Haftarah Mattot-Massei - Tribes and Journeys- מַּטּוֹת־מַסְעֵי AudioPodcost Aug 3, 2024
Notes
Transcript
Torah Portion: Numbers 30:2-36:13
Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:4-28; 4:1-2
Review
Review
Wilderness
Picture of the Priesthood of Zadok
Zaddik -
Sons of Levi/ Priesthood Genealogy Picture
Sons of Levi:
nazir
Nazareth (Heb. נָצְרַת)
nṣr (
Picture of the Branch of Righteousness
Picture of the two fig trees and the menorah
Difference Between:
Shelach/
/ Hepor
Picture of Gods Purpose Number 3
1-
2-
3-
Peretz,
Moshiach as poreitz, “a breaker,” and as the head ROSH
Judah foresaw that of these two children, it would be Peretz who would be the ancestor of David, and eventually Moshiach.
Through Him who open the womb/ the little door that brings us back to the Father.
Chuchat Picture
4 Chukkim
A- YIBBUM - to marry the widow of one's deceased brother
B- SHAATNEZ - Not to wear garments of mixed wool and linen
C- Sa'ir LaAzazel - the he-goat sent to death as part of the Yom Kippur service. It purified the nation, yet defiled the agent who led it away
D- Para Aduma - the ashes of the red heifer purity the person with
Tamei (uncleanness), yet it renders tamei anyone involved in preparing the ashes
- 'Gone with the Wind' -“
Character
Humility is at the center of selflessness
DEVEKUT
Walk Humbly
Three Weeks
Introduction
Introduction
22 For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, Yet your iniquity is marked before Me,” says the Lord God.
Visionary Prophet
Visionary Prophet Themes
1 “Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem; See now and know; And seek in her open places If you can find a man, If there is anyone who executes judgment, Who seeks the truth, And I will pardon her.
7 “How shall I pardon you for this? Your children have forsaken Me And sworn by those that are not gods. When I had fed them to the full, Then they committed adultery And assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.
8 They were like well-fed lusty stallions; Every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
Visionary Prophet Themes
28 But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, If they can save you in the time of your trouble; For according to the number of your cities Are your gods, O Judah.
Visionary Jeremiah
Torah Portion Summary
Torah Portion: Numbers 30:2-36:13
1 Then Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded:
1 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, who went out of the land of Egypt by their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Torah Portion Summary
Haftarah Big Picture
Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:4-28; 4:1-2
Three Weeks
Haftarah Big Picture
13 “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.
Haftarah Big Picture
11 Has a nation changed its gods, Which are not gods? But My people have changed their Glory For what does not profit.
Haftarah Big Picture
Biblical PRESENTATION
Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:4-28; 4:1-2
4 Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob and all the families of the house of Israel.
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5 Thus says the Lord: “What injustice have your fathers found in Me, That they have gone far from Me, Have followed idols, And have become idolaters?
2 “Go and cry in the hearing of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “I remember you, The kindness of your youth, The love of your betrothal, When you went after Me in the wilderness, In a land not sown.
3 “O My people, what have I done to you? And how have I wearied you? Testify against Me.
21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
6 Neither did they say, ‘Where is the Lord, Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness, Through a land of deserts and pits, Through a land of drought and the shadow of death, Through a land that no one crossed And where no one dwelt?’
14 when your heart is lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
15 who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty land where there was no water; who brought water for you out of the flinty rock;
16 who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do you good in the end—
17 then you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.’
7 I brought you into a bountiful country, To eat its fruit and its goodness. But when you entered, you defiled My land And made My heritage an abomination.
Karmel
20 So Ahab sent for all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together on Mount Carmel.
21 And Elijah came to all the people, and said, “How long will you falter between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” But the people answered him not a word.
22 Then Elijah said to the people, “I alone am left a prophet of the Lord; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
24 ‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for by all these the nations are defiled, which I am casting out before you.
25 For the land is defiled; therefore I visit the punishment of its iniquity upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants.
8 The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’ And those who handle the law did not know Me; The rulers also transgressed against Me; The prophets prophesied by Baal, And walked after things that do not profit.
20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and truth in the law.
13 “And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: They prophesied by Baal And caused My people Israel to err.
9 “Therefore I will yet bring charges against you,” says the Lord, “And against your children’s children I will bring charges.
35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will plead My case with you face to face.
36 Just as I pleaded My case with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will plead My case with you,” says the Lord God.
10 For pass beyond the coasts of Cyprus and see, Send to Kedar and consider diligently, And see if there has been such a thing.
13 Therefore thus says the Lord: “Ask now among the Gentiles, Who has heard such things? The virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.
11 Has a nation changed its gods, Which are not gods? But My people have changed their Glory For what does not profit.
20 Thus they changed their glory Into the image of an ox that eats grass.
23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.
12 Be astonished, O heavens, at this, And be horribly afraid; Be very desolate,” says the Lord.
13 “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.
Fountain
14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”
14 “Is Israel a servant? Is he a homeborn slave? Why is he plundered?
15 The young lions roared at him, and growled; They made his land waste; His cities are burned, without inhabitant.
7 Your country is desolate, Your cities are burned with fire; Strangers devour your land in your presence; And it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
16 Also the people of Noph and Tahpanhes Have broken the crown of your head.
Evil/ Broken
16 Also the people of Noph and Tahpanhes Have broken the crown of your head.
Crown
21 But God will wound the head of His enemies, The hairy scalp of the one who still goes on in his trespasses.
17 Have you not brought this on yourself, In that you have forsaken the Lord your God When He led you in the way?
18 And now why take the road to Egypt, To drink the waters of Sihor? Or why take the road to Assyria, To drink the waters of the River?
1 “Woe to the rebellious children,” says the Lord, “Who take counsel, but not of Me, And who devise plans, but not of My Spirit, That they may add sin to sin;
2 Who walk to go down to Egypt, And have not asked My advice, To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, And to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
3 Therefore the strength of Pharaoh Shall be your shame, And trust in the shadow of Egypt Shall be your humiliation.
18 And now why take the road to Egypt, To drink the waters of Sihor? Or why take the road to Assyria, To drink the waters of the River?
19 Your own wickedness will correct you, And your backslidings will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing That you have forsaken the Lord your God, And the fear of Me is not in you,” Says the Lord God of hosts.
22 “Return, you backsliding children, And I will heal your backslidings.” “Indeed we do come to You, For You are the Lord our God.
19 Your own wickedness will correct you, And your backslidings will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing That you have forsaken the Lord your God, And the fear of Me is not in you,” Says the Lord God of hosts.
24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves,
25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature.
20 “For of old I have broken your yoke and burst your bonds; And you said, ‘I will not transgress,’ When on every high hill and under every green tree You lay down, playing the harlot.
21 Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a seed of highest quality. How then have you turned before Me Into the degenerate plant of an alien vine?
8 You have brought a vine out of Egypt; You have cast out the nations, and planted it.
9 You prepared room for it, And caused it to take deep root, And it filled the land.
2 He dug it up and cleared out its stones, And planted it with the choicest vine. He built a tower in its midst, And also made a winepress in it; So He expected it to bring forth good grapes, But it brought forth wild grapes.
32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom And of the fields of Gomorrah; Their grapes are grapes of gall, Their clusters are bitter.
22 For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, Yet your iniquity is marked before Me,” says the Lord God.
16 “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil,
17 Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow.
8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
9 Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
23 “How can you say, ‘I am not polluted, I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley; Know what you have done: You are a swift dromedary breaking loose in her ways,
12 There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, Yet is not washed from its filthiness.
24 A wild donkey used to the wilderness, That sniffs at the wind in her desire; In her time of mating, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves; In her month they will find her.
9 Do not be like the horse or like the mule, Which have no understanding, Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle, Else they will not come near you.
25 Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘There is no hope. No! For I have loved aliens, and after them I will go.’
Unshod
4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
26 “As the thief is ashamed when he is found out, So is the house of Israel ashamed; They and their kings and their princes, and their priests and their prophets,
27 Saying to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ And to a stone, ‘You gave birth to me.’ For they have turned their back to Me, and not their face. But in the time of their trouble They will say, ‘Arise and save us.’
4 Will you not from this time cry to Me, ‘My Father, You are the guide of my youth?
14 I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
28 But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, If they can save you in the time of your trouble; For according to the number of your cities Are your gods, O Judah.
37 He will say: ‘Where are their gods, The rock in which they sought refuge?
14 Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in your time of distress.”
1 “If you will return, O Israel,” says the Lord, “Return to Me; And if you will put away your abominations out of My sight, Then you shall not be moved.
2 And you shall swear, ‘The Lord lives,’ In truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; The nations shall bless themselves in Him, And in Him they shall glory.”
CLOSING
Torah Portion: Numbers 30:2-36:13
Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:4-28; 4:1-2
To Question, That Is the Question:
Orthodox Union
discomfort.
6 Neither did they say, ‘Where is the Lord, Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness, Through a land of deserts and pits, Through a land of drought and the shadow of death, Through a land that no one crossed And where no one dwelt?’
“The priests never asked themselves, ‘Where is the Lord?’” (verse 8)
8 The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’ And those who handle the law did not know Me; The rulers also transgressed against Me; The prophets prophesied by Baal, And walked after things that do not profit.
11 Has a nation changed its gods, Which are not gods? But My people have changed their Glory For what does not profit.
14 “Is Israel a servant? Is he a homeborn slave? Why is he plundered?
18 And now why take the road to Egypt, To drink the waters of Sihor? Or why take the road to Assyria, To drink the waters of the River?
23 “How can you say, ‘I am not polluted, I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley; Know what you have done: You are a swift dromedary breaking loose in her ways,
28 But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, If they can save you in the time of your trouble; For according to the number of your cities Are your gods, O Judah.
questions
Temple
within himself
study of Torah.
13 “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.
study of Torah.
Evil Inclination
13 “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.
Three Weeks
This is the reason why:
Remember His Torah/ Live the Torah/ Teach the Torah
Shabbat Shalom
