Torah: Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17Haftarah: Isaiah 54:11-55:5Brit Chadesha: 1 Jo 4:1-6, 1 Co 3:9-15, Re 21:10, 11, 18-21Psalms: Psalm 47, 101, 143Gospels: Acts 11, 12, 13

Re'eh - ראה :"Behold"

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Fun Facts about Re’eh

• 47th of 54 portions

• 4th of 11 in Devarim

• Written on 258 lines in a Torah

• 4th in length, it’s the largest in Devarim

• Re’eh contains 55 of the 613 mitzvot; 17 positive and 38 prohibitions;

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How is the Haftarah like Re’eh?

• Isaiah 55:3-4 “Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Behold (re’eh), I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.”

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Do blessings equal obedience?

• The dictionary meaning for blessings is: 1a : the act or words of one that blesses b : approval, encouragement

2: a thing conducive to happiness or welfare

3: grace said at a meal

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If I do not live in the land, can I do my own thing?

• De 12:8-9, 11, “8Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes. 9For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the Lord your YHVH giveth you. … 11Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:”

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How can we identify a false prophet?

• De 13:1-2, 5, “1If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 2And the sign or the wonder COME TO PASS, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; … 5And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God,”

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How is sin like debt?

• De 15:1-3 “1At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. 2 And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the Lord's release. 3Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;”

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What are the Shalosh Regalim or Pilgrimage Festivals?

• De 16:16 “Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy YHVH in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the Lord empty:”

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What? I have to be happy?

• De 16:14 “And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.”

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Summary

• Blessing = obedience • Curse = I’ll choose (or make) my own

gods• YHVH chooses where He lives on earth• A false prophet is anyone who suggests

any part of Torah is unnecessary or wrong to keep.

• Identifying signs for kosher fishes and non-kosher birds, and the list of Kosher animals.

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Summary

• 1st born cattle and sheep are meant to be offered in the Temple or replaced

• Charity is not an option

• Sabbatical years release financial debts

• Indentured servants are set free

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Summary

• 3 Pilgrimage festivals:

Pesach – Feast of Unleavened Bread (7 Days)

Shavuot – Feast of Weeks or Pentecost (1 Sunday, 7 weeks after 1st fruits)

Succoth – Feast of Tabernacles (7 days)