Parashat 35 Portion 102 B'midbar 5:11-31 Hos 4:11-19 Eph 5;25-33

Bar’chu et YHVH ha-m’vorach, Baruch YHVH ha-m’vorach l’O’lam va-ed! Baruch ata YHVH Eloheinu 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.

This Torah portion contains the instruction regarding “sotah”- comes from a word which means to go astray.

     Isa 53:6  We all, like sheep, went astray, each one of us has turned to his own way. And יהוה has laid on Him the crookedness of us all. “astray” -BDB Definition: 1) swerver, revolter, rebel, deeds that swerve – idolator.