Bar’chu et
YHVH ha-m’vorach, Baruch YHVH ha-m’vorach l’O’lam va-ed! Baruch ata YHVH Elohim
melech ha-olam asher bachar banu m’kol ha-amim, v’na-tan lanu eht Torah-to.
Baruch atah YHVH, noteyn ha-Torah. Ameyn.”
(Bless YHVH the blessed One; Blessed is YHVH, the blessed
One for all eternity. Blessed are you, YHVH, our Elohim, King of the Universe,
you have selected us from among all the peoples, and have given us Your Torah.)
Deu 15:7 “When there is a poor man with you, one of
your brothers, within any of the gates in your land which יהוה your Elohim is giving
you, do not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother,
Deu 15:8 for you shall certainly open your hand to
him and certainly lend him enough for his need, whatever he needs. כִּי-פָתֹחַ תִּפְתַּח אֶת-יָדְךָ, לוֹ
– Hebrew compound verb – to give again and again.
Deu 15:9 “Be on guard lest there be a thought of
Beliya‛al in your heart, saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of release, is
near,’ and your eye is evil against your poor brother and you give him naught.
And he shall cry out to יהוה against you, and it shall be a sin in you.
Deu 15:10 “You shall certainly give to him, and
your heart should not be grieved when you give to him, because for this reason יהוה
your Elohim does bless you in all your works and in all to which you put your
hand.
Deu 15:11 “Because the poor one does not cease from
the land. Therefore I am commanding you, saying, ‘You shall certainly open your
hand to your brother, to your poor and to your needy one, in your land.’
YHVH may not always appear to be ‘’fair’’ but YHVH will
reward abundantly those who give without grudging - See ‘’workers in the vineyard’’ – Matt
20:1-16.
Deu 15:12 “When your brother is sold to you, a
Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, and shall serve you six years, then let him go
free from you in the seventh year. (Deu 15:1 “At the end
(miketz) of every seven years you make a release of debts. ) Why
the ‘’end’’ -this is a mystery. Perhaps referring to the beginning of the
‘’eighth day’’. Ultimately, we exist to please Him. Act 17:28 “For in Him we live and move
and are …..
Deu 15:13 “And when you send him away free from
you, let him not go away empty-handed.
Deu 15:14 “You shall richly supply him from your
flock, and from your threshing-floor, and from your winepress. With that which יהוה
has blessed you with, give to him.
Deu 15:15 “And you shall remember that you were a
slave in the land of Mitsrayim, and יהוה your Elohim ransomed you. Therefore I am
commanding you this word today.
It appears that the hearts of bond servants are more
prepared to receive (shema) the words of YHVH. After the giving of the Torah – We are
introduced to the laws governing bond servants.
See Ps 40:7-8 – Following in the footsteps of Yahshua. Isa 50:5
The Master יהוה has
opened (patach) My
ear, and I was not rebellious, nor did I turn away.
Deu 15:16 “And it shall be, when he says to you, ‘I
do not go away from you,’ because he loves you and your house, because it is
good for him with you,
Deu 15:17 then you shall take an awl and thrust it
through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Do the same
to your female servant.
Deu 15:18 “Let it not be hard in your eyes when you
send him away free from you, for he has been worth a double hired servant in
serving you six years. And יהוה your Elohim shall bless you in all that you do.
He will give us our freedom if we so desire, but some of
His servants don’t desire to ever have their freedom. For them to please and
serve Him is their only reason for existence.
Deu 15:19 “Set apart to יהוה your Elohim all the first-born males that
come from your herd and your flock. Do no work with the first-born of your herd,
nor shear the first-born of your flock.
Deu 15:20 “You and your household are to eat it
before יהוה
your Elohim year by year in the place which יהוה chooses.
The idea of intensely desiring the ‘’first born’’ a kind
of chosen priesthood is repeated so as to give a clear intention of YHVH’s
desire for a set apart priesthood and nation.
Deu 15:21 “But when there is any defect in it, lame
or blind, or has any evil defect, do not slaughter it to יהוה your Elohim.
Deu 15:22 “Eat it within your gates – the unclean
and the clean alike – as the gazelle, and as the deer.
Deu 15:23 “Only, do not eat its blood, pour it on
the ground like water.
Passover (Pesach) – here once again our attention is
focused on Yahshua our Passover lamb who gave and will forever give himself for
the will and pleasure of His Master.
Deu 16:1 “Guard the new moon of Aḇiḇ,
and perform the Pěsaḥ[a] to יהוה your Elohim, for in the new moon[b] of Aḇiḇ יהוה your Elohim brought you out of Mitsrayim by night.
Footnotes: [a] Pěsaḥ - See Explanatory Notes - Passover. [b]Or month.
Deu 16:2 “And you shall slaughter the Pěsaḥ to יהוה
your Elohim, from the flock and the herd, in the place where יהוה chooses to put His Name.
Deu 16:3 “Eat no leavened bread with it. For seven
days you eat unleavened bread with it, bread of affliction, because you came
out of the land of Mitsrayim in haste – so that you remember the day in which
you came out of the land of Mitsrayim, all the days of your life.
Deu 16:4 “And no leaven should be seen with you in
all your border for seven days, neither should any of the meat which you
slaughter in the evening on the first day stay all night until morning.
Deu 16:5 “You are not allowed to slaughter the Pěsaḥ
within any of your gates which יהוה your Elohim gives you, (so what do we do in the ‘’galut’’
or diaspora)
Deu 16:6 but at the place where יהוה your Elohim chooses
to make His Name dwell, there you slaughter the Pěsaḥ in the evening, at the
going down of the sun, at the appointed time you came out of Mitsrayim.
Deu 16:7 “And you shall roast and eat it in the
place which יהוה your Elohim chooses, and in the morning you shall turn and go
to your tents.
Deu 16:8 “Six days you eat unleavened bread, and on
the seventh day there is a closing festival to יהוה your Elohim – you do no work.
Why ‘’The Feast of Weeks’’? Only a set apart bondservant priesthood will
be enabled to bring in the harvest.
Deu 16:9 "Count seven weeks for yourself.
Begin to count seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the
grain.
Deu 16:10 “And you shall perform the Festival of
Shaḇuʽoth ‘’[c] to יהוה your Elohim, according to the voluntary offering from your
hand, which you give as יהוה your Elohim blesses you. Footnote: ‘’[c] - Weeks.
Only the ‘’Word’’
made alive with His Ruach will bring in the final harvest.
Deu 16:11 “And you shall rejoice before יהוה
your Elohim, you and your son and your daughter, and your male servant and your
female servant, and the Lěwite who is within your gates, and the stranger and
the fatherless and the widow who are in your midst, at the place where יהוה
your Elohim chooses to make His Name dwell.
Deu 16:12 “And you shall remember that you were a
slave in Mitsrayim, and you shall guard and do these laws.
The Feast of Booths [Sukkot]
Deu 16:13 “Perform the Festival of Sukkot[d] for seven days after the ingathering from
your threshing-floor and from your winepress, Footnote: [d]Booths.
Deu 16:14 and you shall rejoice in your festival,
you and your son and your daughter, and your male servant and your female
servant, and the Lěwite, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who
are within your gates.
Deu 16:15 “For seven
days you shall celebrate to יהוה your Elohim in the place which יהוה chooses, because יהוה your Elohim does bless you in all your
increase and in all the work of your hands, and you shall be only
rejoicing!
Deu 16:16 “Three
times a year all your males appear before יהוה your Elohim in the place which He chooses:
at the Festival of Matzot,[e] and at the Festival of Shaḇuʽoth,[c] and at the
Festival of Sukkot[d]. And none should appear before יהוה empty-handed, Footnotes: cWeeks. dBooths.
eUnleavened Bread.
Deu 16:17 but each one with the gift of his
hand, according to the blessing of יהוה your Elohim which He has given you.
Why does the Torah omit to mention Yom ‘’Teruah’’ and
‘’Yom kippur’’ here? (see ‘’miketz’’ 15:1) – Perhaps the work of Messiah will
be completely accomplished in ‘’the bride’’ - see Rom 8:29.
Baruch atah YHVH, Eloheynu, Melech ha-‘Olam, asher natan
lanu Toraht-emet, v’chay-yeh o’lam nata-b’tochenu. Baruch atah YHVH, noteyn
ha-Torah. Ameyn.”
(Blessed are you Yahweh, our Elohim, King of the Universe, you
have given us your Torah of truth, and have planted everlasting life within our
midst. Blessed are you, YHVH giver of the Torah – Ameyn.)