Deuteronomy 29:10 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, “You stand this day before יהוה your Elohim?” You have provoked the Omnipresent to anger many times, yet He has not made an end to you. …
CHUKAT (ordinance of)/ BALAK (Balak)
Numbers 19:1 And יהוה spoke to Moses and to Aaron saying, 2 זֹאת This is the ordinance from the Torah which יהוה has commanded: Tell the Children of Israel to bring you a Red Heifer without spot and blemish and has never been worked: 3 You will give אתָהּ it (her) to Eleazar the priest, so that he may bring …
Shavuot/ Pentecost
Question: How should you celebrate Shavuot? In Hebrew Shavuot means “weeks” or “feast of weeks”. The Greek name for Shavuot is Pentecost or “the fiftieth day” because it falls on the 50th day. The festival of Shavuot marks the completion of the seven-week counting period between Passover and Shavuot. This is a time to celebrate the giving of the Ten …
Passover Seder Readings
PASSOVER SEDER Reader 1: Let us prepare our hearts for the Passover Seder. We must consider ourselves as having personally been freed from Egypt. As we prepare for this experience of personal redemption, let us take the leaven of sin hidden within our hearts far away from us. HAGGADAH (hah-gah-dah) means “the Telling” Seder means “order” Exodus 12:11 You will …