http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/ Gain new understanding from the ancient writings! Learn messianic insight from the Torah every week through the Weekly eDrash. en Copyright 2012 Sun, 20 May 2012 10:45:45 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.361 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Though the wilderness is a dry and waterless place, it is also a place of miraculous provision. The absolute deprivation caused by wilderness requires people to rely utterly on God. In the wilderness God provides for His people. http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/bamidbar/these_things_happened_as_examp.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/bamidbar/these_things_happened_as_examp.php Bamidbar Sun, 20 May 2012 10:45:45 +0000 In Torah the distinctions between physical and spiritual are not so clear. The whole physical world is spiritual because God created it. The physical world was created out of the spiritual, and the spiritual is inherently present in all physical form and action. Therefore, in Torah thought, it is a false dichotomy to separate the physical from the spiritual. http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/behar/study_to_learn_learn_to_do.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/behar/study_to_learn_learn_to_do.php Behar Sun, 13 May 2012 19:59:46 +0000 The appointed times of the LORD are like annual rehearsals for the appointed times of redemption. They are like the blueprints for the work of Messiah. The spring festivals of Passover, Unleavened Bread, the Omer, and Pentecost all received a messianic fulfillment in the Master's first advent. The fall festivals of the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, the Feast of Tabernacles and the Eighth Day all point toward His second coming. They are a "shadow of what is to come." (Colossians 2:17) http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/emor/gods_day_planner.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/emor/gods_day_planner.php Emor Sun, 06 May 2012 11:07:49 +0000 What does a holy person look like? Do you picture a priest or a nun? Maybe a preacher? Perhaps you imagine a Chassidic Jew with a full beard, side locks and black hat. Leviticus 19-20 contains the Bible's description of what holiness looks like. The passage begins with the words, "Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them, 'You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy'" (Leviticus 19:2). http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/acharei_mot/holiness_and_honesty.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/acharei_mot/holiness_and_honesty.php Acharei Mot Sun, 29 Apr 2012 08:38:18 +0000 In some ways, the immersion ritual represents death and resurrection. When a proselyte was converting to Judaism, he had to go through the immersion ritual. The Sages taught that his old, former Gentile-self died in the water and the proselyte emerged reborn as a Jew. Perhaps this is one reason John the Immerser employed immersion as the physical token of repentance. The penitent entering the water of the Jordan was dying to his or her sin and being reborn to a life of repentance and righteousness. http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/tazria/baptisma.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/tazria/baptisma.php Tazria Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:12:26 +0000 The one who eats is not to regard with contempt the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat is not to judge the one who eats, for God has accepted him. Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. (Romans 14:3-4). Yeshua never repealed the biblical dietary laws. The oft-cited passage in Mark 7:19, which says, "Thus He declared all foods clean," is a mishandling of the Greek. http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/shemini/straining_gnats_and_swallowing.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/shemini/straining_gnats_and_swallowing.php Shemini Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:10:18 +0000 Chassidic discourse teaches that the Spirit of Messiah is more exalted than that of Moses. Whereas Moses is depicted being drawn out from the water and dividing the sea, walking through the water, Messiah is depicted above the water. In the beginning of Genesis it says, "and the spirit of God hovered was hovering over the face of the water." The Sages teach, "This is the Spirit of Messiah." In the gospels, Messiah walks over the surface of the water. ]]> http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/passover/nachshons_leap_1.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/passover/nachshons_leap_1.php Passover Sun, 08 Apr 2012 10:18:34 +0000 Passover is an opportune time to break with our past and start over as new creatures in Messiah. Passover is an annual reminder that we must leave the old culture behind. Every Passover is a chance to start over. At Passover we remember that we have left our spiritual Egypt. We are free from the past, and we need to set aside those things in our lives that continue to enslave us. After all, starting over is what it means to be born again. http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/passover/spiritual_matzah.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/passover/spiritual_matzah.php Passover Sun, 01 Apr 2012 12:13:41 +0000 In 1 Corinthians 15:53, Paul speaks of the resurrection, saying, "This perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality." He is speaking of the resurrection of the dead. As a Pharisee and a follower of Yeshua from Nazareth, Paul was a firm believer in the resurrection of the dead. He looked forward to that day when our failing mortal flesh will be transformed into an immortal state. http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/tzav/the_imperishable.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/tzav/the_imperishable.php Tzav Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:00:55 +0000 Why do we start the children with Leviticus and not with Genesis? The Holy One, Blessed be He, said, "Since the children are pure and the sacrifices are pure, let the pure come and occupy themselves with things that are pure." (Leviticus Rabbah 7:3) http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/vayikra/messiah_and_the_sacrifices.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/vayikra/messiah_and_the_sacrifices.php Vayikra Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:02:42 +0000 sunagogay)..."]]> http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/vayakhel/the_church_at_mount_sinai.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/vayakhel/the_church_at_mount_sinai.php Vayakhel Sun, 11 Mar 2012 09:49:32 +0000 Spirituality is a natural human reflex--as instinctual as eating, drinking and breathing. We are preprogrammed for spiritual awareness. Yet without revelation, our spiritual inclination is merely an appetite for which there is not satiation, a thirst for which cannot be slaked. Messiah is the living water. "He who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst." (John 6:35) http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/ki_tisa/idolatry.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/ki_tisa/idolatry.php Ki Tisa Sun, 04 Mar 2012 02:55:05 +0000 Yeshua's sacrifice is continually before the Father. He is the lamb continually on the altar before the throne. He is the "the Lamb of God" whose atoning sacrifice for sin is continually before the Father. Thus the writer of Hebrews states: "Nor was it that He would offer Himself often. ... Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself." (Hebrews 9:25-26) http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/tetzaveh/the_daily_continual_burnt_offe.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/tetzaveh/the_daily_continual_burnt_offe.php Tetzaveh Sun, 26 Feb 2012 09:15:01 +0000 The ark of the covenant was at the heart of the Tabernacle. As such, it corresponds to the heart of man. Just as the ark was God's throne in the Tabernacle, we need to make our hearts a suitable throne for Him in our lives. http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/terumah/inside_the_ark.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/terumah/inside_the_ark.php Terumah Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:57:58 +0000 Through the prophet Jeremiah, God promises that He will send the "Branch of David" to execute justice and righteousness on the earth; "In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch of David to spring forth; and He shall execute justice and righteousness on the earth." (Jeremiah 33:15) This is prophecy of Messiah. Messiah is called "Branch of David" because he is a descendent of King David. When He sits upon David's throne, He will dispense justice and righteousness for all mankind. http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/mishpatim/righteousness_and_justice.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/mishpatim/righteousness_and_justice.php Mishpatim Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:53:03 +0000