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Romans 3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew? Or what profit is there of circumcision? 2 Much in every way!

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Why do we blow the Shofar?Why do we blow the Shofar?

Exodus 19:16Exodus 19:16““On the morning of the third day there On the morning of the third day there

was thunder and lightning, with a thick was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain, and there cloud over the mountain, and there was the sounding of a very loud was the sounding of a very loud SHOFAR blast. Everyone in the camp SHOFAR blast. Everyone in the camp trembled.”trembled.”

Because this is the way G-D begins sacred Because this is the way G-D begins sacred assembliesassemblies

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HEMA ISRAELHEMA ISRAELHear oh IsraelHear oh Israel

Shema Israel Adoni ElohaynuShema Israel Adoni Elohaynu((Hear oh Israel the L-RD Hear oh Israel the L-RD our G-D)our G-D)

Adoni EchadAdoni Echad((The L-RD is oneThe L-RD is one))

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HEMA ISRAELHEMA ISRAELHear oh Israel Part 2Hear oh Israel Part 2

Barukh shem k'vod malkhuto l'olam va'edBarukh shem k'vod malkhuto l'olam va'ed..Blessed be the Name of His glorious kingdom for Blessed be the Name of His glorious kingdom for ever and ever.ever and ever.

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hy do we recite/sing the SHEMA?hy do we recite/sing the SHEMA?

Because Messiah said it was the greatest CommandmentBecause Messiah said it was the greatest Commandment

Mark 12:28-29Mark 12:28-29

2828 And one of the scribes came, and having heard And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that He had them reasoning together, and perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, “answered them well, asked Him, “Which is the Which is the greatest commandment of allgreatest commandment of all?”?”

2929 And Yeshua answered him, “The And Yeshua answered him, “The first of allfirst of all the commandments is, the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is One Lord:”our God is One Lord:”

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Behold how good - Psalm 133:1Behold how good - Psalm 133:1AmAm

He-Nay Maw toveHe-Nay Maw toveBehold how good Behold how good

Oo-maw nye—eemOo-maw nye—eemAnd how pleasant it is And how pleasant it is

Shevet aw-heemShevet aw-heemFor brothers to dwellFor brothers to dwell

Gum Yaw HawdGum Yaw HawdIn unityIn unity

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A-men ….A-men….A-men, A-men, A-menA-men ….A-men….A-men, A-men, A-men

Baw-rouk Ha-Shem, Baw-rouk Ha-Shem,Baw-rouk Ha-Shem, Baw-rouk Ha-Shem,Blessed be the NameBlessed be the Name, , blessed be the Nameblessed be the Name

Baw-rouk Ha-Shem Me-she-achBaw-rouk Ha-Shem Me-she-achBlessed be the Name of MessiahBlessed be the Name of Messiah

Chavareem Toveem!

• Chavareem Toveem!• Meet any new people. Let them see that Messianics truly

understand community and brotherly/sisterly love.• If someone is already talking to a visitor stand in line to meet

them don’t just walk away. We want to descend on them like they are a lost relative.

• Say hello to old friends. Find out how their week has been going. Show that you care.

• Say hello to anyone you have something against… and give them a hug . There is room in the Body for forgiveness.

• Exercise modesty with your hugs.

Chavareem Toveem

Chavareem Toveem• Chavereem toveem (Good friends) Chavereem Toveem (Good friends)• this is the time to stand up and sing• Chavereem Toveem (Good friends) Chavereem Toveem (Good friends)• on this Sabbath day it's an offering we bring• Baruch HaShem chavere shellee (Blessed be The Name my friend)• we're brothers and sisters… one family• Chavereem toveem chavereem toveem• this is the time to stand up and sing• Chavereem toveem chavereem toveem• on this Sabbath day it's the offering we bring• Baruch HaShem chavere shellee• united in Him we will live throughout eternity.• Chaveereem toveem

Prayers

• Read John 5 17-18 then read Dr. young’s article. Joann, Barbara, Pam, Karin, Jesse, Bob, Mona and Gleeah

(joining us in 4 weeks) for physical healing.• Pray for Mona for healing (she’s doing much better)• Prayer for Salvation for loved ones and the Jewish people… Interviews for Amy, pray for favor and G-d’s perfect plan in

her life.

Prayers

• Sha'alu shalom YerushalayimPray for the Peace of Jerusalem. May His Shalom (Yeshua) come quickly.

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May He who makes peace in His heights make peace May He who makes peace in His heights make peace upon us and upon all Israel…Amen."upon us and upon all Israel…Amen."

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We Bring Our Sacrifice We Bring Our Sacrifice WithWith Praise Praise

We Bring Our Sacrifice We Bring Our Sacrifice WithWith Praise PraiseUnto the House of the LORD (2 X)Unto the House of the LORD (2 X)

And we offer unto HimAnd we offer unto HimOur sacrifices Our sacrifices withwith thanksgiving thanksgiving And we offer unto HimAnd we offer unto HimOur sacrifices Our sacrifices withwith joy joy

La'asok B'divray TorahBlessing Before The Reading Of The Torah

Next Week’s Parsha

• Mar 12, 2011 Vayikra ("And He called"):Someone (anyone) please read the first sentence only of the Book of Leviticus.

• Torah… Leviticus 1:1-5:26• Would Bob please read the first sentence of

the Book of Leviticus please? • Haftarah… 1 Samuel 15:1-34• Brit Hadasha… Luke 1-3

Parsha• Mar 5, 2011 Pekudey ("Accounts"):

• Torah: Exodus 38:21-40:38 • Haftarah: 1 Kings 7:40-50• Brit Hadasha: Mark 16

• We’re going to read…• Torah… Ex. 39:32 to end of chapter• Haftarah… 1 Kings 7:40-50• Brit Hadasha… 16:9-end of chapter

Baruch HaShem!!!

• After the reader completes the portion they say, “Baruch HaShem. At that point, feel free to say “Baruch HaShem” which means “Blessed be The Name”.

• If that portion gets you excited, let’s hear it in your voice.

Ex 39 – End of Chapter

• 32 Thus all the work for the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was finished, with the people of Isra'el doing everything exactly as ADONAI had ordered Moshe. 33 Then they brought the tabernacle to Moshe -the tent and all its furnishings, clasps, planks, crossbars, posts and sockets;


• 34 the covering of tanned ram skins, the covering of fine leather and the curtain for the screen; 35 the ark for the testimony, its poles and the ark-cover; 36 the table, all its utensils and the showbread; 37 the pure menorah, its lamps and their arrangement for display, its accessories and the oil for the light;


• 38 the gold altar; the anointing oil; the fragrant incense; the screen for the entrance to the tent; 39 the bronze altar with its bronze grate, poles and all its utensils; the basin with its base;


• 40 the tapestries for the courtyard, with their posts and sockets; the screen for the entrance to the courtyard, with its ropes and tent pegs; all the utensils for the service in the tabernacle, the tent of meeting;


• 41 the garments for officiating, for serving in the Holy Place; the holy garments for Aharon the cohen; and the garments for his sons to serve in the office of cohen. 42 The people of Isra'el did all the work just as ADONAI had ordered Moshe.


• 43 Moshe saw all the work, and-there it was! - they had done it! Exactly as ADONAI had ordered, they had done it. And Moshe blessed them. • END

1 Kings 7:40-50

• 40 Hiram made the ash pots, shovels and sprinkling basins. With that, Hiram completed all the work he had done for King Shlomo in the house of ADONAI - 41 the two columns, the two moldings of the capitals on top of the columns, the two nettings covering the two moldings of the capitals atop the columns,

1 Kings 7:40-50

• 42 the 400 pomegranates for the two nettings, two rows of pomegranates for each netting, to cover the two moldings of the capitals atop the columns, 43 the ten trolleys, the ten basins on the trolleys, 44 the one Sea, the twelve oxen under the Sea,

1 Kings 7:40-50

• 45 the ash pots, the shovels and the sprinkling basins. All these articles that Hiram made for King Shlomo in the house of ADONAI were of burnished bronze. 46 The king cast them in the plain of the Yarden, in the clay ground between Sukkot and Tzartan.

1 Kings 7:40-50

• 47 Shlomo did not weigh any of these objects, because there were so many of them; thus the total weight of the bronze could not be determined. 48 Shlomo made all the objects that were inside the house of ADONAI: the gold altar; the table of gold on which the showbread was displayed;

1 Kings 7:40-50

• 49 the menorahs - five on the right and five on the left in front of the sanctuary - of pure gold; the flowers, lamps and tongs of gold;

1 Kings 7:40-50

• 50 the cups, snuffers, basins, incense pans and fire pans of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both those for the doors of the inner house, the Especially Holy Place, and those for the doors of the house, that is, of the temple.

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16:9 to end of chapter

• 9 When Yeshua rose early Sunday, he appeared first to Miryam of Magdala, from whom he had expelled seven demons. 10 She went and told those who had been with him, as they were crying and mourning. 11 But when they heard that he was alive and that she had seen him, they wouldn't believe it.


• 12 After that, Yeshua appeared in another form to two of them as they were walking into the country. 13 They went and told the others, but they didn't believe them either. 14 Later, Yeshua appeared to the Eleven as they were eating, and he reproached them for their lack of trust and their spiritual insensitivity in not having believed those who had seen him after he had risen.


• 15 Then he said to them, "As you go throughout the world, proclaim the Good News to all creation. 16 Whoever trusts and is immersed will be saved; whoever does not trust will be condemned.

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• 17 And these signs will accompany those who do trust: in my name they will drive out demons, speak with new tongues, 18 not be injured if they handle snakes or drink poison, and heal the sick by laying hands on them."


• 19 So then, after he had spoken to them, the Lord Yeshua was taken up into heaven and sat at the right hand of God. 20 And they went out and proclaimed everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the message by the accompanying signs.

• Baruch atah Adonay Eloheynu melech ha'olam, asher bachar banu mikol-ha'amim, venatan lanu et-torato.Baruch atah Adonay, noten hatorah.

• Blessed are You, LORD our God, king of the universe, who chose us from all the peoples and gave to us His Torah. Blessed are You, LORD, giver of the Torah.

Noten HaTorah

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• Mrs Rubenstein is a very caring lady who spends a lot of her spare time visiting and helping sick members of her synagogue. Her car is also well known in the community because it’s decorated all over with lots of Hebrew decals and bumper stickers showing the Jewish charities she helps and a big Israeli flag covers most of her back window.One day, as she is driving to one of the home cares she regularly visits, her car runs out of gas and splutters to a stop.

Today’s Joke

• "Oy veh," she says to herself, "and just when I’m late." Fortunately, she remembers she’s only a half mile from the nearest gas station, so she walks to the station to get help. "Hi," Mrs Rubenstein says to the man behind the till, "I’ve run out of gas and I’m hoping you can lend me your gas can. I’ll pay you for the gas I use and I’ll return your can as quickly as possible."

Today’s Joke

• The attendant replies, "I’m sorry, lady, but I’ve lent out my only one not more than 5 minutes ago. I’m expecting it back in about 2 hours, so if you want, you can wait here for it." But as she’s behind schedule, Mrs. Rubenstein goes back to her car to find something that she could use to fill with gas.

Today’s Joke

• Then, what good fortune, she notices the bedpan she always keeps handy in case of patient needs. So she takes the bedpan to the gas station, fills it and carries it back to her car.

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• As she’s filling it up, two men slowly pass by, they see the big Israeli flag on her car and see her pouring fluid into her gas tank. One turns to the other and says,

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• "If the car starts, I'm converting to Judaism."

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• Mark 16

The Rebbe’s Parsha

Messianic Judaism 101Class 3

By Rabbi Stanley

• Before we get started I want to go over a couple things.

• There’s been some questions concerning why we haven’t covered more for particular topics.


• In other words, why haven’t we covered more concerning the “blood of Yeshua” or why we have we been spending so much time concerning history rather then teaching the doctrine of Salvation and so forth.


• Those are valid questions and I want to give some answers to that.

• First of all, we (Believers) can’t understand anything about Yeshua until we know a few things right?


• We first have to hear the Word so we can then understand it.

• We can’t understand the Word until we understand what it’s about.


• One can’t accept Yeshua unless they understand why He died for them.

• One can’t understand why He died for them unless they understand what sin is.


• If we have incorrect doctrine in our lives we now have a third issue to deal with.

• We have to unlearn that false doctrine then we can act on the truth.

• The way I see what we’re teaching in Messianic Judaism is kind of like a pie.


• I relate well to pie and many things in my life can be directly related to it .

• So it’s like a pie.• It doesn’t matter if

it’s a chocolate pie or a banana cream pie.


• As long as it is a pie I feel we can communicate here.


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• So many Pastors capitalize on this and they say things like, “You have hear Jesus. If you don’t hear Jesus taught, then there’s something wrong.”

• And I agree with that.


• But they mean it differently then the Messianic Movement does.

• First they’re insinuating Jesus to be J E S U S. NOT Yeshua.

• If “it’s just a name” thing, then why wont they switch?


• So firstly: if you come from a Church background and you don’t hear

J E S U S• Subconsciously, you

may feel you’re not hearing Jesus taught.

• Secondly:


• If someone were to ask you if you’re hearing about G-d being taught, they’d say Yes, the Rabbi teaches about G-d every week.

• Now what just happened?


• They’ve just separated Jesus from G-d. They’ve unwittingly just propagated polytheism, the belief in many gods.

• What I’m saying is this…


• If you’re hearing about G-d in Messianic Synagogue, you’re hearing about Jesus.

• And if you’re hearing about the Holy Spirit, you’re hearing about Jesus.

• They’re the same G-d.


• And I know we all know that, but often times we don’t really know that.

• I’ll say this…• We need to focus

more on the Oneness of G-d then we do on the tri-partite aspect of G-d.


• We can’t forget the tri-partite aspect of

G-d or we forget Yeshua.

• But if you focus too much on the tri-partite aspect there’s a human danger that one can begin to separate them too much, we can then be in danger of heresy.


• There is this underlying deception in most churches which has convinced people that they (The Father and Jesus) are two separate entities.

• Now where would such a thought come from?


• Immediately (first), it comes from Bible College.

• In Bible College we are taught without the words being said that there was a God of the Old Testament and a God of the New Testament.


• The God of the Old Testament Jehovah was an angry, judgmental and unforgiving God.

• That is why we needed an intermediary… Jesus to take our case before the judgmental God.


• Jesus was the loving God and He was all about forgiveness, grace and mercy.

• Because of Jesus we can now enter heaven through His grace whereas before we entered by works.


• I can take these exact thoughts smooth it out a little and most Pastors will agree with these statements.

• And that is horrific!


• Here’s how it sounds smoothed out.

• Jehovah required sacrifice and works in Old Testament times. When Jesus came He became our mediator and we are now saved by grace.


• I could smooth this out in 3 different ways yet still retain the exact same thought.

• And that thought would still be conveying heresy.


• Not only will I tell you it’s heresy, I’ll tell ya what brand it is.


• I’d like you to meet• Marcion of Sinope

85-160 AD • From Turkey • His teachings were

followed for centuries.

• He was a son of a -----

Marcionism = Christianity

• Marcion was the first Christian leader to propose and delineate (describe precisely) a Canon.

• I’ve taught here before that the idea of a Canon (Holy inspired writ, basically what books should be in the Bible) was not a Jewish concept.


• It was a Christian concept, specifically a Marcionite concept.

• Before Marcion, there was no New Testament!

• And in this Canon of his he left out a few books that we have today.


• He started off this process by separating the God of the Old Testament from the God of the New testament.

• The God of the Old Testament was a harsh God according to him.


• Jehovah was a very judgmental God, not a very loving God (The G-d of the Jews) but Jesus then came and He was a forgiving, merciful and patient God.


• Therefore Marcion declared that “Christianity was distinct from, and in opposition to, Judaism”.

• Marcion didn’t even say the Old Testament was a lie.


• To the contrary, he said it was true.

• He even said that Jehovah was God. Just a different God then Jesus and that one couldn’t exist without the other.

• That they were so tied together like they were One in essence.


• You also want to remember that Tertullian was born the year that Marcion died.

• Tertullian coined the word “Trinity”.


• Who better to define the word then the person who coined it.

• “3 Persons One substance”

• G-d is not 3 persons, He is One G-d.

• 3 parts not three “persons”.


• This is a three headed god.


• Rule #1 in Messianic Judaism… 1 G-d 3 Parts.


• You tell an orthodox Jew you believe G-d is three “persons” and he’ll rightly call you a polytheist.

• Say it to a Kabalist and he’ll say, “Great!”


• They believe in the Ten Sephirot.

• The Ten Sephirot are “ten personalities of God”.

• G-d is not schizophrenic!

• Wait for my teaching, “Trinitarianism = Kabbalism”


• There’s some Pastors teaching some very bad stuff out there.

• They’re teaching 3 G-ds under the word

“trinity”• “But Rabbi, they don’t

know any better. They don’t know the difference between three persons and three parts.”


• Ok, I’m on board.• These Pastors that are

supposed to know the truth, the very basic idea that G-d is One. They’re excused.

• Though they teach other people that G-d has 3 personalities…


• And G-d forbid they ever bring me before they’re Elders on this question and put me on the hot seat questioning if I believe in One G-d.


• Rabbi, do you believe in One God?

• Yes, yes I do.• But I’m not so sure that

you do.• As a people we’ve

believed in One G-d for quite some time (Abraham's birth 1,948 years after the Creation, or 1948 AM (Anno Mundi, "Year of the World")


• We say the Shema every week. How many times do you declare His Oneness Pastor?

• They’re excused again.

• But for how long?


• Well a lot of Christians ate Marcionism up. It made sense to them.

• If you don’t have a clear understanding of Judaism, it’s easy to believe that they are 2 different Gods.

• Most Christians today believe that even though they don’t realize it.


• Marcion didn’t stop there, he then saw a bit too much Judaism in the Gospels and later on he decided, they had to go.

• The books he kept for his Canon were the writings of Paul.


• His favorite book of course was Galatians. He felt Galatians was very anti-Law, in fact the most anti-Law book in the Bible.


• By eliminating the rest of the Scriptures he was left with his followers simply reading Galatians and Paul's other writings reading them over and over and over again.


• Some in the Christian Church began to see the problem with Marcionism and they fought against it.

• They barely won.


• Marcionism was almost the death of Christianity as we know it today.


• Marcionism was declared to be heresy and then forgot about for quite a while.

• But it slowly started creeping up again.


• This time under the guise of “Grace Theology”.

• Again the differentiation of the G-d head came back into focus.


• And once we focus on that too much, it’s a very easy step to get back to a three headed God.

• It’s much better to focus on One G-d and try to understand Him along those lines and then your theology will stay stable.


• Even though today the Church includes the Old testament and the Gospels in their Bibles, they virtually ignore the Old Testament…


• And though they include the Gospels in their Sunday sermons they completely de-Judahize it, which effectively incapacitates (Webster's def: To deprive of strength or ability) it.


• So the Church has devolved back into Marcionism and has added a few catchy slogans and buzzwords which make it unclear and difficult to peg this particular theology.


• They’ve made it cloudy and spiritualized aspects of the faith.

• But it can be revealed• For example: • (Us) Pastor, do you

believe in One G-d?”• (Pastor) Yes, yes we

do.


• (Us) Is Jesus anti-Law?

• (Pastor) Yes, yes he is.

• (Us) Did Jesus give the Law?

• (Pastor) No, God did


• (Us) therefore Pastor you do not believe Jesus is G-d.

• There’s many, many ways to do this, to bring out their true polytheism even though they don’t believe they’re polytheists.


• The hypocrisy of it is astounding.

• The hypocrisy was evident even from the beginning.

• You may find this hard to believe but Tertullian was Marcions greatest critic.


• And Tertullian was the guy to propagate Marcions heresy concerning the G-d head.

• It’s mind boggling what these guys were thinking.


• Tertullian called Marcion a heretic and yet Tertullian was a heretic himself.


• So hopefully I’ve presented the idea to you that Marcionism has too much in common with Christendom today and you can now be an active agent…


• Shabbat (Hebrew: Ashkenazi ,ש01ב.-תpronunciation: Shabbos, the Sabbath, "rest" or "cessation") is the seventh day of the week and a day of rest.

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• Shabbat is observed from a few minutes before sunset on Friday evening and Rabbinically until a few minutes after the appearance of three stars in the sky on Saturday night.

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• The exact times, therefore, differ from week to week and from place to place, depending on the time of sunset at each location.

• In polar areas where there is no sunrise or sunset at certain times of the year, a different set of rules applies.

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• Observing the Sabbath is NOT a Jewish thing.• In Gen 2 we read… • 2And on the seventh day God ended his work

which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

• There were no Jews then• So G-d ceased on the 7th day from His work.

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• Some say that G-d rested that day.

• I don’t believe G-d needs to rest.

• If He completely rested we’d all evaporate.

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• It is imperative to keep the Sabbath Day Holy… Exodus 20:8-9 teaches:

• "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work."

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• It is to be taken very seriously because G-d takes it very seriously…

• Ex 31:15 15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

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• G-d is a loving G-d correct?

• He doesn’t will any to perish right?

• Jesus is G-d right? • Jesus is full of mercy

and patience right?

Shabbat

• Jesus says that if you break the Sabbath you’re to be put to death right?

• When one begins to think in those kinds of terms, we find out very quickly if we serve 2 G-ds or 1

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• We’re also not to buy anything on the Shabbat (Sabbath).

• Neh 10:31• 31And if the people of the land bring ware or

any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath,

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• Neh 13 says:• 15In those days saw I in Judah some treading

wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.

Shabbat

• 16There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.

• 17Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?

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• 18Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.

• 19And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.

Shabbat

• 20So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.

• 21Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath.

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• 22And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.

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• Last night we had 4 people join us for Shabbat dinner. Next week we’d like to have 4 other people over so they too can see how we do it.

Shabbat

• We’ll do this till everyone has come and celebrated Shabbat with us.

• Sabbath dinner is very important.

• After the destruction of the Temple…

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• The Shabbat dinner table became a kind of Temple to us.

• A place where we sat and spoke of Torah.

• So much so that the ancient Rabbis would say “Where three have sat at a table and did not speak words of Torah, that is a company of ignorant men.”

Shabbat

• The Shabbat dinner table became a kind of Temple to us.

• A place where we sat and spoke of Torah.

• So much so that the ancient Rabbis would say “Where three have sat at a table and did not speak words of Torah, that is a company of ignorant men.” Tractate Aboth

Shabbat

• Usually we read a passage from Psalms, sometimes we sing a song or two.

• The candles are lit first by the woman of the house she says this prayer…

Shabbat

• Baruch Attaw Adonai Eloheynu melech Haolam asher kidshanu bmitzvotuv venatanu lechad likner shell Shabbat

• Blessed art thou oh L-rd our G-d King of the universe who has allowed (not commanded) us to kindle the Sabbath candles

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• We also ceremoniously wash our hands so we have little bowls that are prepared on the table that we dip our fingers in.

• And we say the ntilat for that.

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• Baruch Attaw Adonai Eloheynu melech Haolam asher kidshanu bmitzvotuv vitzevanu al ntilat yadayim

• Blessed art thou oh L-rd our G-d King of the universe who has commanded (not “allowed”) us to wash our hands.

• So we’ll end here for today and we’ll dig deeper into the Sabbath next week.

• Shabbat shalom.

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