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 …
Balak, King of Moab
Balak, the king of Moab, hired the prophet Balaam to curse the people of Israel. Balaam repeated futile attempts to curse Israel, but Elohim insisted that he bless Israel. Elohim wanted these magnificent blessings to come to Israel through the agency of the wicked and immoral Balaam, so that all the world would know that everyone is helpless to harm Israel against …
CHUKAT (ordinance of)
In this Torah reading יהוה instructs Moses and Aaron regarding the red heifer, whose ashes purify a person who has been contaminated by contact with a dead body; Miriam dies and the people thirst for water; Moses hits a rock in anger to bring forth water rather than speaking to it and is denied entry to the Promised Land; Aaron dies, …
Bechukotai (by my decrees)
Leviticus 26:3 If you walk in My statutes וְאת־ and keep My commandments and do אתם them; 4 Then I will give you rain in its season and the land will yield its produce and the trees of the field will yield their fruit. C-MATS Question: Why does it say throughout the Torah, “If you obey, you will receive such …
BEHAR (on the mountain)
On Mount Sinai, יהוה communicates to Moses the laws of the Sabbatical and Jubilee cycles,as well as how to relate to those in the community who become impoverished. Leviticus 25:1 And יהוה spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai saying, 2 Speak to the Children of Israel וְאמַרְת and you say to them, when you come into the land which I give …