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SUKKOT SPECIAL 2014!

(Including Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah and VeZot HaBrachah)
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Special Teaching, Moedim/Tishri 2014 Schedule
For more information, please see the 2014 Calendar under Other Resources and then
Calendar Tab. This schedule will be in the Notes throughout the Set-Apart season.
(Bonus Audio, Video and Written Teachings Will be Available for the Following):

Nitzvaim-Vayelech Parashot Sunset Fri Sept 19-Sunset Sat Sept 20
Yom Teruah/Rosh Hashanna Sunset Wed Sept 24-Sunset Thu Sept 25
Fast of Gedaliah/Haazinu/Shabbat Shuvah Sunset Fri Sept 26-Sunset Sat Sept 27
Yom Kippur (25 hour fast thru Shabbat) Sunset Fri Oct 3-Sunset Sat Oct 4
Sukkot (1
st
day) Sunset Wed Oct 8-Sunset Thu Oct 9
Sukkot (2
nd
day) Sunset Thu Oct 9-Sunset Fri Oct 10
Shabbat Middle of Sukkot/Chol HaMoed Sunset Fri Oct 10-Sunset Sat Oct 11
Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah Sunset Wed Oct 15-Sunset Thu Oct 16
(Those outside of Israel have Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah on the same day.
Includes last parsha, #54, VeZot Ha-Berachah, or The Blessing of the Tribes)

Return to First Parsha, Bereshit Sunset Fri Oct 17-Sunset Sat Oct 18

Please Note:

Because of the way the Feast falls this year, I will be putting all of the Sukkot materials
in this one document which organizes topically rather than chronologically. This means
that, for example, the Torah readings will go first for all stages of the Feast (1
st
day, 2
nd

day, Shabbat in the Middle of the Feast, Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah) and then
the same for the groupings of Haftorah and Renewed Covenant readings. The Videos
then will simply be referred to numerically, rather than Part 1/Day 1, Part 2/Day 2, etc.

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PART 1

1) Origins of the Feast of Ingathering (from Genesis and Exodus)

Our first hint of Sukkot is here, in Genesis

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So that day Esau turned back towards Seir,
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but Jacob made his way to
Succoth, where he built himself a house and made shelters (sukkot) for his
livestock; that is why the place was given the name of Succoth.
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Jacob arrived
safely at the town of Shechem in Canaanite territory, on his return from Paddan-
Aram. He encamped opposite the town
19
and for one hundred pieces of silver he
bought from the sons of Hamor father of Shechem the piece of land on which he
had pitched his tent.
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There he erected an altar which he called 'El, God of
Israel'. (Genesis 33:16-20 NJB)

This word for shelters are actually mangers or feeding troughs for animals but the
same word in Hebrew-sukkotis used here. If that foreshadowing is as direct as I think it
could be, then Esau may have forgiven Jacob on Yom Kippur and Jacob in turn could be
building his booths on what will be Sukkot! The linkages to the NT on this point are of
course profound, but we will deal with those later.

Sukkot also makes sense particularly to be foreshadowed by Jacob. Commemorating the
wandering in the wilderness of the Israelites, there could not be a greater wandering
patriarch than Jacob (Deuteronomy 26:5)! Jacob wandered more than 20 years, as
compared with Israel, the nation named after him, who did so for 40 years.

The Hebrew moedim as a rule though were mostly meant to follow the agricultural cycles
of harvests throughout the year. (Barley = Pesach; Wheat harvest completion and first
fruits for of corn = Shavuot; Grapes = Sukkot.) The start and ends of the agricultural
year were each by the Full Moon, and science has shown that the full moons of spring
and fall are the ideal time to seed and harvest.

That is why, for example, the old name for Sukkot was the Feast of Ingathering
(Exodus 34:22) because that was when the final harvest of the year would be brought
in at the turn of the year, or fall equinox.

Such is the case, linking these feasts to the solar year, when we read Genesis 8:22 that
seedtime and harvest, summer and winter, shall not cease. As I have said a lot lately,
those terms are clearly linked by two Hebrew words (tekuwfa and teshuvah) to
equinoxes just as summer and winter in Hebrew are referring to solstices.

Sukkot though was probably also sanctified because it represents the seventh Full Moon
of the year, just as Yom Teruah was sanctified as the seventh New Moon of the year. The
sanctification of the 7
th
day (Shabbat), the 7
th
week (Omer count), the 7
th
year

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(Shemittah/Land Sabbath) and 7 x 7
th
year (year 49 of a 50 year Jubilee cycle), more than
justifies seeing the 7
th
New and 7
th
Full Moons also sanctified in Torah.

However, what may be surprising to some is this: What follows from that logic is the
proof that the Hebrews kept solar months as well as lunar months and the solar month
count would have to be fixed to ensure that Passover is in month 1 and Tabernacles is in
month 7, thus explaining those turns of the year that Scripture exclusives links to
spring and fall.

Sukkot is also a major part of an even larger moed structure that is the entire seventh
month. Once Yom Teruah and Yom Kippur is concluded, there are quite a few important
days packed in and around this feast.

Specifically, the first and second days are of high importance, with day 1 an Annual (or
High) Shabbat. Of course the Shabbat during this 8 day feast is also very important, after
which we get to a kind of double occasion, known as Shemini Atzeret or Simchat Torah.

These last two occasions are usually celebrated together on the last day of the feast. The
word SHEMINI refers to the 8
th
day after Sukkot starts and is called the greatest day of
the Feast in the Gospel of Yochanan. While Israelis usually do both occasionseach
with a lot of Torah reading and liturgy, they separate Simchat Torah for the 23
rd
.
Diaspora Jews however put Simchat Torah on the 22
nd
of Tishri.

Either way, both occasions, whether on one day or two, are dealt with separately and that
is how I will deal with them here.

2) Sukkot and the Wilderness Years
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"But on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the
produce of the land, you will celebrate the feast of Yahweh for seven days. The first
and eighth days will be days of rest.
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On the first day you will take choice fruit,
palm branches, boughs of leafy trees and flowering shrubs from the river bank, and
for seven days enjoy yourselves before Yahweh your God.
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You will celebrate a
feast for Yahweh in this way for seven days every year. This is a perpetual law for
your descendants. "You will keep this feast in the seventh month.
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For seven days
you will live in shelters: all the citizens of Israel will live in shelters,
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so that your
descendants may know that I made the Israelites live in shelters when I brought
them out of Egypt, I, Yahweh your God." '
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Moses then promulgated Yahweh's
solemn festivals to the Israelites. (Leviticus 23:39-1 NJB)

This verse in Leviticus is actually not what it appears to beits almost being
deceptive to us in this sense: Almost all Jewish sources will quote this as proof that
Sukkot at this time was used to commemorate the 40 years in the wilderness, but the fact
is, this is not correct.

Yes, it is true that it mentions the Israelites living in shelters when they were brought out
of Egypt, but Leviticus takes place in the first two years from Exodus, not during the

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official 40 year period of wandering that commences in Numbers 13 and 14, because the
Israelites dont leave Sinai until Numbers 10-11.

However, if you count the entire 42 years from Exodus to the entrance into Canaan as
wilderness time then that is accurate.

3) Sukkot and the First Temple (1 Kings 8:1-66)

Sukkot was also when the Temples were dedicated, starting with Solomon, who basically
decided to double the feast to 2 weeks in length

Solomon then summoned the elders of Israel to Jerusalem to bring the ark of the
covenant of Yahweh up from the City of David, that is, Zion.
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All the men of Israel
assembled round King Solomon in the month of Ethanim, at the time of the feast
(that is, the seventh month).
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When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests
took up the ark
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and the Tent of Meeting and all the sacred utensils which were in
the Tent.
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King Solomon and all Israel, present with him before the ark, sacrificed
countless, innumerable sheep and oxen.

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The priests brought the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to its place, in the Debir of
the Temple, that is, in the Holy of Holies, under the wings of the winged creatures
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for the winged creatures spread their wings over the place where the ark stood,
forming a canopy over the ark and its shafts.
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These were so long, however, that the
ends of the shafts could be seen from the Holy Place in front of the Debir, though
they could not be seen from outside. They are still there today.
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There was nothing
in the ark except the two stone tablets which Moses had placed in it at Horeb, the
tablets of the covenant which Yahweh made with the Israelites when they came out of
Egypt.
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Now when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the
Temple of Yahweh,
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and because of the cloud the priests could not stay and
perform their duties. For the glory of Yahweh filled the Temple of Yahweh.

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Then Solomon said: Yahweh has chosen to dwell in thick cloud.
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I have built you
a princely dwelling, a residence for you forever.
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The king then turned round and
blessed the whole assembly of Israel, while the whole assembly of Israel stood.
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He
said, 'Blessed be Yahweh, God of Israel, who has carried out by his hand what he
promised with his mouth to my father David, when he said,
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"From the day I
brought my people Israel out of Egypt I chose no city, in any of the tribes of Israel, to
have a temple built where my name should be; but I did choose David to rule my
people Israel."
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My father David had set his heart on building a temple for the name
of Yahweh, God of Israel,
18
but Yahweh said to my father David, "You have set
your heart on building a temple for my name, and in this you have done well;
19
and
yet, you are not the man to build the temple; but your son, yet to be born to you, will
be the one to build the temple for my name."

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Yahweh has kept the promise which he made: I have succeeded my father David
and am seated on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised; I have built the temple

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for the name of Yahweh, God of Israel,
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and in it I have made a place for the ark
containing the covenant of Yahweh which he made with our ancestors when he
brought them out of Egypt.'
22
Then, in the presence of the whole assembly of Israel,
Solomon stood facing the altar of Yahweh and, stretching out his hands towards
heaven,
23
said, 'Yahweh, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or
on earth beneath, as loyal to the covenant and faithful in love to your servants as long
as they walk wholeheartedly in your way.
24
You have kept the promise you made to
your servant, my father David, as you promised him you would. Today you have
carried it out by your power.
25
And now, Yahweh, God of Israel, keep the promise
which you made to your servant David when you said, "You will never lack for a man
to sit before me on the throne of Israel, provided that your sons are careful how they
behave, walking before me as you yourself have done."
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So now, God of Israel, let
the words come true which you spoke to your servant, my father David.
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Yet will
God really live with human beings on earth? Why, the heavens, the highest of the
heavens, cannot contain you. How much less this temple built by me!

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Even so, listen favorably to the prayer and entreaty of your servant, Yahweh my
God; listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant makes to you today:
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day and night may your eyes watch over this temple, over this place of which you
have said, "My name will be there." Listen to the prayer which your servant offers in
this place.
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'Listen to the entreaty of your servant and of your people Israel;
whenever they pray in this place, listen from the place where you reside in heaven;
and when you hear, forgive.
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'If someone has wronged his neighbor and a curse is
laid on him to make him swear an oath here before your altar in this Temple,
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then
listen from the place where you reside in heaven and do justice between your
servants: condemning the guilty one by making him suffer for his conduct, and
acquitting the upright by rewarding him as his uprightness deserves.
33
'When your
people Israel are defeated by the enemy because they have sinned against you, but
then return to you and acknowledge your name, and pray and seek your favours in
this Temple,
34
then listen from the place where you reside in heaven; forgive the sin
of your people Israel, and bring them back to the country which you gave to their
ancestors.

35
'When the heavens are shut and there is no rain because they have sinned against
you, if they pray in this place and praise your name and, having been humbled by
you, desist from their sin,
36
then listen from the place where you reside in heaven and
forgive the sin of your servant and your people Israel -- for you are constantly
showing them the good way which they must follow -- and send rain on your country,
which you have given to your people as their heritage.
37
'Should there be famine in
the country, or pestilence, wind-blast or mildew, locust or caterpillar; should their
enemy lay siege to one of their gates; should there be any plague or any disease:
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whatever be the prayer or entreaty of any individual aware of a particular affliction:
when that person stretches out the hands towards this Temple,
39
then listen from
heaven where you reside; forgive and, since you know what is in the heart, deal with
each as their conduct deserves -- for you alone know what is in every human heart-
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so that they may reverence you throughout their lives in the country which you gave
to our ancestors.

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'Even the foreigner, not belonging to your people Israel but coming from a distant
country, attracted by your name-
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for they too will hear of your name, of your
mighty hand and outstretched arm -- if a foreigner comes and prays in this Temple,
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listen from heaven where you reside, and grant all that the foreigner asks of you, so
that all the peoples of the earth may acknowledge your name and, like your people
Israel, revere you and know that this Temple, which I have built, bears your name.
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'If your people go out to war against the enemy, on whatever missions you send them,
and they pray to Yahweh, turning towards the city which you have chosen and
towards the Temple which I have built for your name,
45
then listen from heaven to
their prayer and their entreaty, and uphold their cause.

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'When they sin against you -- for there is no one who does not sin -- and you are
angry with them and abandon them to the enemy, and their captors carry them off to a
hostile country, be it far away or near,
47
if they come to their senses in the country to
which they have been taken as captives and repent and entreat you in the country of
their captors, saying, "We have sinned, we have acted perversely and wickedly,"
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and turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the country of the enemies who
have taken them captive, and pray to you, turning towards the country which you
gave to their ancestors, towards the city which you have chosen and towards the
Temple which I have built for your name,
49
listen to their prayer and their entreaty
from the place where you reside in heaven, uphold their case,
50
forgive your people
for having sinned against you and for all the crimes against you of which they have
been guilty, and allow them to arouse the pity of their captors so that these may have
pity on them:
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for they are your people and your heritage whom you brought out of
Egypt, that iron foundry!
52
'May your eyes be open to the entreaty of your servant
and the entreaty of your people Israel, to listen to them, whatever they ask of you.
53

For you it was who set them apart from all the peoples of the earth to be your
heritage, as you declared through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors
out of Egypt, Lord Yahweh.'
54
When Solomon had finished offering to Yahweh this
whole prayer and entreaty, he rose from where he was kneeling with hands stretched
out towards heaven before the altar of Yahweh,
55
and stood upright. And in a loud
voice he blessed the whole assembly of Israel.
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'Blessed be Yahweh,' he said, 'who
has granted rest to his people Israel, keeping all his promises. Of all the promises of
good that he made through his servant Moses, not one has failed.
57
May Yahweh our
God be with us, as he was with our ancestors; may he never desert us or cast us off.
58
May he turn our hearts towards him so that we may follow all his ways and keep
the commandments and laws and ordinances which he gave to our ancestors.
59
May
these words of mine, of my entreaty before Yahweh, be present with Yahweh our
God day and night, that he may uphold the cause of his servant and the cause of Israel
his people, as each day requires,
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so that all the peoples of the earth may come to
know that Yahweh is God indeed and that there is no other.
61
May your hearts be
wholly with Yahweh our God, following his laws and keeping his commandments as

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at this present day.'
62
The king and all Israel with him offered sacrifice before
Yahweh.

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Solomon offered a communion sacrifice of twenty-two thousand oxen and a
hundred and twenty thousand sheep to Yahweh; and thus the king and all the
Israelites dedicated the Temple of Yahweh.
64
On the same day the king consecrated
the middle part of the court in front of the Temple of Yahweh; for that was where he
presented the burnt offerings, oblations and fatty parts of the communion sacrifices,
since the bronze altar which stood before Yahweh was too small to hold the burnt
offering, oblation and the fatty parts of the communion sacrifice.
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And then
Solomon and with him all Israel from the Pass of Hamath to the Torrent of Egypt -- a
great assembly -- celebrated the feast before Yahweh our God for seven days.
66
On
the eighth day he dismissed the people, who bade farewell to the king and went home
joyful and happy of heart over all the goodness which Yahweh had shown to his
servant and his people Israel. (1 Kings 8:1-66 NJB)

4) Linkage to Hanukkah

Hanukkah often became a kind of backup Sukkot. After Hanukkah was instituted in
164 BCE and the Hasmonean Royal line made secure completely a few years later, it
became common for Israeli soldiers who could not be in Jerusalem for the feast because
of their duties, to do much the same rituals at Hanukkah that they missed at Sukkot.

In particular, there was a fire ritual done on Shemini Atzeret that was modified for
Hanukkah! And in a way, the original dedication process for the Second Temple would
begin during Sukkot and end just before Hanukkah as we read here in Haggai

On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of Yahweh was addressed
to the prophet Haggai as follows: Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel governor of
Judah, to Yeshua son of Yehozadak the high priest and to the remnant of the people.
Say this,
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"Is there anyone left among you who saw this Temple in its former glory?
And how does it look to you now? Does it not seem as though there is nothing there?
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But take courage now, Zerubbabel!-Yahweh declares. Courage, Yeshua son of
Yehozadak high priest! Courage, all you people of the country!-Yahweh declares. To
work! I am with you -- Yahweh Sabaoth declares-
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and my spirit is present among
you. Do not be afraid!
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For Yahweh Sabaoth says this: A little while now, and I shall
shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
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I shall shake all the
nations, and the treasures of all the nations will flow in, and I shall fill this Temple
with glory, says Yahweh Sabaoth.
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Mine is the silver, mine the gold!-Yahweh
Sabaoth declares.
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The glory of this new Temple will surpass that of the old, says
Yahweh Sabaoth, and in this place I shall give peace -- Yahweh Sabaoth declares." '

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On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the
word of Yahweh was addressed to the prophet Haggai as follows,
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'Yahweh
Sabaoth says this, "Ask the priests to give a ruling on this:
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If someone is carrying
consecrated meat in the fold of his gown and allows the fold to touch bread, broth,

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wine, oil or food of any kind, will that become holy?" ' The priests replied, 'No.'
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Haggai then said, 'If anyone rendered unclean by contact with a corpse touches any of
these things, will that become unclean?' The priests replied, 'It will become unclean.'
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Haggai then spoke out. 'It is the same with this people,' he said, 'the same with this
nation, in my view -- Yahweh declares -- the same with everything they turn their
hands to; and whatever they offer here is unclean.

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'So now think carefully, today and henceforth: before one stone had been laid on
another in the sanctuary of Yahweh,
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what state were you in? You would come to a
twenty-measure heap and find only ten; you would come to a vat to draw fifty
measures and find only twenty.
17
Everything you turned your hands to, I struck with
wind-blast, mildew and hail, and still you would not return to me -- Yahweh declares.
18
So think carefully, today and henceforth (from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth
month, from the day the foundation of the sanctuary of Yahweh was laid, think
carefully)
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if seed-corn is still short in the barn, and if vine and fig tree,
pomegranate and olive tree still bear no fruit. 'From today onwards I intend to bless
you.' (Haggai 2:1-19-NJB)

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On the twenty-fourth day of the month the word of Yahweh was addressed a
second time to Haggai, as follows,
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'Speak to Zerubbabel governor of Judah. Say
this, "I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.
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I shall overturn the thrones of
kingdoms and destroy the power of the kings of the nations. I shall overthrow the
chariots and their crews; horses and their riders will fall, everyone to the sword of his
comrade.
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When that day comes -- Yahweh Sabaoth declares -- I shall take you,
Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel my servant -- Yahweh declares -- and make you like a
signet ring. For I have chosen you -- Yahweh Sabaoth declares." ' (Haggai 2:2-23
NJB)

5) NT instances of Sukkot.

Sukkot only has one direct mention in the NT, with Yshua observing it in all of
Yochanan 7 and 8. As a result, this is the core source of our NT readings throughout this
8 day period.

It does however seem to have been alluded to in Matthew 16. It seems that Peter thought
they would all tarry in Galilee for Sukkot, which is why he suggested building booths for
Yshua and his friends who stopped by for the TransfigurationMoshe and Eliyahu!
But the text says he did not know what he was saying because Peter should have
known this feast can only be done in Jerusalem.

However, the most important event associated with Sukkotby faris that this is the
actual time of the Nativity. Yshua is actually born the night before Sukkot, or the 14
th
of
Tishri, which translates to September 13
th
, 5 BCE.

This has been the heart of my research two decades now, and the reasoning for this time
will be show shortly.

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Fausset Bible Dictionary:

The feast of tabernacles is referred to in John 7:2,37, 8:12. Yshua alludes to the custom
of drawing water from Siloam in a golden goblet and pouring it into one of the two silver
basins adjoining the western side of the altar, and wine into the other, while the words of
Isa. 12:3 were repeated, in commemoration of the water drawn from the rock in the
desert; the choir sang the great hallel, and waved palms at different parts of Ps. 118, ,
namely, verses 1,25,29.

Virtually Yshua said, I am the living Rock of the living water. Coming next day at
daybreak to the temple court as they were extinguishing the artificial lights, two colossal
golden candlesticks in the center of the temple court, recalling the pillar of fire in the
wilderness, Yshua said, "I am the Light of the world" (John 8:1,2,12). As the sun by
natural light was eclipsing the artificial lights, so Yshua implies, I, the Sun of
righteousness, am superseding your typical light. "The last great day of the feast" is the
'atsereth, though the drawing of water was on previous days not omitted. Joy was the
prominent feature, from whence the proverb, "he who has never seen the rejoicing at the
pouring out of the water of Siloam has never seen joy in his life" (Succah 5:1).

My commentary:

While this is a very interesting suggestion, I should point out that Yochanan 7:37 says
this was the last and greatest day of the feast and 8:2 talks about the woman in adultery
being brought to Yshua the next morning. So if Yochanan 7:53-8:11 is historical, this
light of the world speech would actually be the day AFTER Sukkot, or 23 Tishri.
However, today in Israel, some assemblies celebrate Simchat Torah on this very day and
dont combine this with the 8
th
day, so perhaps this means such was also done in Israel in
Yshuas time?

On the other hand, this story of the woman taken in adultery is NOT in the 4 earliest
GREEK manuscripts of John nor in any of the Eastern Aramaic manuscripts in the
Peshitta family. It was only added to later Aramaic manuscripts in the 7
th
century
onwards VIA TRANSLATION from late Greek sources. Please note this does not
necessarily mean the story of the adulteress did not happen; it may only mean it was
not preserved in the written record until later, by which time it is also possible that
some of the events were over simplified. For example, they should have also brought
the MAN to be stoned as well, if they really caught the woman in the act of illicit sex
with him.

But getting back to the main point, if we remove 7:53-8:11 from Yochanans timeline,
then there is no extra day after Shemini Atzeret, and all Faussets may be right after all
that the light of the world speech is relating to Shemini Atzeret after all.

Faussets concludes as follows


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The feast was called Hosanna, "save we beseech Thee." Isa. 11 refers to the future
restoration of Israel; the feast of tabernacles connected with chapter 12 doubtless will
have its antitype in their restored possession of and rest in Canaan, after their long
dispersion; just as the other two great feasts, Passover and Pentecost, have their antitype
respectively in Messiah's sacrifice for us, and in His writing His new law on our hearts at
Pentecost. Jewish tradition makes Gog and Magog about to be defeated on the feast of
tabernacles, or that the seven months' cleansing shall end at that feast (Ezek. 39:12). Rest
after wanderings, lasting habitations after the life of wanderers, is the prominent thought
of joy in the feast, alike in its former and in its future celebration.

6) Prophetic ramifications of Sukkot.

It is generally well understood that Yshua fulfilled the spring feasts during his First
Coming, such as by dying during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

As a result, many believers also accept the idea that Yshua will return the 2
nd
time
during the Fall feastswhether that is Yom Teruah, Yom Kippur or Sukkot is a matter of
personal preference and debate.

The advantage of Sukkot however is that Yshua was born just prior to the start of this
feast, so it makes sense he would return at that time as well.

Now lets read and discuss the relevant Torah, Haftorah and Renewed Covenant portions
with extemporaneous commentary Please note that readings which are repeated on more
than one day of the feast are referenced/read only once.

END PART ONE



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PART TWO: SCRIPTURE READINGS

Torah:

Leviticus 22:26-23:44 (first 2 days)

SEH (22:28) = sheep or goat. The Hebrew word can refer to either animal. This is
also a deep remez about us, because Scripture talks about sheep and goats being
separated as an image of judging the righteous and the wicked (Matthew 25:32).

MELEKETH AVODAH (23:7) = service work. We talked recently about the general
prohibition of expanding kingdom/domain on a Shabbat. Here though this term is
well defined as any work that is not necessary for the preparation of food.

OMER (23:10) = 1/10
th
of an ephah (see Exodus 16:36). It was also the daily measure
for manna and for a meal offering (see Leviticus 5:11, 6:13 and Numbers 15:4). The
omer included barley and had a weight of approximately a half a gallon.

CHUKAT OLAM BECHOL MOSHVOTEYCHEM LEDOROTEYCHEM (23:21) =
an eternal statute for all generations, wherever you live. Perhaps one of the clearest
statements of these Feasts applying outside of Israel and regardless as to whether a
Temple or priesthood is functioning within her.

ZICHRON (23:24) = remembrance. Others though think a secondary meaning, as
sounding is intended. Still others use both, a sounding of remembrance, which in
my view is the best choice.

MELECHA (23:28) = work. This word appears by itself without the clarification of
service work (meleketh avodah) because even food preparation is banned on Yom
Kippur.

SUKKOT (23:34) = thatched huts in this context as opposed to just shelters or
booths which are a bit too general a description.

Numbers 29:12-16 (first 2 days)

CHAG (29:12) = festival or feast, another description of the appointed time (moed)
that is Sukkot. Obviously not all MOEDIM are CHAGIM (feasts).

Exodus 33:12-34:26 (Shabbat during Sukkot)

VAYOMAR PANAY YELECHU VAHANICHOTI LACH (33:14) = My Presence will
go before you. Now the Messenger (Yshua) is withdrawn and YHWH Himself is
going before Moshe directly.

VAYOMER YAHWEH EL MOSHE PSOL-LECHA SHNEY LUCHOT AVANIM

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KARISHONIM VECHATAVTI AL-HALUCHOT ET-HADEVARIM ASHER HAYU
AL-HALUCHOT ET-HADEVARIM ASHER HAYU AL-HALUCHOT
HARISHONIM SHIBARTA (34:1) = Yahweh said to Moses, 'Carve out two tablets for
yourself, just like the first ones. I will write on those tablets the same words that were on
the first tablets that you broke. The Rabbis believe that this was on 1 Elul. 40 days and
40 nights on the mountain later and Moshe comes down 10 Tishri, Yom Kippur. See
Seder Olam 6, Exodus 34:28 and Deuteronomy 10:10.

VECHAG HAASIF TKUFAT HASHANA (34:22) = Literally: and the Feast of the
Harvest that is just after the Turning of the Year. The word TKUFAT (turn) therefore
also means fall equinox since Sukkot is designed to happen at this time, but also
turning in the sense that the Hebrew lunar year also turned over at the end of Elul.

RESHIT BIKUREY ADMATECHA TAVI BEYT YAHWEH ELOHEYCHA LO-
TEVASHEL GEDI BACHALEV IMO (34:26) = Bring the first fruits of your land to
the Temple of Yahweh your Elohim. Do not [eat] goats meat cooked in milk of its own
mother. Notice the prohibition is only with respect to goats meat, not all forms of
meat. The chances of any meat though being boiled in the same milk of its mother
today is almost impossible for those of us who buy food at supermarkets. The Rabbis
ignore the fact that Abraham served milk and meat to YHWH and two messengers in
Genesis 18 and there is no way around the fact that Abraham brought both the milk and
the meat at the same time. Bible.ort.org deliberately ignored GEDI (goat) in their
translation to make it sound that all meat could not be prepared in this manner.

Haftorah:

First Day: Zechariah 14:1-21 (commentary)

VEASAFTI ET-KOL HA-GOYIM EL-YERUSHALYIM LAMILCHAMA (14:2) = For
I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem. As Revelation teaches, the armies
mass at Har Megiddo (Armageddon) but the battle is for Jerusalem. Revelation though
never shows the battle take place but merely declares YHWH will win it for us.

KEYOM HILACHAMU BEYOM KERAV (14:3) = as He (YHWH) fights on a day of
war. This may be a reference to the battle YHWH (or Yshua) will fight for us in the End
Times.

VEAMDU RAGLAV BAYOM HAHU AL HAR HAZEYTIM (14:4) = and on that day
his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives. Perhaps a reference to Yshuas return.
Various authorities talk about Messiah returning to the Mount of Olives first.

MAYIM CHAYIM (14:8) = living waters. The general pattern in this part of Zechariah is
that a great supernatural event where there is neither day nor night will be followed by
the living waters coming back to Jerusalem. While the details between this and
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books that talk about 4 horsemen of the apocalypse and at the end Yshua says, Let he
who thirsts come and drink of the living water freely (Revelation 22:17).

In general it seems that Zechariah 14 is describing the battle that Revelation omits, where
the armies muster at Har Megiddo. In particular 14:12 bears a creepy resemblance to 2
Peter 3:10. If this is so, then again we are confronted with the prophetic ramifications of
Sukkot which seems to be tied not just to Yshuas actual return but to the final battle as
well. It is this idea that seems confirmed also in this part of Zechariah:

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And this is the plague with which Yahweh will strike all the nations who have
fought against Jerusalem; their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their
feet; their eyes will rot in their sockets; their tongues will rot in their mouths.


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When that Day comes, a great terror will fall on them from Yahweh; each man
will grab his neighbor's hand and they will fall to fighting among themselves.
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Even Judah will fight against Jerusalem. The wealth of all the surrounding nations
will be heaped together: gold, silver, clothing, in vast quantity.
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And the plague
afflicting the horses, mules, camels, donkeys and all the other animals in those
armies will be the same.


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After this, all the survivors of all the nations which have attacked Jerusalem
will come up year after year to worship the King, Yahweh Sabaoth, and to keep
the feast of Shelters.
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Should one of the races of the world fail to come up to
Jerusalem to worship the King, Yahweh Sabaoth, there will be no rain for that
one.


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Should the race of Egypt fail to come up and pay its visit, on it will fall the
plague which Yahweh will inflict on each of those nations which fail to come up
to keep the feast of Shelters.


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Such will be the punishment for Egypt and the punishment for all the nations
which fail to come up to keep the feast of Shelters.
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When that Day comes, the
very bells on the horses will be inscribed with the words, 'Sacred to Yahweh', and
the cooking pots of the house of Yahweh will be as holy as the sprinkling bowls
before the altar.
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Yes, every cooking pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be
sacred to Yahweh Sabaoth, and all who come to offer sacrifice will help
themselves and do their cooking in them, and there will be no more traders in the
Temple of Yahweh Sabaoth, when that Day comes. (Zechariah 14:12-21 NJB)

The Haftorah for the 2
nd
day of Sukkot, 1 Kings 8:2-21 has already been read, so it
wont be repeated here.

Ezekiel 38:18-39:16 (Haftorah for Shabbat during Sukkot)

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The day Gog attacks the land of Israel -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- my
furious wrath will boil up. In my anger,
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say it: That day, I swear, there will be such a huge earthquake in the land of Israel,
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that the fish in the sea and the birds of heaven, the wild beasts, all the reptiles
creeping along the ground, and all people on the surface of the earth will quake
before me. Mountains will fall, cliffs crumble, all walls collapse, and
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I shall
summon every kind of sword against him -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- and each
will turn his sword against his comrade.
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I shall punish him with plague and
bloodshed, and rain down torrential rain, hailstones, fire and brimstone on him, on
his troops and on the many nations with him.
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I shall display my greatness and
holiness and bring the many nations to acknowledge me; and they will know that I
am Yahweh." '

39:1 'So, son of man, prophesy against Gog. Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this:
Look, I am against you, Gog, paramount prince of Meshech and Tubal.
2
I shall
turn you about, lead you on, and bring you from the farthest north against the
mountains of Israel.
3
I shall break the bow in your left hand and dash the arrows
out of your right.
4
You will fall on the mountains of Israel, you, all your troops
and the nations with you. I shall make you food for every kind of bird of prey and
wild animals.
5
You will fall in the wilds, for I have spoken -- declares the Lord
Yahweh.
6
I shall send down fire on Magog and on those living undisturbed in
the islands, and they will know that I am Yahweh.
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I shall see that my holy name
is acknowledged by my people Israel, and no longer allow my holy name to be
profaned; and the nations will know that I am Yahweh, holy in Israel.


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"All this is to happen, all this is to take place -- declares the Lord Yahweh. This
is the day I predicted.
9
"The inhabitants of the towns of Israel will go out and set
fire to and burn the weapons, the shields and bucklers, bows and arrows, javelins
and spears. They will burn these for seven years
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and not fetch wood from the
countryside or cut it in the forests, since they will be burning the weapons. They
will plunder those who plundered them, and despoil those who despoiled them --
declares the Lord Yahweh.


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"That day, I shall give Gog a famous spot in Israel for his grave, the valley of
the Obarim, east of the Sea -- the valley that halts the traveller -- and there Gog
and his whole throng will be buried, and it will be called the Valley of Hamon-
Gog.
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The House of Israel will take seven months to bury them and cleanse the
country.
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All the people of the country will dig their graves, thus winning
themselves renown, the day when I display my glory -- declares the Lord
Yahweh.
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And men will be detailed to the permanent duty of going through the
country and burying those left above ground and cleansing it. They will begin
their search once the seven months are over,
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and as they go through the
country, if one of them sees any human bones, he will set up a marker beside
them until the gravediggers have buried them in the valley of Hamon-Gog

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(and Hamonah is also the name of a town) and have cleansed the country."
(Ezekiel 38:18-39:16 NJB)




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END PART TWO



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PART 3

1) Deuteronomy 14:21-16:17 (Shemini Atzeret)

GER (14:21) = stranger. Rabbis make an interesting comment (Stone Chumash, p.
1013) that in this context GER does not mean proselyte, because they perceive there
could be another class of GER that lives among the Jews but only observes the
Noachide laws and does not have to abstain from unkosher meat. They further point
out that if PROSELYTE was meant here, the unkosher meat would be prohibited to
him as well as any other Jew. While on the surface this appears to solve some
problems, I maintain that there is one Torah for the Jew and for the foreigner in their
midst and that Noachide laws are a rabbinic illusion. Its not that those rules arent in
the Torahits their misapplication that is at issue here. Rather, the regulation seems
to be meant to not let food go to waste that is unfit for the altar but that can in other
ways extend human life.

SHEMITTAH (15:1) = letting drop, or a temporary remission of debts.

QARA (15:9) = cry out against you. The word can also mean to proclaim publicly,
read, which has a sense that the poor man could embarrass you publicly if you bend
the shemmitah law to avoid paying him back.

TIKAPHETZ ET-YADKHA (15:7) = draw together or close your fist. This command
follows the phrase harden your hearta rebuke given against Pharaohto show
that bad mental attitudes lay the foundation for bad actions. Yshuas halacha though
went further than just opening ones hand to help the poor. Instead, he wanted an
open hand that was HIDDEN from public view, i.e. dont let your left hand know
what your right is doing.

16:1-2 from Bibleort.org:

Safeguard
Adjusting the lunar calendar so that Nissan remains in the spring (Rosh HaShanah 21a;
Yad, Kiddush HaChodesh 1:1).
along with other sheep and cattle
(Ramban). Or, 'sacrifice sheep as the Passover offering, along with the cattle' (Targum;
Sifri; Rashi). The other animals are the special festival offering, known as the Chagigah.

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This consisted of a peace offering (Yad, Chagiga 1:1).


2) Numbers 29:35-30:1 (Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah)

SHEMINI ATZERET TIHYEH LACHEM (29:35) = eighth day of retreat, so this is
also known as a retreat festival.

'On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly; you shall do no laborious work.
'But you shall present a burnt offering, an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to the
LORD: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs one year old without defect; their grain
offering and their drink offerings for the bull, for the ram and for the lambs, by their
number according to the ordinance; and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the
continual burnt offering and its grain offering and its drink offering. 'You shall
present these to the LORD at your appointed times, besides your
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votive offerings and
your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings and for your grain offerings and for
your drink offerings and for your peace offerings.'" Moses spoke to the sons of Israel
in accordance with all that the LORD had commanded Moses. Then Moses spoke to
the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, "This is the word which the
LORD has commanded. (Num 29:35-30:1 NAU)

3) Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12/VeZot HaBrachah (Simchat Torah)

BA/BO (33:2) = came, as in YHWH came from Sinai or VAYOMER YAHWAY
MISINAY BA. However, BO is also used to describe not just coming in and going
out but the sun going down. Therefore, it can also perhaps mean YHWH went
down/descended on to Sinai.

ESH DATH (33:2) = fire of a law. A very curious phrase to say the least. Bibleort.org
translates it as fire of a religion. Others would go away from a mystical image to
something like flashing lightning but DATH clearly means law. There seems to
be some very deep spirituality going on here because the Hebrew word for light AUR
is clearly related to the Aramaic word for Torah which is AURAYTA. This
Hebrew phrase seems to be referencing that linkage by seeing Law in the Fire.

VAYEHI VIYESHURUN MELECH (33:4) = and he was king of Yeshurun.
Assuming this is Moshe being mentioned, the phrase could also mean, and Moshe
was king of the Upright One (Israel as she should be). Or, perhaps, Moshe was king
of the beloved ones or Moshe was king, the one who sees.

VAYOMAR SHEMA YAHWAY (33:7) = may YHWH hear. It is interesting that
the order goes from Reuben, then to Yehudah and then to Levi. Simeon is omitted at
this juncture but his name is derived from Shema (to hear).

YORU MISHPATEYCHA LE-YAAKOV VETORATCHA LE-YISRAEL (33:10) =
they shall teach Your judgment to Jacob and your Torah to Israel. There is one

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judgment against Jacob for fleeing from Esau, but through his reconciliation and
return we eventually get the 12 tribes of Israel to whom YHWH will teach the entire
Torah.

URSTON SHOCHNI SNEH TAVOTAH (33:16) = one who dwells in the thorn bush.
SNEH is Sinai, which means thorny. And, of course on Sinai is the Burning Bush.
The one who dwells there then must be YHWH Himself!

VEYISSAKHAR BEOHALEYCHA (33:18) = and Issachar in your tents. According
to Rashi, Issachar had a reputation for producing scholars, to to your tents means
tents of study. Others say the fertile land made hard work on it unnecessary. The
reality is both could be true. Because the land didnt need many workers, the
inhabitants could devote themselves to study.

VAYAR RESHIT LO KI-SHAM CHELKAT MECHOKEK SAFUN (33:21) = he
saw the first portion for himself, for that is where the portion of the Lawgiver is
hidden. This is a very important clue that speaks to Moshes tomb being in Gads
territory. Some have called this person a ruler but the word CHELKAT (from
chaqaq) literally means someone who cuts into rock to do a covenant, just as Moshe
did. If so, this line may have been penned by Joshua since Moshe would not
necessarily know the exact spot his own remains will end up!

UMOSHE BEN-MEAH VEESRIM SHANAH BE MOTO (34:7) = and Moshe was
120 years old when he died. According to Josephus and other reliable authorities, this
was on 1 Adar. A few other Jewish authorities though would put the death a week
later, 7 Adar, but Deuteronomy 1:3 puts all the events of that book on 1 Shevat of that
year and that is my choce.

4) Genesis 1:1-2:3 (Simchat Torah)

BERESHIT (1:1) = in the beginning. Onkelos Targum says BKADMIN (in the
eternities/beginnings) indicating ancient understanding of more than one creation event
happening at the same time. Within the word BERESHIT is also the first Messianic
prophecy:

BAR = son (Aramaic)
BARA = created
RESH = head/chief/beginning
SHET = (the) six (Aramaic)

So the Son is created BEFORE the 6 days of creation!

VAYOMER ELOHIM YEHI RAKIA (1:5) = and said Elohim: Let there be a SKY. This
sky(rakia) is usually translated as firmament but literally means expanse,
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kind of sky from SHMAYIM, or the universe. In other places, RAKIA can also denote
matter.

VAYAAS ELOHIM (1:16) = and made Elohim. Tense indicates these luminaries were
made on the fourth day, meaning neither the sun nor the moon can be used to count days
for the 7 day Shabbat cycle. YHWH didnt count from day 4 for Creation week and
therefore neither should we. The 7 day count is independent of the sun, moon and stars.

VAYOMER ELOHIM HA ADAM BETZALMANU (1:26) = and said Elohim, Let US
make man in OUR image. Recalling the fact that multiple creations happened and that
within BERESHIT is proof that the Son/Word was the first thing YHWH created, we
need to further confirm this through Psalm 33:6 and Yochanan 1:1-5. YHWH sent the
Word out of His Mouth and the Word created the heavens and the earth, by him, for him
and through his hands as the Aramaic of Yochanan reads. Since it is Yshua who made
these things as the Word, the US and OUR are YHWH talking with His Son whom He
loved from when time began (Yochanan 17) since the Messiah has goings forth that
have been from the eternities (Micah 5) from which a throne in heaven was set up for
him to have eternal and universal dominion (Daniel 7).

UMILU ET-HAARETS VECHIVESHUHA (1:28) = fill the earth up and conquer it. In
order to do this command, man must endeavor to understand the inner workings of the
earth, which he can only do through disciplined observation of the planet. The method of
this observation is given in 1 Thessalonians 5:21-22, test everything, hold on to the good
and avoid all evil.

SHAVAT (2:3) = rested, but not because YHWH was tired because He never tires.
Rather YHWH completed His work and stopped doing it. This is confirmed in 2:4 with
ASAH (made) in past tense, denoting completion. Later Jewish sources though will
speculate that certain events, like the building of the Temple, also in their way complete
creation.

Historical Commentary on Sukkot (Josephus)

244
Upon the fifteenth day of the same month, when the season of the year is changing to
winter, the law enjoins us to pitch tabernacles in every one of our houses, so that we
preserve ourselves from the cold of that time of the year;
245
as also that when we should
arrive at our own country, and come to that city which we should have then for our
metropolis, because of the temple therein to be built, and keep a festival for eight days,
and offer burnt offerings, and sacrifice thank offerings, that we should then carry in our
hands a branch of myrtle, and willow, and a bough of the palm tree, with the addition of
the pome citron.
246
That the burnt offering on the first of those days was to be a sacrifice
of thirteen bulls, and fourteen lambs, and fifteen rams, with the addition of a kid of the
goats, as an expiation for sins: and on the following days the same number of lambs, and
of rams, with the kids of the goats; but abating one of the bulls every day till they
amounted to seven only.


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247
On the eighth day all work was laid aside, and then, as we said before, they sacrificed
to God a bullock, a ram, and seven lambs, with a kid of the goats, for an expiation of sins.
And this is the accustomed solemnity of the Hebrews, when they pitch their tabernacles.
(Josephus, Antiquities 3:244-247)

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``When the multitude are assembled together to the holy city for sacrificing,
every seventh year, at the feast of tabernacles, let the high priest stand upon a high
desk, where he may be heard, and let him read the laws to all the people; and let
neither the women nor the children be hindered from hearing, no, nor the servants
either;
210
for it is a good thing that those laws should be engraved in their souls,
and preserved in their memories, that so it may not be possible to blot them out; for by
this means they will not be guilty of sin, when they cannot plead ignorance of what the
laws have enjoined them.

The laws also will have a greater authority among them, as foretelling what they will
suffer if they break them: and imprinting in their souls by this hearing what they
command them to do,
211
that so there may always be within their minds that intention of
the laws which they have despised and broken, and have thereby been the causes of their
own mischief. Let the children also learn the laws, as the first thing they are taught,
which will be the best thing they can be taught, and will be the cause of their future
felicity.''

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``Let everyone commemorate before God the benefits which he bestowed upon them
at their deliverance out of the land of Egypt, and this twice every day, both when the day
begins and when the hour of sleep comes on, gratitude being in its own nature a just
thing, and serving not only by way of return for past, but also by way of invitation of
future favors.
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They are also to inscribe the principal blessings they have received from
God upon their doors, and show the same remembrance of them upon their arms; as also
they are to bear on their forehead and their arm those wonders which declare the power of
God, and his goodwill toward them, that God's readiness to bless them may appear
everywhere conspicuous about them.'' (Antiquities, 4:209-213)

(About 152 BCE)
46
When Jonathan had received this letter, he put on the high
priest's robe at the time of the feast of tabernacles, four years after the death of his
brother Judas, for at that time no high priest had been made. So he raised great forces,
and had abundance of armor prepared.
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This greatly grieved Demetrius, when he heard
of it, and made him blame himself for his slowness, that he had not anticipated
Alexander, and got the goodwill of Jonathan, but had given him time so to do. However,
he also himself wrote a letter to Jonathan, and to the people, the contents whereof are
these:--

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``King Demetrius to Jonathan, and to the nation of the Jews, sends greetings. Since you
have preserved your friendship for us, and when you have been tempted by our enemies,
you have not joined yourselves to them; I both commend you for your fidelity, and exhort
you to continue in the same disposition; for which you shall be repaid, and receive
rewards from us;
49
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which you formerly paid to the kings my predecessors, and to myself; and I do now
set you free from those tributes which you have ever paid; and besides, I forgive you the
tax upon salt, and the value of the crowns which you used to offer to me: and instead of
the third part of the fruits of the field, and the half of the fruits of the trees, I relinquish
my part of them from this day:
50
and as to the poll money, which ought to be given me
for every head of the inhabitants of Judea, and of the three toparchies that adjoin to Judea,
Samaria, and Galilee, and Perea, that I relinquish to you for this time, and for all time to
come. (Antiquities 13:46-50)

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and after that they heard a sound as of a great multitude, saying, ``We are departing
from here.'' But, what is still more terrible, there was one Yshua bar Khanan-Yah, a
common man and a husbandman, who, four years before the war began (62 CE,
Jewish War started in the year 66AGR), and at a time when the city was in very
great peace and prosperity, came to that feast whereon it is our custom for everyone to
make tabernacles to God in the temple,
301
began suddenly to cry aloud, ``A voice from
the east, a voice from the west, a voice from the four winds, a voice against Jerusalem
and the holy house, a voice against the bridegroom and the bride, and a voice against this
whole people!'' This was his cry, as he went about by day and by night, in all the lanes of
the city.

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However, certain of the most eminent among the populace had great indignation at
this dire cry of his, and took up the man, and gave him a great number of severe stripes;
yet he did not either say anything for himself, or anything peculiar to those who chastised
him, but still went on with the same words which he cried before.
303
Hereupon our
rulers supposing, as the case proved to be, that this was a sort of divine fury in the man,
brought him to the Roman procurator;
304
where he was whipped till his bones were laid
bare; yet he did not make any supplication for himself, nor shed any tears, but turning his
voice to the most lamentable tone possible, at every stroke of the whip his answer was,
``Woe, woe to Jerusalem!'' (The Jewish War, 6:300-304)

Historical Commentary on Sukkot 2 (Philo)

202
And this number is consecrated and dedicated to God when the perfect fruits of the
soul are offered up. For, on the feast of tabernacles, besides all other sacrifices, it is
ordered that the priest should offer up seventy heifers for a burnt offering. Again, it is in
accordance with the computation of seventy that the phials of the princes are provided,
for each of them is of the weight of seventy shekels; since whatever things are associated
and confederate together in the soul, and dear to one another, have a power which is truly
attractive, namely, the sacred computation of seventy, which Egypt, the nature which
hates virtue, and loves to indulge the passions, is introduced as lamenting; for mourning
among them is computed at seventy days. [Genesis l. 8.]
203
XXXVII.

This number, therefore, as I have said before, is familiar to Moses, but the number of the
five outward senses is familiar to him who embraces the body and external things, which
it is customary to call Joseph; for he pays such attention to those things, that he presents
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no acquaintance at all with those who were only his brothers as sons of the same father,
with five exceedingly beautiful garments, thinking the outward senses things of
exceeding beauty, and worthy of being adorned and honored by him. (Philo, The
Migrations of Abraham 1:202-203)

The last of all the annual festivals is that which is called the feast of tabernacles,
which is fixed for the season of the autumnal equinox. And by this festival the
lawgiver teaches two lessons, both that it is necessary to honor equality, the first principle
and beginning of justice, the principle akin to unshadowed light; and that it is becoming
also, after witnessing the perfection of all the fruits of the year, to give thanks to that
Being who has made them perfect.

For the autumn ('metoporon'), as its very name shows is the season which comes after
('meta') the fruits of the year ('ten oporan') are now gathered into the granaries, on
account of the providence of nature which loves the living creatures upon the earth.

And, indeed, the people are commanded to pass the whole period of the feast under tents,
either because there is no longer any necessity for remaining in the open air laboring at
the cultivation of the land, since there is nothing left in the land, but all is stored up in the
barns, on account of the injuries which otherwise might be likely to visit it from the
burning of the sun or the violence of the rains. It is also intended as a commemoration of
the long journeying of their ancestors, while making which through the desert they
lodged in numerous tents for many years, while stopping at each halting place. And it is
proper in the time of riches to remember one's poverty, and in an hour of glory to
recollect the days of one's disgrace, and at a season of peace to think upon the dangers
that are past.

Again, the beginning of this festival is appointed for the fifteenth day of the month, on
account of the reason which has already been mentioned respecting the spring season,
also that the world may be full, not by day only but also by night, of the most beautiful
light, the sun and moon on their rising opposite to one another with uninterrupted light,
without any darkness interposing itself between so as to divide them.

And after the festival has lasted seven days, he adds an eighth as a seal, calling it a kind
of crowning feast, not only as it would seem to this festival, but also to all the feasts of
the year which we have enumerated; for it is the last feast of the year, and is a very stable
and holy sort of conclusion, befitting men who have now received all the produce from
the land, and who are no longer in perplexity and apprehension respecting any barrenness
or scarcity. (Philo, The Special Laws, 2:204-211)

Haftorah for Simchat Torah: Joshua 1:1-18

When Moses, servant of Yahweh, was dead, Yahweh spoke to Joshua son of Nun,
Moses' adjutant. He said,
2
'Moses my servant is dead; go now and cross this
Jordan, you and this whole people, into the country which I am giving to them
(the Israelites).
3
Every place you tread with the soles of your feet I shall give

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you, as I declared to Moses that I would.
4
From the desert and the Lebanon, to
the Great River, the Euphrates (the entire country of the Hittites), and as far as the
Great Sea to westward, is to be your territory.


5
As long as you live, no one will be able to resist you; I shall be with you as I
was with Moses; I shall not fail you or desert you.
6
'Be strong and stand firm, for
you are the man to give this people possession of the land which I swore to their
ancestors that I would give them.
7
Only be strong and stand very firm and be
careful to keep the whole Law which my servant Moses laid down for you. Do not
swerve from this either to right or to left, and then you will succeed wherever you
go.


8
Have the book of this Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so
that you may carefully keep everything that is written in it. Then your
undertakings will prosper, then you will have success.
9
Have I not told you: Be
strong and stand firm? Be fearless and undaunted, for go where you may, Yahweh
your God is with you.'
10
Joshua then gave the people's officials this instruction:


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'Go through the camp and give the people this order, "Make provisions ready,
for in three days' time you will cross this Jordan and go on to take possession of
the land which Yahweh your God is giving you as your own." '


12
Joshua then said to the Reubenites and Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh,

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'Remember the order given you by Moses, servant of Yahweh: Yahweh your
God, in bringing you to rest, has given you the land where we are.
14
Your wives,
your little ones and your cattle must stay in the country given you by Moses
beyond the Jordan. But all you fighting men must cross in battle formation at the
head of your brothers and help them,
15
until Yahweh grants rest to your brothers
and you alike, when they too have taken possession of the land which Yahweh
your God is giving to them. Then you may go back and take possession of the
land which belongs to you and which Moses, servant of Yahweh, has given you
on the eastern side of the Jordan.'


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They answered Joshua, 'We will do whatever you order us, and wherever you
send us we will go.
17
We obeyed Moses in everything, and now we will obey
you. Only may Yahweh your God be with you as he was with Moses!
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If
anyone rebels against your orders or will not listen to your commands, let him be
put to death. Only be strong and stand firm.' (Joshua 1:1-18 NJB)

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PART FOUR: Renewed Covenant (commentary through AENT only):

1) Yochanan 1:1-14; 7:1-36 (1
st
and 2
nd
days)

John 1:1

1) The phrase B'resheet aytohi hwa miltha breaks a most basic rule of Aramaic grammar
by combining a feminine noun (miltha) with two masculine verbs for "to be" (aytohi,
hwa). This is unheard of in Aramaic literature other than right here in this passage and in
1 John. This shows YHWH has male and female "images/spirits" even though YHWH
remains a He. It may also be a midrash on Isa_11:1-2, which describes the Spirit of
YHWH descending on Mashiyach using both masculine and feminine suffixes. This is
not something easily translated, let alone when it occurs within the first four words. See
Feminine Attributes in Appendix.

2) Miltha has no direct English equivalent. It can mean 'Word', 'Manifestation',
'Instance' or 'Substance' among other things. In this context, it may best be left
untranslated. (PY)

John 1:2

3) Fulfilling Messianic prophecy: Mashiyach (ruler of Israel) to have origins of the
ancient past Mic_5:2; Isa_48:16. Bear in mind that Micah is referring to the spiritual
Israel of Elohim, those of the Kingdom of Heaven according to the circumcision of
heart.

John 1:3

4) Literal Aramaic reading; "through his hands" indicates the Word as a creative force,
like a sculptor working under the orders of a king. See Psa_33:6; Isa_44:24; Isa_66:1-2.
Please see Alef Tav in Appendix.
John 1:4

5) While Abba YHWH is in sole command of the creation process, the his hands refers
to the Word from His mouth and that Word will become flesh as His Son. Since this is a
form of Yshua the him is in small letters. The same is done for Joh_1:10-12.
Although in another sense it is also accurate to say that Yshua is YHWH. See Luk_2:11
and 1Co_12:3.
John 1:5

6) Aramaic wordplay. Nohra bchashokha menhar (light in the darkness that shines) is a
deliberate mirror-reversal of menhar-nohra (menorah), which marks the conception of
the light of the world at Hanukkah. This puts the birth of Mashiyach nine months from
Hanukkah, during the fall feasts; many point to the first day of Feast of Tabernacles for
the date of Yshuas birth.

John 1:11

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7) Fulfilling the Messianic prophecy: his own did not receive him Psa_69:9; Isa_53:3;
Dan_9:24-26.
John 1:14

8) Miltha refers to the "Manifestation" of the Ruach haKodesh within Mashiyach. The
physical body of Mashiyach is not the Word of YHWH, but his words and actions
demonstrate the Will and Word of YHWH, which upholds observance of Torah.
However, Christo-Pagans like Marcion and Constantine taught that Y'shua's body and
spirit manifest a different "word" that did away with Torah. The Word of YHWH was
substituted with dispensational and replacement "theologies," which are more popular
among Christians.

John 7:2

The Aramaic word here is matliyn, in places it refers to a tent, like the Tent of Meeting,
or as it is here can refer to Tabernacles as in the Feast of Sukkot (Deu_16:13).

John 7:5

Fulfilling the Messianic prophecy: "I am estranged from my brothers" Psa_69:8-9.

John 7:10

Yochanan is using a wordplay between b'Galeela (in Galeela, Joh_7:9) and b'Galeea
(openly, Joh_7:10). Maran Y'shua went up to the feast secretly, not openly. (PY)

John 7:14

In the middle of. (PY) This event can be dated with complete precision. Sukkot in the
year 29 CE fell from sunset on Monday, October 8th and ended at sunset on Tuesday,
October 16th. The only Shabbat or Saturday morning that occurs during this feast is on
19 Tishri/13 October, the morning of the 5th day, and the precise mid-point of the feast.
This concordance only happens on the year 29 CE, confirming the scope of Yshuas
ministry from 27-30 CE.

John 7:17

Herein is the acid test of truly comprehending the teachings of Mashiyach Yshua. The
teachings of Mashiyach are understood by doing Torah, by obedience to the Word of
YHWH, by living our lives according to the same pattern of Yshuas own Torah
observant lifestyle. By contrast Western Christian civilization requires that you study
biblical theology, biblical interpretation, hermeneutics, biblical languages, literature,
culture, history, geography, archeology, philosophy and much more so as to understand
the teachings of Mashiyach. In Joh_7:15-19 we read that Yshua is obedient to his Father
YHWH and he invites all others into obedience to his Fathers will. Yshuas teaching is
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obedient to His Fathers Torah. False teachers teach their own understanding to get glory
to themselves, but Yshua observes Torah and brings glory to his Fathers Name. The
Pharisees say they do Torah, but not a man among them kept Torah. Clearly, Mashiyach
teaches that obedience to Torah is the key to understanding his teachings and this is why
the Pharisees and other sects of Judaism rejected Yshua, because they had already made
up their own torah according to their own religious traditions. Christianity has done
exactly the same thing by using theology and knowledge as a replacement for
obedience. Please see Appendix, How much Torah do Christians already keep?

John 7:19

The Pharisees face a very stern rebuke here from Y'shua for not keeping the Torah of
Moshe; his language could not be stronger. Y'shua's teaching comes from the "divine"
side (qnoma) within him. It is YHWH who is speaking through Mashiyach Y'shua. By
contrast, "not a man among you," not one Pharisee, is keeping Torah. The message is
clear; Y'shua in effect is saying, "who are you to judge me when you don't practice what
you preach?" Even as a child from Galeela, Y'shua had a flawless understanding of
Torah. Y'shua never lived one standard for himself while teaching another to the
Pharisees, and another to his Jewish followers, and yet another for non-Jews. See
Mat_5:20.

John 7:23

This event is in active participle form in Aramaic, indicating that it is unfolding into the
immediate present. As a result, this verse clearly invalidates the false theory of a lunar
sabbath. This cannot be referring to a miracle on any other time but, rather, at that
moment on that day since that selfsame moment is called the Shabbat day! Yshua
states that a day between the first and last days of Sukkot is the Shabbat. That being the
case, the Shabbat is by definition, falling on a day other than the 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd or
29th day of the month. This imperative clearly nullifies the lunar sabbath falsehood; it is
validated by Aramaicists and authoritative Aramaic grammars of both Christian and
Jewish persuasion. Neither is there any historical documentation among Netzarim
followers of Yshua regarding the observance of a lunar sabbath. Nor do Jewish
historians such as Yoseph ben Mattathias (Josephus) support the theory that Yshuas
talmidim observed a lunar sabbath. Had Yshua or his talmidim adopted lunar sabbath
observance, the Rabbinical world would have raked them over the coals, but no such
thing is evidenced in Jewish writings. The lunar sabbath theory is a fallacy, invented by a
luna-tic. See Divisions of the Day in Appendix.

John 7:29

Fulfilling the Messianic prophecy, But a branch will emerge from the trunk of Jesse, a
shoot will grow from his roots. The Spirit of YHWH will rest upon him, the Spirit of
wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and power, the Spirit of knowledge and
fear of YHWH, he will be inspired by fearing YHWH. He will not judge by what his eyes
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fairly for the humble of the land. He will strike the land with a rod from his mouth and
slay the wicked with the breath from his lips Isa_11:1-4.

2) Yochanan 7:14-36 is read on the 2
nd
day, but we have just read it above, so no
need to reproduce it here.

3) Yochanan 7:37-52 (Shemini Atzeret only)

John 7:42

Fulfilling the Messianic prophecy, I will establish one of your descendants to succeed
you, one of your own flesh and blood; and I will set up his rulership...I will establish his
royal throne forever. 2Sa_7:12-16

Fulfilling the Messianic prophecy, But you, Beit Lechem near Efrat, so small among the
clans of Yehudah, out of you will come forth to me the future ruler of Israel, whose
origins are far in the past, back in ancient times Mic_5:2 (1 JPS)

John 7:50

Niqodemus is known as Nakdimon ben Gurion in the Talmud, an endearing name given
to him for causing a very favorable rain, and for the sun to return after it had set. The
Talmud says his real name was Boni, it records that someone with a similar name was
executed as one of Yshuas five disciples: It is taught: Yeshu had five disciples - Matai,
Nekai, Netzer, Buni, and Todah. They brought Matai [before the judges]. He said to
them: Will Matai be killed? It is written (Psa_42:2) When [=Matai] shall (I) come and
appear before G-d. They said to him: Yes, Matai will be killed as it is written
(Psa_41:5) When [=Matai] shall (he) die and his name perish-Talmud Sanhedrin 43a.
Mattai is clearly Matthew. Todah is a match for Thaddeus in Aramaic. But
Buni, most likely the Boni referred to earlier is Nakdimon. It is an odd happening
that a man so revered in the Talmud should, under another name, be executed for heresy.
On the other hand, Josephus speaks of many Rabbinics opposing the assassination of
Yaakov Ha Tzadik (James the Just) so double traditions are not without precedent.
Another case is Rabbi Gamaliel, Pauls teacher, who is remembered fondly in both the
Talmud and NT.

John 7:52

The Greek redactor confused the Aramaic future tense for the past tense, and also
misunderstood the context of this section. Y'shua is the Mashiyach who is linked to "the
Prophet" of which Moshe said, "unto him you shall listen" (Deu_18:15). The point was
that "The" Prophet (meaning Mashiyach as prophesied in Mic_5:1) would not arise from
Galilee, but would be born in Bethlehem. It is ironic that the Pharisees assumed that
Y'shua was born in Galilee, since he is known as a Nazarene, and tried to use that against
him.

John 8:1

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In later Greek translations a story appears in the text of a woman caught in adultery,
which was inserted as Joh_8:1-11. The story is nonexistent in the Peshitta (and the
Khabouris Codex) and does not appear in the four earliest Greek manuscripts of John.
The brackets reflect verses according to Greek numbers. If any Peshitta manuscript had
included the story, it could have been shown as a product of a later period.

John 8:12

In Joh_8:21 (Aramaic verse 10), Maran Y'shua uses a wordplay between Mawtha (death)
and Matha (to come). Maran, of course, was referring to His upcoming death, as
suspected by those who heard him (Joh_8:22 --PY) (Aramaic verse 11).

However, once the Woman in Adultery pericope is removed from the narrative, it is
clear Shemini Atzeret continues. Lets read and comment extemporaneously on the
rest of this incredibly important day, from Yochanan 8:12-9:13!

John 8:24

In Semitic thought, the phrase Ena-na (I am) conveys a thought of eternal existence
reserved only for Elohim. This naturally leads to the following question in verse 14.
(PY), which is also known as Joh_8:25 in Greek based versions. (AR)

John 8:32

While this is a beautiful and endearing verse it also reveals the deeply embedded
Hellenistic mindset within Christianity and the secular world. Greek philosophers
Socrates, Plato and Aristotle believed their truth was divinely inspired and that it
provided moral guidance, as long as they gave the proper interpretation. Most Christians
interpret truth as the knowledge of Christian truth, specific Christian doctrines,
Statement of Christian Faith, or proper Christian interpretation of Scripture. A Christian
label or identity is a Christian truth. It is truth as long as they provide proper Christian
interpretation and you agree with their interpretation. However, when Yshua teaches
truth will set you free he is referring to applied truth such as found in Deu_32:46-47,
command your children to observe and do all the words of this Torah. For it is not a
vain thing for you; because it is your life. YHWH and Yshuas truth is neither a
Jewish, nor a Christian thing, it is a YHWH thing. Observing (keeping and obeying)
Torah as the Word of YHWH is Truth. Truth lives within the act of obedience. Please
see Eighteen New Testament Misconceptions in Appendix.

John 8:33

Greek translations suggest that the Pharisees knew nothing of the slavery of the Hebrews
prior to the Exodus. However, Aramaic has two words that can mean "bondage." The
one used here, abdota, refers to indentured servitude in working off a debt (as in Ya'akov
working for Laban); not "slavery" as was the case in Egypt, which is another word. Upon
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Moshe. This was certainly not the original plan of the Egyptians, so the Pharisees'
original point is that they are not indebted to anyone. However, Y'shua responds that if
they think they get a free pass because of their ancestry, they are wrong. Every
individual must work and apply himself to Torah according to Mashiyach, and be
growing in righteousness, which is how one redeems their own soul from sin/debt;
otherwise they remain slaves to sin.

John 8:36

The greatest freedom we will know in this life is the freedom to walk in truth, free from
the power of religion and free from the fear of man. Imagine having such a great love for
our Heavenly Father YHWH that when He speaks we are free to obey without doubting
YHWH or ourselves. Imagine the security, confidence, and trust in Him that we will
readily deny the authority of religious leaders in favor of witnessing the Spirit of YHWH
work within us, drawing us close to Himself. This is the freedom Yshua offers his
followers, the single most empowering thing we will experience in this life, being fearers
of YHWH Elohim, rather than be fearers of man. However, this is also the single
greatest thing that brings anger and outrage among religious hierarchies against those
who seek the Kingdom of Heaven. Only in Mashiyach can we be free from the bondage
of sin, free from manmade religions and traditions that make void Torah, we are free
indeed.

John 8:51

Literally, "Watches over" or "Nurtures." (PY). This is also said of Awraham, that he
guarded and protected the statutes of YHWH (AR).

Sukkot ends up being the most thoroughly documented feast day, second only perhaps to
Pesach itself, but who knew it stretched across parts of a whopping 3 chapters in
Yochanan???

Sermon on the Mount: Tanakh Edition

Yshuas most famous discourse, the Sermon on the Mount, is almost completely derived
from near direct statements of well-known Tanakh statements, showing his absolute
mastery of the Scriptures even as he appears to teach in a completely spontaneous
manner. This is the mark of a true Rabbi, in every positive sense of the word!

My suggestion: Before you start read or hear me read the following, please open your
Bibles to Matthew 5 and read those statements to the end of chapter 7 as I continue with
this

Matthew 5 Statements:


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(Isa 57:15) For thus declares the high and exalted One who dwells forever, whose Name
is set-apart, I dwell in the high and set-apart place, with him who has a bruised and
humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of bruised ones.

(Isa 66:2) And all these My hand have made, and all these that exist, declares .
Yet to such a one I look: on him who is poor and bruised of spirit, and who trembles at
My Word.

(Psa 37:11) But the meek ones shall inherit the earth, And delight themselves in plenty
of peace.(Psa 37:22) For His blessed ones inherit the earth, But those cursed by Him are
cut off.(Psa 37:29) The righteous shall inherit the earth, And dwell in it forever.(Psa
37:34) Wait on and guard His way, And He shall exalt you to inherit the earth
When the wrongdoers are cut off, you shall see it. (Psa 149:4) For takes pleasure in
His people; He embellishes the meek ones with deliverance.

(Isa 55:1) Oh everyone who thirsts, come to the waters. And you who have no silver,
come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk without silver and without price.(Isa 55:2)
Why do you weigh out silver for what is not bread, and your labour for what does not
satisfy? Listen, listen to Me, and eat what is good, and let your being delight itself in
fatness.

(Zep 2:3) Seek , all you meek ones of the earth, who have done His right-ruling. Seek
righteousness, seek meekness, if so be that you are hidden in the day of wrath of .

(Isa 66:11) so that you feed, and shall be satisfied with the breast of her comforts, so that
you drink deeply, and shall delight yourselves in her overflowing esteem.

(Isa 66:12) For thus said , See, I am extending peace to her like a river, and the
esteem of the gentiles like a flowing stream. And you shall feed; you shall be carried on
the side, and be fondled on her knees.

(Psa 24:3) Who does go up into the mountain of ? And who does stand in His set-
apart place? (Psa 24:4) He who has innocent hands and a clean heart, Who did not bring
his life to naught, And did not swear deceivingly.

(Psa 51:10) Create in me a clean heart, O Elohim, And renew a steadfast spirit within
me.

(Psa 122:8) For the sake of my brothers and companions, I say, Peace be within you.
(Psa 122:9) For the sake of the House of our Elohim I seek your good.

(Eze 37:26) And I shall make a covenant of peace with them an everlasting covenant
it is with them. And I shall place them and increase them, and shall place My set-apart
place in their midst, forever.(Eze 37:27) And My Dwelling Place shall be over them.
And I shall be their Elohim, and they shall be My people.


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(Psa 18:25) With the kind You show Yourself kind; With the perfect one You show
Yourself perfect; (Psa 119:85) The proud have dug pits for me, Which is not according
to Your Torah.(Psa 119:86) All Your commands are trustworthy; They have persecuted
me with lies; Help me! (Psa 119:87) They almost made an end of me on earth, But I, I
did not forsake Your orders. (Psa 119:88) Revive me according to Your kindness, That I
might guard the witness of Your mouth.

(Psa 89:15) Blessed are the people Who know the festal trumpet-call! They walk, O ,
in the light of Your face.(Psa 89:16) In Your Name they rejoice all day long, And they
are exalted in Your righteousness .

(Isa 40:12) Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and measured the
heavens with a span, and contained the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the
mountains in scales and the hills in a balance? (Isa 40:13) Who has meted out the Spirit
of , or as His counsellor taught Him? (Isa 40:14) With whom did He take counsel,
and who instructed Him, and taught Him in the path of right-ruling? Who taught Him
knowledge, and showed Him the way of understanding? (Isa 40:15) See, nations are as a
drop in a bucket, and are reckoned as dust on the balance. See, He lifts up isles as fine
dust. (Isa 40:16) And Leanon is not enough to burn, nor its beasts enough for a burnt
offering.

(Isa 40:17) All nations before Him are as a non-entity, and they are reckoned by Him as
less than a speck, and emptiness. (Isa 40:18) And to whom would you liken l? And
what likeness would you compare to Him?(Isa 40:19) The workman moulds a graven
image, and the goldsmith overspreads it with gold, and the silversmith casts silver chains.
(Isa 40:20) He who is too poor for such an offering chooses a tree that does not rot. He
seeks for himself a skilled craftsman to prepare a carved image that does not totter.

(Isa 40:21) Did you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from
the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? (Isa 40:22) It
is He who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, who
stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,
(Isa 40:23) who brings princes to naught, shall make the rulers of the earth as emptiness.
(Isa 40:24) Hardly have they been planted, hardly have they been sown, hardly has their
stock taken root in the earth, when He shall blow on them and they wither, and a
whirlwind take them away like stubble. (Isa 40:25) And to whom then do you liken Me,
or to whom am I compared? says the Set-apart One.

(Deu 30:11) For this command which I am commanding you today, it is not too hard for
you, nor is it far off. (Deu 30:12) It is not in the heavens, to say, Who shall ascend into
the heavens for us, and bring it to us, and cause us to hear it, so that we do it?

(Deu 30:13) Nor is it beyond the sea, to say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and
bring it to us, and cause us to hear it, so that we do it?(Deu 30:14) For the Word is very
near you, in your mouth and in your heart to do it.


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(Deu 30:15) See, I have set before you today life and good, and death and evil, (Deu
30:16) in that I am commanding you today to love your Elohim, to walk in His
ways, and to guard His commands, and His laws, and His right-rulings. And you shall
live and increase, and your Elohim shall bless you in the land which you go to
possess.

(Deu 30:17) But if your heart turns away, and you do not obey, and shall be drawn
away, and shall bow down to other mighty ones and serve them, (Deu 30:18) I have
declared to you today that you shall certainly perish, you shall not prolong your days in
the land which you are passing over the Yardn to enter and possess.

(Deu 30:19) I have called the heavens and the earth as witnesses today against you: I
have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore you shall choose
life, so that you live, both you and your seed, (Deu 30:20) to love your Elohim, to
obey His voice, and to cling to Him for He is your life and the length of your days to
dwell in the land which swore to your fathers, to Araham, to Yitsaq, and to
Yaaqo, to give them.

(Ecc 5:4) When you make a vow to Elohim, do not delay to pay it, for He takes no
pleasure in fools. Pay that which you have vowed. (Ecc 5:5) It is better not to vow than
to vow and not pay.

(Pro 25:21) If your enemy is hungry give him bread to eat, And if he is thirsty give him
water to drink,(Pro 25:22) For you are heaping coals of fire on his head, And
rewards you.

(Gen 17:1) And it came to be when Aram was ninety-nine years old, that appeared
to Aram and said to him, I am l Shaddai walk before Me and be perfect.

Matthew 6 Statements:

(Pro 21:14) A gift in secret subdues displeasure, And a bribe in the bosom, strong wrath.

(Psa 91:1) He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High, Who abides under the
shadow of the Almighty,(Psa 91:2) He is saying of , My refuge and my stronghold,
My Elohim, in whom I trust!(Psa 91:3) For He delivers you from the snare of a trapper,
From the destructive pestilence. (Psa 91:4) He covers you with His feathers, And under
His wings you take refuge; His truth is a shield and armor. (Psa 91:5) You are not afraid
of the dread by night, Of the arrow that flies by day,(Psa 91:6) Of the pestilence that
walks in darkness, Of destruction that ravages at midday. (Psa 91:7) A thousand fall at
your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it does not come near you.

(Isa 26:20) Go, my people, enter your rooms, and shut your doors behind you; hide
yourself, as it were, for a little while, until the displeasure is past.

(Ecc 5:1) Guard your steps when you go to the House of Elohim. And draw near to listen
rather than to give the slaughtering of fools, for they do not know that they do evil. (Ecc

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5:2) Do not be hasty with your mouth, and let not your heart hurry to bring forth a word
before Elohim. For Elohim is in the heavens, and you on earth, therefore let your words
be few. (Ecc 5:3) For a dream comes through the greatness of the task, and a fools voice
is known by his many words.

(Masters Prayer)

(Deu 32:3) For I proclaim the Name of , Ascribe greatness to our Elohim. (Deu
32:4) The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are right-ruling, An l of truth
and without unrighteousness, Righteous and straight is He.(Deu 32:5) A twisted and
crooked generation has corrupted itself, Their blemish, they are not His children.(Deu
32:6) Do you do this to , O foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, who
bought you, Who created you and established you?

(Lev 22:32) And do not profane My set-apart Name, and I shall be set-apart among the
children of Yisral. I am , who sets you apart, (Lev 22:33) who brought you out of
the land of Mitsrayim, to be your Elohim. I am .

(2Sa 7:16) And your house and your reign are to be steadfast forever before you your
throne is established forever.

(You have said) (Isa 43:12) I, I have declared and saved, and made known, and there
was no foreign mighty one among you. And you are My witnesses, declares , that I
am l. (Isa 43:13) Even from the day I am He, and no one delivers out of My hand. I
work, and who turns it back?

(Psa 135:6) has done whatever pleased Him, In the heavens and in earth, In the seas
and in all the depths!

(Pro 30:8) Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me my portion of bread.

(Psa 79:9) Help us, O Elohim of our deliverance, For the sake of the esteem of Your
Name. And deliver us, and cover over our sins, For Your Names sake! (Psa 79:10) Why
should the gentiles say, Where is their Elohim? Let the vengeance of the outpoured
blood of Your servants Be known among the gentiles, Before our eyes.(Psa 79:11) Let
the groaning of the prisoner come before You. According to the greatness of Your arm
Preserve those appointed to death.

(Psa 5:8) O , lead me in Your righteousness because of those watching me; Make
Your way straight before my face. (Psa 5:9) For there is no stability in their mouth; Their
inward part is destruction; Their throat is an open grave; They flatter with their
tongue.(Psa 5:10) Declare them guilty, O Elohim! Let them fall by their own counsels;
Thrust them away for their many transgressions, Because they have rebelled against You.
(Psa 5:11) But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; Let them ever shout for joy,
because You shelter them; And let those who love Your Name exult in You.(Psa 5:12)
For You bless the righteous, O ; You surround him with favour as with a shield.

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(Psa 104:31) The esteem of is forever, rejoices in His works, (Psa 104:32) Who
looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smoke. (Psa
104:33) I sing to as long as I live, I sing praise to my Elohim while I exist.

(Psa 72:17) Let His Name be forever, His Name continue before the sun; And let them
bless themselves in Him; Let all nations call Him blessed. (Psa 72:18) Blessed be
Elohim, Elohim of Yisral, He alone is doing wonders!(Psa 72:19) And blessed be His
esteemed Name forever! And let all the earth Be filled with His esteem. Amn and
Amn.

(End Masters Prayer)

(Isa 58:4) Look, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of
wrongness. You do not fast as you do this day, to make your voice heard on high. (Isa
58:5) Is it a fast that I have chosen, a day for a man to afflict his being? Is it to bow
down his head like a bulrush, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Do you call this a
fast, and an acceptable day to ? (Isa 58:6) Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to
loosen the tight cords of wrongness, to undo the bands of the yoke, to exempt the
oppressed, and to break off every yoke?

(Isa 58:7) Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and that you bring to your house
the poor who are cast out; when you see the naked, and cover him, and not hide yourself
from your own flesh?(Isa 58:8) Then your light would break forth like the morning,
your healing spring forth speedily. And your righteousness shall go before you, the
esteem of would be your rear guard.

(Isa 58:9) Then, when you call, would answer; when you cry, He would say, Here
I am. If you take away the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger, and the
speaking of unrighteousness,(Isa 58:10) if you extend your being to the hungry and
satisfy the afflicted being, then your light shall dawn in the darkness, and your darkness
be as noon.(Isa 58:11) Then would guide you continually, and satisfy your being in
drought, and strengthen your bones. And you shall be like a watered garden, and like a
spring of water, whose waters do not fail.

(Mal 3:8) Would a man rob Elohim? Yet you are robbing Me! But you said, In what
have we robbed You? In the tithe and the offering!(Mal 3:9) You have cursed Me with
a curse, for you are robbing Me, this nation, all of it!(Mal 3:10) Bring all the tithes into
the storehouse, and let there be food in My house. And please prove Me in this, said
of hosts, whether I do not open for you the windows of the heavens, and shall pour out
for you boundless blessing!

(Job 29:2) Oh, that I were as in months past, as in the days when Eloah protected me;
(Job 29:3) when His lamp shone on my head, when I walked in the dark by His light;
(Job 29:4) as I was in the days of my autumn, when the intimacy of Eloah was on my
tent.

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(Jos 24:15) And if it seems evil in your eyes to serve , choose for yourselves this
day whom you are going to serve, whether the mighty ones which your fathers served
that were beyond the River, or the mighty ones of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.
But I and my house, we serve .

(Psa 94:19) When anxiety was great within me, Your comforts delighted my being. (Psa
39:5) See, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my lifetime is as non-
existence before You; Only, all men standing, are all breath. Selah.(Psa 39:6) As but a
shadow each one walks; They busy themselves, only in vain; He heaps up wealth, But
knows not who gathers them.(Psa 39:7) And now, , what do I wait for? My
expectancy is in You.

Matthew 7 Statements:

(Lev 19:15) Do no unrighteousness in right-ruling. Do not be partial to the poor or
favour the face of the great, but rightly rule your neighbour in righteousness. (Lev 19:16)
Do not go slandering among your people. Do not stand against the blood of your
neighbour. I am . (Lev 19:17) Do not hate your brother in your heart. Reprove your
neighbour, for certain, and bear no sin because of him. (Lev 19:18) Do not take
vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people. And you shall love your
neighbour as yourself. I am .

(Hag 2:11) Thus said of hosts, Now, ask the priests concerning the Torah, saying,
(Hag 2:12) If one bears set-apart meat in the fold of his garment, and with the edge he
touches bread or stew, or wine or oil, or any food, is it set-apart? And the priests
answered and said, No.(Hag 2:13) And aggai said, If someone defiled by a dead
body touches any of these, is it defiled? And the priests answered and said, It is
defiled.(Hag 2:14) And aggai answered and said, So is this people, and so is this
nation before Me, declares , and so is every work of their hands. And whatever they
bring near there is defiled.

(Deu 4:29) But from there you shall seek your Elohim, and shall find, when you
search for Him with all your heart and with all your being.(Deu 4:30) In your distress,
when all these words shall come upon you in the latter days, then you shall return to
your Elohim and shall obey His voice.(Deu 4:31) For your Elohim is a
compassionate l, He does not forsake you, nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of
your fathers which He swore to them. (Deu 4:32) For ask now of the days that are past,
which were before you, since the day that Elohim created man on the earth, and ask from
one end of the heavens to the other end of the heavens, whether there has been a Word as
great as this, or has been heard like it.(Deu 4:33) Has a people heard the voice of
Elohim speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live?

(Deu 5:32) And you shall guard to do as your Elohim has commanded you do not
turn aside, to the right or to the left. (Deu 5:33) Walk in all the way which your
Elohim has commanded you, so that you live and it be well with you. And you shall
prolong your days in the land which you possess.

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(Jdg 9:8) The trees went forth to anoint a sovereign over them. And they said to the
olive tree, reign over us!(Jdg 9:9) And the olive tree said to them, Shall I leave my
oil, with which they esteem mighty ones and men, and go to sway over trees?(Jdg 9:10)
Then the trees said to the fig tree, Come, reign over us!(Jdg 9:11) And the fig tree
said to them, Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to sway over
trees?(Jdg 9:12) Then the trees said to the vine, Come, reign over us!(Jdg 9:13)
And the vine said to them, Shall I leave my new wine, which rejoices mighty ones and
men, and go to sway over trees?(Jdg 9:14) Then all the trees said to the bramble,
Come, reign over us!(Jdg 9:15) And the bramble said to the trees, If in truth you
anoint me as sovereign over you, come, take shelter in my shade. But if not, let fire come
out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Leanon!

(Psa 97:2) Clouds and darkness all around Him, Righteousness and right-ruling are the
foundation of His throne. (Psa 97:3) Fire goes before Him, And burns up His adversaries
round about.(Psa 97:4) His lightnings shall light the world, The earth shall see and
tremble.(Psa 97:5) The mountains shall melt like wax before the face of , Before the
face of the Master of all the earth. (Psa 97:6) The heavens shall declare His
righteousness, And all the peoples shall see His esteem.

CHAG SAMEYACH!

Peace and blessings,

Andrew Gabriel Roth

Next week, we will be exploringof COURSEBereshit, or Genesis 1:1-6:8. Our
Haftorah portion will be Isaiah 42:5-43:10. And our Renewed Covenant portion will be
Yochanan 1:1-18. Stay tuned!