Terumah - תרומה : "Heave Offering"
Torah : Exodus 25:1-27:19
Haftarah : 1 Kings 5:26-6:13
Gospel : Matthew 13:1-53

Thought for the Week:

"For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world." Then they said to Him, "Lord, always give us this bread." Yeshua said to them, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst." (John 6:33-35)

Commentary:

Exodus 25:23-30 : Inside the Tabernacle stood the Table of the lechem haPanim--the Bread of the Presence. On the table the priesthood placed 12 loaves continually before the LORD. The priests exchanged the bread with fresh loaves every Sabbath. When the priests placed the fresh bread on the table, they removed and ate the old bread. It was their Sabbath bread.

The 12 loaves symbolize the 12 tribes. Leviticus 25 tells us that the bread was baked fresh and then placed before the LORD each Sabbath. The ritual of fresh challah on our Sabbath tables reminds us of this a...