AZAMRA Bible: Hosea 5-6

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BS"D KNOW YOUR BIBLE: Hosea 5-6
Study Notes by Avraham ben Yaakov

HOSEA CHAPTER 5

In studying Hosea (and the whole Bible) it is valuable to pay attention to the original Hebrew parshahs (chapters or sections) as written in the parchment scroll as opposed to the sometimes arbitrary chapter breaks that are conventionally used in the majority of printed Bibles.

In many printed Hebrew Bibles (but not in the written scroll), the parshah breaks are indicated by an enlarged Peh indicating PARSHAH PETHUHAH, an "open parshah", or an enlarged Samach indicated PARSHAH SETHUMAH, a "closed parshah". A Parshah Pethuhah is a more decisive break from what went before than a Parshah Sethumah, as suggested by the manner in which they are respectively written in the scroll. In the case of the parshah Pethuhah, the space that separates it from the preceding section is wider and more obvious than in the case of a Parshah Sethumah.

A Parshah Pethuhah is the equivalent of a chapter in itself – a section of the text that has own theme and purpose. A Parshah Sethumah is less separate from the Parshah that precedes it – it is more like a section break within a chapter.

Today's text, Hosea Chapters 5-6, makes up one whole prophecy. Ch 5 v 1 marks the start of a new Parshah Pethuhah that runs until the end of Ch 5 v 7. Ch 5 Verse 8, "Blast the shofar…" begins a Parshah Sethumah which runs continuously in the parchment scroll until the end of Ch 6 v 11. Thus the chapter break after 5:15 is arbitrary, and while it highlights the call for repentance in 6:1, it actually disrupts the continuity of the prophecy as a whole and its meaning. The real break in the prophecy is where the Parshah Sethumah starts at 5:8: this creates a pause in the prophecy before it continues further amplifying on the theme with which it started. Verses 5:1-7 are Introductory; verse 5:8-6:11 are elaboration.


V 1. This is a prophecy addressed to the heart of Judah no less than it is to the Ten Tribes, "Israel". RaDak explains (ad loc.) that the address to the Cohanim-priests and the House of Israel is directed in particular to Judah, who is here included in the generic Israel. The priests here are the true priests of God, who served in His Temple in Jerusalem in the territory of Judah.

Daily Zohar # 1122 – The Third Holy Temple – part 1

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Boker Tov Israel let we together Pray Tehilim 113

‘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 113:1  Praise ye Yahweh. Praise O ye avadim (servants) of Yahweh, praise the Shem (Name) of Yahweh.

Beit Orot: Orot Haparasha - Beshalach

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OROT HAPARSHA
Parshat Beshalach
From the teachings of Rav Dani Isaac, Rosh Hayeshiva
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The wonderful miracle of the splitting of the Red Sea enables Am Yisrael to recognize "the great hand that Hashem placed upon Egypt," and as a result, "[and] the people feared Hashem, and they believed in Hashem and in Moshe His servant" (xiv, 31). At the splitting of the Red Sea, Am Yisrael recognizes the complete nullification of everything in relation to the Divine greatness, as the sea, with all its strengths and powerful forces, which can destroy cities and kill tens of thousands of people in a few minutes (e.g. the tsunami disaster), this sea flees in panic and nullification from before Hashem, as King David says, "The sea saw and fled..." (Tehillim, 114). The earth also fears Hakadosh Boruch Hu, as it says, "From before the Master the earth shook..."

New book: Beyond the Physical Universe plus new transcript and shul page from Harav Ginsburgh

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Shabbat Beshalach 5773 Friday, 14 Tevet 5773 - Jan. 25, 2013

Dear The WatchMen from Israel, Weekly downloads Last night's weekly shiur (lecture) was given on the heels of a special day of lectures at Gal Eina's school for Chassidic Psychology (www.torathanefesh.org). The topic centered on Chassidic tools for therpay and serves as important background information for understanding the Rav's shiur last night Download a transcript of last night's lecture here .

AZAMRA Bible: Hosea 3-4

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BS"D KNOW YOUR BIBLE: Hosea 3-4
Study Notes by Avraham ben Yaakov

HOSEA CHAPTER 3

"Having completed his words of comfort, he now returns to words of reproof to the people of his generation. This is the way of the prophets – to intermingle reproof and comfort" (RaDaK on v 1).

V 1: Having previously commanded Hosea to marry an adulterous woman, God now commands Hosea to love such a woman in spite of her disloyalty. This adulterous woman is a prophetic metaphor for the people of Israel, whom God loves – albeit seemingly from afar – despite their disloyalty. How now is God to show His love to His people? In the coming verses the prophet takes a "long view" from the beginning of Israel's nationhood until the very "end of days" (v 5), revealing that God's love will take the form of the lengthy suffering of exile, which will eventually bring the people back in search of what they have lost.

V 2: The PSHAT (literal meaning) appears to be that the prophet acquired his wife as commanded through giving her KIDDUSHIN gifts of 15 silver coins and a sizeable quantity of barley. As explained by Rashi based on Midrash, all this alludes to God's acquisition of the people of Israel as His "wife" through the redemption from Egypt on the FIFTEENTH of Nissan, and through giving them the redemptive commandments of (1) each individual's silver half-shekel contribution to the Temple and (2) the barley Omer offering brought on 16th Nissan. Rashi himself as well as numerous other midrashim also darshen this verse in many ways "…that the Torah be made great and glorious".

Daily Zohar # 1121 – How to vaporize a human

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