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Shabbat Shalom, welcome to our Torah study.
This week, two Torah readings, Parasha Acharei Mot (After the Death) and Kedoshim (Holy Ones),
are combined to accommodate the number of Sabbaths in this calendar year.
Please read along with us, and discover Torah truths in this double portion of Scripture
that is being read in synagogues around the world this Shabbat.
Acharei Mot–Kedoshim
Leviticus 16:1–20:27; Ezekiel 22:1–19; Amos 9:7–15; John 7:1–10:21
“The LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron who died when they approached the LORD.” (Leviticus 16:1)
Last week’s combined Torah portion, Tazria-Metzora,
discussed the laws of tumah (impurity) and taharah (purity).
This week’s double portion of Scripture begins with God’s warnings
about entering the Kedosh HaKedoshim (Holy of Holies)
after the death (acharei mot) of Nadab and Abihu,
the sons of Aaron who perished when they brought “strange fire” before Adonai.
In this Parasha,
it seems that the Lord is trying to prevent any more “accidental deaths”
due to well-meaning Israelites coming too close to the holiness of God.
During this time, the Holy of Holies was placed behind a thick, heavy curtain or veil in front of the atonement cover on the Ark.
There the Lord appeared in a cloud: “The LORD said to Moses: ‘Tell your brother Aaron that he is not to come whenever
he chooses into the Most Holy Place behind the curtain in front of the atonement cover on the ark, or else he will die.’”
(Leviticus 16:2)
Not just anyone could enter this most innermost sanctuary, but only the High Priest (Cohen HaGadol)
and even then only one day out of the entire year - on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur).
This is a striking contrast to the unlimited access that Believers in Yeshua
now have to the very throne of the Almighty God under the New Covenant.
“Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Yeshua the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.” (Hebrews 4:14–15) When Yeshua died without sin as an offering for sin, Heaven itself rent its garment in grief, as is the Jewish mourning custom of a father who loses a son. “And Yeshua cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. And behold, the veil of the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split.” (Matthew 27:50–51)
Now that final atonement has been made through Yeshua and the veil is torn, every man, woman or child can have continual access to God.
“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”
(Hebrews 4:16)
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Shabbat Shalom - Parasha Acharei Mot
- After the Death and Kedoshim - Holy Ones !!!
Shabbat Shalom
Welcome to our Torah study.
This week, two Torah readings, Parasha Acharei Mot
(After the Death) and Kedoshim
(Holy Ones), are combined to accommodate the
number of Sabbaths in this calendar year.
Please read along with us, and discover Torah truths in
this double portion of Scripture that is being read in
synagogues around the world this Shabbat.
Acharei Mot–Kedoshim
Leviticus 16:1–20:27; Ezekiel 22:1–19; Amos
9:7–15; John 7:1–10:21
“The LORD spoke to Moses
after the death of the two sons of Aaron who died when they
approached the LORD.” (Leviticus 16:1)
Last week’s combined Torah portion, Tazria-Metzora,
discussed the laws of tumah
(impurity) and taharah
(purity).
This week’s double portion of Scripture begins with God’s
warnings about entering the Kedosh
HaKedoshim (Holy of Holies) after the death (acharei
mot) of Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron
who perished when they brought “strange fire” before Adonai.
A Phillip Medhurst Bible illustration of Nadab and Abihu destroyed.
In this Parasha, it seems that the Lord is trying to
prevent any more “accidental deaths” due to well-meaning
Israelites coming too close to the holiness of God.
During this time, the Holy of Holies was placed behind a
thick, heavy curtain or veil in front of the atonement cover
on the Ark. There the Lord appeared in a cloud:
“The LORD said to
Moses: ‘Tell your brother Aaron that he is not to come
whenever he chooses into the Most Holy Place behind the
curtain in front of the atonement cover on the ark, or else
he will die.’” (Leviticus
16:2)
Not just anyone
could enter this most innermost sanctuary, but only the
High Priest (Cohen HaGadol) and even then only one day out
of the entire year
— on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur).
— on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur).
An illustration from the 1890 Holman Bible depicting the Holy
Place and the Holy of Holies.
This is a striking contrast to the unlimited
access that Believers in Yeshua now have to the very throne
of the Almighty God under the New Covenant.
“Therefore, since we have a
great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Yeshua the
Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For
we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with
our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in
every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.” (Hebrews
4:14–15)
When Yeshua died without sin as an offering for sin,
Heaven itself rent its garment in grief, as is the Jewish
mourning custom of a father who loses a son.
“And Yeshua cried out again
with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. And behold,
the veil of the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom;
and the earth shook and the rocks were split.” (Matthew
27:50–51)
Now that final
atonement has been made through Yeshua and the veil is
torn, every man, woman or child can have continual access
to God.
“Let us therefore come
boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy,
and find grace to help in time of need.”
(Hebrews 4:16)
(Hebrews 4:16)
A Jewish woman reads the Psalms in Jerusalem.
The Connection
Between the Azazel and Yeshua
The first section of the Torah portion (Acharei Mot)
describes the Yom Kippur offering of two goats: one for the
offering and the other as the scapegoat
(called the Azazel
[עֲזָאזֵל] in
Hebrew).
“But the goat chosen by lot
as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD to
be used for making atonement by sending it into the
wilderness as a scapegoat.” (Leviticus 16:10)
Lots would be cast over two goats—one of which
would be offered to God as a sin offering.
The High Priest
would lay his hands upon the other goat, symbolically
laying all the sins of Israel upon the Azazel.
The goat would then be banished into the wilderness, carrying
away the sins of Israel along with it.
“He is to lay both hands on
the head of the live goat and confess over it all the
wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites—all their
sins—and put them on the goat’s head. He shall send the
goat away into the wilderness in the care of someone
appointed for the task. The goat will carry on itself all
their sins to a remote place; and the man shall release it
in the wilderness.” (Leviticus 16:21–22)
The Scapegoat
The scapegoat's carrying away of sin is a beautiful
picture of what is described in Isaiah 53:
“We all, like sheep, have
gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the
Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.” (Isaiah 53:6)
Just as this scapegoat took the sins of the
Jewish People and carried them away into the wilderness, so
did Yeshua carry away our sins.
When Yochanan the Immerser (John the Baptist) saw Yeshua
coming to the Jordan River, he said, “Hinei seh ha’Elohim, hanoseh chatat
ha’olam (Here is the Lamb of God who carries away the sins
of the world.” (John 1:29)
Once we begin to see these Scriptures in their Hebraic
context, not only do they make more sense but they also bring
a richness to our faith that we cannot have without this
understanding of its Jewish roots.
Mount Azazel (Jabel Muntar) in the Judean Desert, to which the
goat was sent, and from which it was pushed. (Wiki Commons photo
by Deror Avi)
The Hebrew term l'azazel
in this Parasha means either for
absolute removal or to
Azazel (a name). Azazel has been translated scapegoat in the King James
Bible, but the Septuagint translates it the sent away or the sent away one.
Later rabbis believed l'azazel
referred to azaz
(rugged) and el
(strong), interpreting it to be the rugged cliff from
which the goat was thrown.
Today, some Israelis use this term as a swear word (in the
same way that metumtemet
[stupid], mechueret
[ugly], and magila
[disgusting] are considered curses). (Jewfolk)
The book of Enoch (one of the books of the
Apocrypha) mentions Azazel as one of the chief of a group of
fallen angels who married women. These angels were
responsible for the increase of violence and wickedness.
There is a similar account in Genesis that refers to women
marrying “sons of the elohim,” which some rabbinic and
Christian commentaries interpret to be angels. The Bible
account does not mention Azazel.
“That the sons of God saw
the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them
wives of all which they chose. … There were giants in the
earth in those days; and also afterward, when the sons of
God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore
children to them, the same became mighty men which were of
old, men of renown.” (Genesis 6:2–4)
This illustration from a German machzor (holiday
prayer book), created between 1370 and 1400,
depicts the scapegoat from the sanctuary above
the cliff where it is about to be cast into the abyss
to Azazel, who appears as a horned and clawed
mountain demon or devil. It is a symbolic
returning of sin to the being "responsible" for it.
According to the Book of Enoch, this fallen
angel, Azazel, is to be cast into the lake of fire on the
Day of Judgment because of his corrupt influence upon the
people of the earth:
“On the day of the great judgment he shall be cast into
the fire. … The whole earth has been corrupted through the
works that were taught by Azazel: to him ascribe all sin." (1
Enoch 10:7–8)
Yeshua not only carried away all of our sins as the
scapegoat, he bore the wrath of God for all of the sins of the
world.
We can be so thankful that Yeshua the Messiah took upon
Himself all the sin and corruption of the world. Whether the
source of sin is called Azazel or Satan, Yeshua bore that
curse for us so that we can come to God’s holy throne clothed
in righteousness.
“The Messiah redeemed us
from the curse pronounced in the Torah by becoming cursed in
our place; for the Tanakh says, ‘Everyone who hangs from a
stake comes under a curse.’” (Galatians 3:13)
A woman reads from the Torah scroll in Jerusalem near the Western
(Wailing) Wall. (Photo by Josh Evnin)
Yeshua Fulfilled Yom
Kippur
“This is to be a lasting
ordinance for you: Atonement is to be made once a year for
all the sins of the Israelites.” (Leviticus 16:34)
God instituted Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement)
as a lasting ordinance to be observed throughout all
generations.
Since the destruction of the Temple, however, the required
Yom Kippur offering can no longer be presented to the Lord.
Although most Jewish followers of Yeshua understand that
the Temple will be rebuilt and the offerings reinstituted
before Yeshua’s return, they understand that Yeshua is our
final korban
(offering) for our kapparah
(atonement).
In response to the current situation in which the
offerings cannot be made at the Temple, the rabbis have said
that the offerings now have three substitutes: prayer (tefillah),
repentance (teshuva)
and charity (tzedakah).
Jewish men pray at the Western (Wailing) Wall in Jerusalem.
The Call to Be Holy
Contained within this Parasha are warnings against the
consumption of blood and unlawful sexual relations such as
incest, homosexuality, bestiality and sexual intercourse with
a woman during her monthly menstrual cycle.
All of these sexual deviations and perversions
are detestable to the Lord and cause the Land to become
defiled. In fact, this Torah portions explains
that these sins were among the reasons why God “vomited” the
people out of the Land.
“Do not defile yourselves in
any of these ways, because this is how the nations that I am
going to drive out before you became defiled… And if you
defile the land, it will vomit you out as it vomited out the
nations that were before you.” (Leviticus 18:24, 28)
We understand from
this that God required morality or holiness from the
Canaanites, as well as the Hebrews.
He requires the same for all nations today.
He requires the same for all nations today.
A Jewish man wearing tefillin (phylacteries) and a tallit (prayer shawl)
reads from an open Torah scroll housed in an ornate Torah tik.
The Laws of Holiness
The Kedoshim portion of the reading continues
with commandments (mitzvot) that are related to holiness or
sanctification.
God asks that we be holy just as He is: “You shall be holy, for I, the YHVH
your God, am holy.” (Leviticus 19:2)
The word kedoshim
comes from the root k-d-sh (קדש),
which means holy, set apart, or sanctified.
But we are not left
to our own imagination about what holiness looks or acts
like. God connects it to specific attitudes and actions.
Part of being holy is honoring our parents. In fact, one
of the first of these mitzvot is the command to respect one’s
mother and father. And it seems there is no time limit on
this. In other words, we don’t stop honoring our parents when
we turn 16, 18, 21 or 40.
This law is followed by the command to keep the Sabbath
holy.
Other mitzvot include the giving of charity, being honest
in business dealings, and keeping life sacred.
We can see that disrespect toward parents, rebellion
against authority, homosexuality and other sexual perversions,
abortion, corruption in business, and the profaning of the
Sabbath are becoming more and more commonplace in our day. Is
it any wonder that God’s judgment is falling upon the nations?
Tourists on the Mount of Olives look toward the Temple Mount where
the First and Second Jewish Temples once stood. Currently the
Muslim Dome of the Rock stands on the spot where they were located.
The Entire Law Is
Love
Although there are many commandments in the Torah that are
for our good and designed to protect holiness, the central law
they all boil down to is the following command written in this
weeks’ Parasha: “Love your
neighbor as yourself.” (Leviticus 19:18)
The great sage Hillel said of this commandment,
“This is the entire Torah; the rest is commentary.”
“This is the entire Torah; the rest is commentary.”
First century rabbi Akiva also taught that the
great general principle of the Torah is to love your
neighbor.
Yeshua HaMashiach (the Messiah), as a Torah observant Jew
well aware of Jewish teachings, echoed the Jewish sages who
came before Him when He said,
“A new command I give you:
Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one
another. By this everyone will know that you are my
disciples, if you love one another.” (John 13:34–35)
Reading from the Torah scroll
While many Believers think that keeping the Torah
is no longer required and too hard to do anyway, the reality
that Adonai's laws are so important that they have been
written on our hearts. (Jeremiah 31:30–34
[31–33])
Moreover, we have the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) living
inside us who convicts us when we behave without God’s love.
His Ruach empowers
us to conduct ourselves in a way that fulfills His
commandments, just as Yeshua did.
“God's love has been poured
out into our hearts through the Ruach HaKodesh, who has been
given to us.” (Romans 5:5)
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work in us.
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