Truth in Mikra

Tag: #Torah

  • About deliverance

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    What is the truth about deliverance ministries and what does it mean. Is “name it and claim” it really true? This has become very controversial in modern Christianity with some people radically both supporting and opposing things like deliverance ministries and the prosperity Gospel. So what does scripture say on this matter and let us…

  • Section 7 The Lesson לקח

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    Four entered the orchard: Ben Azzai, Ben Zoma, Acher (i.e., Elisha ben Avuya), and Rabbi Akiva. One looked and died. One looked and was harmed. One looked and cut down the trees. And one went up in peace and went down in peace. Ben Azzai looked and died. Scripture says about him (Ps. 116:15): “Precious…

  • Section 6 D’varim (Deuteronomy) דברים

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    Vaetchanan chapter 1 verse 1 Vaetchanan: Verse 1וָאֶתְחַנַּן אֶל יְיָ’ בָּעֵת הַהִיא לֵאמֺר. אֲדֺנָ”י יֱדֺוִ”ד אַתָּה הַחִלּוֹתָ לְהַרְאוֹת אֶת עַבְדְּךָ וְגוֹ.’ ר’ יוֹסֵי פָּתַח, וַיַּסֵּב חִזְקִיָּהוּ פָּנָיו אֶל הַקִּיר וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל אֶל יְיָ.’ ת”ח, כַּמָּה הוּא חֵילָא תַּקִּיפָא דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, וְכַמָּה הוּא עִלָּאָה עַל כֺּלָּא. דְּכָל מַאן דְּאִשְׁתְּדַּל בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, לָא דָּחִיל מֵעִלָּאֵי וְתַתָּאֵי. וְלָא דָּחִיל מֵעִרְעוּרִין בִּישִׁין…

  • Section 5 B’midbar (Numbers) במדבר

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    So we find ourselves in B’midbar chapter 4 verse 39 Bemidbar: Verse 39פָּתַח וְאָמַר, יְיָ’ אוֹרִי וְיִשְׁעִי מִמִּי אִירָא וְגוֹ.’ יְיָ’ אוֹרִי וְיִשְׁעִי, כֵּיוָן דְּבַר נָשׁ אִסְתָּכַּל בִּנְהוֹרָא דִּלְעֵילָּא, וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אַנְהִיר עָלֵיהּ, לָא דָּחִיל מֵעִלָאִין וְתַתָּאִין. כד”א, וְעָלַיִךְ יִזְרַח יְיָ’ וּכְבוֹדוֹ עָלַיִךְ יֵרָאֶה. יְיָ’ מָעוֹז חַיֵּי, כֵּיוָן דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אָחִיד בֵּיהּ בְּבַר…

  • Section 4 Vayikra (Leviticus) ויקרא

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    Now we are in the Book of Vayikra (Leviticus) Vayikra: Verse 29ד”א בָּאתִי לְגַנִּי, דָּא גַּן עֵדֶן דִּלְעֵילָּא. אֲחוֹתִי כַלָּה, דָּא כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל, דִּבְהַהוּא יוֹמָא אִזְדַּוְּוגוּ זִוּוּגִין בְּכֹלָּא, אִזְדַּוְּוגוּ זִוּוּגִין בְּהַהוּא גַּן עֵדֶן, בְּגִין דְּאִתְבָּרְכוּ כֻּלְּהוּ מִשַּׁקְיוּ דְּנַחֲלָא, וְאִתְקַשָּׁרוּ כָּל חַד בְּחַבְרֵיהּ, הֲדָא הוּא דִּכְתִּיב אָרִיתִי מוֹרִי עִם בְּשָׂמִי אָכַלְתִּי יַעְרִי עִם דִּבְשִׁי שָׁתִיתִי יֵינִי…

  • Section 2 B’reishit בראשית part B

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    Here we will take a look a the Sh’khinah שכינה which means indwelling from the word shakhan meaning to dwell and it means “divine presence” or can mean “Holy Spirit” in Christian terms.This is from Parahash Noach chapter 7 verse 40. Noach: Verse 40וְכַד בְּנֵי נָשָׁא מְחַבְּלָן אָרְחַיְיהוּ, וְלָא נָטְרֵי פְּקוּדֵי אוֹרַיְיתָא, וְחָטָאן קַמֵּי מָארֵיהוֹן,…

  • Section 1 Prologue and B’reishit (Genesis) בראשית

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    . The Prologue to the Zohar starts by quoting Songs of Songs 2:2  “As a rose among thorns” כְּשׁוֹשַׁנָּה בֵּין הַחוֹחִים Prologue: Verse 1רִבִּי חִזְקִיָּה פָּתַח, כְּתִיב כְּשׁוֹשַׁנָּה בֵּין הַחוֹחִים. מָאן שׁוֹשַׁנָּה, דָּא כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל. בְּגִין דְּאִית שׁוֹשַׁנָּה וְאִית שׁוֹשַׁנָּה, מַה שׁוֹשַׁנָּה דְּאִיהִי בֵּין הַחוֹחִים אִית בַּהּ סוּמָק וְחִוָּור, אוּף כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל אִית בַּהּ דִּין…

  • כשושנה בין החוחים Introduction

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    This book is a commentary on a book called the Zohar and so the format will be that I will quote a text and give analysis on the text.I do not personally view the Zohar as divinely inspired or to be taken literally like the Bible, but I view it as a group of Rabbi’s…

  • Contradictions

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    Oct 10, 2023 — by The Hoosac historian What about contradictions and ambiguity in meaning and intertextual contradictions.I was watching something about the Dead Sea scrolls and Psalm 22 today and the debate on what Psalm 22:17 in the Hebrew text or 16 in most English translations say.Does it describe a lion attack or does…

  • On Daniel 2, The four Kingdoms

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    Sep 15, 2023 — by The Hoosac historian Most secular historians don’t really deny 1,2,3 are Babylon,Persia,Alexandian Greece/Seleucid Greece but more argue Daniel was composed in about 165 BCE after they fell.Of coarse I am of the belief that Daniel was a contemporary of Nebuchanezzar /Nevukhadnetzar(Heb.).In Babylonian Cuneiform he was known as Nebu-Kuduri-Usur II ,(605-562…