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 2013 Sun, 19 May 2013 07:34:33 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=5.2.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/behaalotcha/malcontents.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/behaalotcha/malcontents.php Beha'alotcha Sun, 19 May 2013 07:34:33 -0600 When we sin against another person, causing them some loss, we must confess the sin, but we must also prove our repentance by making restitution. In most cases our restitution should include a sincere confession and apology to the individual we have wronged. A person must seek his neighbor’s forgiveness before seeking God’s. http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/nasso/confession_repentance_restitution.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/nasso/confession_repentance_restitution.php Nasso Sun, 12 May 2013 03:43:10 -0600 There are nine times when the Children of Israel are counted in the Bible. They will be counted a tenth time in the days of Messiah, as it says in Jeremiah 33:15, “the flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who numbers them.” (Jeremiah 33:13) The Sages interpret the “flocks” to refer to the people of Israel. They envision Messiah like a good shepherd counting his sheep. Just as Moses, the first redeemer of Israel, conducted a census of Israel, so too will Messiah, the ultimate redeemer. http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/bamidbar/the_hosts_above_and_the_hosts.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/bamidbar/the_hosts_above_and_the_hosts.php Bamidbar Sun, 05 May 2013 07:35:49 -0600 Sanhedrin 97b)]]> http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/behar-bechukotai/calculating_the_end.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/behar-bechukotai/calculating_the_end.php Behar-Bechukotai Sun, 28 Apr 2013 07:32:39 -0600 The biblical festivals can be understood as a messianic blueprint. They lay out the pattern of redemption because they truly are God's appointed times for interacting with man. In that regard, they are the appointed times of Messiah. To study the festivals is to study the future. To study the festivals is to study Messiah. http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/emor/keeping_the_festivals.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/emor/keeping_the_festivals.php Emor Sun, 21 Apr 2013 10:55:33 -0600 "We have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Yeshua, by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh" (Hebrews 10:19-20). This powerful truth, however, leaves us in the hazardous position of trivializing the awesome holiness and terror of almighty God. We must not allow this spiritual privilege of direct access to the Father to diminish our reverence for Him. http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/acharei_mot-kedoshim/face_to_face.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/acharei_mot-kedoshim/face_to_face.php Acharei Mot-Kedoshim Sun, 14 Apr 2013 07:24:19 -0600 Arachin 16b)]]> http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/tazria-metzorah/wellspring_of_evil.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/tazria-metzorah/wellspring_of_evil.php Tazria-Metzorah Sun, 07 Apr 2013 10:13:43 -0600 Do not drink wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you come into the tent of meeting, so that you will not die—it is a perpetual statute throughout your generations. (Leviticus 10:9) http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/shemini/dont_drink_and_serve.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/shemini/dont_drink_and_serve.php Shemini Sun, 31 Mar 2013 07:22:14 -0600 Is it possible that the annual recitation of Ezekiel 37:1-14 is yet another footprint the early believers left behind in Jewish tradition? Perhaps they adopted the dry bones passage for Shabbat Chol HaMo'ed Pesach to honor the Master's resurrection and the custom spread into broader Judaism. http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/chol_hamoed_pesach/shabbat_chol_hamoed.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/chol_hamoed_pesach/shabbat_chol_hamoed.php Chol HaMo'ed Pesach Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:06:54 -0600 Psalm 107 describes four different reversals of fortune: those lost on a long journey who find a city, those released from bondage, those who recover from a life threatening sickness and those who survive a violent storm at sea. The Sages mandate that the survivor of one of those scenarios should bring a thanksgiving offering. http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/tzav/the_thanksgiving_offering.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/tzav/the_thanksgiving_offering.php Tzav Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:48:05 -0600 "You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men." (Matthew 5:13) http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/vayikra/salt_of_the_covenant.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/vayikra/salt_of_the_covenant.php Vayikra Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:37:45 -0600 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, he assembled the congregation of Israel and told them to build the Tabernacle. In the same way, when Messiah comes again, He will gather together His assembly from the four corners of the world and rebuild His Father’s house. http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/vayakhel/making_the_tabernacle.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/vayakhel/making_the_tabernacle.php Vayakhel Sun, 03 Mar 2013 11:37:18 -0600 The Tabernacle was to be a holy place, a sanctuary in space where Israel could meet God. In the same way the Sabbath is a sanctuary in time in which we can meet with God. http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/ki_tisa/a_sign_between_us.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/ki_tisa/a_sign_between_us.php Ki Tisa Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:05:27 -0600 Every disciple of Messiah possesses a holy, spiritual connection to Him. He is the High Priest over the heavenly Temple, the one not made with human hands. He is the spiritual root-source to which we are all linked in our service of the Father in heaven. “He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father.” (Revelation 1:6) http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/tetzaveh/a_special_anointing.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/tetzaveh/a_special_anointing.php Tetzaveh Sun, 17 Feb 2013 02:00:00 -0600 The whole purpose of the redemption of Israel was that God might dwell among them: “I brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them; I am the LORD their God.” (Exodus 29:46) http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/terumah/the_tabernacle_of_yeshua.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/terumah/the_tabernacle_of_yeshua.php Terumah Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:20:00 -0600