Deuteronomy 32:1 Listen, O you heavens and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. C-MATS Question: Why did יהוה have the heavens and earth to hear His words and testify against them when they sinned? To testify that he was warning Israel, Moses wanted witnesses that would outlive his and later generations; otherwise, who could …
Rosh Hashanah (The Feast of Trumpets)
Question: What is Feast of Trumpets? The common name for Feast of Trumpets is Rosh Hashanah which means “Head of the Year.” Just like the head controls the body, our actions on Rosh Hashanah have a tremendous impact on the rest of the year. Yom Teruah is the Hebrew name for the Feast of Trumpets which is translated “day of …
NITZAVIM (you are standing)/ VAYELECH (and he went)
Deuteronomy 29:10 אתם You stand this day before יהוה your Elohim; your captains of your tribes, your elders and your officers and all the men of Israel. C-MATS Question: What is important about the verse, “אתם You stand this day before יהוה your Elohim”? You have provoked the Omnipresent to anger many times, yet He has not made an end …
KI TAVO (when you enter in)
Deuteronomy 26:1 After you come into the land which יהוה your Elohim gives you as an inheritance and have taken possession of it and you live there; 2 You are to take the first of all the crops the ground yields, which you will harvest from your land that יהוה your Elohim gives you and put them in a basket …
Ki Tetze (when you go) out to war
Deuteronomy 21:15 If a man has two wives, הָאחַת the one loved and the other hated and they both bear him children and if the firstborn son is from the woman who is hated: 16 Then when it comes time for him to pass his inheritance to את־ his sons את which he has may not begiven to the firstborn …