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Shabbat Noach (REST)

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NOACH (Noah / Rest) Genesis 6:9–11:32; “This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.” (Genesis 6:9)  Haftarah Noach: Yesha‘yahu (Isaiah) 54:1–55:5 (A); 54:1–10 (S) [Messianic adaptation: commence the reading at 52:13] Genesis 11 1 (S: vii) The whole earth used the same language, the same words. 2 It came about that as they traveled from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shin‘ar and lived there. 3 They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them in the fire.” So they had bricks for building-stone and clay for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city with a tower that has its top reaching up into heaven, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth.” 5 Adonai came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. 6 Adonai said, “Look, the people are united, they all have a single langua...

Shabbat Beresheet: Beginnings

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  BEREISHEET (In the Beginning) Genesis 1:1–6:8; Isaiah 42:5–43:10; Revelation 22:6–21 In the traditional Jewish system of reading through the annual Torah, the reading cycle ended earlier this week on the holiday of Simchat Torah (Rejoicing in the Torah). We now begin the yearly cycle again with Genesis (Bereisheet), which means in the beginning. Isaiah 42:5-43:10 Tree of Life Version 5 Thus says God, Adonai, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it, and Ruach to those who walk in it[ a ]— 6 “I, Adonai, called You in righteousness, I will take hold of Your hand, I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people,[ b ] as a light to the nations,[ c ] 7 by opening blind eyes, bringing prisoners out of the dungeon, and those sitting in darkness out of the prison house.[ d ] 8 “I am Adonai—that is My Name! My glory I will not give to another, Or My praise to...

Shabbat Sukkot 5783

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  Sukkot Week, Sick Week or Rest Week? This week has been a tough week for me, I was sick for 2 days starting Wednesday, recovering on Friday, I couldn't work while I was sick and worked from home while I recovered... I had plans to meet with Toni and Pipoy this week for business and personal matters regarding church. But I couldn't meet with them. I planned to go to WWCF Cebu this Sunday but I don't know if I can go since my mother became sick after 2 days that I was sick. She was sick on Friday and today on this Blessed Shabbat, I don't think she can go to church on Sunday and so won't I if she stays I want to be able to stay with her but I couldn't care for her since I was recovering and I didn't want her to catch what I was having that made me sick. Also before I was indeed sick, I didn't notice that I was reading the wrong chapter in Deuteronomy. But there must have been a reason why I read that, but reading the wrong thing at the wrong time made th...

8 October 2022 - Shabbat Haazinu (Listen)

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  Shabbat Shalom! HA’AZINU (Listen!) Deuteronomy 32:1–52; 2 Samuel 22:1–22:51; Romans 11:1–36 “Give ear [Ha’Azinu], Oh heavens, and I will speak …” (Deuteronomy 32:1)  (vii) 44 Moshe came and proclaimed all the words of this song in the hearing of the people and of Hoshea the son of Nun. 45 When he had finished speaking all these words to all Isra’el, 46 he said to them, “Take to heart all the words of my testimony against you today, so that you can use them in charging your children to be careful to obey all the words of this Torah. 47 For this is not a trivial matter for you; on the contrary, it is your life! Through it you will live long in the land you are crossing the Yarden to possess.” (Maftir) 48 That same day Adonai said to Moshe, 49 “Go up into the ‘Avarim Range, to Mount N’vo, in the land of Mo’av across from Yericho; and look out over the land of Kena‘an, which I am giving the people of Isra’el as a possession. 50 On the mountain you are ascending you...