Haftarah Va’etchanan-וָאֶתְחַנַּן (I pleaded) Shabbat Nachamu -נָחַם ( Comfort) AudioPodcast Aug 17, 2024
Notes
Transcript
Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11
Haftarah: Isaiah 40:1-26
Review
Review
Three Weeks
discomfort.
The physical Temple
Torah.
Evil Inclination
Picture of the Three Weeks of Sorrow/ 3 Rebukes
7 Consolations:
Vision/ Hazon
By Fire
Introduction
Introduction
Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11
Haftarah: Isaiah 40:1-26
7 Consolations:
Shabbat Nachamu (
1 “Comfort, yes, comfort My people!” Says your God.
Shabbat Nachamu (“Sabbath of Consolation”)
1 “Comfort, yes, comfort My people!” Says your God.
Shabbat Nachamu (“Sabbath of Consolation”)
Torah Portion Summary
Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11
23 “Then I pleaded with the Lord at that time, saying:
Pleaded
21 The wicked borrows and does not repay, But the righteous shows mercy and gives.
Torah Portion Summary
Torah,”
mezuzot
Haftarah Big Picture
Haftarah: Isaiah 40:1-26
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Haftarah Big Picture
Shabbat Nachamu (“Sabbath of Consolation”)
Biblical Presentation
Biblical Presentation
Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11
Haftarah: Isaiah 40:1-26
1 “Comfort, yes, comfort My people!” Says your God.
2 She weeps bitterly in the night, Her tears are on her cheeks; Among all her lovers She has none to comfort her. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; They have become her enemies.
9 Her uncleanness is in her skirts; She did not consider her destiny; Therefore her collapse was awesome; She had no comforter. “O Lord, behold my affliction, For the enemy is exalted!”
2 “Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, That her warfare is ended, That her iniquity is pardoned; For she has received from the Lord’s hand Double for all her sins.”
20 But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.
21 Now therefore, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones.” And he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.
4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
2 “Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, That her warfare is ended, That her iniquity is pardoned; For she has received from the Lord’s hand Double for all her sins.”
Her warfare is ended
18 And first I will repay double for their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable and abominable idols.”
6 Look away from him that he may rest, Till like a hired man he finishes his day.
34 Then the land shall enjoy its sabbaths as long as it lies desolate and you are in your enemies’ land; then the land shall rest and enjoy its sabbaths.
22 The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; He will no longer send you into captivity. He will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; He will uncover your sins!
3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the Lord; Make straight in the desert A highway for our God.
23 He said: “I am ‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Make straight the way of the Lord,” ’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”
1 “Behold, I send My messenger, And he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, Will suddenly come to His temple, Even the Messenger of the covenant, In whom you delight. Behold, He is coming,” Says the Lord of hosts.
4 Every valley shall be exalted And every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight And the rough places smooth;
12 And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
4 Every valley shall be exalted And every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight And the rough places smooth;
9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?
2 ‘I will go before you And make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the gates of bronze And cut the bars of iron.
5 The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
17 And behold, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.
6 The voice said, “Cry out!” And he said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is grass, And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
12 O Lord of hosts, Blessed is the man who trusts in You!
7 The grass withers, the flower fades, Because the breath of the Lord blows upon it; Surely the people are grass.
6 In the morning it flourishes and grows up; In the evening it is cut down and withers.
14 For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, And its place remembers it no more.
17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting On those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children’s children,
8 The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever.”
24 because “All flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, And its flower falls away,
25 But the word of the Lord endures forever.” Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.
9 O Zion, You who bring good tidings, Get up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, You who bring good tidings, Lift up your voice with strength, Lift it up, be not afraid; Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold your God!”
10 Behold, the Lord God shall come with a strong hand, And His arm shall rule for Him; Behold, His reward is with Him, And His work before Him.
16 He saw that there was no man, And wondered that there was no intercessor; Therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him; And His own righteousness, it sustained Him.
17 For He put on righteousness as a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, And was clad with zeal as a cloak.
18 According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay, Fury to His adversaries, Recompense to His enemies; The coastlands He will fully repay.
Reward
12 The Lord repay your work, and a full reward be given you by the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge.”
11 For He repays man according to his work, And makes man to find a reward according to his way.
6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
11 He will feed His flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs with His arm, And carry them in His bosom, And gently lead those who are with young.
23 I will establish one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them—My servant David. He shall feed them and be their shepherd.
31 “You are My flock, the flock of My pasture; you are men, and I am your God,” says the Lord God.
12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, Measured heaven with a span And calculated the dust of the earth in a measure? Weighed the mountains in scales And the hills in a balance?
19 And will you profane Me among My people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, killing people who should not die, and keeping people alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies?”
4 Who has ascended into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son’s name, If you know?
13 Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, Or as His counselor has taught Him?
22 “Can anyone teach God knowledge, Since He judges those on high?
16 For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
14 With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him, And taught Him in the path of justice? Who taught Him knowledge, And showed Him the way of understanding?
22 “Behold, God is exalted by His power; Who teaches like Him?
23 Who has assigned Him His way, Or who has said, ‘You have done wrong’?
15 Behold, the nations are as a drop in a bucket, And are counted as the small dust on the scales; Look, He lifts up the isles as a very little thing.
16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt offering.
Lebanon
Lebanon: Place Of Whiteness
From the verb לבן (laban), to be white.
17 All nations before Him are as nothing, And they are counted by Him less than nothing and worthless.
35 All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; He does according to His will in the army of heaven And among the inhabitants of the earth. No one can restrain His hand Or say to Him, “What have You done?”
9 Surely men of low degree are a vapor, Men of high degree are a lie; If they are weighed on the scales, They are altogether lighter than vapor.
18 To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to Him?
4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;
2 “No one is holy like the Lord, For there is none besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God.
19 The workman molds an image, The goldsmith overspreads it with gold, And the silversmith casts silver chains.
18 “What profit is the image, that its maker should carve it, The molded image, a teacher of lies, That the maker of its mold should trust in it, To make mute idols?
19 Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ To silent stone, ‘Arise! It shall teach!’ Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, Yet in it there is no breath at all.
20 Whoever is too impoverished for such a contribution Chooses a tree that will not rot; He seeks for himself a skillful workman To prepare a carved image that will not totter.
7 So the craftsman encouraged the goldsmith; He who smooths with the hammer inspired him who strikes the anvil, Saying, “It is ready for the soldering”; Then he fastened it with pegs, That it might not totter.
21 Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
1 The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork.
19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them.
20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,
22 It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
2 Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment, Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.
12 He will set up a banner for the nations, And will assemble the outcasts of Israel, And gather together the dispersed of Judah From the four corners of the earth.
2 “And you, son of man, thus says the Lord God to the land of Israel: ‘An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.
23 He brings the princes to nothing; He makes the judges of the earth useless.
28 In a multitude of people is a king’s honor, But in the lack of people is the downfall of a prince.
24 Scarcely shall they be planted, Scarcely shall they be sown, Scarcely shall their stock take root in the earth, When He will also blow on them, And they will wither, And the whirlwind will take them away like stubble.
25 “To whom then will you liken Me, Or to whom shall I be equal?” says the Holy One.
9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
26 Lift up your eyes on high, And see who has created these things, Who brings out their host by number; He calls them all by name, By the greatness of His might And the strength of His power; Not one is missing.
4 And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;
CLOSING
Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11
Haftarah: Isaiah 40:1-26
Three Weeks
Shabbat Nachamu (“Sabbath of Consolation”)
double
12 “I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you should be afraid Of a man who will die, And of the son of a man who will be made like grass?
2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
1 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
2 “Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, That her warfare is ended, That her iniquity is pardoned; For she has received from the Lord’s hand Double for all her sins.”
18 And first I will repay double for their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable and abominable idols.”
7 Instead of your shame you shall have double honor, And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they shall possess double; Everlasting joy shall be theirs.
double
12 Return to the stronghold, You prisoners of hope. Even today I declare That I will restore double to you.
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.
7 The Lord is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him.
double
10 And the Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.
double
5 The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
This is the reason why:
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Shabbat Shalom