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Post by R' Y'hoshua Moshe on Aug 9, 2004 18:12:30 GMT -8
Here is the Torah Reading Schedule for this week: "Re’eh” – “Behold” : Deuteronomy (Devarim) 11:26-16:17 May the following be our prayer... "Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy ." - Psalms 119:18 Also, please share with us what our Heavenly Father has shown you, or ask any questions that you may have. You may also view the haftarah portion for discussion in the category under "Nevi'im, and Ketavim" (Prophets, and Writings). Shalom chaverim (peace friends), Reuel |
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Post by Kallah on Aug 10, 2004 5:45:01 GMT -8
Re'eh ... behold....{'see'} Intresting thought, in this Dvar ...we are to 'see'...than just 'hear'. Like Oral ...we hear. Written , we see (read it). The importance of storing up Dvar HSHEM not just in our mind, but in all our being, is what will prevent us from turning from the rigteous path of Ad-n-y. Moshe speaks what HSHEM has commanded.... El-him, Blessed is He, points out (tangible metaphor)the destination of two roads; what each brings with it....one of blessing, and one of curse. 'See', see before you...'behold' in front of you... the path of blessings...the path of curse. He admonishes; warning of the consequences of not obeying His mitzvahs. So, His people are given a directive. To do exactly as El-him says. How often Avinu Shebashamayim reminds us to 'hear'.... in the Shema..."Hear O Yisrael..." But, it is not enough for us. We need to 'see'. We can hear about tragic news on the radio...but, it doesn't grab our attention the same as 'seeing'...as 'knowing' it.... or 'experiencing' it. I thought of Luke 15... the parable teaching of Yeshua. The parable of the two sons, heirs to inheritance of father's wealth---then the younger (recieving it beforehand; what he had not toiled for) being wasteful with his.....because he chose the cursed path... to 'see' for himself...to experience for himself...but, in the cursed road,wasted his inheritance. The 'elder brother' is like the parent nation Yisrael. The ones who had been in bondage, who experienced. Who not only 'heard', but, also 'saw'. Their children ('younger brother'), the new generation coming into their inheritance (easy).... only 'heard'.... and now they need to 'see'. The (younger) Bnei Yisrael is just that.... they are 'shown' (to see from what has happened to their enemies; more so, what worse fate befell those of Yisrael who turned from El-him). It was more than heresay. It is to 'see' before them .... what is the blessing and the curse. It is not a 'free choice' to do both...but, to choose to take the 'one' path and do what is right is a command. To 'see' (behold) and beware what befalls whoever chooses the cursed path. To BEWARE of even entertaining the thought or following after and practicing what is abominable to Ad-n-y. Interesting...about choices. With HSHEM, Blessed is He, when it comes to doing what is right, it is not a choice. It is an order! I (we) will (obey) do what is right, and NOT do what is wrong (will not disobey G-d's ordinances). My personal view of "free choice" that G-d grants us, is the free choice of picking out (daily) from the variety of righteous things to do that are at hand for us to do, while we walk a righteous path; doing what is right before Ad-n-y. In the Yarden of His Righteousness we can "taste and see".... what a delight to follow His mitzvahs. Though there are moments we stray ... B"H for this reason Yeshua came. That each day, each moment we humble, and our hearts be turned to Him. That He prevent us from being seduced and falling into the trap of 'free choices' of the evil inclination(s) that are primarily there to test our faithfulness to Him. That we not desire, nor choose what is left for those who follow after and practice what brings with it much curse. G-d forbid. B"H Ad-n-y ".....deliver us from evil(the Evil One)...." {Mattityahu 6:13} B"H shalom b'shem Yeshua, Kallah |
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Post by R' Y'hoshua Moshe on Aug 10, 2004 11:19:04 GMT -8
Amen. He does not suggest that we keep His ...He commands this of His children. I agree. Freedom in Messiah means that we have the freedom to keep His Father's blessed commandments... "So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts." - Tehillim (Psalms) 119:44-45 As His children we are led to walk on the path of freedom as set forth in His . "He restores my soul: he leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake."- Tehillim (Psalms) 23:3 What a blessed Father which commands freedom for us! He commands us to be blessed!! Why would we reject a commandment to be blessed??... "Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; A blessing, if you obey the commandments of YHVH your G'd, which I command you this day" - Devarim (Deuteronomy) 11:26-27 Be blessed, Reuel |
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Post by Kallah on Aug 11, 2004 14:38:32 GMT -8
What a blessed Father which commands freedom for us! He commands us to be blessed!! Why would we reject a commandment to be blessed??... "Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; A blessing, if you obey the commandments of YHVH your G'd, which I command you this day" - Devarim (Deuteronomy) 11:26-27 Amein. |
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Post by The 614th Mitzvot on Aug 12, 2004 7:08:30 GMT -8
I like what is said concerning the idols and the point that is made. How we are to tear down the idols and do not sacrifice on the places where they had thiers. We sacrifice in the places appointed to us, because I believe that there are in fact places that are naturally holier than others; if you understand my meaning. Yerushalim is holier than Branson, Missouri (no offence to any Bransonites; I love the music  ). I also like what it says about how they will eat meat in thier land. When one is poor, at least historically, meat was food that was rarely eaten and only eaten out of necessity to eat, not for the enjoyment of the meal. Yet, here it says they will eat meat for pleasure. Here is what Rabbi Isaac Luria taught about eating kosher foods. I don't agree with all of it, but some valid points are made. Every created thing possesses a "spark" of divine energy that constitutes its essence and soul. When a person utilizes something toward a G-dly end, he brings to light this divine spark, manifesting and realizing the purpose for which it was created.
In all physical substances, a material "husk" (kelipah) encases and conceals the divine spark at its core, necessitating great effort on the part of man to access the spark without becoming enmeshed in the surface materiality.
No existence is devoid of a divine spark -- indeed, nothing can exist without the pinpoint of G-dliness that imbues it with being and purpose. But not every spark can be actualized. There are certain "impregnable" elements whose sparks are inaccessible to us. The fact that something is forbidden by the means that its "husk" cannot be penetrated, so that its spark remains locked within it and cannot be elevated.
Thus, one who eats a piece of kosher meat and then uses the energy gained from it to perform a mitzvah, thereby elevates the spark of divinity that is the essence of the meat, freeing it of its mundane incarnation and raising it to a state of fulfilled spirituality. However, if one would do the same with a piece of non-kosher meat, no such "elevation" would take place. Even if he applied the energy to positive and G-dly ends, this would not constitute a realization of the divine purpose in the meat's creation, since the consumption of the meat was an express violation of the divine will.
This is the deeper significance of the Hebrew terms assur and mutar employed by law for the forbidden and the permissible. Assur, commonly translated as "forbidden," literally means "bound", implying that these are things whose sparks the has deemed bound and imprisoned in a shell of negativity and proscription. Mutar ( "permitted" ), which literally means "unbound," is the term for those sparks which the has empowered us to extricate from their mundane embodiment and actively involve in our positive endeavors.
The "bound" elements of creation also have a role in the realization of the divine purpose outlined by the . But theirs is a "negative" role -- they exist so that we should achieve a conquest of self by resisting them. There is no -authorized way in which they can actively be involved in our development of creation, no way in which they may themselves become part of the " dwelling for G-d " that we are charged to make of our world. Of these elements it is said, "Their breaking is their rectification." They exist to be rejected and defeated, and it is in their defeat and exclusion from our lives that their raison d'etre is realized.To comment on the ideas of charity in this Parshah one only need read Rambam's eight levels of charitable giving. |
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: Deuteronomy (Devarim) 11:26-16:17
