Friday, December 30, 2016

CHUCK KOLB 12/30/2016

Shabbat Hanukkah - Parasha Miketz - A Light Shining in the Darkness !!!
                                                                                                                                                                     
Previously posted ...
Punish Russia by White House Gone Wild !!!

http://conpats.blogspot.com/2016/12/chuck-kolb-12292016.html

Welcome to Parasha Miketz (At the End), this week’s Torah Portion.
We know you will be blessed as you follow along with us in this
portion of Torah that will be read in synagogues around the world
during the Shabbat (Saturday) service.  Enjoy !

 
Because this Shabbat (Sabbath) falls during the eight-day holiday
of Hanukkah, it is called Shabbat Hanukkah.

In last week’s study, Joseph’s brothers became jealous of him, plotting against
him because his father favored him above his other sons and because his
prophetic dreams revealed his own grand destiny.  So they threw Joseph into a
pit and then sold him into slavery.  While serving honorably as a slave, Joseph
was falsely accused and sent to prison for a crime he didn’t commit.


In this week’s reading, Joseph is finally about to come to the end of his many trials
and enter into his grand destiny.  In fact, the name of the Parasha, Miketz,
found in the opening verse of this week’s Torah reading, hints at this
since this Hebrew word means at the end of.

 
You can view this Parasha on our website complete with embedded links ...
Miketz: Yeshua and Joseph - published in 5776
http://free.messianicbible.com/parasha/miketz-yeshua-and-joseph/
http://free.messianicbible.com/category/torah

The Kotel: Tears, Prayer and Conflict
http://free.messianicbible.com/feature/the-western-wall-place-of-tears-prayer-and-conflict/

Scribes & the Ancient Art of Torah Scroll Making

http://free.messianicbible.com/feature/sacred-labor-love-ancient-art-making-torah-scroll/

Jerusalem's Secret Life-Giving Water
http://free.messianicbible.com/feature/gihon-spring-jerusalems-secret-life-giving-water/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE9zzi_gZ04 (2:01) - City of David
https://www.youtube.com/user/cityofdavidsite/videos

Parasha Reading Schedule 5777
http://free.messianicbible.com/torah-reading-schedule
 
Jewish holiday calendars & Hebrew date converter
http://www.chabad.org/calendar/view/month_cdo/jewish/Jewish-Calendar.htm https://www.hebcal.com
https://yiddishkeit101.wordpress.com/category/hebrew-word-of-the-day

Celebrate Yeshua HaMashiach's birthday - The Feast of Tabernacles !!!

http://conpats.blogspot.com/2016/10/chuck-kolb-special-10182016.html

THE SHABBAT CANDLE BLESSING

Jewish people around the world mark
this day by the candle lighting and blessing:
"Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe,
who has sanctified us with His commandments, and
commanded us to kindle the light of the Holy Shabbat."
http://lp.eteacherhebrew.com/lp_hebrew_shabbat_candles-en.html

How to Light the Menorah !
http://www.chabad.org/holidays/chanukah/article_cdo/aid/103868/jewish/How-to-Light-the-Menorah.htm

Shema Yisrael - Deuteronomy 6:4-9 - in the mezuzah and in the tefillin
Parasha Va'etchanan - the Sabbath of Comfort

http://www.aish.com/jl/m/pb/48954656.html
http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Scripture/Torah/The_Shema/the_shema.html

Is It OK to Wear a Mezuzah Necklace? by Yehuda Shurpin

http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3514795/jewish/Is-It-OK-to-Wear-a-Mezuzah-Necklace.htm
http://www.chabad.org/generic_cdo/aid/278476/jewish/Mezuzah.htm

How to count the omer !
L'ilui Nishmat Azriel Godel ben Efraim Halevi v'Yedidyah

http://neohasid.org/omer/count_the_omer

The Daniel Timeline
http://www.davidjayjordan.com/Danieltimeline.html

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Weekly Torah Portion: Miketz

Yosef wasn't a saint who was immune to the same temptations that we all struggle with.
He was, however, a tzadik - a righteous man - who was able to overcome his own
potential for downfall by staying focused on who he was - a son of the Hebrews
- and the plan that G-d had assigned him to fulfill in life.


Miketz (Genesis 41:1 - 44:17)
Parashat Miketz is read on Shabbat:
Tevet 2, 5777 / December 31, 2016

Todah Rabah - beloved Rabbi Chaim Richman ...
Weekly Torah Portion: Miketz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx3_iadAkRc (12:19) set to HD
https://www.youtube.com/user/henryporter2/videos
Published on Dec 28, 2016 - The Temple Institute 
http://www.templeinstitute.org/events.htm
 
Temple Talk Radio: Weekly Torah Portion
http://universaltorah.com/programming/category/temple-institute-light-to-the-nations/temple-talk
http://universaltorah.com/

Special ...
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Temple Talk Radio: United Nations Resolution 2334 and Chanukah: Same Old Same Old

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPcWXR2-g50 (46:11) set to HD
Published on Dec 27, 2016 - The Temple Institute
“The Hands are the Hands of America”
A special thanks to outgoing President Obama and all our dear friends at the United Nations—for reminding us what Chanukah is all about! This week’s special Chanukah edition of Temple Talk is hosted by two men who have been deemed international criminals by the United Nations – together with many hundreds of thousands of Israelis, who live their lives, together with their families, in homes that the United Nations has deemed to have been built on land ‘in flagrant violation under international law.’ Join Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Chaim Richman, who connect the dots between outgoing President Obama and King Antiochus, between UN Resolution 2334 and Chanukah, and between Yosef and his brothers, and the contemporary issues facing the Jewish people today. A joyous and light-filled Chanukah to all our listeners, from Temple Talk!

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Parshat Mikeitz

http://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/3213/jewish/Mikeitz-in-a-Nutshell.htm
http://www.chabad.org/parshah/default_cdo/jewish/Torah-Portion.htm
http://www.chabad.org/parshah/default.asp?tDate=12/31/016

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Christian Organization Bringing Israeli Delegation to Trump Inauguration
by Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz

In the wake of deteriorating relations between Israel and the US culminating in the disastrous UN vote last Friday, Tommy Waller, a Christian from Tennessee, is bringing a delegation of Israeli Knesset members to Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20th. A spiritual Christian, Waller describes himself as deeply connected to the land and agriculture of his native Tennessee. When he came to Israel 13 years ago and saw the vineyards bearing fruit in Mount Bracha near Shechem, he realized he was witnessing the fulfillment of prophecy right in front of his eyes. [...]
https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/81107/ahead-trumps-inauguration-jews-christians-vow-stand-united/

As Door Closes on His Era, Obama Expels 35 Russian Diplomats
by Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz 

In another drastic last-minute bridge-burning move, President Barack Obama expelled 35 Russian diplomats suspected of spying and imposed sanctions on two Russian intelligence organizations. “These actions follow repeated private and public warnings that we have issued to the Russian government, and are a necessary and appropriate response to efforts to harm U.S. interests in violation of established international norms of behavior,” Obama said in a statement from Hawaii, where he is on vacation. US intelligence services claimed that Russia ordered cyber-attacks on Hillary Clinton’s campaign in order to influence American elections in favor of Republican candidate, Donald Trump. State Department declared as “persona non grata” 35 Russian intelligence operatives and is closing two Russian compounds in New York and Maryland, putting sanctions on two Russian intelligence agencies, the GRU and the FSB, four GRU officers and three companies that Obama said “provided material support to the GRU’s cyber operations.” [...]
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THERE IS NO DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION

Palin said America should get out of the UN and get the UN out of America 
BE SURE TO LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW. SARAH AT HER BEST.
by John Hayward - BREITBART

On Thursday’s Breitbart News Daily on SiriusXM, former Alaska Governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin talked with Breitbart London Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam about the return of national sovereignty that began with Brexit and might lead to a United States withdrawal from the United Nations in the wake of its anti-Israel vote. “I think many of us have called for America to really step up and consider what it is that we are funding and supporting via the UN, and how it works so hard really against U.S. interests, and just saying – look what the U.K. just did,” Palin said, referring to the Brexit vote. “This is such an encouraging time, where it’s not just us, but those across the pond, too, are understanding that their nation’s sovereignty and security are on the line here, with the ties that bind us to interests that really don’t further our agendas,” she declared. [...]
http://www.israpundit.org/archives/63620476
Listen -  http://www.breitbart.com/radio/2016/12/29/palin-trump-call-unshackling-political-bands-tying-us-u-n/

Build, Baby, Build 
by Evelyn Gordon

There’s really only one suitable Zionist response to last week’s UN Security Council resolution on the settlements: massive settlement construction. That’s the appropriate response for more than one reason, but I’ll focus here on the most obvious one: The resolution proves conclusively that Israel gets no credit for showing restraint on this issue, so there’s no earthly reason why it should continue suffering the costs of restraint. As I’ve written repeatedly in the past, data from Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics shows that there has been less settlement construction under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu than under any of his predecessors. Nor is this a matter of partisan dispute: The left-wing daily Haaretz, a virulent opponent of both Netanyahu and the settlements, used the same data to reach the same conclusion last year. [...]
http://www.israpundit.org/archives/63620466 

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Happy Chanukah Everyone !

Chanukah is all about traditions, but I also adore creating new Jewish classics.
The popularity of sliders inspired me to create these 8 different miniature latke sandwiches
like Steak and Potato Pancake Sliders and Reuben-Esque Latke Sliders. And since this
is such a busy time of year, we have Shabbos menus you can create in one hour or less!!!
With fantastic dishes like Chicken with Rosemary and Lacy Squash Latkes, this is a Shabbos
banquet sure to be a big hit. Looking forward to sharing new ideas and recipes in 2017! Until next week,
Chag Urim Sameach! And Happy Shabbos Chanukah ! ~ ❤️ Jamie



How To Eat Latkes On a Gluten-Free Diet
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This Fried Chicken is a Party in Your Mouth
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Polenta Latkes Can Be Made Days Ahead
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Make Chanukah Shabbos In One Hour or Less 
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And it came to pass at the end of [miketz] two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed a dream: and, behold, he stood by the river.
Genesis 41:1



Shabbat Hanukkah - Parasha Miketz - A Light Shining in the Darkness !!!


Menorahs
Shabbat Shalom and Happy Hanukkah !
 
Welcome to Parasha Miketz (At the End), this week’s Torah Portion.
 
Because this Shabbat (Sabbath) falls during the eight-day holiday of Hanukkah, it is called Shabbat Hanukkah.
 
We know you will be blessed as you study with us the portion of the Torah that will be read in synagogues around the world during this week’s Shabbat (Saturday) service.
 

Hanukkiahs lit for the sixth night of Hanukkah
(Photo by Congregation Beth Israel)
  
Miketz (At the End)
Genesis 41:1–44:17; Zechariah 2:10(14)–4:7; maftir: Numbers 7:48–59;
John 1:1–18
 
“And it came to pass at the end of [miketz] two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed a dream: and, behold, he stood by the river.”  (Genesis 41:1)
 
In last week’s study, Joseph’s brothers became jealous of him, plotting against him because his father favored him above his other sons and because his prophetic dreams revealed his own grand destiny.  So they threw Joseph into a pit and then sold him into slavery.  While serving honorably as a slave, Joseph was falsely accused and sent to prison for a crime he didn’t commit.
 
In this week’s reading, Joseph is finally about to come to the end of his many trials and enter into his grand destiny.  In fact, the name of the Parasha, Miketz, found in the opening verse of this week’s Torah reading, hints at this since this Hebrew word means at the end of.
 
Joseph is brought out of the darkness of an Egyptian dungeon to interpret the strange dreams of the Pharaoh.  In just one day, Joseph is promoted from prison to palace, and his life was suddenly transformed from darkness to light.
 

Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dream, by James Tissot
 
A Light in the Darkness  
Because Miketz coincides with Hanukkah or the Festival of Lights this year, this week’s portion includes a special Haftarah (prophetic reading) about the prophet Zechariah’s vision of a grand Menorah.  He says,
 
“He asked me, 'What do you see?'  I answered, 'I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven channels to the lamps.  Also there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.'”  (Zechariah 4:23)
 
Two olive trees feed this grand Menorah with oil.  The trees are often considered to refer to Joshua the High Priest and Zerubbabel, religious and political figures.
 
But since prophecy usually reveals the present and future, and since trees in Scripture often represent people, these two trees are seen by some to represent Jewish Believers and Gentile Believers, anointed sons who have been shining light into the darkness for over 2,000 years.
 
Others think the two trees represent the Messiah (the Lord's Righteous Branch) and Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) who are “anointed to serve the Lord of all the earth.”  (Zechariah 4:14)
 
Zechariah promises that the darkness that comes from our sin, which separates us from God, will be supernaturally lifted in a single day by His Righteous Branch.
 
“I am going to bring My servant, the Branch. … and I will remove the sin of this land in a single day.”  (Zechariah 3:8–9)
 
God also speaks of the supernatural working of the Ruach (Holy Spirit) to accomplish the Lord's plans, such as the building of the Second Temple by Zerubbabel:
 
“This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the LORD Almighty.'"  (Zechariah 4:6)
 

The fried food of Hanukkah, which includes donuts (sufganiyot),
represents the miracle of a one-day supply of holy oil for the Temple
Menorah lasting the eight days required to purify more oil.
 
In the Holy Sanctuary, the light of the Menorah became a symbol of God’s Divine Presence; its light not only lit up the inside of the Temple, but tradition says it also shined out the windows and into Jerusalem where people could bask in its rays during the dark nights.
 
During this time of year, when the winter nights are the longest, we sense our need for light more intensely.
 
Some people even experience what has been termed S.A.D. (Seasonal Affective Disorder)—a particular depression brought about by a deficiency of sunlight.  Likewise, when we are going through our “long, dark night of the soul,” we feel more intensely our desire to see even a glimmer of light.
 
The Hebrew prophet Isaiah wrote of a “Great Light” that would one day come to lift people out of the gloomy darkness:  “Nevertheless the gloom will not be upon her who is distressed …  The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them a light has shined.”  (Isaiah 9:1–2)
 

Jewish children bask in the glow of the hanukkiah
(Hanukkah menorah).  (Go Israel photo by Dana
Friedlander)
 
Who is this “great light” of which Isaiah prophesied?  The Light would come in the form of a child, who would eventually rule the nations in righteousness and justice, seated on the throne of His father, David, for all eternity.
 
“For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder and His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.  Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice, from that time forward, even forever.”  (Isaiah 9:6–7)
 
Yeshua HaMashiach (the Messiah—the Anointed One) said, “I am the Light of the World.  Whoever follows Me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”  (John 8:12)
 

Enjoying the light of the hanukkiah (Go Israel photo by Dana Friedlander)
 
Light of the World 
Hanukkah is a celebration of light.
 
This joyous festival commemorated the salvation of the Jewish people from the oppression of the Greeks who ruled the Jewish people
from 332–164 BC.
 
It was both a physical salvation and a spiritual one, since the Jews were not only rescued from persecution, but also liberated from an enforced Hellenized (Greek) religious system and culture.
 
They fought for freedom to worship the One True God, to keep His commandments and observe the festivals as written in the Torah.
 
Though not commanded in the Torah, the Jewish People have honored the liberation of the Holy Temple and its re-dedication to God by celebrating the Festival of Dedication / Hanukkah.
 
Did Yeshua celebrate Hanukkah?  The only reference in Scripture to Hanukkah is found in the Brit Chadashah (New Testament), and it indicates that He more than likely kept the festival.
 
The Gospel of John reveals that Yeshua walked in the courts of the Temple during Hanukkah:
 
“Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter.  And Yeshua walked in the Temple, in Solomon’s porch.”  (John 10:22–23)
 
While He was there, some asked Him directly if He were the Messiah.
 
Yeshua pointed to the works He had done as proof, but explained that they did not believe in Him because they were not His sheep.
 
 
In this week’s Brit Chadashah portion, Yeshua the Messiah proclaimed His mission as one of healing the brokenhearted and setting captives free.
 
The verses He cited came directly out of the book of the Hebrew prophet Isaiah.
 
“So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up.  And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.  And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah.  And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:
 
“The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted; To proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind; To set at liberty those who are oppressed; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD” 
(Luke 4:16–19; see also Isaiah 61:1)
 

Yeshua Teaches in the Synagogue,
by James Tissot
 
Yeshua and Yosef (Jesus and Joseph) 
Many parallels can be drawn between Yeshua and Joseph.
 
At the time of Joseph’s release from prison into the service of Pharaoh he was 30 years old, just as Yeshua was 30 when he began His public ministry in the service of the King.
 
Also, Joseph's appearance and personality had been so changed during his time in Egypt that his brothers no longer recognized him.
 
They stood right in front of Joseph, seeking the salvation from their famine that only he could provide, and yet they had no idea he was their brother.
 
Likewise, Yeshua’s Jewish brothers and sisters today hold in front of them the Scriptures that reveal who He is, and yet they are unable to recognize Him as their Jewish Messiah.
 
One reason for this modern-day blindness is the way Yeshua has been portrayed by Christians over the centuries: He seems to have ceased being the observant Jew who faithfully kept the commandments of God in the Torah and has, instead, been labeled as the Gentiles’ “god.”
 

A 13-year-old Jewish boy reads from the Torah
for the first time publicly.
 
Yeshua's identity has been so changed that the great majority of Jewish people cannot fathom that this “Jesus” could possibly be the Jewish Mashiach (Messiah) for whom they have been waiting, longing and praying for over 3,000 years.
 
Nevertheless, the prophet Zechariah told us that one day, all the Jewish people will recognize Him:
 
“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on Me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over Him, as one weeps over a firstborn.”  (Zechariah 12:10)
 
Today, thousands of Yeshua’s brothers and sisters are coming to understand who He truly is: they are known as Messianic Jews and their search for the Messiah of the Scriptures has ended.  These “completed Jews,” as some call them, are steadily gaining recognition as a legitimate sect of Judaism in Israel and in the world.
 

Reading the Torah
 
Another important parallel is that Joseph’s father Israel (Jacob) had exalted Joseph, and God has exalted Yeshua:  
“When He appeared as a human being, He humbled himself still more by becoming obedient even to death—death on a stake as a criminal!  Therefore God raised Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above every name.”  (Philippians 2:8–9)
 
Although Joseph’s brothers had hated him and vowed that they would never bow down to him, as his dreams suggested they would (Genesis 37:19–20), we see in this Parasha that in the end (miketz), they do come and bow down to their brother Joseph.
 
This is a prophetic picture of the day when all of Israel will recognize Yeshua’s authority, and every knee will bow to Him and know that He is the Lord.
 
“... that in honor of the name given Yeshua, every knee will bow—in heaven, on earth and under the earth—and every tongue will acknowledge that Yeshua the Messiah is ADONAI—to the glory of God the Father.”  (Philippians 2:10; see also Isaiah 45:23)
 
 
Please pray that the Jewish People will recognize Yeshua (Jesus) in Zechariah's Messianic prophecy as they hear about the Righteous Branch and the promise that sin will be removed in a single day.
 
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