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Welcome to this week’s Torah portion - Parasha Matot-Masei (Tribes-Journeys)
which will be read in synagogues around the world during the morning service
this Shabbat (Saturday).
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"Moses said to the heads of the tribes [matot] of Israel:
'This is what the Lord commands: When a man makes a vow to the Lord or
takes an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word
but must do everything he said.'" (Numbers 30:1–2)
Last week, in Parasha Pinchas, God rewarded Aaron’s grandson,
Pinchas (Phinehas), a pact of peace and everlasting priesthood in response
to his zeal for the Lord.
In this week’s double Torah portion (parasha) of Matot-Masei, the Israelites
are coming to an end of their 40 years of wandering in the wilderness.
Both Miriam and Aaron, the sister and brother of Moses, have died in the
desert; and Moses, in preparing for the end his life in the desert as well,
has passed on the mantle of leadership to his successor—Yehoshua (Joshua).
This week’s reading begins with the laws regarding vows and oaths, emphasizing
our responsibility to be a people who keep our word and do what we have promised.
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Shabbat Shalom - Parasha Matot-Masei - Tribes and Journeys !!!
Torah scroll and yad (Torah pointer)
Shabbat
Shalom
Welcome to this week’s Torah portion—Parasha Matot-Masei
(Tribes-Journeys)—which will be read in synagogues
around the world during the morning service this Shabbat
(Saturday).
Two parshiot are combined this week to accommodate the
schedule of Torah readings for the Jewish year 5775. Please
study this double portion along with us. We know you will be
blessed!
MATOT-MASEI
(Tribes-Journeys)
Numbers 30:2–36:13; Jeremiah 2:4–28, 3:4, 4:1–2;
Matthew 23:1–25:46
"Moses said to the heads of
the tribes [matot]
of Israel: 'This is what the Lord commands: When a man
makes a vow to the Lord or takes an oath to obligate himself
by a pledge, he must not break his word but must do
everything he said.'" (Numbers 30:1–2)
Last week, in Parasha Pinchas, God rewarded Aaron’s
grandson, Pinchas (Phinehas), a pact of peace and everlasting
priesthood in response to his zeal for the Lord.
In this week’s double Torah portion (parasha) of
Matot-Masei, the Israelites are coming to an end of their 40
years of wandering in the wilderness.
Both Miriam and Aaron, the sister and brother of Moses,
have died in the desert; and Moses, in preparing for the end
his life in the desert as well, has passed on the mantle of
leadership to his successor—Yehoshua (Joshua).
This week’s reading begins with the laws regarding vows
and oaths, emphasizing our responsibility to be a
people who keep our word and do what we have promised.
The Lord goes on to command Moses to take vengeance on the
Midianites in retaliation for their seducing the Israelites at
Baal-peor. Both Balak, the King of Moab, and Balaam, who had
advised that Israel would be cursed if they were drawn into
sin, are killed in this battle.
After the battle, a massive quantity of booty is
distributed to the soldiers, and a share is designated for the
sanctuary.
A 13-year-old Jewish boy carries the Torah scroll at the Western
(Wailing) Wall. (Israel Ministry of Tourism photo by Jonathan Sindel)
Settlement of East
Bank of the Jordan
As the tribes of Israel prepare to cross over the Jordan
River into the Promised Land, the tribes of Reuven, Gad, and
Menasseh, approach Moses requesting permission to settle on
the east side of the Jordan in the territories captured from
Sichon and Og.
Moses is at first disturbed by this request,
accusing them of wanting to shirk their responsibility in
following through on taking the Promised Land in
obedience to the Lord’s command.
He asks these tribes, “Shall
your brethren go to war while you sit here?” (Numbers
32:6)
He compares them to
the ten spies who came back with a bad report,
bringing calamity on Israel. His concern is that their
actions will discourage the Israelites from taking the Land.
However, these tribes have no intention of avoiding
battle; they just prefer the land on the east side of the
Jordan since it is suitable for their large herds and flocks
of livestock.
A Jordanian boy leads his flock. Although the Israelites first settled
on the east side of the Jordan, in the 20th century, that land was
allocated to the creation of an entirely new country called
Transjordan (Jordan) by the League of Nations.
They are not only willing to go into battle, but they
pledge to go out ahead of the Israelites as shock troops to
take the Land.
“We will arm ourselves for
battle and go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought
them to their place .... We will not return to our homes
until each of the Israelites has received their
inheritance.” (Numbers 32:17–18)
When Moses understands their motivation and the
full plan, he agrees to their request and the Lord awards
them their inheritance on the east side of the Jordan.
We can understand from this that Israel’s inheritance
extends beyond the Jordan River.
This event also
reminds each of us to patiently listen to a person’s
reasoning when their request seems to be in conflict with
a perceived goal. We should not prejudge motivation and
outcomes.
Two Israelis in conversation. (Photo by Hendrik Wieduwilt)
Administering the
Inheritance
As if to affirm the coming victory in the Promised Land,
the Lord assigns a leader for each of the other nine and a
half tribes who will be in charge of administering the
inheritance of the land of Canaan among the people.
In addition to this, God also instructs the
people to drive out all the inhabitants of the Land once
they receive it. He warns them:
“If you do not drive out the
inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall be
that those whom you let remain shall be irritants in your
eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall harass you in
the land where you dwell.” (Numbers 33:55)
However, when the Israelites crossed the Jordan, many
times they made treaties or allowed the Canaanites to dwell
among them, continuing their pagan rituals. In time, these
groups either led the Israelites back into pagan practices or
tried to attack them from within.
Today some believe
the Jewish People have no right to the land, but in this
Parasha, we see the Creator of the Universe fulfill the
promise He made to Jacob all those years earlier:
“The land I gave to Abraham
and Isaac I also give to you, and I will give this land to
your descendants after you." (Genesis 35:12)
An 1889 map illustrating the division of
the Land of Israel between the Twelve
Tribes. (Palestine, by Conder)
“Then the LORD spoke to
Moses, saying, “Command the children of Israel, and say to
them: ‘When you come into the land of Canaan, this is the
land that shall fall to you as an inheritance—the land of
Canaan to its boundaries.” (Numbers 34:1–2)
As the Creator of the Universe, God has the right
to set the boundaries for the nations that He created.
In this week’s Parasha, God sets the borders of the territory
of Israel, which are far larger than what Israel has settled
today.
Fully inhabiting our inheritance of Judea and Samaria and
even east Jerusalem may seem impossible with the creation of a
Palestinian State, but when
the Messiah returns, there will be a redistribution of
land to the Twelve Tribes, and the world will plainly see
the extent of Israel's borders (Ezekiel
47:15–21).
At that time, says the Lord, “when
I have brought them back from the nations and have gathered
them from the countries of their enemies, I will be proved
holy through them in the sight of many nations.” (Ezekiel
39:27)
Unlike many of the foreigners who reside in the land
today, after the war of Gog and Magog (Ezekiel 38–39)
those who remain will have reverence for the God of
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and no other; therefore,
as fellow Believers, the Lord makes them inheritors as well.
“You are to allot [the land]
as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners
residing among you and who have children. You are to
consider them as native-born Israelites; along with you they
are to be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of
Israel.”
(Ezekiel 47:22)
(Ezekiel 47:22)
A pedestrian street in Jerusalem.
(Israeli Ministry of Tourism photo by Noam Chen)
Jeremiah Warns
Israel of the Coming Exile
The prophetic reading (Haftarah) for this week is the
second of the three “Haftarot of Admonition,” which are read
during the Three Weeks.
During this three-week period between the 17th of
Tammuz and the 5th of Av, we remember that the walls of
Jerusalem were breached and the Temple was destroyed.
The Prophet Jeremiah had been warning about the impending
destruction of the Holy Temple and of Jerusalem for at least a
few decades leading up to the Babylonian invasion.
In this reading, he details the
terrible sins of the kings and the people that led to that
destruction.
“As
the thief is ashamed when he is found out, So is the house
of Israel ashamed; They and their kings and their princes,
and their priests and their prophets, Saying to a tree, ‘You
are my father,’ And to a stone, ‘You gave birth to me.’ For
they have turned their back to Me, and not their face.
“But in the
time of their trouble they will say, ‘Arise and save us.’
But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves?
Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your
trouble.” (Jeremiah 2:26–28)
Reading from a Torah scroll encased in a
protective Torah tik.
To understand the extent of their wickedness, we need only
look at King Manasseh (c. 687–642) who “sacrificed his own son in the fire,
practiced divination, sought omens, and consulted mediums
and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the LORD,
arousing His anger.” (2 Kings 21:6)
The Book of the Law had been hidden away in the Temple so
that even the kings had little to no knowledge of what was
written in it. Instead, images of Baal were erected in the
Temple where God said His name would be placed forever.
Although King Manasseh and later King Josiah tried to
return the nation to the worship of the God of Israel alone,
it seems they were not able to provoke a national revival in
the hearts of the people.
When these kings died, other kings took their
place and continued to defile the Temple and disobey God's
law.
Today, our cities
and nations are full of the same sins that brought about
the destruction of Jerusalem on Tisha B’Av
and of the world in the days of Noah—a time when men were
given over to other men in marriage.
Yeshua told us that His coming would be in a time such as
this:
“Just as it was in the days
of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man.
They were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying,
they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah
entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them
all.”
(Luke 17:26–27)
(Luke 17:26–27)
If the Torah scroll is not housed in a Torah tik (case), after the Torah
reading, the Golel (roller) performs Gelila (rolling up). The Torah
is then bound with a sash and covered with the Torah cover. The
honor of being the Golel is sometimes given to a child under Bar
Mitzvah age.
God Restores His
People
Just as in the ancient days of Israel, God’s desire is to
bring correction in order that people will repent and turn
back to Him and live in righteousness; for it is not God’s
will that even one person should perish.
We see this with Manasseh. God allowed him to be taken
captive, but even he received God’s mercy and restoration
after sincerely repenting:
“In his distress he sought
the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly
before the God of his ancestors. And when he prayed
to Him, the LORD was moved by His entreaty and listened to
his plea. So He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his
kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is
God.”
(2 Chronicles 33:12–13)
(2 Chronicles 33:12–13)
Although a nation as a whole may still suffer the
consequences of the collective sins of the people, God does
show mercy and restores each individual person who sincerely
humbles himself, calls on His name and repents (2
Corinthians 7:10).
Therefore, let us make ourselves ready by
genuinely turning from our sins and re-establishing His ways
in our lives.
Further, God will grant everlasting life to those who
believe that Yeshua cleansed them from their sins with His
blood once and for all.
“For God so loved the world
that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in
him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
(John 3:16)
(John 3:16)
Those who believe are now free to live not as slaves to
the sins of the ruler of the world, but as citizens of His
Kingdom.
So ready yourself
and keep an upward gaze—looking for the soon coming of the
Son of Man—Yeshua, our Messiah and Redeemer.
"Look, I am coming soon! My
reward is with me, and I will give to each person according
to what they have done.” (Revelation 22:12)
In these Last Days, God is moving among His people to
physically and spiritually restore them. You can be part of
this end-time move of God by contributing to our work among
the Jewish People.
"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)
"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)
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