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Throughout
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Colour coded
details of our beloved TaNaKh:
1. Torah =
History & Law, 2. Nevi’im = The Prophets. 3. *Ketuvim = all other Writings.
*The Ketuvim - Includes, Poetical
books - Psalms, Proverbs, Job, the Megillot,
or Scrolls - Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations of
Jeremiah, Ecclesiastes, and Esther, prophecy of Daniel, and history
of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles I & II.
Please Note: Some alterations
or (additions) have been made relating to ‘Names’ and ‘Attributes’ of אֱלֹהִים - Elohim (God), having been corrected like it once was pre
the “Masoretic Text”.
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Remember the following truth from our beloved Torah!
“Ye shall NOT ADD TO THE WORD which
I command you, NEITHER SHALL YE DIMINISH FROM
IT, that ye may keep the commandments of אֱלֹהֵיכֶם יְהוָה - the LORD your Eloleichem, which I command you”. Davarim - Deuteronomy
4:2. (JPS-1917).
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With Rabbi, Dr. Reuven Ben Avraham-Goossens, PhD.
Role of ‘Nevi’im’ and ‘Ketuvim’ in Hebraic
Practice:
Scriptural ‘mitzvot’ and ‘halakhah’ are sourced from the laws recorded and received by Moshe, not certainly by later prophets, especially by those later rabbis who created fake so-called holy writings. As well as that mystical 2nd century written ‘Zohar’ as well as that evil mystical and occult ‘Kabbalah’.
The truth is of course, that Moshe’s level of prophecy was unlike any other prophet, and while later books issue directives to our people in a particular time or place, such as warnings to repent. Only the Torah’s commandments are written as laws in perpetuity!
Most obviously, the ‘Haftarot’ read each
Shabbat morning come from Nevi’im. On a basic level, many of the ‘Haftarot’
demonstrate the historical application of ‘halachot’ from the Torah. For
example, Parashat Naso discusses the halachot of *‘nazir’ (Nazirite), and the Haftarah, from Shoftim, is about Shimshon,
who was a ‘nazir’. Others reflect words or concepts related to the parsha of
the week, or the time of year at which they are read, such as the seven weeks
of consolation between Tisha B’Av and Rosh
Hashanah.
*A Nazirite, or nazir in Hebrew,
is an individual who vows abstinence from ‘wine’, ‘haircuts’, and ‘ritual
impurity generated from contact with corpses’.
If nothing else, the inclusion of the ‘Haftarot’ by the sages was a brilliant way to incorporate a sort of highlight reel of ‘Nevi’im’, giving readers a taste of these books and perhaps sparking an interest in learning more.
Similarly, Psalms comprise a large portion of our Psalms, either through inclusion of full ‘perakim’, or excerpted ‘pesukim’ incorporated into various prayers. The daily ‘Psalms’, most notably the ‘Shemoneh Esrei’, integrates these elements, and the ‘Shemoneh Esrei’ is indeed structured as the cornerstone of our prayers.
1. Hebrew:
אֲדֹנָי,
שְׂפָתַי
תִּפְתָּח, וּפִי
יַגִּיד
תְּהִלָּתֶךָ
2. Transliteration:
“A’do’nai s’fa’tai
tif’tach, u’fi ya’gid t’hi’la’te’cha”.
3. English:
“יְהוָה - LORD, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise”.
The Psalm in ‘Pesukei DeZimra’ and other ‘Psalms’ seems like mere introduction to the “real” prayers. However, taking time to reflect on the translation and the meaning of Psalms, we will begin to appreciate that, just as the “Shemoneh Esrei” allows us to properly articulate our ‘praise’, ‘requests’, and thanks to the Psalms, it offers us a voice to express ‘joy’, ‘fear’, ‘trust’, ‘anguish’, and every other possible emotion when we pray.
Psalm 121, one of the most commonly read of
the Psalms in times of distress. Let’s us now read this precious Psalm.
1. “A Song of
Ascents. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence shall my help
come? 2. My help cometh from יְהוָה - the LORD, who made heaven and earth. 3. He will not
suffer thy foot to be moved; He that keepeth thee will not slumber. 4.
Behold, He that keepeth
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Beyond all that, we should appreciate that
all the books of ‘Tanakh’ shape our Hebraic ideas about ‘belief’ and ‘our
relationship with יְהוָה
- the LORD’. Our beloved faith as a whole is a religion of ‘optimism’,
always hoping for better times. This attitude is indelibly illustrated by Tanakh’s
grand narrative, in which ‘dreaming of the
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our prophets...
“The More Torah,
the More Life”,
For Elohim is the One who gave us our ... “Life!”
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