is without doubt the Holiest day on Israels’ calendar.
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It is also called a
shabbat shabaton,
which is a day to stop from all kinds of work
and to rest completely.
This day also known as
Yom Kippur יום כפור
occurs only once each year,
on the 10th day of the 7th month and
it begins the evening before at sundown.
For those new to mmm and to the mo’adiym, here is a brief explanation.
The word often translated as feasts is
Mo’adiym מועדים
pronounced moe-ah-deem
meaning: designated seasons or appointed times.
This word, Mo’adiym is the plural form of moed and is pronounced moe-ed. It can be found in passages such as
Genesis/b’reshiyt 1:14 and
Nehemiah/N’chem’yah 10:34.
Another variation of moed is mo’adai meaning:
My designated seasons or My Appointed times.
This word used in Leviticus/Vayik’ra 23
offers the clearest definition as the chapter begins with:
1. And the Lord/Adonai spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.
4 These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
as well as in passages such as
Ezra 3:5 and Y’chez’ke-el/Ezekiel 44:24.
One of the most common mis-understandings about the
Moedim /Mo’adiym
is that they are collectively called the
Lord/Adonai’s Feasts or Festivals.
Several English translations of the Scriptures are likely the origin promoting this misconception. Although most of them are festive and times of rejoicing there are others that have nothing to do with feasting and festivities whatsoever.
Yom haKipuriym
occurs nine days after Y
om Teruah/The Feast of Trumpets.
Yom Kippur : יוֹם כִּפּוּר
is the holiest and most solemn day of the year, a day of fasting, confession, introspection, prayers for forgiveness, and resolve to change the direction of our lives.
Yom Kippur is a day of death –
the death of the old year,
the death of the old sins,
and the death of the old man/ego.
However it is not morbid, but rather based on the hope and prayer, that a new year will bring us into a closer walk before our Heavenly Father.
The primary feature of this Holy time is to deny self; and as the High Priest performs the main part of the days proceedings and makes the atonements for himself, the altar, the tabernacle and the whole of Israel; the people do not participate because they were forbidden to approach the holy place and were to deny their own existence/die to self, on this day.
Some Messianic Jews wonder whether or not Yom Kippur is appropriate, since those who have come to faith in Yeshua/Jesus believe that He alone is our atonement, and that our forgiveness has been eternally secured by His sacrifice, once for all time.
All Messianic believers would agree that Jesus/Yeshua‘s sacrifice has fully effected the forgiveness of sins, and that we are completely righteous in Him, needing no further atonement. However, even the writers of the Brit chadashah /ReNewed Covenant stress the need for introspection and repentance.
2 Cor 13:5.
Yom Kippur, if understood correctly, is not a day by which our atonement is realized, as much as it is a day to be reminded that our atonement was attained at great cost by our King, and that we, in so far as we have demonstrated faithlessness and rebellion in departing from His ways, must return to Him wholeheartedly, seek His forgiveness with a repentant heart, and determine to walk in His ways and statutes. Yom Kippur, then, for the Messianic believer, is a day of deep and honest reflection on the atonement which is ours in Yeshua/Jesus, and a recommitment to holy living, both before our Heavenly Father and everyone else.
If we understand it as it was given to us in the Torah, Yom Kippur enhances and strengthens our faith.
Clearly Yom HaKipuriym finds its fulfillment in Messiah Yeshua/Jesus. As both our
High Priest, הַהֵן הַגָּדוֹל (ha–kohenha–gadol)
and our sacrifice, He atoned for us once and for all and is continually making intercession for us before the Father.
Hebrews 7:27
Who has no day by day need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices, first of all for his own [personal] sins and then for those of the people, because He [met all the requirements and] did this once for all when He offered up Himself [as a willing sacrifice].
He does’n’t need to make sacrifices for Himself and for us year after year, in order to atone for our sins because it has already been accomplished forever.
This year (2023) Yom Kippur begins Sunday evening through Monday 25th Sept..
Let’s remember the atoning sacrifice of our Messiah!
We are to be humble, contemplative, repentant and dead to self. Remembering that we live and breathe only because the Father chooses to allow it. Our self denial does not cause or enhance our atonement, but it does allow us to become very aware of our own mortality, our sin, our need for atonement and causes us to comprehend the sacrifice made, as He denied His own life on our behalf.
Without Messiah we are truly dead, but through His atoning Blood and intercession we are truly, truly alive. The Levitical system of animal sacrifices including this one, was meant to foreshadow the true and eternal sacrifice of Messiah Jesus/Yeshua as the means of our reconciliation with the Father.
That Covenant provided a shadow of the substance which was revealed in the Renewed Covenant. Previously the sacrifices simply covered the sin, but now through Jesus/Yeshua, these sins are taken completely away and through His shed Blood we are given complete atonement before our Father.
Shalom aleikhem chaverim and mishpachah! Peace to friends and family. Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week. Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him. It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion. You are very precious in His sight. Not sure ..you can be… SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute, SAY IT RIGHT NOW… Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past. I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name.
7th month 22nd day – Torah portion Vayikra 23:36 39.
Vayikra means “And [He] called” and it is found in Leviticus 1:1
The culmination of Sukkot /Tabernacles/Booths –
Immediately following the 7 day feast of sukkot is the closing moed/appointed time of the year, called:
yom haSh’miyniy Atzaret or
Shemini Atzeret
שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת —”Eighth [day of] Assembly”
This year it is on 7th October.
The commands for this day are very simple
do no regular work, rest and assemble.
In short the 8th day is a time to say good bye to sukot and the past year’s mo’adiym.
It’s a time to rest and reflect but also a time to look forward to the future because in just 6 short months it all starts over again.
Though this moed is often dismissed as being insignificant it can be an extremely meaningful time if we allow it to be. We are encouraged to look back at the journey we will have completed but also to look forward to the times that lie ahead.
The following day is known as Simchat Torah where this extra biblical jewish holiday celebrates the word of God.
The Mo’adiym are so much more than times to practice any Hebrew /Jewish traditions, or days to ponder what they indicate prophetically without actually participating in them. The Mo’adiym/Appointed times of the Lord, offer us a special opportunity to allow His Spirit to disciple us; as we walk in the ways of the Son towards maturity and our full potential in Messiah. These are times to learn and develop our usefulness for the Fathers Kingdom.
As we devote ourselves to living out the fullness in the meanings of the Mo’adiym, those who are of Israelite descent will more fully understand their calling as the people chosen by our Father. Chosen that is, to tell the world about Him and His redemptive plan for all who choose to believe in His Messiah. For those who are already believers in Messiah Yeshua/Jesus, they will draw closer to Him becoming more effective and victorious disciples for Him.
As we walk through the Mo’adiym/Appointed Times each year, it is an opportunity allow His Spirit to plant into us the deep truths that each moed/Appointed Time is designed to help us remember. This is so that the Father may bring in a bountiful harvest through us, for His glory and for the name of His Son, our Savior master Lord and soon returning King…the Messiah Yeshua/Jesus.
in Him we live and move and have our being. Acts 17:28
These Mo’adiym/Appointed Times were set in place for the children of Israel to follow as an annual life cycle of preparation for the unfolding plan of the ages. Prophetic in nature and so full of meaning, they are an essential aid to more fully understanding and appreciating all that was completed and fulfilled in Messiah’s time on the earth. His statement that He did not come to abolish or do away with the (law) teaching and instructions of his Father but to complete and to fulfill them. Matthew 5:17. And furthermore, it was to show us how to live a life according to His Fathers and His words; and not all the added restrictive laws and doctrines inspired by demonic, unclean spirits and added by men. Matthew 23:4. All the extra laws and rules that were given to the people not only overburdened them but caused them to be controlled by corrupt leadership.
The season of our rejoicing this weekend is that of
rejoicing in His Word and the freedom it has brought to our lives;
and on the 8th day reminds us of the hope of our salvation being completed.
Yeshua Messiah, His Word made flesh, dwelt /tabernacled among us and then sent His Spirit to be with us, to abide within us always, even to the end of this age; when He will return in all His Glory and forever tabernacle with us in fullness. Revelation 21:3-8
The 8th day rejoicing is coming as the reign of Messiah for 1000 years. Until then we have His Spirit of Holiness dwelling, abiding, tabernacle-ing within. We rejoice in His Word living in us, making us alive.
The promise for us all is looking unto Jesus, Messiah, the Word; Who is the author and finisher of our faith. Heb. 12:2
This years feasts, fasts, His Appointed Times, the Mo’adiym are completed. These are more than prophetic pictures of Yeshua/Jesus, they are set in the calendar as a reminder to His chosen ones; and are calling us to un-compromised devotion to only Him and by our obedience, our lives are changed. Not only are they an annual reminder of the Father’s miraculous history with the children of Israel, but also the story of our lives in Christ/Messiah are embedded within them.
They teach us about who we are supposed to be in Him; and we are led into a deeper walk with Him as we take the time to learn of them and their meanings. By our obedience and faithfulness to be a doer and as He told us to ‘learn of Me’; Matthew 11:29. He, through His Word, makes us into His disciples so that in turn we might share His truth that will make others free.
For every believer in Yeshua/Jesus Messiah, this Season of Joy שִׂמְחָה – simchah: joy, gladness, mirth is ongoing and we can rejoice continually and not just on one day of the year: for we are the sheep of His pasture and
He is the shepherd. John 10:14
Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of hispasture. Ps.100:3 Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will praise you forever; from generation to generation. Ps.79:13
Shalom aleikhem chaverim and mishpachah! Peace to friends and family. Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week. Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him. It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion. You are very precious in His sight. Not sure ..you can be… SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute, SAY IT RIGHT NOW… Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past. I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name.
7 Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
The visible and authentic trust that Abraham showed in the Lord by his actions, was rewarded by him becoming the friend of God. 2 Chronicles 2:7.
There is another reference inIsaiah 41:8.
8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
LiterallyIsaiah 41:8 could be translated as
Abraham, who loved Me.
Abraham showed his love for Adonai through his faith accompanied by obedience as seen in Genesis 12:1, 4; 15:6.
In the New testament, James 2:23And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God
James confirmed that Abraham was truly
the
It was Abraham’s faith that entitled him to be called
the
Moses was also called the friend of our Heavenly Father.
There was no one who had the same level of face to face intimacy with the Lord God that Moses had.
Exodus 33:11 So the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend.
Exodus 33:11 HEB: אִ֖ישׁ אֶל־ רֵעֵ֑הוּ וְשָׁב֙ אֶל־ NAS: speaks to his friend. When Moses returned KJV: speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again INT: A man to his friend returned to
Original Word: רֵעַ Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: rea Phonetic Spelling: (ray’-ah) Definition: friend, companion, fellow
There are several Hebrew words forfriend.
Were Abraham and Moses the only two given that privileged relationship, or are there others?
We crave that type of intimacy in human companionship, longing to be cherished and treasured; but sometimes there is distance or disappointment that make human relationships less than that which our Father desires for us.
However, in His plan of the ages our Heavenly Father knows our needs and when He sent His Son to walk and live among us, it was not only to restore covenant relationship through His sacrificial death; but also to form a close and lasting friendship with us, one that will endure not only through this life but throughout eternity. By His life, death and resurrection, He enabled us to call Him Messiah, Savior, Deliverer, Redeemer and amongst many others, also Hisfriend.
How do we know this?
Because in Messiahs own words in John 15:14 and 15
Amplified Bible I do not call you servants any longer, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you [My] friends, because I have revealed to you everything that I have heard from My Father.
He calls us friends if we are obedient!
You are my friends if you keep on doing what I command you.and he has told us everything He learned from His Father
and then says
16You did not choose Me, but I chose you. Meaning we were created to be His friends!
5384 philos: beloved, dear, friendly
Original Word: φίλος, η, ον Part of Speech: Adjective; Indeclinable Numeral (Adjective) Transliteration: philos Phonetic Spelling: (fee’-los) Definition: beloved, dear, friendly Usage: friendly; subst: a friend, an associate.
John 15:14Adj-NMP GRK: ὑμεῖς φίλοι μού ἐστε NAS:You are My friends if you do KJV: are my friends, if ye do INT: You friends of me are
John 15:15Adj-AMP GRK: δὲ εἴρηκα φίλους ὅτι πάντα NAS: but I have called you friends, for all things KJV: you friends; for INT: however I have called friends for all things
In Hebrew, a friend is a male or female person. In the Bible, a male is referred to as achaver,while a female is called achaverah.Chevarim being the plural for friends.
חבר
We are familiar with calling Yeshua/Jesus our savior Messiah Lord Master King but can we say He is also our friend?
How do we see or consider Him?
How do we appear to other people in our relationship with Yeshua/Jesus?
Is He just a task master and we the obedient servant; or is the relationship something deeper?
Are there examples of this kind of loving friendship in His Word?
The book Song of Solomon is a representation of our relationship with the Father and even more it’s a picture of His heart and it is very important that we come to understand and know what His heart is towards us.
The picture expresses the kind of love that is not only overflowing, passionate and bubbling over, but also as being active. It’s a love that’s always doing something, and always looking for a way in which to express its depth and commitment.
In Song of Solomon 2:10 the shulamite calls Solomon
her dodi
she is saying that she is
completing him in love.
Here we must understand the Hebraic thought, which is, that love is not complete until it is shared… and this is a direct reference from Messiah Yeshua when He said
they will know that you are my disciples because of the love one to another.
Shared love is this way too and necessary if we are to enter the heart of God.
We are to say to Him thatHe is our beloved. There is no one else but you. Not parents, siblings, children, grand or great grand, etc. Yeshua/Jesus said
these are my family those who do the will of my father.. Matthew 12:50.
Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life. Matthew 19:29
Nothing and no one is to come between Him and ourselves…
Beloved is also transalated as dodi.
Dodicomes from a semitic root that meansto boiland its also a word used forlove; but not feelings, or a surface love ..it is the real unconditional love.
Unless we can call Him beloved/dodi do we have any right to enter in to His heart, to that deep and intimate relationship?
yadid: beloved 3039
Original Word: יְדִיד Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: yadid Phonetic Spelling: (yed-eed’) Definition: beloved
Psalm 127:2 HEB: כֵּ֤ן יִתֵּ֖ן לִֽידִיד֣וֹ שֵׁנָֽא׃ NAS: For He gives to His beloved [even in his] sleep. KJV: [for] so he giveth his beloved sleep. INT: after that gives to his beloved sleep
Song of Solomon 2:10
The word yadiyad is made up from the word yad which is hand in Hebrew; and it’s repeated, making it to say or read
yadiyad or hand in hand.
Parents, mothers and children, siblings, friends and couples often
walk hand in hand.
It declares to whoever sees them that they share a special relationship.
Is this what people see of our relationship with Our Heavenly Father/Messiah, one of beloved friends walking hand in hand, side by side? Sometimes one in the lead pulling the other along and sometimes in the rear holding the other back?
There is an ancient belief in Hebrew culture that the heart was in the palm of the right hand and that when two people joined their right hands it was symbolic of sharing each others hearts.
It was the part of the body that does the most important functions for other people, and why we say, can I lend you or give you a hand?
Rather than a foot which hasn’t the same ability to assist someone!
We offer a helping hand or arms and hand to support another; and the ancient belief was maybe more of an indication that they realized a persons hand was the most usual outward expression of their heart, love and compassion.
It may bear a reference to the scripture God writing us on the palm of His hand, as they would have understood the deeper meaning with the ancient thinking of heart in hand names are written in His heart!? Isaiah 49:16
The modern Hebrew expression meaning
friend is yadiyad
literally hand in hand
Here in Genesis 28:16
Yod Daleth Vav Yod Daleth
yad i yad / yad v yad
with a v not an i is the same in Hebrew.
The word for knew here is yada and means more than just knowing. It’s a reference to the intimacy of a married couples relationship. As in Adam knew his wife and she conceived.
Yada is also constructed from the word Yad/hand and the same word from which the name David comes, as well as the word yadiyad.
People used to shake hands and it would be a mutual agreement or form of contract between them, saying lets shake on it. It’s obvious that a handshake held much more significance than it does today. Another reason the right hand was offered as a greeting, was to show the other party you did not have a weapon in your right hand.
It is a common custom now to offer our hand when we are introduced to someone for the first time; and it can indicate that in meeting them, there’s an initial action to sharing a future relationship either business, casual or friendship.
In days past the handshake had more meaning than a casual relationship; they believed that:
by taking someones hand and particularly the right hand, you were sharing each others heart.
This action has a much greater meaning, more than just help me out of this situation I’m in but – take my heart and let me take yours.
The ancient thought behind it is that of:
sitting at the right hand of our Heavenly Father.
It was a metaphor, an idiom, meaning:
sharing the Father’s heart.
yad: hand
Original Word:יָד Part of Speech:Noun Feminine Transliteration:yad Phonetic Spelling:(yawd) Definition:hand
Recall Hebrew letters also have a numerical value:
יד
Yod Daleth
The letters in the word Hand YD,
without the vowel letter a:
yod = 10 dalet = 4 = 14
2 hands joined =28
There is another word in Hebrew with the value of28 which is: kocha
The rabbis/teachers, say that when 2 words have equal numerical value, there is a connection that we should take note of. In this instance the two words with the value 28 could refer to:
two hands joined together is great strength!
Or in other words:
A friendship from which one can draw great strength.
This is what Messiah Yeshua/Jesus wants for us,
we are to draw great strength from
our yadiyad with Him
when He said:
I no longer call you servants but friends.
How is our relationship with Yeshua/Jesus?
Is He our yadiyad, our beloved friend?
Are we truly walking with Him hand in hand/ heart in heart..?
In the following verse He is calling us to come:
In the phrase in Song of Solomon:
come away with me
in the Hebrew text there is a lamed (a letter L), before the pronoun Me.
In the Hebrew language, when used as a preposition as it is here, the lamed is usually translated as TO or UNTOso it would read God is simply saying
Come to Me
He is calling us today…
come to me.
And just as the Father in the parable of the prodigal son, who ran to meet him. As we turn/teshuvah, and come to our Heavenly Father through Jesus/Yeshua, He will meet us, coming towards us… then we can become His friend.
Yes, we can be His servant, we can be present at all the meetings and be on time, and we can listen closely to His instructions and obey them. We can be loved by our Heavenly Father, but do we want to be yadiyad, hand in hand with Him?
We can be serving the Lord so much that we fail to realize that He is reaching His hand/His yad out to us. With the concept we just looked at, He needs another hand to complete the word Yadiyad – to be hand in hand.
He may be our Master, our King, our Savior but He wants to be more than that. He wants to be our friend, our Yadiyad, His hand in ours, His heart joined with our heartsand always to be and remain our Yadiyad: beloved friend.
Even more special is the fact that the relationship with our Heavenly Father can always be that of“beloved friend” because He always keeps His promises and longs to establish the relationship Yeshua/Jesus died for us to have.
We were made for God.
Song of Solomon 7:11
In the original Hebrew, the Shulamite woman is saying she is
for or to her beloved;
and if it follows that this is a picture of our relationship with God, then we were made for God.
God created us for Himself.
He created us just for Himself, for His pleasure.
The first purpose for our existence is that we were created to bring pleasure to our Heavenly Father.
Revelation 4:11 KJVS Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. He made you so that He COULD ENJOY YOU, both in this world and eternally in heaven
Everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.” 1 Corinthians 10:31
Sometimes we get so focused on fulfilling our own pleasure, we never stop to think that our main purpose and function in life is to bring pleasure to the Lord.
We are created to bring glory to Him, to honor Him, to praise His glorious name, to thank Him for His abundance in our life and to praise Him for His abundant grace,
“everyone who is called by my name, whom I have created for my glory, whom I formed and made. Isaiah 43:7
This is the very purpose of man – to glorify God in every way.
Ps100:3 says “Know that the LORD, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his;”
The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear, reverently respect God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. Eccles. 12:13
He is really the only one we need to please, and He is the easiest person to please; because He designed created and equipped us to bring pleasure to Him.
Maybe some of us are not good looking or talented, but if He created us that way, then whatever we look like or are able to do, when we do our best it will always bring Him pleasure. We may feel we have no talent, but there is something about us that our father designed to bring pleasure to Him ,and if we ask Him He will show us what that is.
He is our beloved
and
His desire is toward us.
The most usual way to make contact with someone or something, is to reach out and touch with your hand. A touch of the hand is a universally understood sign of affection; however it can also be done in an aggressive move. In legal terms it’s the difference between assault and showing affection. It is also a way to express your desire for a deeper relationship.
We are His beloved and He is our beloved.
Are we ready to be His friend?
Are we ready to reach out and take the hand being offered to us?
Yes, there are more than just Abraham and Moses who are friends of our Heavenly Fathe; all HIs disciples were and as such then so are we.
Decide today to be yadiyad – hand in hand, heart in heart with Him, our beloved friend!
Proverbs 18:24
A man who has friends [ a]must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
He is our Yadiyad, let’s always walk side by side and hand in hand with Him.
Shalom aleikhem chaverim and mishpachah! Peace to friends and family. Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week. Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him. It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion. You are very precious in His sight. Not sure ..you can be… SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute, SAY IT RIGHT NOW… Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past. I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name.
Many times we skip over words or phrases because we don’t know what is meant and there is no explanation because to those writing, reading or listening; it was commonly understood without a need for explanation.
Here are a few insights into foods of Middle Eastern culture as related to scripture.
In Genesis 25:29-34 we read of Esau giving his birthright for a mess of pottage.
29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. 31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. 32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
We have here the bargain made between Jacob and Esau about the birthright, which was Esau’s by birth, but Jacob’s by promise. It was for a spiritual privilege; and we see Jacob’s desire of the birth-right and he saw his opportunity when his brother desired what he had.
What exactly is pottage?
nā·zîḏ נָזִ֑יד
Genesis 25:29 HEB:וַיָּ֥זֶד יַעֲקֹ֖ב נָזִ֑יד וַיָּבֹ֥א עֵשָׂ֛ו NAS: When Jacob had cooked stew, Esau came KJV: And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came INT: had cooked Jacob stew came Esau
Pottage is a very common dish in the Middle East and the people call it
kool!
It is much like gruel or hummus and is made of various kinds of grains, which have been beaten in a paste. The red pottage is made of kurakan and other grains, and it was for this that Esau sold his birthright!
Other common uses of the term were for example: When land was sold for an insignificant sum, other people would comment, the man sold his land for pottage. If parents gave their daughter in marriage to man of lower standing in the community people may say, they have given her for pottage. If an intelligent individual acted in a manner less than what was expected of him, it may be said of him: He has fallen into the pottage-pot.
Wheat and Tares
“While Men Slept, the Enemy Sowed Tares”
Matthew 13:25.
“Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.”
Original Word: חִנְטָא Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: chinta’ Phonetic Spelling: (khint-taw’) Definition: wheat
2 Samuel 17:28 HEB:וּכְלִ֣י יוֹצֵ֔ר וְחִטִּ֥ים וּשְׂעֹרִ֖ים וְקֶ֣מַח NAS: basins, pottery, wheat, barley, flour, KJV: vessels, and wheat, and barley, INT: pottery and earthen wheat barley flour
The tare or darnel grows plentifully all over the Middle East, and is a huge problem to farmers. The grain is small and is lies along the upper part of the stalk, which stands perfectly erect.
The taste of the grain is bitter and if mixed with wheat in bread causes dizziness, and often acts as a violent emetic.
An emetic is a medicine or potion that makes you vomit, which you might be given if you’ve taken poison or some other harmful substance.
It is a poison and must be carefully winnowed and picked out of the wheat or the flour is not fit for food. The tares can hardly be distinguished from the wheat until the heads appear at harvest time, — even the farmer cannot tell them apart.
As harvest approaches the wheat grows heavy and bends over more and more, but the tares or darnel are so light-headed they stand very straight. This is the opposite of wheat which bows over gracefully, indicative of the humility of the believer in the presence of the Lord; whereas the tares stand up with heads held high in a posture of pride and arrogance. Tares are bitter and cause dizziness and are poisonous so this is a clear picture showing the traits of those who are not true believers.
Darnel (9 Occurrences) … (n.) Any grass of the genus Lolium, esp. the Lolium temulentum (bearded darnel),
the grains of which have been reputed poisonous. …Darnel
At harvest time the farmer cuts the heads off the tares and puts them in a pile until he has harvested the wheat; then the tares are burned. Notice the order, the tares are gathered first!
Bread lechem לֶ֣חֶם
Strongs# 3899
lechem: bread, food
Original Word: לֶחֶם Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: lechem Phonetic Spelling: (lekh’-em) Definition: bread, food
John 6:35 I am the bread of life
.lechem ha-chayim לֶחֶם הַחַיִּים the Bread of Life
Messiah often referred to Himself as the Bread of Life and these words were full of meaning to the crowds who were listening to Him.
In those days, bread was the staple of their diet being their main food. Back then it was not unusual for someone to stop and pick up a bit of bread that had fallen in the road, they would touch their forehead with it as a token of respect, and carefully place it in a small crack of a wall or a nearby rock, so that it would not be trodden on by other feet walking by. Local bread is normally a round, flat cake, about a quarter of an inch to an inch thick.
Leavened bread wasn’t common among country folk. Women cook the fresh bread for each meal and the oven is often just a small, slightly convex sheet of iron; placed on three stones with a fire underneath.
A very thin, large piece of unleavened dough is placed on the oven and when it’s cooked, it is similar to a huge pancake or tortilla.
Sarah baked her bread on hot stones on the hearth in her tent, having built a fire in a hole in the floor of her tent and filled the hole with small stones, then the bread was placed on the hot pebbles.
What is a Parched Pulse?
In Hebrew the word for parched is
קָלִי qali
qâlîy kaw-lee
or קָלִיא qâlîy
from H7033 קָלָה
roasted ears of grain:—parched corn
2Samuel 17:28
The word pulse is found inDaniel 1:12, 16.
haz·zê·rō·‘îm
Daniel 1:12 HEB: לָ֜נוּ מִן־ הַזֵּרֹעִ֛ים וְנֹאכְלָ֖ה וּמַ֥יִם
This is found in abundance in the Middle east and is very popular. Pulse looks something like very large peas and when the whole plant has been roasted, it’s sold in small bunches on the street.
Filled with concentrated nutrients, it enables Bedouin travellers to go for a several days’ journey with only a handful of pulse for food.
When King David fled from Absalom to Mahanaim, the people gave him as a present,
“parched corn, beans, lentils, and parched pulse”
2 Samuel 17:28.
2 Samuel 17:28 HEB:וּשְׂעֹרִ֖ים וְקֶ֣מַח וְקָלִ֑י וּפ֥וֹל וַעֲדָשִׁ֖ים NAS: flour, parched [grain], beans, KJV: and flour, and parched [corn], and beans, INT: barley flour parched beans lentils
7039 qali: parched (grain)
Original Word: קָלִי Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: qali Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-lee’) Definition: parched (grain)
Word Origin
from qalah Definition
parched (grain) NASB Translation
parched (2), roasted grain (4).
Daniel 1:12 says, “Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.”.
הַזֵּרֹעִ֛ים pulses hazzeroim
Daniel 1:12 HEB:לָ֜נוּ מִן־ הַזֵּרֹעִ֛ים וְנֹאכְלָ֖ה וּמַ֥יִם NAS: some vegetables to eat KJV: and let them give us pulse to eat,
Ruth gleaning for parching?
“Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?”
Ruth 2:5.
This could easily be seen even today by the country people of Bethlehem.
The greetings are the same between the owner and his servants, “The Lord be with you” is merely the “Allah m’akum,” heard every day, and the reply, “The Lord bless thee.”
Some of the workers had a tendency to be rude towards defenseless women, this is why Boaz commanded them to treat Ruth with respect. The reapers came from all parts of the country, and largely from the lower class and because they were far from home they threw off all restraint and often behaved badly.
The meals too, are very much the same today; the dipping of the morsel in vinegar, and the parched corn. This parched corn is not like corn or maize in the west, it is more like wheat or barley. They pluck a small bunch with the stalks attached, and tie them into small bundles, the corn heads are held in a blazing fire until the chaff is burned away. After roasting, the kernels are rubbed out in the hand and eaten. This was a very popular food and the gathering of this corn for parching was never considered stealing.
Parched corn is often referred to in scripture. It was not unusual to see people pluck off some corn, rub the heads in their hands, and eat the grains unroasted, as they passed by the wheat fields, just as the apostles did.
Original Word: קָלִי Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: qali Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-lee’) Definition: parched (grain)
Ruth 2:14 HEB:וַיִּצְבָּט־ לָ֣הּ קָלִ֔י וַתֹּ֥אכַל וַתִּשְׂבַּ֖ע NAS: and he served her roasted grain, and she ate KJV: and he reached her parched [corn], and she did eat,
2 Samuel 17:28 HEB:וּשְׂעֹרִ֖ים וְקֶ֣מַח וְקָלִ֑י וּפ֥וֹל וַעֲדָשִׁ֖ים NAS: flour, parched [grain], beans, KJV: and flour, and parched [corn], and beans, INT: barley flour parched beans lentils
7039 qali: parched (grain)
Original Word: קָלִי Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: qali Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-lee’) Definition: parched (grain)
Leviticus 23:14 HEB:וְלֶחֶם֩ וְקָלִ֨י וְכַרְמֶ֜ל לֹ֣א NAS: nor roasted grain nor KJV: neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, INT: bread roasted new neither
lentils וַעֲדָשִׁ֖ים
2 Samuel 17:28 HEB:וְקָלִ֑י וּפ֥וֹל וַעֲדָשִׁ֖ים וְקָלִֽי׃ NAS: [grain], beans, lentils, parched KJV: [corn], and beans, and lentiles, and parched INT: parched beans lentils parched
5742 adashah: a lentil
Original Word: עָדָשׁ Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: adashah Phonetic Spelling: (aw-dawsh’) Definition: a lentil
In the summer the owners often sleep on threshing floors, just as Boaz was doing when Ruth came to him. It was understood that a woman should not sleep on these floors, and to do so would give the same bad impression which Boaz was concerned about, yet it was not unusual for the whole family to camp on the threshing-floor to protect the crop until the harvest was over.
Boaz knew Ruths character and that she was guided in her actions by her mother-in-law, who taught her that she had a right to Boaz for her husband, and that the law of God said she could not marry anyone else. Boaz says to Ruth,
“When thou art athirst, go unto the vessels and drink, .. . At meal time . . . eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar . . . and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat.”
A common sight in Israel is that water is always available in large jars. Local people are mostly satisfied with bread, a few olives or an onion. At harvest time they eat a better meal. This consisted of tomatoes, cut up with oil to dip and moisten their bread morsel in, or leban, which is a sour, clabbered milk.
Clabber is a type of soured milk. It is produced by allowing unpasteurized milk to turn sour (ferment) at a specific humidity and temperature. Over time, the milk thickens or curdles into a yogurt -like consistency with a strong, sour flavor. We would call it kefir or yogurt.
Folks sit on the ground around a common bowl and dip in. During barley harvest the wheat is still in the milk, and “
freaky”
(meaning rubbed wheat),
is made extensively.
This freaky
is the parched corn of the scriptures, and in Hebrew:
qali קָלִיא Strongs # 7039
The green wheat is cut and mixed with a pile of dry barley straw, which when set on fire, is hot enough to roast the green wheat. The ears of wheat are then rubbed together in their hands to winnow out the dross.
Even today some reapers still make parched corn a part of their meal. It has for centuries been a very common sight to see travelers stopping along the road, to cut a handful of wheat from someone’s field, and making a little parched corn for a meal, or even just rubbing out the green ears in the hand to eat the soft kernels.
Deuteronomy 23:25: “When thou comest to the standing corn of thy neighbor, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand, but thou mayest not move a sickle in thy neighbor’s standing corn.”
“Messiah went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungered, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.”
It was a common practice and not a crime; the Pharisees were simply finding something to complain about His disciples.
Olive
2132 zayith: olive tree, olive
Original Word: זַיִת Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: zayith Phonetic Spelling: (zay’-yith) Definition: olive tree, olive
Olives
זיתים
“They Shall Still Bring Forth Fruit in Old Age;
They Shall Be Fat and Flourishing”
Psalm 92:14.
The olive tree, mentioned some 40 times in the Old Testament, is one of the very first trees named in the Bible.
An olive leaf was brought to Noah’s ark in Genesis 8:11.
The olive is the most common cultivated tree in Israel, producing abundant fruit and oil. One tree often gives from 10 to 15 gallons of oil.
Olives and bread constitute a large part of the food and Olive oil was and is today used very much for lighting. In the tabernacle service, besides being used for light, it was also one of the ingredients of the“Holy anointing oil” as noted in Exodus 25:6; 30:24.
shemen: fat, oil
Original Word: שֶׁמֶן Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: shemen Phonetic Spelling: (sheh’-men) Definition: fat, oil
Exodus 27:20 HEB:וְיִקְח֨וּ אֵלֶ֜יךָ שֶׁ֣מֶן זַ֥יִת זָ֛ךְ NAS: you clear oil of beaten KJV: thee pure oil olive INT: bring about oil olives clear
Olive oil was used in treating wounds, Luke 10:34. It was used for the head,Psalm 23:5, as an act of courtesy inLuke 7:46; as well as to anoint priests, kings, and prophets for service.
Leviticus 8:12; I Samuel 16:13; I Kings 19:16.
Many references inLeviticusshow how much use was made of oil in connection with offerings.
Leviticus 8:2 HEB:הַבְּגָדִ֔ים וְאֵ֖ת שֶׁ֣מֶן הַמִּשְׁחָ֑ה וְאֵ֣ת ׀ NAS: and the anointing oil and the bull KJV: and the anointing oil, and a bullock INT: for and the garments oil and the anointing and the bull
The olive tree has small white flowers in May,Job 15:33..
The fruit is gathered by beatingDeuteronomy 24:20.
Or shaking the treeIsaiah 17:6.
An olive tree grows slowly, very often lives to a very, very great age, and bears fruit till the last, even when the trunk is nothing but a shell. Some of the olive trees in Gethsemane are believed to be approx.. 2000 years old.
“The righteous shall still bring forth fruit in old age.”
Hyssop בְאֵז֣וֹב zufa
Psalm 51:7
ezob: hyssop
Original Word: אֵזוֹב Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: ezob Phonetic Spelling: (ay-zobe’) Definition: hyssop
Purge me with hyssop
(with zufa as in the original)
and I shall be clean wash me And I shall be whiter than snow.
Zufa: Aromatic herbs and spices contain essential oils and are recognized by their considerable antimicrobial activity. One of the natural mouthwashes in traditional Iranian medicine is Zufa.
Zufa or Hyssop is a famous medicinal herb that is also a member of the mint plantfamily. It is closely related to plants like rosemary.Its smell is very pleasant, and taste is spicy with astringency and a bitter end [3]. About its habitat,Zoufa has grown in ancient Rome [5], Jerusalem and Cairo and Iran
Hyssop is used as a spice and also for its medicinal oil. But to the prophets it represented meekness and modesty.
They contrasted the hyssop with the cedars of Lebanon, the symbol of exaltation and pride. 2Kings 14:9
Hyssop is a very effectual purge for internal cleansing and zufa is also a potent bleach for external cleansing.
So now when we read the Psalm, Purge me with Hyssop and I shall be clean; wash me with zufa and I shall be whiter then snow; we will have a clearer picture that
we are to be cleansed both inside and out.
The Blood of the sacrificial lamb was applied to the doorposts and the lintel with Hyssop before the Passover.
Spiritually let us apply the Blood of Messiah with hyssop/ zufa.
Now we know
what is kool
and freaky!
Everything in the Word of God has a deeper meaning than just surface reading and we are encouraged to dig deeper for that treasure, those pearls of great price.
שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם,
Shalom aleikhem
chaverim and mishpachah!
Peace to friends and family.
Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.
Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.
It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.
You are very precious in His sight.
Not sure ..you can be…
SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute,
SAY IT RIGHT NOW…
Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.
I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name.
Yom haKipuriym יום הציפורים . 
This Season of Joy
We are familiar with Abraham being called 
Many times we skip over words or phrases because we don’t know what is meant and there is no explanation because to those writing, reading or listening; it was commonly understood without a need for explanation.
Sarah baked her
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