HaShem will be revealed, and all flesh will see it together; for the mouth of HaShem has spoken. {40:6} A voice says, “Call out.” Then he answered, “What shall I call out?” All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field. {40:7} The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of HaShem blows upon it; surely the people are grass. {40:8} The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our G-d stands forever. {40:9} Get yourself up on a high mountain, O Tzion (Zion), bearer of good news, lift up your voice mightily, O Yerushalayim (Jerusalem), bearer of good news; lift it up, do not fear. Say to the cities of Y’huda (Judah), “Here is your G-d!” {40:10} Behold, the L-rd G-D will come with might, with His arm ruling for Him. Behold, His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him. {40:11} Like a shepherd He will tend His flock, in His arm He will gather the lambs, and carry them in His bosom; He will gently lead the nursing ewes. {40:12} Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, and marked off the heavens by the span, and calculated the dust of the earth by the measure, and weighed the mountains in a balance, and the hills in a pair of scales? {40:13} Who has directed the Spirit of HaShem, or as His counsellor has informed Him? {40:14} With whom did He consult and who gave Him understanding? And who taught Him in the path of justice and taught Him knowledge, and informed Him of the way of understanding? {40:15} Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on the scales; behold, He lifts up the islands like fine dust. {40:16} Even Lebanon is not enough to burn, nor its beasts enough for a burnt offering. {40:17} All the nations are as nothing before Him, they are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless. {40:18} To whom then will you liken G-d? Or what likeness will you compare with Him? {40:19} As for the idol, a craftsman casts it, a goldsmith plates it with gold, and a silversmith fashions chains of silver. {40:20} He who is too impoverished for such an offering selects a tree that does not rot; He seeks out for himself a skilful craftsman to prepare an idol that will not totter. {40:21} Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? {40:22} It is He who sits above the vault of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. {40:23} He it is who reduces rulers to nothing, who makes the judges of the earth meaningless. {40:24} Scarcely have they been planted, Scarcely have they been sown, Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth, but He merely blows on them, and they wither, and the storm carries them away like stubble. {40:25} “To whom then will you liken Me that I should be his equal?” says the Holy One. {40:26} Lift up your eyes on high and see who has created these stars, the One who leads forth their host by number, He calls them all by name; because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power not one of them is missing. {40:27} Why do you say, O Ya’acov (Jacob), and assert, O Yisrael (Israel), “My way is hidden from HaShem, and the justice due me escapes the notice of my G-d"? {40:28} Do you not know? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, HaShem, the Creator of the ends of the earth does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable. {40:29} He gives strength to the weary, and to him who lacks might He increases power. {40:30} Though youths grow weary and tired, and vigorous young men stumble badly, {40:31} Yet those who wait for HaShem will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary.

I rest my case! The “Theory of Evolution” is not only a theory -- it is a form of idolatry. It denies the existence of a Creator and calls His creation pure chance. May G-d have mercy on the souls of those that believe it and teach it!

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Baruch HaShem
Rabbi Ya'acov Farber

Hallelujah for our Lord, our Teacher,our Rabbi, "YESHUA" King Messiah for ever and ever!!!

V'Zot HaBrachah "And This is the Blessing"

Another contribution from rabbi Jack. Thank as always, Brad

Parashat HaShavua V'Zot HaBrachah / And This Is The Blessing



This Week's Reading List:
Devarim / Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12
Yohoshua / Joshua 1:1-18
Tesolonikim Alef / 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11


Devarim {33:29} Happy are you, Yisrael (Israel) : Who is like you, a people saved by HaShem, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency! Your enemies shall submit themselves to you; you shall tread on their high places.

This is quite the prophecy Moshe (Moses) gave to Yisrael prior to his death. I like the part where he says Yisrael’s enemies shall submit themselves to her and that she will tread on their high places (meaning their idolatries). It is amazing how signicant this passage is today, especially considering that Yisrael’s enemies are arming themselves to the teeth and her new greatest enemy (Iran) is coveting nuclear weapons. However, before I get into commenting on this week’s Parasha there are a number of Scriptures I would like to us to read:

Devarim {21:15} If an ish (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 firstborn son be hers who was hated; {21:16} then it shall be, in the day that he causes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not make the ben (son) the beloved the firstborn before the ben (son) the hated, who is the firstborn: {21:17} but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the ben the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

Shemot (Exodus) {4:22} "Then you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says HaShem, Yisrael is My son, My firstborn...”

So here we have it! Yisrael is HaShem’s firstborn, and just as we read even if the firstborn is from the hated wife he must be acknowledged as the firstborn and, therefore, must still be given the right of a firstborn, which includes, as we find in Scripture, family headship and a double portion of the inheritance.

From the beginning Yisrael has not exactly been a model son. He was conceived to be a representation of the living G-d to the Goyim (Nations), a task which he failed miserably at. Instead he grew up to reject his Father and as a result HaShem disciplined him by scattered him throughout the world and turning his Promise Land into a wasteland.

In 1948, against all odds, Yisrael was reborn into the Promise Land and was repatriated. However, he was reborn as a secular nation and Yisrael is perhaps worse today then he was when he was exiled. Since Yisrael’s inception abortions have killed more Jews than Hitler, gays have the right to marry and are openly parading in Jerusalem. Pig farms have sprung up around the country and pork can be purchased from butcher shops in many major cities. The Dome of the Rock dominates the skyline of Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) while a Bahai Temple dominates the skyline of Haifa. Worse yet God has been reduced to tradition. Add to this the fact that Yisrael’s enemies are growing stronger and more numerous and you have what adds up to a not very pretty picture for Yisrael.

Yet we read in this week’s Parasha that Yisrael’s enemies will submit themselves to her and that she shall tread on their idolatrous practices. How can this be, considering the present situation?

I am not going to make any prophetic predictions, but if I would I would predict that Hamas, Hezbullah, Iran and all the other nations that are secretly or openly supporting or helping these nations will not prosper.

Iran, of late, is touting is new weapon dubbing it “the ambassador of death.” However, Yisrael has a more powerful weapon and that is the G-d of Yisrael who happens also to be the G-d of all heaven and earth and He has said:

Yeshayahu (Isaiah) {44:2} Thus says HaShem who made you and formed you from the womb, who will help you, “Do not fear, O (Ya’acov) Jacob My servant; and you Jeshurun (Jerusalem) whom I have chosen...” {54:17} “No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of HaShem, and their vindication is from Me,” declares HaShem.

Yisrael is HaShem’s firstborn, his heritage, His inheritance. As stated above, Yisrael will not be defeated. Nor can Yisrael be replace or disinherited, as many churches and pastors are teaching. Yisrael can not be forgotten or abandoned. G-d’s firstborn son will not be destroyed!

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Baruch HaShem
Rabbi Ya'acov Farber

Yom Kippur message

Another message from Rabbi Jack in Toronto. Thanks as always, Brad


Parashat HaShavua Yom Kippur / Day Of Atonement

This Week's Reading List:
VaYikra / Leviticus 16:1-34
Bamidbar / Numbers 29:7-11
Yeshayahu / Isaiah 57:14-58:14
Romim / Romans 3:21-26


Vayikra {16:1} HaShem spoke to Moshe (Moses), after the death of the two sons of Aharon (Aaron), when they drew near before HaShem, and died; {16:2} and HaShem said to Moshe, Speak to Aharon your brother, that he does not come at all times into HaKodesh (the holy / the separate) place within the veil, before the Kaporet (Ark-cover) seat which is on the Aron (Ark) ; that he not die: for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat. {16:3} Herewith shall Aharon come into HaKodesh place: with a young bull for a sin-offering, and a ram for an olah (whole burnt) offering.

It is not often that Yom Kippur falls on a Shabbat, but when it does the above Parasha in Vayikra read.

What intrigues me is that this Parasha begins with the death of Aharon’s two sons. What does this have to do with Yom Kippur and its theme as “The Day of Atonement?” Well, I believe that this portion begins with the death of Aharon’s two sons because it is telling us that we all have something to atone for -- the sin of disobedience! This sin of disobedience is what resulted in the deaths of Aharon’s two sons and, sadly, it is not restricted to them alone. We are all disobedient to G-d in some way or another and, therefore, we all need atonement. Disobedience to G-d is idolatry; disobedience is placing self-will ahead of G-d’s Will, and that is a major sin. In fact this is what Scripture has to say about someone who sins:

Yechekiel (Ezekiel) {18:4} "Behold, all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins will die.

Is that not what happened to Aharon’s sons, did they not die? With this in mind, this beginning passage in our Parasha really pronounces what our etiquette and our attitude needs to be towards G-d as well as the atonement process so that G-d’s people will not die as a result of their sin:

Vayikra {16:7} He shall take the two goats, and set them before HaShem at the door of the Ohel Moed (Tent of Meeting). {16:8} Aharon shall cast lots on the two goats; one lot for HaShem, and the other lot for Azazel (goat-of-departure). {16:9} Aharon shall present the goat on which the lot fell for HaShem, and offer him for a sin-offering. {16:10} But the goat, on which the lot fell for Azazel, shall be set alive before HaShem, to make kappar (atonement) for him, to send him away for Azazel into the wilderness.

Seeing as every one of us are sinners and the soul that sins will die, because of HaShem’s justice no human would eventually remain alive on the earth. Therefore, HaShem provided His people with a way of atonement, as we read above.

Two goats were to take our place on Yom Kippur - this special day set aside for atonement. One goat was slaughtered as the required blood atonement for the sins that were committed by the people, it was their death substitute. This was an innocent animal that died in the place of the people. The second goat, called the “Scapegoat,” was sent away into the wilderness and signified that the sins of the people had departed from them and were forgiven, forgotten and banished far away from them. The process is also described to us in this Scripture:

Micah {7:19} He will again have compassion on us; He will tread our iniquities under foot. Yes, You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

So we can now easily see the Yom Kippur process. We are all sinners and deserve to die; however, HaShem provides us with a pathway to atonement. Once the atonement is accomplished He then promises to never remember those sins or hold them against us ever again.

As we move into the Brit Chadasha (Renewed Covenant) we see that nothing has changed, the process of atonement is still the same:

Romim (Romans) {6:23} For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of G-d is eternal life through Yeshua HaMashiach (the Messiah) our L-rd.

Shaul (Paul) is explaining in this passage that Yeshua HaMashiach is our Yom Kippur atonement. What a relief and blessing especially considering that there is no longer a Bet HaMikdash (Temple) in which to offer up the two goats.

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Baruch HaShem
Rabbi Ya'acov Farber

Ha'Azinu -Give Ear Deut 32:1-52

Another contribution from Rabbi Jack, thanks as always

Parashat HaShavua Ha'Azinu / Give Ear



This Week's Reading List:
Devarim / Deuteronomy 32:1-52
Hoshea / Hosea 14:2-10
Yoel / Joel 2:11-27
Micha / Micah 7:18-20
Romim / Romans 10:14-11:12


Devarim {32:1} Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak; Let the earth hear the words of my mouth. {32:2} My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My speech shall condense as the dew, As the small rain on the tender grass, As the showers on the herb. {32:3} For I will proclaim the Name of HaShem: Ascribe you greatness to our G-D. {32:4} The Rock, His work is perfect; for all His ways are justice: A G-D of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is He.

Do you think Moshe (Moses) is trying to tell us something here? What an Awesome G-d we serve! Moshe is giving us what I think is the most accurate description anyone could ever give of our G-d. In fact Moshe is saying that the description he is giving of our G-d should be to us as refreshing as rain (something that is very precious in a dry and dusty land like Yisrael (Israel), as vivifying as dew (something Yisrael relies upon for moisture during the dry season) and as welcome as showers on growing herbs.

Why does Moshe start this song with a vivid description of who G-d is? He does this because most people do not truly know their G-d. Many people view G-d, who throughout Scripture is called our Farther, in relation to how they view their earthly father. If, therefore, they had a negative relationship with their earthly father, then this negativity is transferred unto how they view their heavenly Father. Moshe here is clarifying to us that, without a doubt, our heavenly Father is nothing like our earthly father or anyone or anything else that we can possibly imagine – even in our best dreams. The Shaliach (Apostle) Shaul (Paul) express that sentiment exactly when he writes:

Korintim Alef (1 Corinthians) {2:9} However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what G-d has prepared for those who love Him.

If we want to continue on in faith in a world wrought with violence and godlessness, then we have to Ha’azinu (Give Ear) to what Moshe is telling us. The world will try to convince us that there is no G-d. You may even be tempted when you are ill or in some other dire circumstance to say, “If G-d loves me, then why is He allowing this to happen?” However, the fact is that there is a G-d, and He allows things to happen to us for any number of reasons.

Romim (Romans) {11:34} For who has known the mind of the L-rd, or who became His counsellor?

This is the point Moshe is trying to get across to bnei Yisrael (the children of Israel). In last week’s Parasha Moshe told bnei Yisrael that they were going to become an apostate nation, yet here in this weeks Parasha he drives home the fact that no matter what happens to bnei Yisrael in the future that they are to first and foremost remember G-d’s love for them and then they need to remember the following:

Devarim {32:4} The Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice: A G-D of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is He.

How many of us need to know this very same thing. G-d is good! He is all the things Moshe described Him to be and more. Yet, how many of us have doubted Him? That doubt is in and of itself sin, which leads us into even more sin. In response to our lack of faith Moshe reminds us of G-d’s justice. Moshe then goes on to give us another accurate description. This description is of bnei Yisrael and really of us as well, and it’s not a very pleasant one.

Devarim {32:5} They have dealt corruptly with Him, they are not His children, it is their blemish; They are a perverse and crooked generation. {32:6} Do you thus repay HaShem, foolish people and unwise? Is not He your 'Ab (Father) who has bought you? He has made you, and established you.

We need to place ourselves into this verse. Why, because we too are a perverse and crooked generation. Instead of repaying HaShem for His love, kindness, generosity and mercy towards us with our obedience, we repay Him with rebellion. Sadly the results for us will be the same as for bnei Yisrael if we rely on ourselves, anyone or anything other than G-d for help.

Devarim {32:37} He will say, Where are their gods, The rock in which they took refuge; {32:38} Which ate the fat of their sacrifices, And drank the wine of their drink-offering? Let them rise up and help you, Let them be your shomer (guardian). {32:39} See now that I, even I, am He, There is no G-D with Me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; There is none who can deliver out of My hand.

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Baruch HaShem
Rabbi Ya'acov Farber

L'Shanah Tova

Fall Holiday blessing from Rabbi Jack in Toronto



Did you know there is a special day once a year where HaShem (G-d) requires that a trumpet or shofar (a ram’s horn) be blown? This special day is called "Yom Teruah" (Hebrew for Day of Sounding the Shofar) or it is also known as "Feast of Trumpets". In the Bible in VaYikra / Leviticus 23:23 we read, "HaShem said to Moshe (Moses), "Tell the people of Israel in the 7th month, the 1st of the month (Hebrew month "Tishrei") is to be for you a day of complete rest for remembering, a holy convocation announced with blasts on the shofar. Do not do any kind of ordinary work and bring an offering (BaMidbar / Numbers 29:2-6) made by fire to HaShem."

G-d has special appointed times in the year when He wants to meet with us. G-d gave this commandment (mitzvah) to Moses approximately 4, 000 years ago! How neat that, even to this day, the shofar is still being blown on G-d’s appointed time throughout synagogues and messianic congregations throughout the world! Remember -- we are to rest on this day! It is a Shabbat (a day of rest), so you can clean your room another day!

Apples are dipped in honey and eaten at this time of year to wish for a "sweet new year". Do you know what is sweeter than honey? G-d’s Word! "The rulings of HaShem are true. They are righteous altogether... also sweeter than honey". Psalm 19:9-10. If you really want a sweet new year, try to "eat" G-d’s Word every day!

The common greeting on Rosh HaShana is "L’shana tova" (for a good year). Jewish tradition says, but more importantly the Bible tells us that there is a Book in heaven with the names of those who get to spend eternity with G-d. In Hitgalut it is called "The Lamb’s Book of Life" (Hitgalut / Revelation 20:12). So how do you get your name in this very important Book? Well there is only one way, and it’s all about what’s been done FOR you. G-d gave a beautiful gift to the world and all you have to do is receive this gift. "For G-d so loved the world (that’s you!) that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (Yochanan / John 3:16). His name is Yeshua (Jesus) and He is the Lamb of G-d who takes away the sins of the world.

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Baruch HaShem
Rabbi Ya'acov Farber

Hallelujah for our Lord, our Teacher,our Rabbi, "YESHUA" King Messiah for ever and ever!!!

Parashat HaShavua Nitzavim-VaYelech / You Are Standing-And He Went

"ניצבים-וילך"
Connection


Another contribution from Rabbi Jack, thanks again, Bradley Avi

Parashat HaShavua Nitzavim-VaYelech / You Are Standing-And He Went

This Week's Reading List:
Devarim / Deuteronomy 29:9-31:30
Yeshayahu / Isaiah 61:10-63:9
Romim / Romans 7:7-12


Devarim {29:10} You stand this day all of you before HaShem your G-D; your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Yisrael, {29:11} your little ones, your wives, and your sojourner who is in the midst of your camps, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water; {29:12} that you may enter into the brit (covenant) of HaShem your G-D, and into His oath, which HaShem your G-D makes with you this day; {29:13} that He may establish you this day to Himself for a people, and that He may be to you a G-D, as He spoke to you, and as He swore to your avot (fathers), to Avraham (Abraham), to Yitzchak (Isaac), and to Ya'akov (Jacob). {29:14} Neither with you only do I make this brit and this oath, {29:15} but with him who stands here with us this day before HaShem our G-D, and also with him who is not here with us this day {29:16} (for you know how we lived in the land of Mitzrayim (Egypt), and how we came through the midst of the goyim through which you passed; {29:17} and you have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them) ; {29:18} lest there should be among youish (man), or ishah (woman), or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from HaShem our G-D, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood;

If you are a Born Again Believer in Yeshua HaMashiach then you are connected to the covenant made by HaShem to Avraham, Yitzchak and Ya’acov. Since you are connected to the covenant you are also connected to the people and the land of Yisrael (Israel). As Believers our home is in Heaven, but our homeland is Yisrael. Why is Yisrael our homeland? It is because Yeshua HaMashiach is going to rule and reign from Yisrael for one thousand years, and we are told that wherever He is we will be also.

Hitgalut (Revelation) {20:6} Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of G-d and of Mashiach and will reign with Him for a thousand years.

It does not matter what country in the world you are now living in. Every time you read the Torah (the first five books of Moshe) and apply it to yourself as applicable in your life today you are reminded of your connection with the covenant, people and land of Yisrael. Yisrael is your homeland! Today you may not be welcome to settle there if you are not Jewish or if you are a Jewish Believer in Yeshua HaMashiach, but that will all change when Mashiach Yeshua returns.

We are connected with the covenant because we were standing there with bnei Yisrael (the children of Israel) when they received the divine covenant from G-d at Mount Sinai as described above. We are connected with the people because either you are Jewish and have a direct connection or as a non-Jew you will be able to one day pick which tribe we want to belong to and receive an inheritance in that tribe:

Yechekiel Ezekiel {47:23} "And it will come about that in the tribe with which the alien stays, there you shall give him his inheritance," declares the L-rd G-D.

Lastly, we are connected with the land because of the passage in Hitgalut 20:6 that states that we will be ruling and reigning with Him for a thousand years I Yerushalyim (Jerusalem).

Devarim {31:28} Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them. {31:29} For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because you will do that which is evil in the sight of HaShem, to provoke Him to anger through the work of your hands. {31:30} Moshe spoke in the ears of all the assembly of Yisrael the words of this shir (song), until they were finished.

I can just feel the pain in Moshe’s heart as he spoke and wrote these words. He was going to die and HaShem allowed him to know that bnei Yisrael (children of Israel) was going to become an apostate nation after his death. Moshe fought long and heard to keep bnei Yisrael on track and I am sure that he spent many sleepless night praying for them and interceding on their behalf with G-d. Now it was over and he was told that everything he did, all the prayers, all the teaching, and all the bargaining with G-d was going to end in bnei Yisrael apostatising. What a discouragement that must have been to him.

Yeshua, known to us as the second Moshe, experienced something very similar with those into whom He poured His life:

Mattityahu (Matthew) {26:31} Then Yeshua said to them, "You will all fall away because of Me this night, for it is written, 'I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered. ' {26:32} "But after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee." {26:33} But Kefa (Peter) answered and said to Him, "Even though all may fall away because of You, I will never fall away." {26:34} Yeshua said to him, "Truly I say to you that this very night, before a cock crows, you shall deny Me three times."

I suppose that this is true when any leader dies or leaves. There is never really a seamless transition of authority; however, Moshe did get to see the advent of Yeshua, the seed of the restoration of Yisrael.

Man fails, but G-d never fails!

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Baruch HaShem
Rabbi Ya'acov Farber

Torah Passage Ki Tova "When You Enter"

Another set of thoughts from Rabbi Jack, Thanks as always, -Brother Bradley Avi

"לתת מתוך הכרת טובה או מאשמה"
"Giving With Gratitude Or Guilt"

Parashat HaShavua Ki Tavo / When You Enter In



This Week's Reading List:
Devarim / Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8
Yeshayahu / Isaiah 60:1-22
Ma'asei Talmidim / Acts 7:30-36


Devarim {26:1} It shall be, when you have come in to the land which HaShem your G-D gives you for an inheritance, and possess it, and dwell therein, {26:2} that you shall take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you shall bring in from your land that HaShem your G-D gives you; and you shall put it in a basket, and shall go to the place which HaShem your G-D shall choose, to cause His name to dwell there. {26:3} You shall come to the cohen (priest) who shall be in those days, and tell him, “I profess this day to HaShem your G-D, that I have come to the land which HaShem swore to our avot (fathers) to give us.” {26:4} The cohen shall take the basket out of your hand, and set it down before the mitzbe’ach (altar) of HaShem your G-D. {26:5} You shall answer and say before HaShem your G-D, “A Syrian ready to perish was my 'ab (father) ; and he went down into Mitzrayim (Egypt), and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous. {26:6} The Mitzrim (Egyptians) dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid on us hard bondage: {26:7} and we cried to HaShem, the G-D of our avot, and HaShem heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression; {26:8} and HaShem brought us forth out of Mitzrayim with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror, and with signs, and with wonders; {26:9} and he has brought us into this place, and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. {26:10} Now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground, which you, HaShem, has given me.” You shall set it down before HaShem your G-D, and worship before HaShem your G-D:

Is your giving meaningless? Do you give out of guilt or out of gratitude? Sadly, when we give, most of us we give out of guilt. G-d commanded us to give, so we give expecting, of course, to be blessed in return. However, we can see from our Scripture passage this week that we are to give out of gratitude not guilt. It is out of our appreciation for what HaShem has done for us that we are to give, and give generously for that matter.

HaShem has done so much for us. He redeemed us from the slavery of sin to be free to worship Him and follow His commandments through Yeshua HaMashiach. He heard our cries, He saw our tears and He witnessed our sleepless nights. HaShem grieved at how HaSatan’s (the devil’s) oppressed us and He redeemed us with His mighty hand. Yet most of us still tithe because we feel obligated to.

HaShem has brought us into His Kingdom. It is truly a place of blessing. The Kingdom is not somewhere off in our distant future. It is right here, right now living -- within us. We, believers in Yeshua HaMashiach, are the Kingdom of G-d. Therefore, we contain in ourselves the Kingdom qualities, of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. These are the fruits of the Ruach (Spirit), G-d’s Ruach that took up residence inside of us upon salvation. Therefore, G-d’s Kingdom is alive and well living here on earth and we are it.

One day, some time after the return of Yeshua HaMashiach, there will be a judgement of the wicked. Those found to be unworthy will be consigned to a place of spiritual darkness, a place of hopelessness -- a place without G-d. However, those judged to be righteous will be saved and become part of the Kingdom of G-d. At that time the Kingdom will encompass the entire earth. Until that time, however, it is limited to those of us who believe. We owe tremendous gratitude to HaShem for all He has done for us and He has told us in His Word:

Devarim {8:11} Beware lest you forget HaShem your G-D, in not keeping His mitzvoth (commandments), and His chukim (judgements), and His statutes, which I command you this day: {8:12} lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and lived therein; {8:13} and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; {8:14} then your heart be lifted up, and you forget HaShem your G-D, who brought you forth out of the land of Mitzrayim, out of the house of bondage; {8:15} who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, [in which were] fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water; who brought you forth water out of the rock of flint; {8:16} who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your avot did not know; that He might humble you, and that He might prove you, to do you good at your latter end: {8:17} and [lest] you say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.” {8:18} But you shall remember HaShem your G-D, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth; that He may establish His brit (covenant) which he swore to your avot, as at this day.

I think we need to examine our hearts as we bring our tithes and offerings to the L-rd. In fact perhaps we should modify and personalize these portions of Scripture quoted from our Parasha this week and determine to repeat it every time we give. Here is a suggestion:

“I was a debtor in bondage to sin. Sin dealt with me and afflicted me and laid hard bondage on me and I cried to the G-d of our forefathers and HaShem heard my voice and saw my affliction and my toil and oppression and HaShem brought me out of it by the blood of Yeshua HaMashiach shed for me at Calvary. He has brought into a place of joy and peace. Now, I have brought the first fruit of my labour which you, HaShem have given to me, as a token of thanksgiving and appreciation.”

So next time you give unto the HaShem, instead of just throwing you gift into the collection basket or placing it into the Tzadaka Box (as we do here at Melech Yisrael), recite the above as you bring your first fruits to HaShem. What a difference it will make.

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Baruch HaShem
Rabbi Ya'acov Farber

Hallelujah for our Lord, our Teacher,our Rabbi, "YESHUA" King Messiah for ever and ever!!!

Torah portion Ki Teitzei "When you go out"

Another post from Rabbi Jack in Toronto, Thanks as always, Brother

"Delivered From Ourselves"



Parashat HaShavua Ki Teitzei / When You Go Out

This Week's Reading List:
Devarim / Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19
Yeshayahu / Isaiah 54:1-10
Korintim Aleph / 1 Corinthians 5:1-5


Devarim {21:10} When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and HaShem your G-D delivers them into your hands, and you carry them away captive,...

What an encouraging passage of Scripture! It is encouraging because we are learning that the battle is the L-rd’s! We sing these words in our Messianic congregations. We read these words or ones that are similar time after time in Scripture, where we are told that HaShem fights for Yisrael, defending her and defeating her enemies before her. We experience these words in our own lives when HaShem delivers us out of the hand of enemies that have come against us with the intention of harming us in one way or another. By faith we believe these words – the battle is the L-rd’s!

However, this passage is also ominous because, although the battle is the L-rd’s the victory, in most cases, depends on us! You will recall the incident of the twelve spies; ten of the twelve men sent out by Moshe to spy out the land of Canaan came back with a negative report. They succeeded to turn the hearts of the entire nation away from believing and serving G-d. However, when HaShem struck the spies with a plague and they died, bnei Yisrael (the children of Israel) then realized their mistake and they repented and agreed to go in and fight for the land, but it was too late for fighting; worse than that it was too late for them to stop the consequence that would come for their sin of rebellion.

Bamidbar (Numbers) {14:40} In the morning, however, they rose up early and went up to the ridge of the hill country, saying, "Here we are; we have indeed sinned, but we will go up to the place which HaShem has promised." {14:41} But Moshe (Moses) said, "Why then are you transgressing the commandment of HaShem, when it will not succeed? {14:42} "Do not go up, lest you be struck down before your enemies, for HaShem is not among you. {14:43} "For the Amalekites and the Canaanites will be there in front of you, and you will fall by the sword, inasmuch as you have turned back from following HaShem. And HaShem will not be with you."

HaShem will fight our battles for us, and He will deliver up our enemies into our hands; however, we do have some responsibilities toward Him. G-d will do all that He has promised, but we need to participate if we want the victory. We need to be obedient! Obedience unlocks the door to all our blessings.

Devarim {28:1} It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to the voice of HaShem your G-D, to observe to do all his mitzvot (commandments) which I command you this day, who HaShem your G-D will set you on high above all the goyim (nations) of the earth: {28:2} and all these blessings shall come on you, and overtake you, if you shall listen to the voice of HaShem your G-D. {28:7} HaShem will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be struck before you: they shall come out against you one way, and shall flee before you seven ways.

All this seems quite simple and straight forward, but bnei Yisrael was not able to accomplish this simple task, nor can most of us. Something as simple as obedience turns out to be the hardest thing to accomplish. We have to ask ourselves why? Why is it that, despite the assurance by G-d that He will bless us and deliver all our enemies up to us if we are obedient that we can not be obedient? Is it because we do not want to be blessed? Is it because we are sadistic and enjoy pain and sorrow? I do not think so! So why do we have so much difficulty being obedient? Most people would like to say it is because, “The devil made me do it,” but the fact is that we are the ones to blame. Our own selfishness, our own desire to have our own way and do things our own way; our own craving to satisfy our flesh is what does it.

Romim (Romins) {7:19} For the good that I wish, I do not do; but I practice the very evil that I do not wish. {7:20} But if I am doing the very thing I do not wish, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. {7:21} I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wishes to do good. {7:22} For I joyfully concur with the Torah of G-d in the inner man, {7:23} but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the Torah of my mind, and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members. {7:24} Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? {7:25} Thanks be to G-d through Yeshua HaMashiach (the Messiah) our L-rd! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the Torah of G-d, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.

Let us face it; we are our own worst enemies! However, thanks to Yeshua HaMashiach, we have been delivered from ourselves!

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Baruch HaShem
Rabbi Ya'acov Farber

Hallelujah for our Lord, our Teacher,our Rabbi, "YESHUA" King Messiah for ever and ever!!!

Another contribution from Rabbi Jack in Toronto, Thanks as always, -Brother Bradley Avi

"Riches"

Parashat HaShavua Shoftim / Judges



This Week's Reading List:
Devarim / Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9
Yeshayahu / Isaiah 51:12-52:12
Yochanan / John 1:19-27


Devarim {17:15} you shall surely set him king over you, whom HaShem your G-D shall choose: one from among your brothers shall you set king over you; you may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother. {17:16} Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Mitzrayim (Egypt), to the end that he may multiply horses; because HaShem has said to you, You shall henceforth return no more that way. {17:17} Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart not turn away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

I could not help but think of King Shlomo (Solomon) when I read this passage. If this was to be the standard by which a king in Yisrael (Israel) was to live, then Shlomo did everything wrong! Not only did King Shlomo multiply horses from Mitzrayim, but he also multiplied wives and amassed huge quantities of gold and silver.

Malachim Alef (1 Kings) {10:21} And all king Shlomo's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Shlomo. {10:27} And the king made silver to be in Yerushalyim (Jerusalem) as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.

It is obvious to see that king Shlomo did everything wrong. The strange thing is that HaShem promised him great wealth. So, if on one hand the king was not to amass great wealth, but on the other hand HaShem promised Shlomo great wealth, then what can we make of this?

Divre Hayamim Bet (2 Chronicles) {1:11} And God said to Solomon, "Because you had this in mind, and did not ask for riches, wealth, or honour, or the life of those who hate you, nor have you even asked for long life, but you have asked for yourself wisdom and knowledge, that you may rule My people, over whom I have made you king, {1:12} wisdom and knowledge have been granted to you. And I will give you riches and wealth and honour, such as none of the kings who were before you has possessed, nor those who will come after you."

As we know Shlomo’s wealth was one of the things that lead to his ultimate demise. His wealth and lavish life style certainly contributed to his amassing horses from Mitzrayim as well as his accumulation of hundreds of foreign wives, who eventually enticed him into idol worship. Was HaShem, therefore, responsible for Shlomo’s fall from grace? Was it G-d who set him up for that fall?

Mishlei (Proverbs) {26:1} As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

King Shlomo was certainly not a fool. As we know from the Psalmist that a fool is someone who denies that there is a G-d (Tehillim [Psalm] 14:1). Shlomo knew there was a G-d, yet towards the end of his life he acted like a fool in joining in with his wives in the worship of false gods. Although HaShem promised Shlomo wealth, He never gave him permission to use that wealth inappropriately by multiplying horses and wives; this was Shlomo’s own doing. The responsibility, therefore, for Shlomo’s demise rests totally on himself, nor can we say that HaShem set Shlomo up or even tempted him:

Ya’acov (James) {1:13} Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by G-d"; for G-d cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. {1:14} But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. {1:15} Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death.

So HaShem was not the one that set Shlomo up for his fall from His grace -- this too was Shlomo’s own doing. When Shlomo asked for wisdom and knowledge instead of wealth HaShem gave him wealth and honour as well. For wealth and honour in the hands of someone that has wisdom and knowledge should be totally manageable. Yet as wise and knowledgeable as Shlomo was wealth and honour still got the best of him.

I think that this is a good lesson for us all to learn because many of us think that if we had money, then we would do so much good with it. However, I think we should take our lesson from Shlomo, the wisest man that ever lived. That lesson is that power, wealth and honour -- even in the hands of those with surpassing wisdom and knowledge – corrupts a man! Let us rather learn from another King – Yeshua – who told us:

Mattityahu (Matthew) {8:20} And Yeshua said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head." {11:29} "Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls.

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Baruch HaShem
Rabbi Ya'acov Farber

Re'eh- Behold

More wisdom from Rabbi Jack, thanks as always, Brother Brad
Parashat HaShavua Re'eh / Behold



This Week's Reading List:
Devarim / Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17
Yeshayahu / Isaiah 54:11-55:5
Yochanan Aleph / 1 John 4:1-6

Devarim {13:1} If there arise in the midst of you a navi (prophet), or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, {13:2} and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spoke to you, saying, Let us go after other gods, which you have not known, and let us serve them; {13:3} you shall not listen to the words of that navi, or to that dreamer of dreams: for HaShem your G-D proves you, to know whether you love HaShem your G-D with all your heart and with all your nefesh (soul). {13:4} You shall walk after HaShem your G-D, and fear Him, and keep His mitzvot (commandments), and obey His voice, and you shall serve Him, and cleave to Him. {13:5} That navi, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death, because he has spoken rebellion against HaShem your G-D, who brought you out of the land of Mitzrayim (Egypt), and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to draw you aside out of the way which HaShem your G-D commanded you to walk in. So shall you put away the evil from the midst of you.

This is an amazing passage of Scripture. It tells us something important. Actually, it does more than that. It is warning us about something very profound and very serious, something that is extremely relevant to our day. What it is telling us is that not all signs and wonders are from HaShem. Considering the direction that many churches and even some Messianic congregations are taking today, this is a very important warning. Why do I say this? I say it because Believers today are running to and fro, throughout the world, after the latest sign and wonder.

I think we need to be extremely discerning when it comes to signs and wonders. This applies even when that sign or wonder comes to pass, just as our passage of Scripture is saying. The fact that a prophecy, dream, sign or wonder has come to pass does not necessarily mean that it is from G-d. In fact we are warned that certain signs and wonders could come to try and convince us to server other gods.

So why then does HaShem allow signs and wonders that are not from Him? We know that HaShem is in control of everything and that nothing on the earth, under the earth or above the earth, whether in the physical or spiritual, takes place without His knowledge and approval. Well, we are told above that HaShem allows false signs and wonders to take place for the following reason:

Devarim {13:3} you shall not listen to the words of that navi, or to that dreamer of dreams: for HaShem your G-D proves you, to know whether you love HaShem your G-D with all your heart and with all your nefesh (soul).

This is quite a sobering statement considering that Toronto, Canada, the city that our congregation is located in, is home to one of the largest “signs and wonders” churches in the world.

So what is HaShem testing in us when He sends us dreamers of dreams, prophets, signs and wonders that are not from Him? He wants to test us to see if we will do the following:

Devarim {13:3b}... whether you love HaShem your G-D with all your heart and with all your nefesh (soul). {13:4} You shall walk after HaShem your G-D, and fear Him, and keep His mitzvoth, and obey His voice, and you shall serve Him, and cleave to Him.

What does this mean? It means that we should be extremely reluctant to believe any dream, any prophecy, any sign or wonder coming from someone, or coming from a believing church or Messianic synagogue that does not follow the mitzvoth of HaShem - His Torah!

It goes without saying that HaShem’s mitzvot are outlined in His Torah. Yeshua, as we know, is G-d. As such when He instructed us to follow His commandments, being the composer of the Torah, He was instructing us to follow Torah. Yes, we can not perform those mitzvoth which are dependant on the existence of a Bet HaMikdash (Temple) because one does not exist, nor can we perform those mitzvot that are dependant on us living in HaAretz (The Land) if we are not living in HaAretz, but we are responsible to keep all the rest. I am also one that believes that this is incumbent on both Jewish and non-Jewish Believers alike because that is how HaShem said it was suppose to be.

So next time you encounter a dreamer of dreams, a prophet or signs and wonders emanating from a person who does not say and who’s fruit does not say that they follow or even believe in Torah, they are probably speaking rebellion against HaShem your G-d. Be reluctant to believe them!

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Baruch HaShem
Rabbi Ya'acov Farber

Ekev "As a result"

Another contribution from Rabbi Jack, thanks again, Brother, we do appreciate it. -Bradley

"The Ultimate Result"התוצאה הסופית


Parashat HaShavua Ekev / As a Result



This Week's Reading List:
Devarim / Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25
Yeshayahu / Isaiah 49:14-51:3
Romim / Romans 8:31-39


Devarim {8:1} All the mitzvot (commandments) which I command you this day shall you observe to do, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which HaShem swore to your avot (fathers). {8:2} You shall remember all the way which HaShem your G-D has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that He might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His mitzvot, or not. {8:3} He humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you did not know, neither did your avot know; that He might make you know that ish (man) does not live by bread only, but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of HaShem does ish live... {8:11} Beware lest you forget HaShem your G-D, in not keeping His mitzvoth, and His chukim (judgments), and His statutes, which I command you this day: {8:16} who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your avot did not know; that He might humble you, and that He might prove you, to do you good at your latter end:

I trust you noticed that I skipped a few verses in quoting the above portion from this week’s Parasha. That is because I only wanted to quote verses that were pertinent to our discussion.

What I would like us to see here is that, firstly, HaShem wants us to obey Him and observe all His mitzvot. He has promised that if we keep them we will not only live, but we will prosper, we will multiply and we will also posses the land of our enemies. However, HaShem wants us to remember that even though we may be obedient to His mitzvot, He will find it necessary, from time to time, to humble us in order to test whether our commitment to Him is true. As He said above, He did this humbling by, among other things, causing bnei Yisrael (the children of Israel) to hunger and then providing them with the most meager of food (manna), which under normal circumstances seem to physically nor nutritionally satisfy a person. However, this food miraculously does satisfy. In our Scripture passage He said He did this to show that “man does live on bread alone but on every Word which proceeds from the mouth of G-d” .

My wife and I are very health conscious. We try our best to eat healthy and nutritiously. However, both of us know, without a doubt, that no matter how well we eat and no matter how health conscience we are, without our being obedient to HaShem and His mitzvot, we would not be able to maintain good health. Our health and wellbeing does not depend on bread alone, but on every Word that proceeds from the mouth of G-d.

Today we are told that we must eat balanced healthy meals. Schools are removing Coca Cola and other potentially unhealthy drinks and food from their cafeterias’. However, these same schools have already taken G-d out of the classrooms -- G-d is barred from entering our school (at least the G-d of Avraham, Yitzchak and Ya’acov that is). What can we conclude then? Well, as HaShem has said, “Man does not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds from the mouth of G-d?” We can conclude, therefore, that man’s efforts to instill healthy eating habits into our schoolchildren will not produce a generation of healthy adults, at least in the long run anyways.

The second thing that I would like us to see is that HaShem sends adversity into our lives so as to humble us. I have noticed, in myself as well, that success is left unchecked then we can become self-serving, self-aggrandizing and snobbish. This can develop to the point where we look down on others and seek out only those people that can further our positions or our careers. Adversity in a person’s life certainly cures this problem. When problems strike you realize that you are not invincible or infallible, but that you are like everyone else in this wicked and perverse world. You are vulnerable and subject to sickness, disease, disasters and problems. Through this knowledge and through the experiencing of any one of these messengers from G-d, humility is produced in us.

The final thing that I would like us to see is that everything HaShem does to us, is done just as the last Scripture I quoted above states, “... that He might prove you, to do you good at your latter end:” haSatan (Satan) tempts us for the purpose that he might do us evil in the latter end. He wants us to fail, mess up and fall away from HaShem, but HaShem tests us so that we might know who we really are. He does it so that we will not be puffed-up, self serving and snobbish. HaShem tests us for the purpose of doing good to us in the latter end. Every time we pass a test and choose G-d’s will over or own we draw closer to HaShem, which will ultimately result in Him blessing us.

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Baruch HaShem
Rabbi Ya'acov Farber

Va Etchanan- And I begged

Another contribution from Rabbi Jack in Toronto,we are always thanksful for your posts. -Bradley Avi

Parashat HaShavua Va'Etchanan / And I Begged



This Week's Reading List:
Devarim / Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11
Yeshayahu / Isaiah 40:1-26
Mordechai / Mark 12:28-34

Devarim {5:17} "You shall not murder.

Mattityahu (Matthew) {5:17} "Do not think that I came to abolish the Torah or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to complete. {5:18} "For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not so much as a yud or kotz (stroke) shall pass away from Torah, until all is accomplished. {5:19} "Whoever then annuls one of the least of these mitzvoth (commandments), and so teaches others, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. {5:20} "For I say to you, that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven. {5:21} "You have heard that the ancients were told, “You shall not commit murder” and “Whoever commits murder shall be liable to the Sanhedrin.” {5:22} “But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the Sanhedrin; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'You good for nothing,' shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever shall say, 'You fool,' shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.

Did you notice things changed slightly with the coming of Yeshua. Instead of the Torah being eliminated it became even stricter! Why, because through the acceptance of Yeshua as our Messiah we became new creations and the fulfillment of Jeremiah 31:31-34 took place in us. The Torah of G-d, through Yeshua, has been internalized in us and as a result Yeshua redefines it for us.

In the Scriptures we just read Yeshua explains that murder is simply the progression down the path of anger. The first stage of murder, Yeshua says, is committed in a person’s heart. It is anger, anger that is directed at anyone. This is where the sin of murder first begins. The second stage of murder, Yeshua goes on to say, is when we say “Raca” to someone. The word “Raca” is to consider someone a good for nothing, a jerk. So the second stage of murder is achieved when our anger becomes contempt. The third stage of murder, Yeshua tells us, is when we call someone a fool. Here we are not only insulting their character, but we are also making a statement about their beliefs and attitude towards G-d. If you want to know why calling someone a fool is such a terrible thing, then check to see what the Book of Mishlei (Proverbs) has to say about a fool. The fourth stage of murder is when we actually take a person’s life.

Now, HaShem declared the physical punishment for the fourth stage of murder to be the physical death of the murderer. While man waits till the physical stage to administer punishment, G-d, in the spiritual realm, has already started administering His punishment right from the first stage -- right at the stage of anger! He doesn't wait for the actual physical manifestation of murder. As far as God is concerned there is no greater punishment than the punishment for murder that has taken place in our hearts.

Do you now understand that God sees anger and physical murder as just varying degrees of the same sin? All the three degrees of anger that I have just explained are considered murder by G-d. This means that all of us are guilty of murder when we are guilty of un-confessed, unrepentant anger in our hearts!

Did you ever get angry at someone because they made a mistake? Then you've committed murder! Husbands, if you were ever angry at your wife because you came home and your dinner wasn't ready, then you committed murder over a meal of spaghetti and meat balls! How about those of you who got angry at a waitress or a taxi driver? How many times have you insulted the integrity of a police officer or a customs officer? Have you made an insulting comment about someone's driving? If you have, then you committed murder! How about you guys who walk around so spiritual at Shul, but when you get home you throw temper tantrums? You have committed murder! How about you who would not talk to your spouse for a week because they forgot your birthday or anniversary? You are a murder! How about those of us who act so pious and then go scream at our children instead of disciplining them according to Scripture? By the way, if you done this last one, then you have also given your children a distorted picture of G-d, so you are worse than a murder! How many of us have murdered the waitress that took too long with our order; or the mechanic who didn't fix our car right; or the person on the other end of the phone; or the doctor who didn't seem to care; or the nurse who didn't do what we wanted the moment we asked? How many of us have murdered our bosses, or our employees? How many of us have murdered our entire family with anger when we come home tired and discouraged after a hard day's work? How many of us have murdered G-d? This is pretty sobering information, is it not?

Do you want to go through life being angry? I am sure you do not! If this is the case, then I am going to offer you a solution. Every time you start getting angry, pray; pray especially for the person you are angry with. Pour your heart and your life into them. Instead of being known as an angry person be known as a prayerful person.

Before we close there is something that I want to point out, so hold on a minute! Even though we are all guilty of the first three stages of murder we all have the opportunity to be pardoned. We do not have to go to the electric chair or spend a day in prison or live eternally in hell. If you are a believer in Yeshua HaMashiach as your L-rd and Saviour, then you only need to confess your sin and ask for forgiveness and the blood shed for you on the tree will set you free. However, if you have never accepted Yeshua as your Messiah and you are guilty of murder, then you have two choices. 1) You can continue suffering the consequences for what you have done, which are already at work in your life or 2) You can accept Yeshua as your Mashiach (Messiah) now and ask for His forgiveness and all of your past sin will be washed away by His atoning blood.

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Baruch HaShem
Rabbi Ya'acov Farber

Devarim - Words

Another contribution from Rabbi Jack, Thanks again, Brad

Parashat HaShavua Devarim / Words



This Week's Reading List:
Devarim / Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22
Yeshayahu / Isaiah 1:1-27
Timoteos Alef / 1 Timothy 3:1-7


Devarim {1:20} I said to you, You are come to the hill-country of the Amorites, which HaShem our G-D gives to us. {1:21} Behold, HaShem your G-D has set the land before you: go up, take possession, as HaShem, the G-D of your avot (fathers), has spoken to you; do not be afraid, neither be dismayed. {1:22} You came near to me everyone of you, and said, Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and the cities to which we shall come. {1:23} The thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one ish (man) for every tribe:

This incident just sticks in my throat. What happened to Moshe’s faith? Did he not learn anything from the incident where he was supposed to speak to the rock instead of striking it? Obviously not! HaShem specifically told him that bnei Yisrael (the children of Israel) would conquer the land and that it was a land flowing with milk and honey. So then why on earth would Moshe agree to a suggestion by the masses that he should send spies to confirm what HaShem had already told him? After all this was G-d’s land, it was a good land and they were going to possess it -- end of story!

Devarim {6:1} Do not put HaShem your G-d to the test, as you testedHim at Massah.

Moshe himself told bnei Yisrael not to put G-d to the test, yet here he was putting HaShem to the test. We recall when Zecharyah (Zechariah), Yochanan (John) the immerser’s father, put HaShem to the test. In the Brit Chadasha when Zecharyah was told that he was going to have a son he was also told that he was to call him Yochanan. Zecharyah asked the angel for a sign for confirmation. Zecharyah did not accept what he had been told, even though the word was coming from G-d. He too put HaShem to the test. This angered HaShem and He struck Zecharyah unable to speak, until after the birth of his son.

HaShem has told us many things in His Word. Much of it can be applied directly to our lives, yet many of us second guess Him. We want confirmations, signs and wonders instead of just believing and trusting in what HaShem has said.

Most commentators blame the ten spies for causing bnei Yisrael to be cursed with having to wander around, aimlessly, Bamidbar (in the wilderness) for forty years. In fact, Moshe also put the blame on the people, as we see from this verse:

Devarim {1:26} Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the Mitzvah (Command) of HaShem your G-D: {1:27} and you murmured in your tents, and said, Because HaShem hated us, he has brought us forth out of the land of Mitzrayim (Egypt), to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

Notice the “you rebelled,” and the “you murmured.” It is very possible, even probable, that the people would have never rebelled or murmured if Moshe would have just taken bnei Yisrael to the boarder of the Promise Land, trusted HaShem, taken Him at His Word and leads the people into the land. Instead, Moshe put G-d to the test and left himself and the people open to sin. Yes it can be said that fault lies squarely with Moshe.

As a leader I take the lesson I have received from Parasha Devarim very seriously. I study HaShem’s Word, reading it from cover to cover, once each year. I familiarize myself with everything HaShem has said and everything He has promised and then, to the best of my ability, I stand on His Word -- even when prompted by others to put Him to the test.

There is no guarantee that bnei Yisrael would have accepted Moshe’s final word to believe HaShem and therefore follow him into the Land, a land that was theirs for the taking; they may have rebelled anyway. But we will never know now will we?

How much wandering have we all done because of our not trusting HaShem’s Word? How many times has this lack of trust / faith resulted in us putting HaShem to the test? Sometimes I wonder how my life would have been different if I had totally, at all times, taken HaShem at His Word, but then again I will never know, will I!

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Baruch HaShem
Rabbi Ya'acov Farber

Matot-Masei: Tribes-Journey

Another contribution from Rabbi Jack in Toronto, Thanks again, Rabbi Jack-
"האם זה באמת יכול להחשב כעבודה"
"Can It Really Be Classified As Work"



Parashat HaShavua Matot-Masei / Tribes-Journeys

This Week's Reading List:
BaMidbar / Numbers 30:2-36:13
Yirmiyahu / Jeremiah 2:4-28; 3:4
Piliphim / Philippines 1:12-16
Yaacov / James 4:1-12


Bamidbar {31:21} El'azar the cohen (priest) said to the men of war who went to the battle, This is the statute of the Torah which HaShem has commanded Moshe: {31:22} however the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, {31:23} everything that may abide the fire, you shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be tahor (ritually clean) ; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity: and all that does not withstand the fire you shall make to go through the water. {31:24} You shall wash your clothes on hash'vi‘i (the seventh) day, and you shall be tahor; and afterward you shall come into the camp.

Hello all you legalists out there -- did you read this? HaShem told the men who went to war to wash their clothes on the seventh day. This means that the seventh day could have very easily fallen on a Shabbat – a war ends on Sunday means there needs to be a wash on the Shabbat! How can that be? How could G-d tell us in His Word not to work on the Shabbat and then turn around and instruct these men of war to wash their clothes on the seventh day -- even if it may fall on the Shabbat? The answer is very simple and Yeshua HaMashiach (the Messiah) gave us the answer in the Brit Chadasha (Renewed Covenant).

Mordechai (Mark) {2:27} And He was saying to them, "The Shabbat was made for man, and not man for the Shabbat.

What this verse is saying is that we were not made to serve Shabbat; Shabbat was made to serve us. Shabbat was to be a mandatory day off. This was something unheard off in the pagan world.

HaShem is not legalistic; He is a compassionate, loving, caring and understanding G-d. These men of war in our Parasha had just finished fighting a battle on behalf of HaShem. We are not told exactly how many days the battle was raging, it probably went on for days, nor are we told what day the battle ended. The warriors were no doubt tired, they were weary. I am sure that, once the battle was won and everything was over, they all wanted nothing more than to go home to their respective families. However, before they could enter the camp they had to fulfill the command of G-d. They had to fulfill the commandment to remain outside of the camp for seven days and on the seventh day they were to purify themselves and wash their cloths. After doing all of this they could enter the camp. As I said above, it is totally possible that the seventh day would fall on the Shabbat. If it had, was HaShem, the compassionate G-d, going to make these men wait an extra day before being allowed to go home to their families? I think not! He would allow the men to wash their clothes, even though it was a Shabbat, presumably so that they could re-enter the camp and rejoin their families without any further delay.

Mordechai {3:4} And He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Shabbat to do good or to do harm, to save a life or to kill?" But they kept silent.

Obviously it is lawful to do good on the Shabbat. So, even though these men had to fulfill their required seven days outside the camp, reuniting these men of war with their loved ones after they had experienced the horrors of battle was clearly something that is good and, therefore, lawful -- even if it meant washing their clothes on the Shabbat.

Some people need to take a good hard look at themselves and the man made rules

they impose on themselves and other people. In certain areas of Torah and under certain conditions HaShem may not be as dogmatic or as harsh as we may think or make Him out to be.

While I do not know if any of these men of war were in the laundry business during their regular 9-5 jobs, I am sure that, for the ones who were married, it was their wives’ who did the laundry and not them when they went home. So, can what they were asked to do if it fell on the Shabbat really be classified as work? Seems not!

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Baruch HaShem
Rabbi Ya'acov Farber

Phinehas- Number 25:10-30:1

Another contribution from Rabbi Jack in Toronto, Thanks again, brother.

Parashat HaShavua Pinchas / Phinehas



This Week's Reading List:
BaMidbar / Numbers 25:10-30:1
Yermiyahu / Jeremiah 1:1-2:3
Yochanan / John 2:13-20


Bamidbar {27:1} Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad, ben (son of) Hepher, ben Gilead, ben Machir, ben Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh ben Yoseph; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noach, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. {27:2} They stood before Moshe, and before El'azar the cohen (priest), and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door of the Ohel Moed (Tent of Meeting), saying, {27:3} Our 'av (father) died in the wilderness, and he was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against HaShem in the company of Korach: but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons. {27:4} Why should the name of our 'av be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give to us a possession among the brothers of our 'av. {27:5} Moshe brought their cause before HaShem. {27:6} HaShem spoke to Moshe, saying, {27:7} The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: you shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their av-'s brothers; and you shall cause the inheritance of their 'av to pass to them. {27:8} You shall speak to bnei Yisrael (the children of Israel), saying, If an ish (man) die, and have no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.

Of all the Scriptures in the Brit Chadasha (Renewed Covenant) this one passage of Scripture has great significance when it come to Yeshua HaMashiach and his physical right to be king in Yisrael. How is that possible seeing as this passage of Scripture deals with the daughters of Zelophehad and the distribution of his inheritance during the time of Moshe? Zelophehad’s daughters, being women, were going to be disenfranchised from any inheritance because the inheritance and distribution of the land was to pass thought the sons and not through the daughters. Zelophehad died without a son, but he did have five daughters.

So how does this passage of Scripture have any significance to Yeshua HaMashiach? When we consider that the inheritance passed only through the son then the significance is great indeed. It all starts with Yeshua HaMashiach’s genealogy given to us by Uri (Luke).

Uri kept to strict Jewish laws in tracing the genealogy of Yeshua. In order for him to do that he could not mention the names of any women, not even Miriam, Yeshua’s mother. This is despite the fact that it was through her lineage that he was tracing the kingly line of Yeshua. Uri did not skip names in giving us his genealogy either, another strich Jewish law. Uri in his genealogy showed that Yeshua could be king because He was of the house of David, but not of King Jechoniah’s lineage upon which there was a curse.

Yermiyahu (Jeremiah) {22:28} Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? Is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? Wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not? {22:29} O earth, earth, earth, hear the Word of HaShem. {22:30} Thus say HaShem, Write this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.

Uri began his gospel with the virgin birth. He told us that Yeshua was supposedly the son of Yosef, but he was really the grandson of Heli. The fact is that Heli was the father of Miriam, but Yosef was not Yeshua’s father. Uri wanted to trace Yeshua’s genealogy through Miriam so he associated Him with Miriam’s father. In writings of the first and second centuries, rabbis commonly referred to Yeshua as “the son of Heli.” It is also not unknown in Jewish history to trace a man’s origin through his wife. That is what Uri was doing in his genealogy. He was tracing Yeshua’s lineage through Miriam, as Yosef’s wife; seeing as Yosef was not Yeshua’s father. Two Tanach (Hebrew Scriptures) examples of this method are found in Ezra 2:60-61, and Nehemiah 7:63. So it is not something unusual, even according to biblical standards.

What we found in Uri’s genealogy was the potential that Heli died and left only his daughter Miriam as his heir, and that he did not have a son. If this is true, then we can see from our Parasha this week that Miriam was allowed to receive her father’s inheritance. In addition, Miriam would have fulfilled the other Torah requirement of female inheritance by marrying one from her own tribe:

Bamidbar {36:6} This is the thing which HaShem does command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them be married to whom they think best; only into the family of the tribe of their av shall they be married. {36:7} So shall no inheritance of bnei Yisrael remove from tribe to tribe; for bnei Yisrael shall cleave everyone to the inheritance of the tribe of his avot (fathers).

Both Miriam and Yosef were from the tribe of Y’hudah (Judah). This would have enabled her to pass on the inheritance of the Davidic lineage from her father to her Son. Therefore, Yeshua had legal right to be the physical King of Yisrael through his mother, Miriam. HaShem had prepared the way for Yeshua HaMashiach to be the eternal Melech Yisrael (King of Israel).

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Baruch HaShem
Rabbi Ya'acov Farber

Balak- Numbers 19:1-25:9

Another contribution from Rabbi Jack in Toronto. Thanks again, Rabbi Jack.

"Aviod Being Cursed"


Parashat HaShavua Balak / Balak

This Week's Reading List:
BaMidbar / Numbers 19:1-25:9
Mikhah / Micah 5:6-6:8
Korintim Aleph / 1 Corinthians 1:20-31


Bamidbar {22:2} Balak ben (son of) Zippor saw all that Yisrael (Israel) had done to the Amorites. {22:3} Moav was so afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moav was distressed because of bnei Yisrael (the children of Israel). {22:4} Moav said to the elders of Midian, Now will this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field. Balak ben Zippor was king of Moav at that time. {22:5} He sent messengers to Bilaam ben B'or, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the bnei (children) of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Mitzrayim: behold, they cover the surface of the earth, and they abide over against me. {22:6} Please come now, therefore, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.

Bamidbar {23:7} He took up his parable, and said, From Aram has Balak brought me, The king of Moav from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Ya'akov, Come, defy Yisrael. {23:8} How shall I curse, whom G-D has not cursed?

We know from reading the entire parasha, parasha Balak, that even though greedy Bilaam tried as hard as he could, he was unable to curse bnei Yisrael. In fact as we see from verse 8 above he conceded that he was unable to curse whom HaShem had blessed. I think this is a lesson everyone of us should learn and understand. Satan is not in control of who gets cursed and who does not! Obviously HaShem is in complete control of who is blessed and who is cursed. The fact is that Satan can not do anything without G-d’s prior approval. If you think for a minute that anyone can put a curse on a born-again child of G-d any time they want, then you are greatly mistaken.

Sadly, in the years I have been a Messianic leader I have encountered people who have claimed that a curse had been placed on them. Now certainly you can be cursed and under certain conditions a curse can be placed upon a person, but only, as I said, under certain conditions. What are those conditions? The first and most obvious one is if you are not a believer in Yeshua HaMashiach and you have not made Him your L-rd and Saviour. The second is if you are a Believer in Yeshua HaMashiach and you have intentionally or inadvertently sinned without repenting.

There is only one of two camps that a person can be in -- either in G-d’s camp or in Satan’s camp! Satan is the ruler of the powers and principalities of the earth. In other words, he controls the world system as we know it today. That is why there is so much evil on the earth.

At the fall of man, when Adam and Eve disobeyed G-d, sin entered into the world and with sin humankind became slaves to Satan, the lord of sin. G-d, who can not look upon sin because he himself is sinless, therefore, turned His back on mankind and man was no longer under G-d’s protection – they were cursed. The korban (draw near offering / sacrifice) system, as inaugurated by G-d, and outlined in the Book of Vayikra (Leviticus), remedied that situation with the use of substitutionary offerings. Through confession and repentance, a man’s sin was transferred to a sinless animal and that animal’s blood was shed instead of the sinners.

Vayikra {17:11} For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you on the mitzbe’ach (altar) to make Kapparah (Atonement) for your nef'shim (souls) : for it is the blood that makes Kapparah by reason the life.

This korban system was a shadow of the korban that eventually G-d Himself provided by coming to earth as a human being. Only G-d could fulfill the requirements of His own law of sin equals death by dying on our behalf. Whoever, therefore, receives and associates himself with what HaShem has done for us, by receiving Yeshua HaMashiach as the Lamb of G-d who takes away our sins, becomes a child of G-d and, therefore, is under His control and protection.

Bnei Yisrael was covered by the korban system while on the plains of Moab. So long as they remained in a state of confession and repentance they were under HaShem’s protection and, therefore, unable to be cursed. However, as soon as they entered into the realm of sin, as we will see in next week’s Parasha, HaShem’s protection was lifted from them and they entered into Satanic territory where HaShem allowed them to be cursed. This resulted in thousands dying. Pay attention and learn from the following passage of Scripture:

Shmuel Alef (1 Samuel) {18:9} And Saul looked at David with suspicion from that day on. {18:10} Now it came about on the next day that an evil spirit from G-d came mightily upon Saul, and he raved in the midst of the house, while David was playing the harp with his hand, as usual; and a spear was in Saul's hand.

King Saul had been a believer and was, therefore, under the protection of HaShem but as soon as he sinned that protection was lifted and he was under the influence of Satan. Notice the underlined portion of the verse. The evil spirit was from G-d. That tells us, as I said before, that Satan can not do anything without being allowed to by G-d. And G-d will not allow Satan to curse a believer in Yeshua HaMashiach so long as they remain in a state of confession and repentance.

How can you avoid being cursed? Receive Yeshua HaMashiach as your L-rd and Saviour, then live a life of confession and repentance and be transformed from a sinner into a saint.

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Baruch HaShem
Rabbi Ya'acov Farber

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Parashat HaShavua Chukat- Numbers 19:1-22:1

Another devotional thought from Rabbi Jack in Toronto, Thanks again, -Brad
Parashat HaShavua Chukat / Statute

This Week's Reading List:
BaMidbar / Numbers 19:1-22:1
Shoftim / Judges 11:1-33
Yochanan / John 3:10-21

Bamidbar {20:1} Bnei Yisrael (The children of Israel), even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. {20:2} There was no water for the congregation: and they assembled themselves together against Moshe (Moses) and against Aharon (Aaron). {20:3} The people strove with Moshe, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brothers died before HaShem! {20:4} Why have you brought the assembly of HaShem into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our animals? {20:5} Why have you made us to come up out of Mitzrayim (Egypt), to bring us in to this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.

Hold on a minute; are not these the same bnei Yisrael that, when offered to enter the Promise Land by Moshe (a land flowing with milk and honey, a land from were they were shown a bunch of grapes that had to be carried on a pole between two men), refused to enter. So how come they are now accusing Moshe and Aharon of taking them to this place of desolation and holding Moshe and Aharon responsible for the assembly being stuck in the wilderness. These people had the opportunity to enter into the good and prosperous land HaShem had offered them, but they rebelled and refused to enter. Yes, they rejected the occasion to enjoy an abundance of figs, vines and pomegranates because they were told by a few negative people about the scary giants that occupied the land.

When you think about it not much has changed in the Promise Land over the last five thousand years. It is still a scary place. Even though Yisrael occupies most of the land there are still pockets of the enemy that were never driven out.

Bamidbar {33:55} But if you will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then shall those who you let remain of them be as pricks in your eyes, and as thorns in your sides, and they shall vex you in the land in which you dwell. {33:56} It shall happen that as I thought to do to them, so will I do to you.

Certainly this passage of Scripture is as true today as it was the day that it was written. The inhabitants of the land are vexing Yisrael; they are a thorn in their side and pricks in their eyes -- today. Yisrael is as surrounded by enemies today as she was thousands of years ago. So not only is she being threatened from within, but also from without. The only real solution, the solution HaShem proposed, which is to expel them, is unthinkable today. Well, that is only true if Yisrael wants to be in sink with the rest of the secular world, and she most definitely does. However, G-d’s Word is true and we read and hear the results of Yisrael’s disobedience daily, over and over again, in the media.

What is even more disturbing is that most Jewish people who are living in the Diaspora, a number that exceeds those living in the land, when asked if they would immigrate to Yisrael say something that sounds all to familiar, “It is too dangerous there. I do not what my children to go to the army. It is surrounded by hostile nations,” and so on. What are they in fact saying? It is the same thing that was said more than five thousand years ago, “We will not go in because there are giants in the land!”

In addition Yisrael as a nation is also extremely secular. They have a form of religion, but they deny the power thereof. Religion to most Israelis is tradition and not a relationship with their G-d.

Shoftim (Judges) {2:21} I also will no longer drive out before them any of the nations which Yehoshua (Joshua) left when he died, {2:22} in order to test Yisrael by them, whether they will keep the way of HaShem to walk in it as their fathers did, or not." {2:23} So HaShem allowed those nations to remain, not driving them out quickly; and He did not give them into the hand of Yehoshua.

I think we could all agree that, up until now, bnei Yisrael have failed their test.

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Baruch HaShem
Rabbi Ya'acov Farber

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The Brick Testament version of Korah's Rebellion

Very cleaver people took Lego pieces and made a version of many popular Bible stories. In case you haven't see this, you can find Korah's Rebellion at:



http://www.thebricktestament.com/the_wilderness/the_second_rebellion/nm16_01-02.html

Kinda cute, and a different way to share a Bible story. God's grace to you and yours, Brad