Blessed are You, YHVH our Elohim, King of the universe, who has made us
set apart through His commandments and commanded us to actively study Torah.
Please YHVH, our Elohim, sweeten the words of Your Torah in our mouths and in
the mouths of all Your people Israel. May we and our offspring, and the
offspring of Your people, the House of Israel, may we all, together, know Your
Name and study Your Torah for the sake of fulfilling Your desire. Blessed are
You, YHVH, Who teaches Torah to His people Israel. Blessed are You, YHVH our
Elohim, King of the universe, Who chose us from all the nations and gave us the
Torah. Blessed are You, YHVH, Giver of the Torah.
Joh
2:1 And on the third day there was
a wedding in Qanah of Galil, and the mother of יהושע was there.
Joh 2:2 And both יהושע and His
taught ones were invited to the wedding.
Joh 2:3 And when
they were short of wine, the mother of יהושע said to Him, “They have no wine.”
Joh 2:4 יהושע said to
her, “Woman, what is that to Me and to you? My hour has not yet come.”
Joh 2:5 His mother
said to the servants, “Do whatever He says to you.”
Joh 2:6 And there
were six stone water-jugs standing there, according to the mode of cleansing of
the Yehuḏim, each holding two or three measures. (cleansing water contained
ashes of red heifer)
Heb 9:13 For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a
heifer, sprinkling the defiled, sets apart for the cleansing of the
flesh, (Note all present tense verbs)
Heb 9:14 how much more shall the blood of the Messiah, who through
the everlasting Spirit offered Himself unblemished to Elohim, cleanse your
conscience from dead works to serve the living Elohim?
Parashat Chukat.
The sages say that the
commandment of the Red Heifer (para aduma) is “beyond human understanding”
The “chukat” or “statutes” of this portion, we believe that these
instructions can only begin to make sense when we view them in the light of Messianic redemption. These “chukat” unravel
some of the deepest mysteries of our Messiah’s deep love and desire to be
united with his bride, so that we can all one day be united to the Father. The
meaning of the word “chukat” comes from the Hebrew verb “chukak” and means to
cut upon, engrave or inscribe. These are instructions we obey even if we don’t
understand them.
In modern Hebrew a “chukah” is a constitution.
“The phrase in B’Midbar 19:2 “zot chuckat ha torah” this is the chukat of the
Torah” appears only twice in the Torah (see also 31:21) This could be interpreted to mean “ this is the whole
essence of the Torah”
Aliyah
Rishon 19:1-17
