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 2010 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:22:54 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.25 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Moreover the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live. (Deuteronomy 30:6) http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/nitzavim/circumcise_your_heart.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/nitzavim/circumcise_your_heart.php Nitzavim Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:22:54 +0000 But one who looks intently at the perfect Torah, the Torah of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does. (James 1:25) http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/ki_tavo/good_karma.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/ki_tavo/good_karma.php Ki Tavo Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:50:31 +0000 A righteous man has regard for the life of his animal, but even the compassion of the wicked is cruel. (Proverbs 12:10) http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/ki_tetze/the_least_of_the_commandments.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/ki_tetze/the_least_of_the_commandments.php Ki Tetze Sun, 15 Aug 2010 01:41:54 +0000 Avot 5:10)]]> http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/shoftim/clear_boundaries.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/shoftim/clear_boundaries.php Shoftim Sun, 08 Aug 2010 01:32:50 +0000 The Bible is a compass for finding one's way through life. It is a road map for the soul. http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/reeh/the_blessed_life.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/reeh/the_blessed_life.php Re'eh Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:22:58 +0000 Moreover the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live. (Deuteronomy 30:6) http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/ekev/circumcise_your_hearts.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/ekev/circumcise_your_hearts.php Ekev Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:13:56 +0000 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, that your days may be prolonged and that it may go well with you on the land which the LORD your God gives you. (Deuteronomy 5:16) http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/vaetchanan/honor_your_father_and_mother.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/vaetchanan/honor_your_father_and_mother.php Va'etchanan Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:55:02 +0000 A person should immerse himself daily in the love of God, reminding himself that he is beloved. There is nothing "able to separate us from the love of God" (Romans 8:39), the Apostle Paul tells us. Just as a loving father cannot help but love his child, so too God loves you as His own precious child. "See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are" (1 John 3:1). "We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love" (1 John 4:16). To know God is to bask in His love. http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/devarim/god_hates_me.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/devarim/god_hates_me.php Devarim Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:28:13 +0000 On the ninth day of the fifth biblical month, it is traditional to fast in memory of the destruction of the Temple. The Temple was destroyed on the ninth day of the fifth month in 586 BCE and again in 70 CE. According to Jewish tradition, the ninth day of the fifth month is also the anniversary of the day on which the spies delivered their evil report about the land of Israel and swayed the hearts of the generation. But according to the prophets, when the Kingdom of Messiah is established, the ninth day of the fifth month will be transformed into a day of joy and gladness. (Zechariah 8:19) http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/devarim/the_necessary_death_of_moses.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/devarim/the_necessary_death_of_moses.php Devarim Sun, 11 Jul 2010 04:32:20 +0000 We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. (1 Corinthians 10:8) http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/mattot-massei/blushing_like_fire.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/mattot-massei/blushing_like_fire.php Mattot-Massei Sun, 04 Jul 2010 07:41:27 +0000 In Numbers 25, God rewards Pinchas with a special covenant of priesthood because of his zeal in the matter of the Baal of Peor. He says, "[Pinchas] has turned away My wrath from the sons of Israel." (Numbers 25:11) In return for this service on behalf of Israel, God makes an eternal covenant of peace with him, "a covenant of a perpetual priesthood." (Numbers 25:13) This teaches us about Messiah. http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/pinchas/the_man_over_the_congregation.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/pinchas/the_man_over_the_congregation.php Pinchas Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:06:39 +0000 Just because we cannot see the spiritual does not mean that we should be unaware of its presence. After opening the donkey's mouth so that it could speak, God opened Balaam's eyes so that he could see the angel too. The implication is that ordinarily we are no more capable of seeing spiritual beings than animals are capable of uttering human speech. http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/balak/a_talking_donkey.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/balak/a_talking_donkey.php Balak Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:31:07 +0000 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. (Matthew 5:9) http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/chukat/aaron_the_peacemaker.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/chukat/aaron_the_peacemaker.php Chukat Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:22:41 +0000 Numbers Rabbah 17:5) ]]> http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/korach/how_to_split_a_congregation.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/korach/how_to_split_a_congregation.php Korach Sun, 06 Jun 2010 07:55:58 +0000 The Talmud comments on the story of the ten spies and their evil report by saying, "One who spreads evil reports almost denies the existence of God." (b.Arachin 15b). http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/shelach/the_complainer_and_the_atheist.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/shelach/the_complainer_and_the_atheist.php Shelach Mon, 31 May 2010 05:12:56 +0000