Leviticus 25:5 אֵת That which grows of itself from the seeds of your previous harvest you will not reap, וְאֶת־ and neither gather the grapes of your untended vine: for it is a year of rest for the land. C-MATS Question: Why did יהוה set up the Sabbatical Year cycle? The land’s rest in the seventh year teaches that the …
TAZRIA (tzara’at) / METZORA (one being diseased)
Leviticus 13:1 And יהוה spoke to Moses and Aaron saying, 2 When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a שְׂאֵת lifted up of (rising) a scab, or a bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of tzara’at (leprosy); then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to …
Vayak’hel (He Assembles), P’kudei (Accounts)
In this portion, Moses addresses the entire nation and charges them with the privilege of building the Tabernacle. Much of the text is a repetition of the directions given in the previous chapters. Israel’s ability to create a setting for יהוה’s Presence is a measure of its greatness and, indeed, a primary reason for its very existence. Its future history …
VA’EIRA I appeared (to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob)
Exodus 6:2 And Elohim spoke to Moses and said to him, I am יהוה: 3 And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob, by the name of El Shaddai, but by My name יהוה I was not known to them. C-MATS Question: What was יהוה saying to Moses? יהוה rebuked Moses harshly: Many times I revealed Myself to …