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 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:12:15 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.25 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The exodus from Egyptian slavery culminated with the giving of the covenant to a new nation of ex-slaves. The people of Israel carried on their bodies and souls the indelible marks of their former brutal and harsh slavery. The people of Israel were free men, and their relationship with the Torah was to be one of voluntary compliance, not forced compulsion. http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/mishpatim/slavery_laws_in_the_bible.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/mishpatim/slavery_laws_in_the_bible.php Mishpatim Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:12:15 +0000 ketubah (wedding contract), we see that it is far more than an ethical system or a moral list of dos and don'ts. Instead it functions as the sacred marriage covenant between God and His people.]]> http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/yitro/the_impassioned_god.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/yitro/the_impassioned_god.php Yitro Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:20:20 +0000 Makkot 24a quoting Habakkuk 2:4)]]> http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/yitro/fundamentals_of_faith.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/yitro/fundamentals_of_faith.php Yitro Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:37:40 +0000 First Moses said, "Stand by." Then God said, "Tell them to go forward." Isn't this a contradiction? Moses told them to stand still, meaning, "Do not run away, and do not give up hope." God told them to go forward in a step of faith. Despite all contrary voices, He told them to hope again. http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/beshalach/no_shortcuts.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/beshalach/no_shortcuts.php Beshalach Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:02:56 +0000 Had the Egyptians sacrificed a lamb according to the instructions and applied its blood to the doorposts of their houses, they too would have been spared. http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/bo/the_passover_lamb.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/bo/the_passover_lamb.php Bo Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:30:32 +0000 Is it conceivable that God could break His promises or forsake His people? Could He ever reject His people and take another people in their stead? If so, there is no confidence in our faith and hope. "Can a woman forget her nursing child and have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you." (Isaiah 49:15) Surely God is faithful to Israel. http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/vaera/whats_his_name.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/vaera/whats_his_name.php Va'era Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:30:35 +0000 "He supposed that his brethren understood that God was granting them deliverance through him, but they did not understand" (Acts 7:25). What was Moses planning to do? Kill every Egyptian in Egypt and hide them all in the sand? God had a better plan. http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/shemot/the_death_of_a_dream.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/shemot/the_death_of_a_dream.php Shemot Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:19:46 +0000 "By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph." (Hebrews 11:21) http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/vayechi/like_ephraim_and_manasseh.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/vayechi/like_ephraim_and_manasseh.php Vayechi Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:18:34 +0000 All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance." (Hebrews 11:13) http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/vayigash/jacobs_hardships.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/vayigash/jacobs_hardships.php Vayigash Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:47:19 +0000 "When Joseph declared, "I am Joseph," the masterful plan of God became clear to his brothers. Their questions were answered. All that had happened over the last twenty-two years fell into perspective. So, too, will it be in the time to come when God will reveal Himself and announce, "I am the LORD." The veil will be lifted from our eyes and we will comprehend everything that transpired throughout history." (Chofetz Chaim) http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/vayigash/the_revelation_of_joseph.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/vayigash/the_revelation_of_joseph.php Vayigash Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:28:09 +0000 "And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life's span? If then you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about other matters?" (Luke 12:25-26). http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/miketz/relinquishing_worries.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/miketz/relinquishing_worries.php Miketz Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:39:12 +0000 Aggadat Bereshit) ]]> http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/vayeshev/perez_and_zerah.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/vayeshev/perez_and_zerah.php Vayeshev Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:21:33 +0000 Rabbi Yochanon said, "In the generation of the coming of the Son of David, disciples of the Sages will be few in number, and as for the others, they will see sorrow and grief. Many troubles and evil laws will be made, each new evil quickly coming before the other has ended." (b.Sanhedrin 97a) http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/vayishlach/birth_pains_of_messiah.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/vayishlach/birth_pains_of_messiah.php Vayishlach Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:40:30 +0000 One might go through life without even suspecting God's existence if it wasn't for the fact that occasionally He leaps upon us in the darkness. http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/vayishlach/jacob_the_wrestler.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/vayishlach/jacob_the_wrestler.php Vayishlach Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:14:35 +0000 A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven. (John 3:27) http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/vayetze/rachel_and_leah.php http://ffoz.org/resources/edrash/vayetze/rachel_and_leah.php Vayetze Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:21:09 +0000