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Good News from Israel vJeff Zeremski organizes a trip to Israel
every year, this year he was in Israel on May with a group from the USA. Going to Israel is always a very moving spiritual experience. There is something in the atmosphere of that country which move most of the people who are going there in search of their spiritual roots. Jeff just came back from Israel and he sent us this very good news, here is what he wrote to us last week: “We had amazing experiences in Israel on this past trip. In preparation for our stop at the Jordan River several people requested immersion. I met with everyone in the evening at the hotel to discuss the meaning of immersion (among others) according to Romans 6 (dead in Messiah, resurrected to new life), and Acts 2 (repentance, receiving remission of sins and the Holy Spirit, and being added to a congregation). Most people were “renewing” their vows to the Lord. One was joining our congregation. And one was our tour guide (an Acts 8 Philip & the Ethiopian treasurer type experience) — this was very unique. Most tour guides don’t really believe the accounts they tell all day long. E… is a sabra (native born Israeli) raised in the Israeli school system where they studiously avoid talking about Jesus. When he began his two years of study to become a tour guide he was required to read the whole
Bible including the gospels. He was intrigued by what he read about Yeshua. Recently a fellow tour guide who believes in Yeshua had an impact on him. E… was deeply moved by being with our group even to the point of being speechless at the garden tomb for 25 seconds as he tried to talk but was tearing up (we were able to get it on film). His wife took several buses for several hours to cross the country to come and join us for this special moment.” Jeff promised to put this tour guide with one of our Rabbi/pastor in Israel in order to continue this spirituel journey. Let’s pray for him, for his wife and his family, he could be a great witness in Israel.
Parasha Overview:
Bamidbar
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he Book of Bemidbar “In the desert” begins with G-d commanding Moshe to take a census of all men over age twenty; old enough for service. The count reveals just over 600,000. The levi’im are counted separately later because their service will be unique. They will be responsible for transporting the Mishkan (sanctuary) and its furnishings and assembling them when the nation encamps. The 12 Tribes of Israel, each with its banner, are arranged around the Mishkan in four sections: east, south, west and north. Since Levi is singled out, the tribe of Yosef is split into two tribes, Ephraim and Menashe, so there will be four groups of three. When the nation travels, they march in a formation similar to the way they camp. A formal transfer is made between the firstborn and the levi’im, whereby the levi’im take over the role the firstborn would have had serving in the Mishkan if not for the sin of the
“From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, company by company. And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers.” (Numbers 1:3–4)
Parasha for this Week
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Numbers 1: 1 - 4:20 Universality of the Torah
The parasha starts: “The LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai,” (Numbers 1:1), there are many commentaries about the fact that the Torah was not given In the Holy Land, but in the wilderness of Sinai, one of them is the confirmation of the universality of the the Torah. If God wanted the Torah to be only for the children of Israel he could have given it in the land of Israel, but in fact he gave it in the wilderness, which in fact belonged to no one or to everyone. Many Bedouin tribes were living in the wilderness, they were nomads pasturing their flocks here and there, but one claimed this wilderness as his own possession. By his choice, to give the Torah in the wilderness God taught that the Torah belongs equally to everyone on the earth.
Timing of the Book of Numbers
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he book of Leviticus was given to Israel to describe what happens during only one month, from the first day of the first
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month to the first day of the second month of the second year of their stay in the wilderness of Sinai (cf. Exodus 40:16 and Numbers 1:1). That is why we believe that the narrative of these chapters took place one month after the Sanctuary was built in Sinai.
19b) as a commentary on the words Vedibarta Bam “speak to them” or in them. G-d’s word is not only for our ears, but also for our heart, it has to penetrate inside, to touch our heart and ultimately not only to be written on paper, parchment, or stones, but in our heart. Bam, “in them.”
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In the Wilderness
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-d spoke to Moshe. “The LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting” (Numbers 1:1). The word wilderness in Hebrew is the word Bamidbar, It is the title of our parasha, and also the Hebrew title of this book Numbers. However, as we know, in the original Hebrew scroll the text was written without any space between letters and words. That is why Jewish scholars try to read the various association of the Hebrew letters in different way. They say, that this word (Bamidbar) can also be read as two words Bam Dabeir, (which are spelled exactly in the same way), and would means “In them you should talk.” This idea appears in the Gemara (Yoma
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he people of Israel were in the wilderness, and we know that this wilderness was the Sinai, then, why does the text clarify “The LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai” and not just “Sinai?” One of the Jewish scholar answers is considering the Guematria way of interpreting the Bible. Guematria is the science of counting and interpreting the Bible through the numerical values of the Hebrew letters. Let’s remember that there is no sign in Hebrew to write numbers. The Hebrew alphabet goes this way Aleph, Beth, Guimel, Daleth, He, etc. Aleph is for 1, Beth for 2, Guimel = 3 Daleth = 4, He = 5, etc. Yod = 10, Kaf = 20, Lamed = 30, Mem = 40, etc. and Kof = 100, Resh = 200, Shin = 300 and Tav = 400. Thus, the numerical value
of Midbar Sinai (wilderness of Sinai) is 376, which is the same value as the word Shalom, (peace). When the people of Israel arrived in the wilderness the Torah says “There Israel encamped” (Exodus 19:2) in Hebrew Vayichan Sham Yisrael Vayichan is singular, When Israel camped before the mountain, they were standing as “one” all together and in Shalom. The prerequisite to receiving the Torah is to be “one.” The same phenomenon happened in the Brith Hachadasha with the talmidim of Yeshua. They were according to the record we have “one,” it is written: “Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common.” (Acts 4:32). This unity was the condition for Israel to receive the Torah, this unity was the condition for the early Messianic community to receive the Ruach Hakodesh (Holy Spirit). It is important today to consider the unity of our congregation, in order to be able to be blessed by G-d and the Ruach Hakodesh.
Sefer Hapekudim or Numbers
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he book Vayikra is known as Torat Hakohanim (the law of priests “leviticus”) the book of Bamidbar is known as the Sefer Hapekudim (the book of Numbers) this, because in this book a census of Israel was taken twice. Rashi said that G-d counted Israel because he loves them. What is interesting here is that G-d did not ask to count his people according to their faithfulness. Some Israelites were very pious, and strict Torah observant, some others were very lax, and permissive, some did not want to listen the Torah precepts, but when G-d asked Moshe to count his people, he counted all of them as one. For G-d the people of Israel are His people, His children. Each one is equally beloved and possesses a spark of G-dliness “the breath of life” (Genesis 2:7), thus no one should be discounted. From this old tradition, and up to today, there is no excommunication in Judaism. This should be an in-
spiration for many Christian churches, who excommunicate people, and decide who is part of G-d’s people and who is not.
The Census
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he book of “Numbers” is called this way because the people of Israel were counted twice. We learn from the second verse of this book that G-d commanded to Moshe: “Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel,” (Numbers 1:2). It is interesting to notice that each Israeli had the opportunity to come personally with his “half Shekel” to Moses and his brother Aharon, who were the two greatest prophets Israel had ever had. It was a privilege to come, to pronounce his name before these great righteous men, who would look upon them and pray for them.
G-d’s Army
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hen G-d asked Moshe to count Israel, it was to know how many people were between 20 and 60 and could go to war: “From twenty
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golden calf. The transfer is made using all the 22,000 surveyed levi’im from one month old and up. Only levi’im between 30 and 50 will work in the Mishkan. The remaining first-born sons are redeemed with silver, similar to the way we redeem our first-born today. The sons of Levi are divided in three main families, Gershon, Kehat and Merari (besides the kohanim — the special division from Kehat’s family). The family of Kehat carried the menorah, the table, the altar and the holy ark. Because of their utmost sanctity, the ark and the altar are covered only by Aharon and his sons, before the levi’im prepare them for travel.
Haftarah Overview Hosea 2:1 - 2:22
“The people of Israel shall pitch their tents by their companies, each man in his own camp and each man by his own standard.” (Numbers 1:52)
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osea is a married man who loves his wife. He is a member of G-d’s people and loves his people too. However, his wife at the image of the people of Israel is not faithful. Speaking to this children, Hosea said to them: “Plead with your mother, plead—for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband—that she put away her whoring from her face, and her adultery from between her breasts,”(Hosea 2:2). In the book of Hosea, his wife become an illustration of the unfaithfulness of Israel. Hosea says to his wife the words G-d addresses to Israel, “Now I will uncover her shame in the sight of her lovers, and no one shall rescue her out of my hand. I will put an end to all her mirth, her festivals, her new moons, her sabbaths, and all her appointed festivals.” (Hosea 2:10-11). But in spite of her unfaithfulness he wants to continue to love her, “Therefore, I will now allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.” (Hosea 2:14). The Bible is also a romantic book. “From there I will give her her vineyards, and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope..” (Hosea 2:15). It is clear that Hosea’s wife represents Israel. “There she shall respond as in the days
years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war,” (Numbers 1:3). Let’s remember that if Israel had not committed the sin of listening to the spies, and their false report, they would have immediately entered Eretz Yisrael. Their entry would have involved fighting the inhabitants and conquering the land. Consequently, it was necessary to take count of everyone “who is able to go to war,” to determine how many people Israel had in the army of G-d.
A Miraculous Growth
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his counting of Israel was done also to underline a great miracle that G-d did for his people. Look at this: Originally the family of Israel (Jacob) consisted of seventy people. They were the people who descended to Egypt in the time of Joseph. And after only 210 years a large and powerful nation emerged: “So all those listed of the people of Israel, by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war in Israel— all those listed were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.” (Numbers 1:45–46). 603,550 adult people, that means if we count the children, teenagers, old people who are not able to go to war, and the woman,
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who were not called to war too, we are facing a population between 2 to 3 millions. That is a miraculous growth, 12 families (the 12 children of Jacob) should have an exponential birth growth and no infant mortality (which is exceptional) to be so numerous after only two centuries. It is again a great demonstration of G-d’s love for His people providing to them all this protection and blessings.
Misspelling in The Torah
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hen we read modern and scholarly prepared Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), we discover that there are many notes on the margins, most of these notes are not commentaries, but editing of the Hebrew text considering that the authors of the Bible have made some grammatical or vocabulary mistakes. And even though these mistakes have been copied generation after generation, the Jewish people, especially the most Orthodox part of them, don’t consider these “misprints” as mistakes. The Bible is G-d’s inspired Word, and then cannot includes mistakes. They said one of these supposed mistakes is in the verse 50 of the first chapter: “But appoint the Levites
over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They [Hemah] are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall take care of it and shall camp around the tabernacle.” (Numbers 1:50). The Hebrew term for “they” is hem, but in this verse the pronoun “they” has been spelled Hemah, with an additional letter Hebrew letter He (the fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, which has also the numerical value of 5). They tried, therefore, to understand why Moshe in the original scroll of the Torah wrote Hemah and not Hem. According to the Jewish tradition, a Levite cannot enter into the service of G-d in the sanctuary until he has completed five years of training, and even more they affirm with the Bible that when the Levite reaches the age of fifty, he is no longer qualified to carry the furniture of the sanctuary (Numbers 4:3). In the word Hemah, there is just one additional letter, the He, which has the numerical value of five, this is not a mistake of Moshe or any other copyist, but it refers to the five years of training required before a Levite can fill his position and duty in the Sanctuary at the age of thirty.
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Apostolic Writings — 1 Peter 2:9, 10
n our parasha G-d said to Moses “Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the people of Israel. The Levites shall be mine, for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for my own all the firstborn in Israel, both of man and of beast. They shall be mine: I am the LORD.” (Numbers 3:12– 13). The initial will of G-d was to dedicate the whole people of Israel as priests for him. This function of priest is a special function, which is not to confuse with the Brith Hachadasha function of “pastor” or “elder.” In the Tanach the priests were the intermediaries between G-d and his people. When a Jewish person wanted to come close to G-d, he had to come to the sanctuary, to present his offering to the priest who offered it to G-d on behalf of the believer. G-d wanted to dedicate the people of Israel as priests to be intermediaries between G-d and the world. The prayers and intercession of Israel is also for the world, that is why for example when they celebrated Sukkoth in the Temple of Jerusalem, Israel offered during the feast 70 sacrifices, one for each nation of the world. Indeed 70 is, in the Jewish tradition, the symbolic number of the nations of the world. However, the sin of the golden calf was a trap for the people of Israel, and an evidence that Israel was not
able to be these intermediaries between G-d and the nations of the world. The people of Israel needed its own priests. Since, according to the Jewish tradition, only the tribe of Levi did not worship the golden calf, G-d chose the Levites for the special purpose of being priests in Israel. In the text of the haftarah we read how much G-d loves his people. Israel, the bride or spouse of G-d is compared by the prophet Hosea to a woman: “Say to your brothers, ‘You are my people,’ and to your sisters, “You have received mercy.” (Hosea 2:1) The relationships of the prophet Hosea with his wife becomes symbolically the illustration of the relationships between G-d and His people. Hosea’s wife committed adultery, and when she gave birth to her children, Hosea called them with special names, contextualized to the situation of the people of G-d. He called them Lo-Ruhamah (1:8), and Lo-Ammi (1:9), which means respectively “no mercy” and “not my people” but ultimately G-d said: “and I will sow her for myself in the land. And I will have mercy on No Mercy, and I will say to Not My People, ‘You are my people’; and he shall say, ‘You are my God.’” (Hosea 2:23). In the Brit Hachadasha we see the fulfillment of this desire of G-d to make everyone from every nation who comes to Him to be “the loved one” and “my people.” G-d’s people has been most exclusively the people
of Israel for centuries, but G-d has a great love for each person living on the earth, each one has been created in the image of G-d, and each one is a candidate to heavens. Sim’on Peter, one of Yeshua’s talmidim uses the text of the haftarah in Hosea to affirm G-d’s love for everyone and says to the Gentiles in his letter: “Once you were not a people (lo-Ammi), but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy (lo-Ruhama), but now you have received mercy.” (1 Peter 2:10). Finally the intention of God is achieved: God’s people is ready to be a people of priest. What could not be achieved with Israel will be achieved with the people of Yeshua. The role of the Levites will be played not only by a tribe but by the whole people of G-d, Gentiles and Jews gathered together, as “members of the household of God,” (Ephesians 2:19) and Sim’on Peter continues: “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God” (9a) what a grace, what a great love and mercy, those who were excluded from G-d’s people are joining Israel to be a “chosen people” a “royal priesthood” for which purpose? “That you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” (9b) To declare in the world the wonderful light in Yeshua as savior and Messiah. That is the purpose of the people of Yeshua, a new people G-d has chosen.
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of her youth, as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt. ” (Hosea 2:15). Then the prophet plays with Hebrew words, the Hebrew word Baal means “husband” or “master” and it is also the name of an idol worshiped by Canaanite people. “On that day, says the L-rd, you will call me, “My husband,” and no longer will you call me, “My Baal.” (Hosea 2:16). All idols will be removed. “For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be mentioned by name no more.” (Hosea 2:17). And will make a covenant with Israel. “I will make for you a covenant on that day with the wild animals, the birds of the air, and the creeping things of the ground; and I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land; and I will make you lie down in safety.” (Hosea 2:18). What a wonderful promise for Israel in this text. “And I will take you for my wife forever; I will take you for my wife in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love, and in mercy. I will take you for my wife in faithfulness; and you shall know the L-rd. (Hosea 2:20-21).
Stories and Traditions
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separated into three great divisions. In the center was the tabernacle, the abiding place of the invisible King. Around it were stationed the priests and Levites. Beyond these were encamped all the other tribes. The position of each tribe was specified. Each was to march and to encamp beside its own standard, as the Lord had commanded. (Numbers 2:2, 17). The mixed multitude that had accompanied Israel from Egypt were to abide upon the outskirts of the camp, and their offspring were to be excluded from the community until the third generation. (Deuteronomy 23:7, 8) Strict order and thorough sanitary regulations were enforced, measures indispensable to the preservation of health among so vast a multitude. It was necessary also that perfect order and purity be maintained. (EP 262)
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hen Rabbi Akiva Eiger was the Rav in the city of Pozen, a very wealthy man who often lent at interest passed away. The chevra kadisha (burial society) demanded that the family pay an enormous amount of money for the burial plot. The family refused and complained to the civil authorities. The Rabbi explained the following to the authorities: “The Jewish people believe that after the coming of Mashiach, the resurrection will take place. Since we anticipate Mashiach is coming speedily, the deceased will be buried for a very short period of time. Therefore, the fees for burial plots are nominal. Unfortunately, since this man violated the prohibition of lending with interest, he will not arise at techiat hameitim (resurrection of the death) Thus, he needs a grave for an unlimited period of time. Hence, the chevrah kadisha was just in requesting the seemingly large amount of money from the family.”
Gaze in your Mirror
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n Pirkei Avot (5:21) Ben Hei Hei says “Commensurate with the effort is the reward.” This is illustrated with the following parable. A king, wanting to beautify his chamber, hired four painters, each to paint a mural on one of the walls. He gave them a month to accomplish this task and told them that upon completion, he would review the paintings and place a sack of gems in front of each wall as a reward. The largest sack would be placed near the most beautiful mural, and the others would have smaller sacks in descending order according to the rank of the painting. Three of the painters worked diligently while the fourth one wasted his time amusing himself. On the
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last night before the deadline, when the three painters had finished their works and had gone home, the fourth one arrived in the room. He placed a large mirror on his wall so that it reflected the other three paintings. In the morning the king arrived, and after close inspection of the finished art works, he placed sacks of gems in front of the three painted murals and nothing in front of the mirror. Shocked, the artist who placed the mirror exclaimed to the king, “Where is my reward? My mirror is a composite, merging together the other three paintings!” The king responded, “Indeed, you have received your reward. Gaze in your mirror and you will see the reflection of the three sacks of gems given to the other artists, who toiled with great effort and sincerity while you have done nothing, and merely reflected the results of their initiatives.
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he Midrash (Vayikra Rabbah 27:1) tells us that when Alexander the Great visited a province i n Africa, the people came out to greet him with golden apples, golden pomegranates and golden bread. “What is the meaning of this?” He asked, “Do they eat gold in your country?” They replied: “Is it not so in your country?” He then said to them, “It is not your possessions I have come to see but your laws.” As they were sitting, two men came before the king of the country for judgment. One said: “Your majesty! I bought a carob tree from this man and in scooping it out I found a treasure therein, so I said to him: ‘Take your treasure, for I bought the carob tree not the treasure.’” The other argued: “Just as you are afraid of risking punishment for robbery, so am I. When I completed the sale I sold you the carob tree and all that is therein.”
The king called one of them aside and said to him: “Have you a son?” “Yes,” he replied. He called the other and asked him: “Have you a daughter?” “Yes” he replied. “Go,” said the king to them, “let them get married to one another and thus they can both enjoy the treasure.” Alexander the Great was surprised. “Why are you surprised?” The king asked him. “Have I not judged well?” “Yes,” he assured him. “If this case had arisen in your country, what would you have done?” Alexander replied. “We would have removed this man’s head and that one’s head and the treasure would have gone to the king.” He inquired of Alexander, “Does the sun shine i n your country?” “Yes.” “And does rain fall i n your country?” “Yes.” “Perhaps there are small cattle i n your country?” “Yes.” He then said to Alexander: “O, woe to you! It is because of the merit of the small cattle that the sun shines upon you and the rain falls upon you! For the sake of the small cattle you are saved!” As it is written, “man and beast you save, O LORD.” (Psalms 36:6). The king’s message to Alexander was, that when the inhabitants of a country conduct themselves improperly, they are devoid of merit to be helped by Hashem. Their animals, however, did nothing wrong and deserve Hashem’s attention. Thus, the inhabitants are helped through the merit of their animals. Hashem is therefore emphasizing that, “If in My statutes you will walk and observe My commandments, I will provide your rain—the rain you need for your existence—and you will eat your bread—it will be earned in your merit and not in the merit of your animals.”
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Numbers 1: 1 - 4:20 “The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, “The people of Israel shall camp each by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers’ houses. They shall camp facing the tent of meeting on every side. Those to camp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah by their companies, the chief of the people of Judah being Nahshon the son of Amminadab, his company as listed being 74,600. Those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar, the chief of the people of Issachar being Nethanel the son of Zuar, his company as listed being 54,400. Then the tribe of Zebulun, the chief of the people of Zebulun being Eliab the son of Helon, his company as listed being 57,400.” (Numbers 2:1–8) http://www.bnai-tikkun.org.nz7
God is a God of order. Everything connected with heaven is in perfect order; subjection and thorough discipline mark the movements of the angelic host. Success can only attend order and harmonious action. God requires order and system in His work now no less than in the days of Israel. All who are working for Him are to labor intelligently, not in a careless, haphazard manner. He would have his work done with faith and exactness, that He may place the seal of His approval upon it. (PP 376)