Friday, April 20, 2018

CHUCK KOLB 04/20/2018

Shabbat Shalom - Parasha Tazria-Metzora - Purification and Restoration !!!

Previously posted ...  
Today April 19th is Patriots' Day !!!
http://conpats.blogspot.com/2018/04/chuck-kolb-04192018.html 

Welcome to Tazria-Metzora (She Conceives and Infected One), this week’s double Torah portion.  
These two portions of Torah are combined to accommodate the number of Sabbaths this year.  T
hey will be read in synagogues around the world during the Shabbat (Saturday) service. 

 Please read along with us.  We know you will be blessed! 
 

In last week’s Torah portion (Shemini), God commanded the kosher laws, identifying which animals were fit for consumption.  It also discussed some of the laws of ritual purity, instructing the Israelites “to make a distinction between the holy and the profane, and between the unclean and the clean.”  (Leviticus 10:10) This week’s double portion of Scripture (Tazria-Metzora) continues with the laws of ritual purity (tahorah) and impurity (tumah).

You can view this Parasha on our website complete with embedded links ... 
Parasha Tazria-Metzora: Tzaraat, Purification, Restoration, and the Messiah published in 5775 

http://free.messianicbible.com/parasha/tazria-metzora-tzaraat-purification-restoration-and-the-messiah/ 
http://free.messianicbible.com/category/torah 

Parasha Reading Schedule 5778 
http://free.messianicbible.com/torah-reading-schedule 

Why Are Christians Adopting Jewish Practice of Studying the Weekly Torah Portion?
https://theisraelbible.com/christians-adopting-jewish-practice-studying-weekly-torah-portion/

Holy, Holy, Holy Is the Lord of Hosts – YHVH Sabaoth 
The name YHVH Sabaoth is used 235 times in the Bible. 
http://free.messianicbible.com/feature/holy-holy-holy-lord-hosts-yhvh-sabaoth/ 

The Prophetic Significance of the Passover Lamb 
http://free.messianicbible.com/holiday/the-prophetic-significance-of-the-passover-lamb/ 

Simchat Torah: Celebrating Yeshua – the Word That Dwells Among Us
http://free.messianicbible.com/holiday/dancing-joy-simchat-torah/ 

Celebrate Yeshua HaMashiach's birthday - The Feast of Tabernacles !!! 
http://conpats.blogspot.com/2017/10/chuck-kolb-10082017.html 

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 

The Daniel Timeline 
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Parshat Tazria-Metzora

https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/2879/jewish/Tazria-Metzora-in-a-Nutshell.htm 
http://www.chabad.org/parshah/default.asp?tDate=4/21/2018 

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Todah Rabah - beloved Rabbi Chaim Richman ... 

Yom Hazikaron 5778 / Israel Memorial Day 2018 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKOjoA6Arag (4:29) The Temple Institute 4/17/18
70th Birthday Salute to Israel from the Temple Mount! 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ppSFbwuUCc (3:11) 4/18/18 

Weekly Torah Portion: (Shemini) Tazria-Metzora
The three Torah readings of Shemini,Tazria-Metzora, which form the heart of the book of Leviticus, which itself forms the heart of the Five Books of Moses, reveals a heightened spiritual consciousness, which emanates from the Shechinah - G-d's Presence - which dwells within the Tabernacle/Holy Temple, and spreads forth throughout the land of Israel, lifting up its inhabitants, their self-awareness, and, ultimately, their self-esteem and esteem for one another. 

Tazria-Metzora (Leviticus 6:1 - 8:36
Parashat Tazria-Metzora is read on Shabbat:
Lyra 6, 5778 / April 21, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V05BMFEWYE (15:36)  
https://www.youtube.com/user/henryporter2/videos 
Published on Apr 11, 2018 - The Temple Institute  
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Weekly Newsletter - http://is.gd/4BUvi 

Special ... Broadcasting from Jerusalem with Rabbi Chaim Richman, Yitzchak Reuven 
Temple Talk Radio: Sefirat HaOmer: A Divine Self-Help Course in Emotional Maturity 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_DSAuGuLao (46:11)  
Published on Apr 17, 2018 - The Temple Institute 
The Month of Iyar and the Fulfillment of Prophecy 
The State of Israel Brings the Promise of Redemption to All Humanity! 

This week's edition of Temple Talk is a birthday party for our precious State of Israel! Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Chaim Richman celebrate Israel Independence Day and thank G-d for the miracle of this start-up nation, seventy years young and shining its bright light into a world of darkness. Our hosts reflect upon the Biblical significance of modern events in this history-laden month of Iyar and connect the dots between past, present and future. Don't miss this week's special Temple Talk! 

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Todah Rabah - beloved Rabbi Naphtali “Tuly” Weisz ...  

https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/  https://israel365.com/ 

The Portions of Tazria - Metzorah 
https://theisraelbible.com/reading-plan/leviticus/portion-tazriah 
https://theisraelbible.com/reading-plan/leviticus/the-portion-of-metzorah/ 

The Israel Bible side-by-side English and Hebrew text along with audio being read in Hebrew.
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70 Biblical Verses to Celebrate 70 Years of Prophecy Fulfilled
Here are 70 Biblical verses to celebrate this miraculous day: 
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Nikki Haley Warns Syria: US is ‘Locked and Loaded’
US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley warned that that US is “locked and loaded” to respond to any future chemical weapons attack in Syria. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley gives a statement during an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on U.S., UK, and French military strikes in response to Syria's chemical weapons use in New York, on April 14, 2018. 
https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/105880/nikki-haley-chemical-weapons-are-a-threat-to-us-all/ 
https://youtu.be/VeBA2nXHfzo (7:16) U.S. Department of State 4/14/18 
https://www.youtube.com/user/statevideo/videos 
A transcript is available at https://usun.state.gov/remarks/8389

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Todah Rabah - beloved Ted Belman writing from Jerusalem, Israel for 16+ years ...  
THERE IS NO DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION 


T. Belman writes, The obvious answer is “Jordan” after it becomes the Palestinian state. That will happen as soon as the King is deposed which may be only weeks away. Then all refugees will be told to go to Jordan for UNRWA services and for citizenship papers. But they will receive the services as citizens rather than refugees.
Transfer UNRWA’s Responsibilities to Whom?
by Dr Alex Joffe

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 803, April 20, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: International political changes and genuine refugee crises have prompted a renewed examination of UNRWA, the internationally funded mechanism for the Palestinians. The problem of transferring UNRWA’s health, welfare, and education responsibilities to other organizations is not easily resolved. Despite obvious problems (primarily the inevitable corruption), absorbing UNRWA into the PA is the least bad alternative, as it offers a path for both capacity-building and real oversight. [...] 
https://www.israpundit.org/transfer-unrwas-responsibilities-to-whom/ 
https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/unrwa-responsibilities/ 

M. Diamond - When Israel turned 60, I bought a commemorative watch. 
It’s my favourite watch and its working fine, 10 years later. So is Israel. 

Israel at 70..  Flourishing…..
by Ambassador Dore Gold 

Over those 10 years, if anything, the complexities in the Middle East have grown.  And so have the risks, but also the opportunities.   President Obama’s flawed approach to foreign policy left its mark- an emboldened, aggressive, Iran, slowing but not stopping its nuclear WMD progress, in return for tens of billions of dollars being used to facilitate its terrorist activities worldwide, and bolstering and financing its expansion into Syria, aided and abetted by an emboldened Putin who recognized the opportunity to step into the Obama-generated gap in the power vacuum. 
https://www.israpundit.org/israel-at-70-flourishing/ 
http://jcpa.org/video/israel-at-70-flourishing-against-all-odds/ 

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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If a woman conceives (bears seed) and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean [tameh] seven days.  As at the time of her menstruation, she shall be unclean. Leviticus 12:1–2


Shabbat Shalom - Parasha Tazria-Metzora - Purification and Restoration !!!



King David wrote: How sweet are your words (words of the Torah) to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!  Psalm 119
  
Shabbat Shalom
 
Welcome to Tazria-Metzora (She Conceives and Infected One), this week’s double Torah portion.  These two portions of Torah are combined to accommodate the number of Sabbaths this year.  They will be read in synagogues around the world during the Shabbat (Saturday) service.
Please read along with us.  We know you will be blessed!  
  
Tazria (She Conceives) / Metzora (Infected One)
Leviticus 12:115:33; 2 Kings 4:42–5:19, 7:3–20; Luke 5:12–31
 
“The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,  ‘Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If a woman conceives (bears seed) and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean [tameh] seven days.  As at the time of her menstruation, she shall be unclean.’”  (Leviticus 12:12)
 
In last week’s Torah portion (Shemini), God commanded the kosher laws, identifying which animals were fit for consumption.  It also discussed some of the laws of ritual purity, instructing the Israelites “to make a distinction between the holy and the profane, and between the unclean and the clean.”  (Leviticus 10:10)
 
This week’s double portion of Scripture (Tazria-Metzora) continues with the laws of ritual purity (tahorah) and impurity (tumah).
 

Open Torah scroll
 
The Purification of Tzaraat  
“And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and the hair of his head shall go loose, and he shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry:  ‘Unclean, unclean [tameh, tameh].  All the days wherein the plague is in him he shall be unclean; he is unclean; he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his dwelling be.’”  (Leviticus 13:45–46)
 
Both Tazria and Metzora focus on the laws of leprosy, a spiritual condition that causes the afflicted to become impure.
 
These portions outline laws regarding how to handle the metzora, the one who is infected, as well as how he or she may be purified once healed.
 
The Hebrew word that is translated leprosy, tzaraat, does not actually correspond to the modern day affliction of leprosy.  Its origin is spiritual, but it obviously has a physical manifestation.  
 
The condition is identified by a priest, not by a doctor.
 
In fact, tzaraat can afflict a person, house, or article of clothing.
 

Synagogue in Germany

How does the community of Israel deal with a person afflicted by tzaraat— a metzora?
 
Once it is confirmed through a series of tests that the condition is indeed tzaraat, the metzora is declared tameh (impure or unclean).
 
The afflicted one is then isolated from the community in order to prevent defiling and infecting others through contact.  The metzora must dwell alone outside the camp until completely healed.
 
It is the role of the priest to periodically check on the afflicted person to determine when he or she can return to the community, so it can once again be whole.
 
In terms of a house, however, if the tzaraat spreads after a week of quarantine, the infected stones are removed and thrown in an impure place.  
 
If the lesions reappear after the stones are replaced and the house is scraped and re-plastered, then the entire house is destroyed.  Its stones, wood, and dust are carried away to an impure place.
 
“Behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a malignant leprosy in the house; it is unclean.  And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.”  (Leviticus 14:44–45)
 

Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem
 
Once a metzora is healed, he or she then goes through the 
purification process outlined in the Torah. 
 
“The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘This shall be the torah [instructions] for the leprous person [תּוֹרַת הַמְּצֹרָע] for the day of his cleansing.’”  (Leviticus 14:1–2)
 
For the healing process to be complete, and the metzora reintegrated into the community, a complex series of offerings are made, beginning on the first day with two clean birds —
one that is killed and one that is released. 
 
Although the metzora may now return to the community, he must live outside his tent for seven days.  On the seventh day, the metzora shaves off all hair, including the eyebrows, and bathes in water.
 
As part of the ceremony, on the eighth day of the purification process, the priest (Kohen) places some of the oil and blood of the guilt offering (male lamb) upon the tip of the right ear of the one being cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.  (Leviticus 14:10–14)
 
This represents atonement and cleansing of everything we hear, everything we do, and every path we take.
 

Jewish men gather to pray at the Western (Wailing) Wall in Jerusalem.
 
The Cause of Tzaraat 
"Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies."  (Psalm 34:1213)
 
Judaism considers gossip and slander a type of “moral leprosy,” and the rabbis regard tzaraat as an affliction from God as punishment primarily for destructive communication, such as slander or gossip, although pride and self-centeredness may be at the heart of this sin.
 
Gossip and slander might be caused by the speaker's baseless hatred (sinat chinam, literally hatred of their grace, beauty, or charm)
 
Moreover, evil communication leads others into hatred.
 
The account of Miriam's leprosy is evidence of the connection between evil speech and tzaraat.  After she and her brother Aaron dared to speak evil of their brother Moses and his Cushite wife,
she was afflicted with tzaraat. 
 
“Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite.  ‘Has the LORD spoken only through Moses?’ they asked.  ‘Hasn’t he also spoken through us?’  And the LORD heard this.”  (Numbers 12:1–2)
 
God’s anger was kindled against Miriam, and He afflicted her with tzaraat, saying to her:
 
“Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?’  The anger of the LORD burned against [Miriam and Aaron], and He left them.  When the cloud lifted from above the tent, Miriam’s skin was leprous — it became as white as snow.  Aaron turned towards her and saw that she had a defiling skin disease.”  (Numbers 12:8–10)
 
This should be enough to give each of us a healthy fear of gossiping about or slandering anyone — especially those anointed of the Lord to serve Him in a position of public leadership or ministry.
 

A Palestinian Christian and a Jewish Orthodox man have a discussion at
the Western (Wailing) Wall in Jerusalem.
 
Yeshua, Purification, and Restoration  
“Now on His way to Jerusalem, Yeshua (Jesus) traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee.  As He was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met Him.  They stood at a distance and called out in a loud voice, ‘Yeshua, Master, have pity on us!’  When He saw them, He said, ‘Go, show yourselves to the priests.’ And as they went, they were cleansed.”  (Luke 17:11–14)
 
Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah, during the time of His ministry on earth, healed many people who were afflicted by this terrible condition.
 
Yeshua upheld the process of purification found in this Parasha when He healed a leper, declaring him tahor (clean).
 
“Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.’  Yeshua reached out His hand and touched the man. ‘I am willing,’ He said. ‘Be clean!’ And immediately the leprosy left him.”  (Luke 5:12–13)
 
Keeping the Jewish law, Yeshua told the man, “Show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”
 

Messiah and the Lepers, by Gebhard Fugal

In Luke 17, Yeshua heals ten men of leprosy, but only one returns to thank Him.  Again, Yeshua sends them to report their healing to the priest.
 
Just as these lepers needed to report to the Jewish priest, so too do those who have been defiled by gross sin need a system of accountability to those in positions of spiritual leadership.
 
There needs to be a process in the Body of Messiah for restoration of those who have fallen into immorality and have been healed through repentance and the ministry of the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit).
 

Leading the prayers from the bimah (podium) in a synagogue in Canada.
 
The Messiah: Humble and Exalted  
According to Sanhedrin 98b of the Talmud (Jewish oral tradition), the Messiah is called “chivara-the leper.” 
 
Another Jewish interpretation of the Messiah, however, expects Him to be high, mighty, and exalted, not lowly, afflicted or one who associated with sinners or lepers.
 
This latter idea is based on Isaiah 52:13:  
“My servant shall be wise, exalted and lofty, and shall be very high.” 
 
How can we reconcile these two images of the Messiah?  In His first coming, Yeshua came as a lowly servant, entering Jerusalem on the foal of a donkey.
 
He ate with sinners and associated with tax collectors — behavior for which He was misunderstood and despised.  He died as the humble lamb led to the slaughter to make atonement for our sins.
 
"But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on Him, and by His wounds we are healed."  (Isaiah 53:5)
 

The Procession in the Streets of Jerusalem,
by James Tissot
 
Yeshua did not come for the proud and righteous, but for the lepers of society — those who are poor, humble, sick, and outcast.  He did not come to associate with the rich and famous but to cleanse those who had been defiled (made tameh) by sin.
 
To illustrate this truth, Yeshua told a parable to some who were confident in their own righteousness and who looked down on everyone else:
 
“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.  The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers — or even like this tax collector.  I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ 
 
“But the tax collector stood at a distance.  He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’  I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God.  For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”  (Luke 18:10–14)
 

An Orthodox Jewish man wearing a shtreimel prays at the Western
(Wailing) Wall in Jerusalem.
 
According to Jewish thought, the Moshiach (Messiah) Redeemer suffers the agonies of tzaraat by taking upon Himself and personally suffering the pain of His people in exile (galut).
 
It is traditionally believed that the day of purification in this Torah reading, refers to the day of redemption when the Messiah comes.  As Believers, we understand that Yeshua did fulfill this.
 
“He himself bore our sins in His body on the stake, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness — by His wounds you were healed.”  
(1 Peter 2:24
 
As well, Messiah will come again to heal all tzaraat in our world.  On that day, He will be exalted to rule and reign forever upon the Throne of David.  Jewish exile will be a thing of the past, and His people will dwell securely in their own land.
 
“Of the greatness of His government and peace there will be no end.  He will reign on David’s throne and over His kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever.”  (Isaiah 9:7)
 
When that day comes,
 
“Justice will be the belt around His waist, faithfulness the sash around His hips.  The wolf will live with the lamb; the leopard lie down with the kid; calf, young lion and fattened lamb together, with a little child to lead them.”  (Isaiah 11:5–6)
 
 
The time is short, Yeshua is returning soon.
 
As the day draws ever closer, please help us bring the Good News of Yeshua to the Jewish People.
 
"Look, I am coming soon!  My reward is with Me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done."  (Matthew 16:27)
 
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