Torah Reading Milestone for Tzur Yisrael of Arizona

To whom it may concern, consider this a public notice in the spirit of an affidavit by John Marsing (the owner of this blog) that this blog entry (initially posted March 12th 2007) is, to the best of my ability, a true accurate and correct testimony.

On Shabbath March 10th 2007, a great milestone for Tzur Yisrael (TYoAZ) was achieved which was the finishing our three year parsha reading.  I thought about writing this blog as a memorial and possibly for future ‘exhibitable’ evidence to the effect that those members of TYoAZ (myself included) have done in part the terms and conditions required of us pursuant to the Mt. Sinai Covenant which is found in Torah.  Note, that all of the attendees listed below and those not mentioned but claim to be part of TYoAZ have started their Shabbath keeping journey (Halachah if you will) at different times.

Exo 31:13 Speak thou also unto the Bnei Yisroel, saying, Verily My Shabbatot ye shall be shomer (guard) over; for it is an ot (sign) between Me and you throughout your dorot (generation); that ye may have da’at (knowledge) that I am YHVH Who doth set thee apart as kodesh.

From a legal point why is this important?  Well one way of looking at it is that its about generating prima facie evidence i.e. the good kind  (see the verse above).  In an ideal world where Torah as a law form is the norm, this wouldn’t be as necessary.  The presumption in the physical secular World is that we the people operate contrary to Torah  (probably more accurately what I call the ‘color’ of Torah).  Therefore you want to create as much evidence as possible to prove your covenant with YHVH is in good standing and stop generating evidence to the contrary.

 

For the record for John Marsing. 

My involvement with keeping Shabbath which has been very consistent goes back to circa 1997.  The place where this first occurred for me was with Tzur Yisrael which met at Stan and Carol Fretwell’s house which was located somewhere in the North West valley of metro Phoenix.  From the Fretwell’s there have been numerous places we have congregated and now, as of the date of this blog, TYoAZ meets at the house of Gale Webb located on the land known as Tempe Arizona. 

For me the most important thing involved the studying of the scriptures which many have said is the highest form of worship.  TYoAZ started on the three year study cycle on the first Shabbath in the month of Aviv 5765 (March 27th 2004).

Note: Evidence is all about places, names, dates … i.e facts.

 

Attendance

On March 10th 2007 the people in attendance were (sorry if I misspelled) …

1. Dianne Calkins
2. Ken Newman
3. John Mackinnon
4. Mark Lutz
5. Will Meyer
6. Mike Thompson
7. Kye Thompson
8. Mike Kelley (via the phone from his house)
9. Gale Webb (via phone from Florence Arizona)
10. Richard Ottens
11. and myself, John Marsing 

 

Highlights

1. Mark passed around his “Essential Oils” which the group sampled.   I don’t know how this effected others if at all, but for me it may have caused me to be funnier than usual.
2. Discussed how to compile the next triennial parsha.

 

The readings were…

Psalms

We had exhausted our Psalms reading list, so we re-read Psalms 91 after we heard it spoken in Hebrew by listening from Uri Harel’s “Psalm Favorite CD”.  I believe we had also read this earlier when we were eating.

Deuteronomy Chapter 34

We read the last chapter of Devarim, which is of course the last book of the Torah.  The chapter talks about the transfer of authority via laying of hands from Moshe to Yehoshua, and also the death and burial of Moshe .  One of the points that I brought up was from verse 10

“And since then no prophet has arisen in Yisrael like Mosheh, whom YHVH  knew face to face”. 

This was interesting to me because I would assume that some in Rabbinical Judaism would use this as an argument against accepting Y’shua implying that no one can be as great and as exalted as Moshe. Of course Y’shua isn’t just a mere prophet, he is (I believe) HaMashiach and to a very large extant the intent of the prophecies Mat 5:17. 

Matthew 4:1–11 (No Haftorah)

This is where Y’shua is in the desert 40 days (symbolizing the 40 years of Israel in the desert I would suppose) and is tempted by HaSatan.  What I found noteworthy was of the three temptations Mat 4:4, 7 and 10, Y’shua responds by quoting from Torah, see Deu 8:3, Deu 6:16 and  Deu 6:13 respectively

 

Acts 26–28 plus the un-canonized chapter 29

There is a lot of legal action going on in these chapters involving Shaul and his accusers which I of course find fascinating.  The un-canonized chapter 29 was heavily laden with two house themes.  I read this from the “Restoration Scriptures True Name Edition” bible.

 

Marsing OUT!

Torah Parsha 17: Yithro – Jethro

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Torah Parsha 16: Beshalach – When he Sent

xlvb Beshalach / When he sent

15 Shevat 5767 / February 2/3, 2007

twmv Shemot (Exodus) 13:17 – 17:16

 ~yjpwv  Shophtim (Judges) 4:4-5:31

!nxwy Yochanan Moshe

hvm Markus (Mark) 6

anylg Gilyahna (Revelation) 15:1-8

Hebrew word of the week: “melachah” (xlm) –  Hebrew for creative work

 One Year Torah Portion Study Questions for

1. Why did hwhy harden Pharaoh’s heart even after the tenth plague and his agreement to let Israel go?
2. What hermeneutic “right,” if any, do we have for using the story of the Exodus as a picture for the redemption from sin we have through Yeshua?
3. In addition to the lessons in this portion, what other applications of the Exodus story can you draw to your life?
4. Why did hwhy not lead Israel to Canaan by the shortest and easiest route?
5. Why did hwhy send the manna and the quail instead of feeding Israel through other means?
6. What was the lesson of the manna?
7. What do you think that the story of the bitter waters is meant to teach?
8. Analyze the Song of Moshe.
9. Go through the Song of Moshe and see how many different attributes of hwhy are taught in it. What promises are made to Israel ?
10. Explain I Corinthians 10:1-13 in light of the Exodus story.
11. Why did the story of the battle with Amalek follow the complaints about no water? Why did hwhy have Israel victorious only when Moshe’s arms were held up?
12. What do you think the text means when we read Shemot 17:14 that hwhy will blot out the memory of Amalek from under the heavens?
13. How would you answer a critic who insists that the whole crossing of the Sea incident did not happen?

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BO – Torah Portion 15

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 Exo 10:1 And Hashem said unto Moshe, Go in unto Pharaoh; for I have hardened ³⁵¹³ his lev, and the lev of his avadim, that I might show these My otot ⁷¹³⁰ before him;

 

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Kavode=honor

Kaved=liver

 

The liver is the heaviest organ in the body and relates to honor because

It is the worst thing you can do for an Egyptians is to abuse him of having a heavy hard.  At death the heart is balanced with a feather and if it is heavier, they get to go to Egyptians hell.

 

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^{The root is closeness  (where the word carbon=sacrifice comes from) and with the bet prefix is inside b-ekerbo.}

Exo 10:2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy ben, and of thy ben’s ben, what things I have wrought in Mitzrayim, and My otot which I have done among them; that ye may have da’as that I am Hashem.

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Hit-al-lal-ti.

Exo 10:3 And Moshe and Aharon came in⁹³⁵ unto Pharaoh,and said unto him, Thus saith Hashem Elohei HaIvrim, How long wilt thou refuse ³⁹⁸⁶ to humble thyself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

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Bo (the name of the parsha) is being used again

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 Refuse: Le Ma oon, which is where Moon comes from according to a rabinic belief

Exo 10:4 Else, if thou refuse⁹³⁵ to let My people go, hineni, tomorrow will I bring the arbeh into thy border;

Exo 10:5 And they shall cover the face of ha’aretz, that one cannot be able to see ha’aretz; and they shall devour the remnant of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the barad, and shall eat kol haetz which groweth for you out of the sadeh;

Exo 10:6 And they shall fill thy batim (houses), and the batim (houses) of all thy avadim, and the batim (houses) of kol Mitzrayim; which neither thy avot, nor the avot of thy avot have seen, since the day that they were upon ha’aretz unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.

Exo 10:7 And Pharaoh’s avadim said unto him, How long shall this man be a mokesh ⁴¹⁷⁰ (snare) unto us? Let the anashim go, that they may serve Hashem Eloheihem; knowest thou not yet that Mitzrayim is destroyed?

This is the first occurrence of mokesh ⁴¹⁷⁰

Exo 10:8 And Moshe and Aharon were brought again unto Pharaoh; and he said unto them, Go, serve Hashem Eloheichem; but who are they that shall go?

Exo 10:9 And Moshe said, We will go with ne’areinu and with zekeinu, with baneinu and with benoteinu, with tzoneinu and with bekareinu (our herds) will we go; for Chag ²²⁸² Hashem lanu.

This is the first use of Chag (feast), even though the feast hasn’t yet been institutionalized.  Also it is Hashem’s holiday, not Israel’s.  Because the chag was not in existence, a dialog between Moshe and the Pharo was pondered what would happen if the Pharo asked Moshe what is the date of this holiday?  Moshe would respond whatever the date is that we leave Egypt will be a most wondrous holiday.  This reminded the group of the Jewish joke about the day Arafat dies it will be a Jewish holiday. 

 

The rest of the parsha (through Exo 13:16) we read out load with no more comments.

Next Week’s “Pocket Mod” 16 When he sent

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Personal Scripture Commentary (PSC) Thoughts #1

Synch to Paper

PSC defined: is a bible database using .net.  A database that collects commentary knowledge that an individual comes across and has been ‘ported’ to their own understanding.  The individual has gathered this knowledge ==> understandng using database and tagging tecnology with rich dynamic reporting technology.

The intent of PSC is to systematically go through the weekly Shabbat readings and capture the knowledge from the Torah parsha of the week (e.g. here, here and here).  One of the reporting features of PSC could be to make the reports into a ‘synch to paper’ format.  For example, on the day you do the reading (usually Shabbat) then you could to do a ‘synch to paper’ (see Pocket Mod Instructions) of next weeks Shabbat reading and hand them out for other people.  Then during the week, they can refer to them and scribble notes and generally be prepared for discussion when it’s time to read that parsha.