Daily Zohar # 1124 – The heart of the matter

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Boker Tov Israel let we together Pray Tehilim 115

‘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 115:1  Not unto us, Yahweh, not unto us, but unto Your Shem (Name) give kavod (Glory), for the sake of Your chesed (kindness), and for Your emes (truth).

AZAMRA Bible: Hosea 7-8

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BS"D KNOW YOUR BIBLE: Hosea 7-8
Study Notes by Avraham ben Yaakov

HOSEA CHAPTER 7

As in the case of the two previous chapters, Hosea chapters 7-8 make up a single prophetic discourse made up of two parts: a Parshah Pethuhah ("open section") = Ch 7 vv 1-12, followed by a Parshah Sethumah ("closed section") = Ch 7 vv 13-16 with Ch 8 vv 1-14. The break between ch 7 v 16 and ch 8 v 1 is thus "artificial" and interrupts the continuity of the prophecy.

The first part of the prophecy, Ch 7 vv 1-12, analyses the wickedness of the people, which is bound up with the wickedness of their kings and rulers, comparing their plotting of evil to a baker leaving his dough to rise (vv 4 and 6). Underlying the reproof is the idea that this is blatant ingratitude for God's redemption of Israel from Egypt, when their dough did not have time to rise before they hurriedly left (see Targum Yonasan on v 4). As a result Ephraim will be a crude cake baked on the coals and eaten up immediately – consumed by the nations of their exile: no matter where they turn they will be trapped in God's "net".

The second part of the prophecy, from 7:13 to 8:14, amplifies on the sins that are leading Israel into exile with Judah to follow. The essential rebellion is against God's Covenant – His Torah (8:1). The people's choice to be governed by a temporal king led them to make themselves gods of silver and gold, the calves of Jerabo'am, an intermediary intended to "manipulate" God. Yet they will find that all their projects and endeavors will be frustrated – they will sow to the wind and produce no flour for real bread (8:7). Their turning to the nations for help will merely hasten their exile (8:10), and because they have become strangers to God's Torah (8:12), they will return to Egypt, the place of their original exile (8:13).

Daily Zohar # 1123 – The Third Holy Temple – part 2

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Boker Tov Israel let we together Pray Tehilim 114

Boker Tov Israel let we together Pray Tehilim 114,

‘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 114:1  When Yisrael went out of Mitzrayim, Bais Ya’akov from a people of foreign tongue,

Psa 114:2  Yehudah became His kodesh (sanctuary), and Yisrael His dominion.

AZAMRA Diary: 27 January-2 February

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AZAMRA Parshah: YISRO

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UNIVERSAL TORAH: YISRO

By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum

Torah Reading: YISRO Exodus 18:1-20:23
Isaiah 6:1-7:6, 9:5-6 (Sephardi ritual: 6:1-13).

WE ARE ALL CONVERTS

It is fitting that the parshah which tells of the Giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai is named after Yisro (Jethro), Moses' father-in-law -- a convert. Indeed, all those who witnessed the Giving of the Torah were "converts". Thus (as noted in the commentary on Parshas SHEMOS) the Covenant at Sinai was accompanied by the three components of conversion: circumcision (Rashi on Ex.12:6), ritual immersion in the waters of the Mikveh (Ex. 19:10) and burned offerings (Ex. 24:5). For before G-d, we are all converts -- GERIM, "dwellers" in a land and on an earth that is not ours but G-d's. We are all here only by the grace of G-d, utterly dependent upon His kindness and compassion.

Thus no one can claim that the Torah belongs to him by right through ancestral or other merit. There is no room for pride, arrogance or the exploitation of the Torah for worldly advantage. The Torah is not the property of an exclusive caste. It "belongs" only to one who keeps it. The Torah was given in the Wilderness, no man's land, on the lowest of all mountains -- Sinai, the eternal symbol of humility. For only through humility can we "receive" and accept the Torah, which belongs to G-d alone. Receiving the Torah means having the humility to accept it as it is, the way it has come down to us, without trying to "modify" it according to our own ideas and wishes.

And when we are willing to accept and follow the Torah as it actually is -- fulfilling NA'ASEH VE-NISHMAH, "we will (first) DO it and (then) HEAR (and understand) it" (Ex. 24:7) -- then we can come to understand how the Torah lifts us out of our slavery to this-worldliness, with its many false gods. Then we can hear the voice of redemption that calls to us every day: "I am HASHEM your G-d who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slaves" (Ex. 20:2).

Slavery to the idols of the mundane world is ignominious. Yet the Torah accords the greatest honor to those who have the courage to leave this servitude behind and "go out into the wilderness" in search of G-d -- like Jethro. According to tradition, Jethro had investigated every conceivable way of interpreting and living in this world, every world-view and "lifestyle". Only when Jethro came to HaShem and His Torah did he know he had found the truth. "Now I KNOW that HaShem is great above all the gods" (Ex. 18:11). The Zohar comments: "When Jethro came and said, 'Now I know that HaShem is great.' then the Supreme Name was glorified and exalted" (Zohar, Yisro 69). In other words, the revelation of G-d's light and power is greatest precisely when it comes out of darkness and concealment. Only when we have seen evil and know its power can we understand the greatness of G-d's saving hand. Only one who was a slave truly understands what it means to have been freed. This is "the superiority of the light that comes out of darkness" (Ecclesiastes 2:13).

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

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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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Boker Tov Israel let we together Pray Tehilim 112

Boker Tov Israel let we together Pray Tehilim 112,

‘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 112:1  Praise Yahweh. Ashrei (praiseworthy) is the ish (man) that feared Yahweh, that delighted greatly in His mitzvot.

AZAMRA Bible: Nehemiah 12-13, Hosea 1-2

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BS"D KNOW YOUR BIBLE: Nehemiah 12-13
Study Notes by Avraham ben Yaakov

NOTE: With praise and thanks to the Creator of the Universe, today we complete our study of the book of Nehemiah. With prayers for His continuing help in our journey of exploration of the treasures of the TaNaKh, we will tomorrow embark on the study of the 12 so-called "minor" prophets, beginning with the prophet Hosea. The reason for beginning with the "minor" prophets instead of with Isaiah will be explained in tomorrow's commentary.

NEHEMIAH CHAPTER 12

Our present chapter continues listing the names of the leading Cohen-priests and Levites who returned to Judea from Babylon with Zerubavel – although the list does not include all of them (Rashi on v 12).

Verses 27ff recount the ceremony of inauguration of the rebuilt city walls of Jerusalem by Ezra and Nehemiah. The purpose of this inauguration was to formally sanctify the area enclosed within the walls with the unique sanctity of Jerusalem. Only within the city walls is it permitted to eat KODOSHIM KALIM ("light" sacrifices, which did not have to be eaten within the Temple courtyard, such as the meat of peace and thanksgiving offerings, the Pesach lamb, animal tithes and firstborn animals), BIKURIM (the "first fruits" eaten by the priests), MAASER SHENI (the Second Tithe eaten in Jerusalem by its owners) etc. A variety of restrictions applied in the Holy City unlike other cities in Israel: among them are the prohibition against leaving a dead body to rest in Jerusalem overnight; no graves were permitted there except for those of the kings of the House of David and Hulda the Prophetess; areas within the city could not be plowed or used for agriculture, fruit orchards etc.; pottery furnaces were not permitted because of the smoke, and garbage tips were proscribed as they would have attracted unclean creatures that could have caused defilement to people and foods that had to be eaten in a state of ritual purity, etc. (see Rambam, Hilchos Beis HaBechirah 7:14).

Daily Zohar # 1120 – Pull a string of light

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Boker Tov Israel let we together Pray Tehilim 111

Boker Tov Israel let we together Pray Tehilim 111,

‘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 111:1  Praise Yahweh. I will praise Yahweh with kol levav (wholeheartly), in the Sod (company, council) of the Yesharim (upright ones), and in the Edah (assembly).

Boker Tov Israel let we together Pray Tehilim 110

Boker Tov Israel let we together Pray Tehilim 110,

‘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 110:1   Of David Mizmor

 Yahweh said unto Adoni (my Master)……

Mashiach Adoneinu; Mal 3:1  “See, I am sending My messenger¹, and he shall prepare the way before Me. Then suddenly the Master you are seeking comes to His Hĕḵal (Palace, Temple)  even the Messenger² of the covenant, in whom you delight. See, He is coming,” said יהוה of hosts. Footnotes: ¹Generally interpreted as Yoḥanan the Immerser. ²The Messiah, obviously.

……Sit thou at My right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for thy feet.

AZAMRA Bible: Nehemiah 10-11

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BS"D KNOW YOUR BIBLE: Nehemiah 10-11
Study Notes by Avraham ben Yaakov

NEHEMIAH CHAPTER 10

Stirred to repentance by the song of reproof sung by the Levites on the Temple platform as recorded in the previous chapter, the entire assembly renewed the ancestral Covenant of dedication to God, with the leaders of the Priests, the Levites and Israelites formally signing their names on a written affirmation of commitment.

It may be difficult to assimilate the long lists of names given in these chapters, but they should be read with reverence as part of the fabric of the sacred text, which is the national archive and treasury of all the souls of Israel. With sensitivity to the allusions contained in the different Hebrew roots on which these names are built, careful study will reveal a wealth of insights into the mindset and outlook of the generations of pining exiles and grateful returnees who gave such names to their children.

It was not only the home-born Israelites who reaffirmed their commitment to the Covenant. Among the many unnamed people who followed their leaders in this collective act of repentance were not only many priests, Levites, gate-keepers, Temple singers and servants, but also "all those who have separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Torah of God, their wives, their sons and their daughters, everyone having knowledge and understanding" (v 29). "These are the CONVERTS who separated themselves from the religions of the nations in order to become attached and joined to the Torah of the Holy One blessed be He and to keep his commandments" (Rashi ad loc.)

This affirmation of commitment to the Covenant took the form of a solemn oath which carried the sanction of severe curses on those who would violate it (v 30). The people undertook to observe the commandments of the Torah,

Daily Zohar # 1118 – Use your ‘might’

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Boker Tov Israel let we together Pray Tehilim 109

Boker Tov Israel let we together Pray Tehilim 109,

‘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 109:1   For the one directing of David Mizmor

 Hold not Your peace, O Elohei (Elohim of) tehillati (of my praise);

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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AZAMRA and Avraham ben Yaakov?

So that through them The האור Light, The רפואה Healing and The אהבה Love of ישועת יהוה Yeshuath YHWH may come back to הארץ The Land of Israel?

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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**Daily Zohar**?

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RTM Torah Portions: 16) Va'eira Haftarah Connections

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Restoration of Torah Ministries and Tony Robinson?

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Shalom,

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Shalom and Shavuah Tov Israel let we Yehudah and Ephraim together Pray Tehilim 107,

Shalom and Shavuah Tov Israel let we Yehudah and Ephraim together Pray Tehilim 107,

‘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 107:1  O  give thanks unto Yahweh, for He is tov (good); ki l'olam chasdo (for His mercy endures forever).

Psa 107:2  Let the Geulei (redeemed of) Yahweh) say so, whom He hath redeemed from the yad tzar (hand of distress);

Psa 107:3  And gathered them out of the lands, from the mizrach (east), and from the ma’arav (west), from the tzafon (north), and from the yam (sea).

Psa 107:4  They wandered in the midbar (dessert) in a desolate region; they found no derech (way) to an ir moshav (inhabited city).

Psa 107:5  Re'evim (hungry) and tzeme'im (thirsty), their nefesh (soul) fainted within them.

Psa 107:6  Then they cried unto Yahweh in their tzoros (troubles), and He delivered them out of their distresses.