AZAMRA Bible: Nehemiah 8-9

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BS"D KNOW YOUR BIBLE: Nehemiah 8-9
Study Notes by Avraham ben Yaakov

NEHEMIAH CHAPTER 8

Now that the returnees from Babylon to Judea had settled again in their ancestral towns and villages, they were ready to return to the Torah path of life that is the purpose of Israel's existence.

With the arrival of the first day of the seventh month – Rosh HaShanah, the Head and beginning of the spiritual year – everyone, including both the men and the women, flocked to the Temple.

The account of this unique national assembly – central to which was the public reading from the Torah scroll – is one of our main sources for the laws and customs of: (1) the public Torah reading in the synagogue (2) Rosh Hashanah (3) the Succah.

THE READING OF THE LAW

The central figure in this section is Ezra the Scribe and High Priest. While Moses had instituted the public reading of the Torah on Shabbos, Mondays and Thursdays (so that three days should never go by without the people hearing the Torah), it was Ezra who instituted other customs relating to the Torah reading that are observed until today. Among them are the reading of the Torah during the Shabbos afternoon Minchah service; the calling of THREE people for ALIYAH ("going up" to the reader's desk to bless and read from the Torah) at the Shabbos afternoon and weekday readings, and the reading of no less than ten verses from the Torah on those days (Rambam, Hilchos Tefilah 12:1). Ezra either instituted or renewed the custom of reading the Torah week by week from the beginning Genesis to the end of Deuteronomy in an annual cycle that starts and ends on Shemini Atzeres (one-day festival following Succos), reaching the reproof at the end of Leviticus just before Shavuos and the reproof towards the end of Deuteronomy just before Rosh Hashanah (Rambam, ibid. 13:2).

Daily Zohar # 1117 – Enlightening lesson

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Boker Tov Israel let we Yehudah and Ephraim together Pray Tehilim 108

Boker Tov Israel let we Yehudah and Ephraim together Pray Tehilim 108,

‘Jas 1:1 Ya'akov, eved (servant) of Yahweh (that’s you Yehudah and Ephraim!) and of Rebbe, Melech HaMashiach Adoneinu (our Master) Yehoshua; To the Shneym Asar HaShevatim (Twelve Tribes) in the Galuth (diasporah), Shalom!’

Psa 108:1   Shir Mizmor of David

 O  Elohim, my lev (heart) is nachon (steadfast); I will sing and make music, even with my kavod (glory, soul).

AZAMRA Parshah: BESHALACH

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UNIVERSAL TORAH: BESHALACH

By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum

Torah Reading: Exodus 13:17-17:16
Haftara: Judges 4:4-5:31 (Sephardi ritual: Judges 5:1-31).

INTO THE WILDERNESS

Fairy tales may end happily ever after, but the Torah is an encounter with reality, in which progress and breakthroughs are frequently accompanied by reverses and obstacles.

The climactic drama of the Exodus, related in last week's parshah of BO, was followed by the entry of the Children of Israel into the Wilderness, the MIDBAR, a place that "speaks" -- MEDABER -- teaching day by day. The MIDBAR is a super-reality, a stark no-man's land where the ultimate existential reality of our lives, wanderers in this often inhospitable world, is writ large. It was fitting that the Torah was given in the Wilderness, a place to which no one can lay claim, a place where no one can take credit. In the wilderness, no one provides hospitality except G-d.

The main event of the "Giving of the Torah" at Sinai is recounted in next week's parshah of YISRO (and also in the ensuing parshah of MISHPATIM, as well as partially in VA-ESCHANAN, the second parshah of Deuteronomy). However, the lessons learned by the Children of Israel in ALL their wanderings in the Wilderness are integral parts of this same Torah, as in this week's parshah of BESHALACH, which begins to relate their encounter with the harsh reality of the Wilderness after the exuberance of the Exodus.

AZAMRA Bible: Nehemiah 6-7

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BS"D KNOW YOUR BIBLE: Nehemiah 6-7
Study Notes by Avraham ben Yaakov

NEHEMIAH CHAPTER 6

Nehemiah's speedy rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem caused fury among the adversaries, who now plotted to kill him.

To understand the complexity of Nehemiah's situation, we must read the present narrative in the light of information that is only given towards the end of the chapter.

Nehemiah was the de facto leader in Jerusalem at this time – it was he who took the initiative to get the people to build the wall. The leadership of the nation was vested in the Sanhedrin, which included outstanding prophets and sages who had returned from exile in Babylon. Ezra was still alive and active, as we shall see in Chapter 8, where Nehemiah and Ezra work together as a "team" for the spiritual revival of the nation. But where the two are mentioned together, it is Nehemiah who is given precedence (Nehemiah 8:9). Not only was he an outstanding Tzaddik. He had also been appointed governor of Judea by Darius king of Persia, in whose court he enjoyed a position of the greatest influence. He was also very wealthy (see Nehemiah 5:17-18; 7:69, where Hatirshasah=Nehemiah).

Daily Zohar # 1116 – Small letter, large subject

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RTM Torah Portions: 16) Va'eira Haftarah Connections

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Shalom,

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