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The laws written in this Parsha collectively represent the expected behavior of a community under God’s authority.
Throughout the Torah, God is very concerned that everyone and everything unclean, impure and capable of defiling
the community is kept outside of the camp. And because "bad company corrupts good character," God also keeps
corrupting influences contained such as those who steal, lie, cheat, commit adultery, and even children who are unruly.
KI TETZE (When You Go Out)
For your Maker [עֹשַׂ֔יִךְ] is your husband [בֹעֲלַ֙יִךְ֙]—the Lord Almighty is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
He is called the God of all the earth. - Isaiah 54:5
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Rolled Torah scroll
Shabbat Shalom
Welcome to this week’s Parsha (Torah Portion), which is
called Ki Tetze (When
You Go Out).
This is the weekly Torah portion that will be read in
synagogues around the world during the Shabbat (Saturday)
morning service. Please read it along with us; we know you
will be blessed.!
KI TETZE (When You
Go Out)
Deuteronomy 21:10–25:19; Isaiah 54:1–10; Luke
23:1–25; 1 Corinthians 5:1–5
“When you go out
[ki tetze] to war against your enemies, and the LORD your
God gives them into your hand and you take them captive
...” (Deuteronomy
21:10)
Raising the Torah scroll at the Western (Wailing) Wall in Jerusalem.
Last week, Parsha Shoftim focused on the concept of
judges, judgment and justice.
The title of this week’s Torah portion, Ki Tetze (when you
go out) is derived from the Hebrew root word yatsa,
meaning to leave, go or come
out. This refers to the children of Israel who
have left Egypt and now find themselves standing at the
brink of entering the Promised Land in fulfillment of God’s
promise.
In this Parsha, God gives the Israelites a
series of laws that mostly govern civil and domestic life.
This group of laws
is intended to build a just community of people who are
not only concerned with their own well-being, but also
with the well-being of others. God
wants His people to demonstrate mercy and kindness to
everyone, especially those who are powerless, helpless or
oppressed.
An Israeli child embraces her grandmother.
These include female captives of war, strangers
and foreigners, destitute laborers, refugee slaves, the
children of an unloved wife, and the poorest of
society—orphans and widows.
Israel displaying righteous conduct and showing
friendship toward non-Jews is considered an act of holiness,
since the goodness of the God of Israel is then revealed to
the outside world.
The concept of friendship is very important in Judaism.
The Hebrew word for friend, chaver,
comes from the word chibbur,
meaning to be attached
or joined. It can also
mean to be a member of a club, society or group; therefore,
to become a chaver means we find a place of belonging and
acceptance.
In order to
translate this ideal of a caring, moral community into
reality, God’s Word provides regulations for a diversity
of situations—everything from the ban on cross gender
dressing to respect for birds and animals.
Dolphin Reef in Eilat, Israel aims to deepen the relationship between
man and nature. At this unique facility, Dolphins are allowed to initiate
contact with humans.
Creating Godly
Community
The laws written in this Parsha may seem
disconnected and unrelated, but they collectively
represent the expected behavior of a community under God’s
authority.
For example, throughout the Torah, God is very concerned
that everyone and everything unclean, impure and capable of
defiling the community is kept outside of the camp. And
because "bad company corrupts
good character," God also keeps corrupting
influences contained such as those who steal, lie, cheat,
commit adultery, and even children who are unruly.
The Torah reveals
that godly children are important for carrying forward
God’s laws and blessings into the next generations
and, therefore, the community is also responsible to give
input in the raising of children.
The whole community is to be involved in dealing with a
rebellious, stubborn young person who is a drunkard and
glutton.
In ancient times, Biblical law called for such a youth
to be stoned to death after several warnings; however, it is
possible that this penalty was never evoked against a son of
Israel. It is clear, though, that God’s intention is to
separate such behavior from the rest of the community.
“So shall you put away the
evil from the midst of you; and all Israel shall hear, and
fear.” (Deuteronomy 21:21)
A Chassidic Jewish family prays together at the
Western (Wailing) Wall in Jerusalem.
God is also concerned with fairness in business
dealings, so Ki Tetze provides laws about the inheritance
rights of the firstborn, divorce, borrowing and lending
money, and the returning of lost objects.
It also outlines the penalty for involuntary
enslavement: “If someone is
caught kidnapping a fellow Israelite and treating or
selling them as a slave, the kidnapper must die. You must
purge the evil from among you.” (Deuteronomy 24:7)
Even the covering of excrement is dealt with in the
Torah:
“For the Lord your God
moves about in your camp to protect you and to deliver
your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, so that He
will not see among you anything indecent and turn away
from you.” (Deuteronomy 23:14)
An Orthodox Jewish wedding in Israel.
This Parsha also emphasizes the importance of
getting a good start in a marriage.
A man is not to be sent to war for one year after
marriage; he is to stay home and make his new bride happy.
What newlyweds would not want a year-long honeymoon?
This law
reiterates not only the lovingkindness of God but also
the importance He places on the sacredness of the
marriage covenant (Deuteronomy
24:5).
A variety of marriage relationships are discussed,
including the marrying of women captured in conquest,
Levirate marriages (where a deceased man’s brother is
obligated to marry his widow), and marriages with two wives.
Although the law of Moses allows for more than one wife
(possibly due to shortage of Jewish men), every instance of
polygamy in the Tanakh is associated with strife.
Monogamy, however, is the ideal form of marriage created
by God for Adam and Eve.
God confirms in the Haftarah how this is true for His
bride, Israel.
An Israeli bride lifts the veil to drink from the
traditional kiddush (sanctification) cup during
the wedding ceremony. Just moments before,
the groom drank from the same cup. This
symbolic gesture represents their commitment
to share their lives from that moment onward.
God's Faithfulness
to His Bride
The corresponding Haftarah (prophetic portion)
discusses marriage through the prophet Isaiah’s poetic
portrayal of God and Israel as a husband-wife metaphor.
“For your Maker [עֹשַׂ֔יִךְ]
is your husband [בֹעֲלַ֙יִךְ֙]—the
Lord Almighty is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your
Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.” (Isaiah
54:5)
In Hebrew, it is possible to say the word “your” in four
ways: singular, plural, male and female depending on who you
are talking to. In the above passage, the word your is actually the singular
feminine suffix ךְ.
Israel as a people is one monogamous bride.
While Jerusalem is called a "barren woman,” Israel is
compared to the wife who is left abandoned and
broken-hearted, whom the
Lord will call back to intimacy.
“The Lord will call you
back as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in
spirit—a wife who married young, only to be rejected, says
your God.” (Isaiah 54:6)
God makes it clear in this Haftarah that His anger
against her unfaithfulness to Him was only for a short time:
“‘For a brief moment I
abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you
back. In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a
moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have
compassion on you,’ says the Lord your Redeemer.” (Isaiah
54:7–8)
We have been
seeing this promise unfold as the Jewish People are
drawn from around the world to come back to the Promised
Land. As well, we can also see God's
Spirit moving among His people as many begin to open their
hearts and eyes to the truth of who their Messiah really is.
Tourists visit the Ramparts Walk on the walls of Jerusalem, where they
can see spectacular views of the new and Old City. (Photo: Go Israel)
Setting Boundaries
Laws written in this Parsha are also concerned
with personal protection and form the basis of modern
construction safety codes.
Homeowners and builders are commanded to construct
railings or walls on a flat roof to prevent accidental
falls. Failure to do so is considered a criminal act of
negligence and the owner found guilty of murder if a person
falls off and is killed (Deuteronomy 22:8).
In Judaism, this
regulation has been extended to the concept that we must
construct a personal wall around ourselves to ensure
that we do not fall into sin.
For example, a man would refrain from spending personal
time alone with a woman other than his wife in order to
prevent the possibility of carelessly entering temptation.
The book of Proverbs is full of such precautionary wisdom,
issuing warnings, such as the admonition to young men to
avoid even walking past the home of a woman with loose
morals.
Similarly, a person who has a tendency toward abusing
alcohol wisely chooses to avoid situations or places where
alcohol is served.
And in a day and age when being online can become an
addiction or a gateway for sin, a wise parent may monitor
Internet use and insist that their child use the computer in
an open space of the home rather than a private bedroom.
Setting these kinds of boundaries is both
prudent and Biblical.
A Jerusalem synagogue (Go Israel)
Remember the
Amalekites
Although God is slow to anger, compassionate,
and merciful, there is one people group so wicked that He
does not extend this grace to them—the Amalekites.
Although we are never to hold a grudge against people
personally, in this Parsha God
warns Israel to never forget what Amalek did to them
when they left Egypt:
“Remember
what the Amalekites did to you along the way when you came
out of Egypt. When you were weary and worn out, they met
you on your journey and attacked all who were lagging
behind; they had no fear of God. When the Lord
your God gives you rest from all the enemies around you
in the land He is giving you to possess as an
inheritance, you shall blot out the name of Amalek from
under heaven. Do not forget!” (Deuteronomy
25:17–19)
The Shoes on the Danube Bank in Budapest,
Hungary memorializes the Jews who were killed at
the water's edge by fascist Arrow Cross militiamen
in Budapest during World War II. They ordered their
victims to take off their shoes and shot them so that
their bodies fell into the river and were carried away.
After the Holocaust, when the Nazis tried to destroy all
the Jews of Europe and almost succeeded, “Never Forget”
became the motto of the Jewish People. They keep the memory
alive, not to perpetually hate the murderers but to remember
what the spirit of genocide and evil against Jews is capable
of accomplishing.
By remembering the signs of that evil spirit, hopefully
steps can be taken to prevent and stop another genocide when
the same signs arise again.
Nevertheless, the same spirit that inhabited
Amalek and the Nazis lives on, especially in the people
who surround Israel and plot to annihilate the Jewish
People.
They do so even though the Bible clearly says that those
who seek to end Israel and the Jewish People will meet their
end.
Reading the precious handwritten text of the Torah (Go Israel)
Although a fragile peace now exists between
Gaza and Israel, Hamas is still vocally promising
Palestinians that they will deliver to them the Promised
Land.
And outside of Israel, many Jews must cope with threats,
beatings, and sometimes killings as a result of hearts full
of anti-Semitism.
Through all of the
hatred, plotting, and killings, God promises He will
never forsake His people, Israel, but will always show
unfailing love and kindness to her. His covenant of
peace will never be removed.
“Though the mountains be
shaken and the hills be removed, yet My unfailing love for
you will not be shaken nor My covenant of peace be
removed, says the Lord, who has compassion on you.” (Isaiah 54:10)
Jewish men pray at the Western (Wailing) Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem.
As Israelis rebuild and restore shattered lives and
livelihoods, please help Bibles For Israel bring comfort to
the Jewish and Arab Israelis.
In these troubled, difficult last days, please pray
for the salvation of the Jewish People and help us bring
the Good News of Yeshua to the Holy Land.
"You will again
have compassion on us; You will tread our sins
underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths
of the sea." (Micah 7:19)
"Hear the word of the
LORD, you nations; proclaim it in distant coastlands:
'He who scattered Israel will gather them and will
watch over His flock like a shepherd.'" (Jeremiah
31:10)
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in My house. Test Me in this,' says the Lord Almighty,
'and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of
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