1 Adar I 5784 - February 10 ,2024 - Mishpatim - Judgements - Shabbat Studies

What Did You Glean About the 1Adar I Recommended Readings?

The recommended scripture readings for today listed on the Messianic Torah Portion website are:

• Torah  (Law)-  Mishpatim /Judgements -Exodus 21:1- 24:18
• Haftarah (Prophets)- Isaiah 66:1-24 - for Rosh Chodesh - the new month and Jermaiah 34:8-22 and 33:25-26
• New Coveneant-Matthew 17:1-13 and Romans 12
• Suggested Psalm - Psalm 72

Messianic Rabbi David Stone Jr. shared some very interesting and enlightening things about this week's prescribed Bible readings in his Facebook live today. If you dd not get an opportunity to see it at that time, you can see it here on the February 10 .2024 post on  Rabbi David Stone Jr .'s Facebook profile or watch it in the embedded player below.

Interesting Teachings Gleaned from Online Shabbat Studies

Messianic Rabbi David Store Jr. Online Shabbat Study- Mishpatim and Romans 12

One of the things I found most interesting in the teaching from Rabbi David Stone Jr, in his teaching today, was that the edict that people should be repaid for their injuries an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth was not meant to be taken literally. The was never in all Jewish history a court that maimed  people in this way.  It meant that the person who had done harm to someone else needed to pay them monetarily for the harm done to them. 

Another very interesting teaching from today was about the rules surrounding people being a bondservant. I often wondered why on earth Our Creator would make someone who wanted to stay a bondservant be taken to the doorway of the house and have an awl punched through his ear into the doorway. After listening to what Rabbi David taught on this topic this morning, I am starting to think that this was not something people were actually supposed to do, but this actually might have been said as a humourous threat. As in - hey you do not seem to be listening! You are not supposed to want to stay in slavery - not even as a bondservant!

What teachings stand out for you in this teachingon Exodus and Romans 12  by Messianic Rabbi David Stone Jr.?

About Messianic Rabbi David Stone Jr.

Messianic Rabbi David Stone Jr. grew up in a Catholic family as he studied the ancient writing of the Bible his eyes were oprnrd to te importance of the appointed times of Our Creator and that Our Creator said He would write His laws in our hearts - not do away with them. Messianic Rabbi David Stone Jr. enjoys helping people see how the Hebrew writings enrich our understanding or the life of Our Saviour and His teachings. He welcomes people to join him each Shabbat morning in person for  studies and fellowship in Beaumont Texas with the Congregation Melech Yisrael at the Christian Fellowship Centre 3950 Pointe Parkway in Classroom 2. If you are at a distance, like me, you can also take part in the live lessons on his Facebook profile here and even rewatch them later. Find out more on the Congregation Melech Yisrael website.

Children's Ministry Resources for Mishpatim, the Haftarah, and Brit Hadesh

Mishpatim Children's Ministry Resources

The Mishaptim are 53 rules about helping us get along with each other - how we treat people working off debts as bondservants, dealing with people who harm others - accidentally or with malice. It also includes information about three festivals : Pesach (Passover), Shavuot, and Sukkot. This section of scripture also includes special rules for the preparations and consumption of food.

• Music - Chabad.org has this cheery little Mishpatim tune to use with this portion of scripture that introduces some Hebrew words. 
• Crossword puzzle - You can find a Mishpatim crossword puzzle that can be done online or printed here on Chabad.org
• Cartoon Video-This YouTube video from A Taste of Shexak - Mishpatim is a cartoon that explains some of the Mishpatim - rules for situations between people. It highlights the importance of not leaving a pit uncovered, being careful not to even accidentally causing a fire and touches on the rules about a Kosher kitchen.
• Cartoon Video - This Parsha Mishpatim YouTube from BimBam titled What the Bible Says About Doing the Right Thing   might be s better suited for teens,and perhaps tweens. It addresses the importance of not following a crowd bent on evil. It includes words such as democracy.
• Great Cartoon Illustration of this Torah portion. This Parsha Mispatim YouTube by Bibm Bam titled A Writer Speaks About the People of the Book is my favourite so far. I really like how it includes the trip that Moshe./Moses and the elders made up the mountain where they ate and drank with Our Creator. 

Children's Ministry Haftarah Resources Isaiah 66:1-24

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Children's Ministry Haftarah Resources Jeremiah 34:8-22

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Children's Ministry New Covenant  Matthew 17:1-13

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Children's Ministry New Covenant Romans 12

• Free Printable Colouring page  -There is a treasure trove of Colouring pages for many scriptures on this website including Romans 12:1 - Tofind it more easily on this page instead of scrolling, get  a search box by  holding CTRL and "F" then type the number "12" in the search box. Click the arrow beside the results until you get to the Romans 12:1 colouring page 

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Something Amazing Happened While Reading Isaiah 40:27- 41:16

Reading Isaiah Helped Me - Perhaps It Will Help You Too!

The other day, I was hit with a wave of exhaustion just before sunset. I crawled into my sleeping bag, plugged my phone in and was about to settle in for a nap to sleep this horrible feeling off when the phone rang. 

A neighbouring sister in the Lord was on the phone line asking if she might come to visit me. I admitted that I just wasn't up to having company and that I had just crawled into my sleeping bag. We chatted a bit about the posts I had been writing then I said I still needed to finish my Shabbat readings. 

I said that I felt I really needed to read the Isaiah selection - right then! I was a bit curious about this overwhelming need to read from Isaiah RIGHT THEN, so I opened up the Blue Letter Bible website on my phone and started to read from the Shabbar selection. 

First I was delighted to discover this selection included many of my favourite scriptures, but one scripture really caught my attention.

Scripture:

• 40:29 נֹתֵן לַיָּעֵף כֹּחַ וּלְאֵין אוֹנִים עָצְמָה יַרְבֶּֽה׃

As I read this scripture, I exclaimed. "I am claiming this scripture for me!" I read it again aloud! 

Just then, the smell of crack cocaine from my upstairs neighbours started flooding my studio. I needed to get the door open - fast! Renewed energy came into my body. I got up to fling the door wide open and dispel the fumes. 

The sister on the phone exclaimed, "I am so happy to hear the change in you! When you answered the phone you sounded so weak, but now it's so different! You sound like you have so much energy!"

I am grateful Our Father led that sister to call me on the phone and put it in my heart to read that restorative scripture- who knows what might have happened if I had fallen asleep in that weakened state. 

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Thoughts on "Words" July 22,2023

Shabbat Study Thoughts on Devarini - Words

It is almost 3 a.m., and once again, I am scrambling to prepare myself to have intelligent relevant questions for today's Torah portion taught by Messianic Rabbi David Stone Jr. in Beaumont Texas. Messianic Rabbi David Stone Jr, once mentioned that he grew up in the Catholic faith, I had no idea that if you were not born a jew you could be a Messianic Rabbi or even a member of a Messianic Torah observant congregation - then I did some research and it turns out that many Messianic Torah observant people were not born Jews, but come from many different faith backgrounds.

This made my heart leap with joy. If you had peeked in my tiny kitchen window you would have seen a funny sight indeed as I danced joyfully around singing, 

"I can be a Jew!

You can be a Jew!

We can all be Messianic Jews!

C'mon ev'ry body sing-

We can all be Messianic Jews!" 

Shortly after that, I discovered people who were born Jews are not happy with people who are Messianic Torah observant believers calling themselves Messianic Jews. So.... perhaps the best description of my faith according to people could be MTO - though I'm not sure exactly how Torah observant I am, 

Anyway, back to the scriptures recommended for today - or as some might think of it -these two days - Friday evening to Saturday evening.

Rabbi David posted on Facebook that the readings for this Shabbat are:

Torah- Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 

Haftarah- Isaiah 1:1-27

New Covenant- Acts 7:51-8:4

and that the name of this particular section of the study is called "Devarim" which means "Words".

Reflecting on Devarim - Words

Interesting, how Our Father's timing is perfect. As I am typing this, I am listening to a Christian Meditation from YouTube on the following scriptures:

"Therefore, Every person who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock." - Yeshua  Matthew 7:24 

           "Be doers of the word - James 1:22

As I listen to this meditation I am also put in mind of the scripture where Our Saviour states,

"Whoever hears the word of the LORD and obeys them - they are my brothers, sisters, and mother."

So, let's look in the book and see how we might be able to apply the words of today's scriptures into practice.

Thoughts on Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 

Have you ever wondered what Deuteronomy means? According to an article on the  Christian Today website, Deuteronomy comes from the ancient Greek word Deuteronominion meaning "second law" or "copy of the law" so the English translators of this Hebrew book must have taken the name of this book from the ancient Greek translation! However, the Hebrew name for this book is Devarim or Words. This is from the first verse in Words.

The first verse of Deuteronomy is  

Screenshot Deuteronomy 1:1 Masoretic Text - Blue Letter Bible

Something I have often wondered is - why on earth when people translated the Bible from its original languages did they change the names of places and people?  Something I treasure about the Blue Letter Bible is how easy it is to listen to the pronunciations of the original names of people and places in the Bible. I have written the scripture below  to help me to try to learn the correct pronunciation of the people's and place's names in this passage:

These are the words which Mose (Moshay) spoke to all Yisra'el (Yeez rye ale) acrossYarden(Yardane) in the wilderness at Araba (Aravah), opposite Sup (Soof) between Paran and Topel (Towe phe) and Laban (Lah vahn) and Haserot (Hat say rowe f) and Dizahab (Deez ah hav)

Using Audio to Study Scripture