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 …
Shavu’ot- Penecost
Question: When should you celebrate Shavuot? YOU SHOULD COUNT SEVEN WEEKS OR FORTY-NINE DAYS FROM THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD TO SHAVUOT. Question: What commandments were given for Shavuot? YOU SHOULD GIVE A VOLUNTARY OFFERING TO ELOHIM DURING SHAVUOT.Deuteronomy 16:10 And you will keep the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot) to יהוה your Elohim with a voluntary offering, which you will …
Emor (Speak to the Kohen)
This Torah portion gives the laws for the Kohanim, whose Divine service places upon them a particular responsibility to maintain higher standards of righteous behavior and purity. Leviticus 21:1 And יהוה said to Moses, speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron וְאָמַרְתָּ and you say to them, No priest will be defiled for the dead among his people. C-MATS …
MISHPATIM (ordinances of the court)
Exodus 21:1 Now these are the judgments which you will set before them. C-MATS Question: What is the civil law? The civil laws are an extension of the Tenth Commandment: Do not covet. In order to know what he may not covet, one must know the rights and property of others. Torah now goes on to begin defining what it …