Torah Seder Shebat 12, 5768

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Triennial Cycle (Triennial Torah Cycle) / Septennial Cycle (Septennial Torah Cycle)

Three and 1/2 year Lectionary Readings	Fourth Year of the Reading Cycle
Shebat 12, 5768 – Jan. 18/19, 2007	Seventh Year of the Shmita Cycle

Candle Lighting and Havdalah Times

San Antonio, Texas, U.S. Brisbane, Australia:

Friday Jan. 18, 2007 – Candles at 5:45 PM Friday Jan. 18, 2007 – Candles at 6:29 PM

Saturday Jan. 19, 2007 – Havdalah 6:43 PM Saturday Jan. 19, 2007 – Havdalah 7:26 PM

Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Singapore, Singapore

Friday Jan.18, 2007 – Candles at 5:36 PM Friday Jan. 18, 2007 – Candles at 6:59 PM

Saturday Jan. 19, 2007 – Havdalah 6:35 PM Saturday Jan. 19, 2007 – Havdalah 7:50 PM

Cebu, Philippines Jakarta, Indonesia

Friday Jan. 18, 2007 – Candles at 5:30 PM Friday Jan. 18, 2007 – Candles at 5:58 PM

Saturday Jan. 19, 2007 – Havdalah 6:22 PM Saturday Jan. 19, 2007 – Havdalah 6:49 PM

For other places see: http://chabad.org/calendar/candlelighting.asp

Coming Festival: HaMishah Asat/Tu-BiShebat – New Year of the Trees

Shebat 15 – Monday 21^st – Tuesday 22^nd of January, 2008

For further study see: http://www.betemunah.org/tubshevt.html

Shabbat	Torah Reading:	Weekday Torah Reading:
וּבְיוֹם הַבִּכּוּרִים
“UV’Yom HaBikurim”	Reader 1 – B’midbar 28:26-31	Reader 1 – B’midbar 30:2-6
“And in the day of the first-fruits”	Reader 2 – B’midbar 29:1-6	Reader 2 – B’midbar 30:7-12
“Y en el día de las primicias”	Reader 3 – B’midbar 29:7-11	Reader 3 – B’midbar 30:13-17
B’midbar (Numbers) 28:26 - 30:1	Reader 4 – B’midbar 29:12-16
Ashlamtah: Malachi 3:4, 13-18, 22-24	Reader 5 – B’midbar 29:17-25
	Reader 6 – B’midbar 29:26-34	Reader 1 – B’midbar 30:2-6
Psalm: 105:39-45	Reader 7 – B’midbar 29:35 – 30:1	Reader 2 – B’midbar 30:7-12
	Maftir – B’midbar 29:38 – 30:1	Reader 3 – B’midbar 30:13-17
N.C.: Matityahu 23:33-39	Malachi 3:4, 13-18, 22-24

Roll of Honor:

This Torah commentary comes to you courtesy of His Honor Paqid Adon Hillel ben David and most beloved family, and that of Her Excellency Giberet Sarai bat Sarah and beloved family, as well as that of His Excellency Adon Barth Lindemann and beloved family and that of His Excellency Adon John Batchelor and beloved wife, and that of His Excellency Adon Ezra ben Abraham and his beloved wife Giberet Karmela bat Sarah. For their regular and sacrificial giving, providing the best oil for the lamps, we pray that G-d’s richest blessings be upon their lives and those of their loved ones, together with all Yisrael, amen ve amen! Also a great thank you to all who send comments to the list about the contents and commentary of the weekly Seder.

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Rashi & Targum Pseudo Jonathan

for: B’midbar (Numbers) 28:26 - 30:1

RASHI	TARGUM PSEUDO JONATHAN
26. On the day of the first fruits when you bring a new meal-offering to Adonai on your Festival of Weeks, there will be a sacred holiday to you when you will not do any work of consequence.	26. Likewise on the day of your firstlings, when you offer the gift from the new produce before the Lord in your ingatherings, after the seven weeks are completed, you will have a holy convocation, no servile work will you do;
27. You will make a burnt-offering of a pleasing aroma to Adonai [consisting of] two young bulls, one ram, [and] seven yearling lambs.	27. but offer a burnt sacrifice to be received with favour before the Lord, two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the year;
28. Their meal-offering [will be] fine flour mixed with [olive] oil, three tenths [of an eiphah] for each bull, two tenths [of an eiphah] for the one ram,	28. also their mincha of wheaten flour mingled with olive oil, three tenths for each bullock, two tenths for the ram,
29. and one tenth [of an eiphah] for each of the seven lambs.	29. a tenth to a lamb; so for the seven lambs
30. [You should also bring] one he-goat to make atonement for you,	30. one kid of the goats to make an atonement for you;
31. in addition to bringing the constant (daily) burnt-offering and its meal-offering. [The sacrifices] will be without blemish--- and their libations.	31. beside the perpetual burnt offering you will make these; they will be unblemished, with their libation of wine.

1. The first day of the seventh month will be a sacred holiday to you when you will not do any work of consequence. It will be a day of sounding the ram's horn.	1. And in the seventh month, the month of Tishri, on the first of the month you will have a holy convocation, you may not do any servile work; it will be to you a day for the sounding of the trumpet, that by the voice of your trumpets you may disturb Satan who comes to accuse you.
2. You will bring a burnt-offering of a pleasing aroma to Adonai, [consisting of] one young bull, one ram, and seven yearling lambs, [all] without blemish.	2. And you will make a burnt sacrifice to be received with favour before the Lord; one young bullock, one ram, lambs of the year seven, unblemished;
3. Their meal-offering [will be] fine flour mixed with [olive] oil, three tenths [of an eiphah] for the bull, two tenths [of an eiphah] for the one ram,	3. and their mincha of wheaten flour mingled with olive oil, three tenths for the bullock, two tenths for the ram,
4. and one tenth [of an eiphah] for each of the seven lambs.	4. and one tenth for each of the seven lambs;
5. [You should also bring] one he-goat as a sin-offering to make atonement for you.	5. and one kid of the goats for a sin offering to make an atonement for you;
6. Aside from the [Rosh] Chodesh burnt-offering and its meal-offering, and the constant (daily) burnt-offering and its required meal-offering and libations, for a pleasing aroma, a fire-offering to Adonai.	6. besides the sacrifice for the beginning of the month and its mincha, and the perpetual sacrifice and its mincha; and their libations according to the order of their appointments, an oblation to be received with favour before the Lord.
7. On the tenth day of this seventh month there will be a sacred holiday to you, when you will fast and not do any work.	7. And on the tenth of the seventh month, the month of Tishri, you will have a holy convocation, and chasten your souls (by abstaining) from food and drink, the bath, friction, sandals, and the marriage bed; and you will do no servile labour,
8. You will bring a burnt-offering for a pleasing aroma to Adonai, [consisting of] one young bull, one ram, and seven yearling lambs. They will [all] be without blemish.	8. but offer a sacrifice before the Lord to be received with favour; one young bullock, one ram, lambs of the year seven, unblemished, will you have;
9. Their meal-offering [will be] fine flour mixed with [olive] oil, three tenths [of an eiphah] for the bull, two tenths [of an eiphah] for the one ram,	9. and their mincha of wheat flour mingled with olive oil, three tenths for the bullock, two tenths for one ram,
10. and one tenth [of an eiphah] for each of the seven lambs.	10. a singIe tenth for a lamb, so for the seven lambs
11. [You will also bring] one he-goat as a sin-offering, aside from the atonement sin-offering, and the constant (daily) burnt-offering and its meal-offering, and their libations.	11. one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of the expiations, (Lev. xvi.,) and the perpetual sacrifice and their minchas, and the wine of their libations.
12. The fifteenth day of the seventh month will be a sacred holiday to you, when you will not do any work of consequence. You will celebrate a festival to Adonai for seven days.	12. And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month you will have a holy convocation, no servile work will you do; but will celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles before the Lord seven days,
13. You will bring a burnt-offering, a fire-offering for a pleasing aroma to Adonai, [consisting of] thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen yearling lambs. They will [all] be without blemish.	13. and offer a sacrifice, an oblation to be received with favour before the Lord: thirteen young bullocks proceeding daily and diminishing their number, (in all) seventy for the seventy nations, and offering them by thirteen orders; two rams, which you will offer by two orders; lambs of the year fourteen, unblemished, to be offered by eight orders, offering six of them, by two and two, and two of them one by one, they will be perfect.
14. Their meal-offering [will be] fine flour mixed with [olive] oil, three tenths [of an eiphah] for the bull for each of the thirteen bulls, two tenths [of an eiphah] for the ram for each of the two rams,	14. Their mincha also of wheat flour, with olive oil, three tenths for each bullock of the thirteen, two tenths for each ram,
15. and one tenth [of an eiphah] for the lamb for each of the fourteen lambs.	15. a single tenth for each of the fourteen lambs,
16. [You will also bring] one he-goat as a sin-offering, in addition to [bringing] the constant (daily) burnt-offering with its meal-offering and libation.	16. and one kid of the goats for a sin offering, which will be offered by one order, beside the perpetual sacrifice, the wheat flour for the mincha, and the wine of the libation.
17. On the second day [you will bring] twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen yearling lambs, [all] without blemish,	17. On the second day of the Feast of Tabernacles you will offer twelve young bullocks, by twelve orders; two rams, by two orders; fourteen lambs of the year unblemished by nine orders, five of them will offer two by two, and four of them one by one.
18. together with their meal-offerings and their libations for the bulls, rams, and the lambs, of the required number.	18. And their mincha of wheat flour, and the wine of their libation which will be offered with the bullocks, rams, and lambs, by their number according to the order of their appointment;
19. [You will also bring] one he-goat as a sin-offering, in addition to [bringing] the constant (daily) burnt-offering with its meal-offering and their libations.	19. and one ram by one order, a sin offering, beside the perpetual sacrifice, and the wheat flour of their minchas, and their libations of wine.
20. On the third day [you will bring] eleven young bulls, two rams, and fourteen yearling lambs, [all] without blemish,	20. On the third day of the Feast of Tabernacles you will offer twelve bullocks by twelve orders; two rams by two orders, fourteen unblemished lambs of the year, by ten orders; four of them will offer two and two, and six of them one by one;
21. together with their meal-offerings and libations for the bulls, rams, and lambs, of the required number.	21. and their mincha of wheat flour, and their libations of wine, you will offer with the bullocks, rams, and lambs, by the number in their appointed order;
22. [You will also bring] one he-goat as a sin-offering, in addition to [bringing] the constant (daily) burnt-offering with its meal-offering and libation.	22. and one kid of the goats for a sin offering by one order; beside the perpetual sacrifice the wheat flour for the mincha, and its libation of wine.
23. On the fourth day [you will bring] ten young bulls, two rams, and fourteen yearling lambs, [all] without blemish,	23. On the fourth day of the Feast of Tabernacles, ten young bullocks by ten orders; two rams by two orders; fourteen unblemished lambs of the year by twelve orders; three of them will be offered at two times, and eight of them singly;
24. together with their meal-offerings and libations for the bulls, rams, and lambs, of the required number.	24. their mincha of wheaten flour, and their libations of wine, which you will offer with the the bullocks, rams, and lambs by their number, after their appointed order,
25. [You will also bring] one he-goat as a sin-offering, in addition to [bringing] the constant (daily) burnt-offering with its meal-offering and libation.	25. and one kid for a sin offering, by one order; beside the perpetual sacrifice, the wheat flour for the mincha, and its libation of wine.
26. On the fifth day [you will bring] nine young bulls, two rams, and fourteen yearling lambs, [all] without blemish,	26. On the fifth day of the Feast of Tabernacles, nine young bullocks by nine orders; two rams by two orders lambs of the year fourteen, perfect by twelve orders two of them in a pair, twelve singly;
27. together with their meal-offerings and libations for the bulls, rams, and lambs, of the required number.	27. and the wheat flour for their mincha, and the libation wine for the bullocks, the rams, and lambs by their number after the order of their appointment;
28. [You will also bring] one he-goat as a sin-offering, in addition to [bringing] the constant (daily) burnt-offering with its meal-offering and libation.	28. and one kid for a sin offering by one order; beside the perpetual sacrifice and the wheat flour for the mincha, and the wine of its libation.
29. On the sixth day [you will bring] eight young bulls, two rams, and fourteen yearling lambs, [all] without blemish,	29. On the sixth day of the Feast of Tabernacles, eight young bullocks by eight orders; two rams by two orders; fourteen unblemished lambs of the year by thirteen orders; a pair of them together, and twelve of them singly.
30. together with their meal-offerings and libations for the bulls, rams, and lambs. of the required number.	30. Their mincha of wheat flour, and their libation of wine you will offer with the bullocks, rams, and lambs, by their number in the order appointed;
31. [You will also bring] one he-goat as a sin-offering, in addition to [bringing] the constant (daily) burnt-offering with its meal-offering and libations.	31. Land one kid for a sin offering by one order, besides the perpetual sacrifice, the wheat flour for the mincha, the wine of its libation, and a vase of water to be outpoured on the day of the Feast of Tabernacles in grateful acknowledgment (for a good memorial) of the showers of rain.
32. On the seventh day [you will bring] seven young bulls, two rams, and fourteen yearling lambs, [all] without blemish,	32. On the seventh day of the Feast of Tabernacles you will offer seven bullocks by seven orders; two rams by two orders; fourteen unblemished lambs of the year by fourteen orders: the number of all these lambs ninety‑eight, to make atonement against the ninety‑eight maledictions.
33. together with their meal-offerings and libations for the bulls, rams, and lambs. of their required number.	33. And their mincha of wheat flour and libations of wine you will offer with the bullocks, rains, and lambs, by their number, according to the order appointed
34. [You will also bring] one he-goat as a sin-offering, in addition to [bringing] the constant (daily) burnt-offering with its meal-offering and libation.	34. one kid by one order, beside the perpetual sacrifice, the wheat flour for the mincha, and its libation of wine.
35. On the eighth day will be a [day of] restraint for you, when you will not do any work of consequence.	35. And on the eighth day you will gather together joyfully from your tabernacles, in your houses, a gladsome company, a festal day, and a holy convocation will you have, no servile work will you do
36. You will bring a burnt-offering, a fire-offering for a pleasing aroma to Adonai, [consisting of] one young bull, one ram, and seven yearling lambs, [all] without blemish;	36. but offer a sacrifice an oblation to be received with favour before the Lord; light oblations; one bullock before the one God, one ram for the one people, lambs of the year unblemished, seven, for the joy of the seven days.
37. [together with] their meal-offerings and libations for the bull, ram, and lambs. of the required number.	37. Their mincha of wheat flour, and their libations of wine which you will offer with the bullocks, rams, and Iambs, by their number, After the order of their appointment;
38. And one he-goat as a sin-offering, in addition to [bringing] the constant (daily) burnt-offering with its meal-offering and libation.	38. land one kid for a sin offering, beside the perpetual sacrifice, the flour for its mincha, and the wine for its libation.
39. These you will make to Adonai on your festivals, aside from your vows and dedications, burnt-offerings and meal-offerings, and libations and peace-offerings."	39. These you will offer before the Lord in the time of your festivals, beside your vows which you vow at the festival, and which you will bring on the day of the feast, with your free‑will oblation for your burnt sacrifice, your mincha, libations, and consecrated victims.

1. Moshe spoke to B’ne Yisrael all that Adonai had commanded him.	1. And Mosheh spoke to the sons of Israel, according to all that the Lord had commanded Mosheh.

Midrash Rabba for: B’midbar (Numbers) 28:26 - 30:1

23. ON THE EIGHTH DAY YE WILL HAVE A SOLEMN ASSEMBLY (XXIX, 35). This bears on what Scripture says: You have increased unto the nation, O Lord (Isa. XXVI, 15). The Community of Israel says to the Holy One, blessed be He: ‘Sovereign of the Universe! You did increase prosperity unto the Generation of the Flood. Did they, perchance, offer a single bullock or a single ram? Not only did they not honor You but they even (Said unto God: Depart from us (Job XXI, 14). You did increase prosperity unto the Generation of the Division. Did any of them, perchance, honor You? Not only did they not honor but they even said: Come, let us build us a city (Gen. XI, 4). You did the same to the men of Sodom, to Pharaoh, to Sennacherib, and to Nebuchadnezzar. Did any of them, perchance, offer a single bullock or a single ram? Not only did they not offer anything but they even provoked You to anger. To whom then is it proper to increase prosperity and glory? To Israel; as it says, ‘You have increased unto the nation, O Lord’ and ’nation’ can only refer to Israel; as is borne out by the text, Who is like Your people like Israel, a nation one in the earth (II Sam. VII, 23). The Community of Israel said to the Holy One, blessed be He: 'Sovereign of the Universe! It is for You to give us the festivals, and for us to offer sacrifices before You in a fitting manner. You are honored (Isa. XXVI, 15). You have given us New Moons and we offer sacrifices unto You; as it says, And in your new moons you will present a burnt-offering (Num. XXVIII, 11). We offer sacrifices unto You on Passover. On New Year also we offer sacrifices unto You. On the Day of Atonement we offer You sacrifices. So too on the Tabernacles Festival. We have not neglected even a single season. It is for You, says the Community of Israel to the Holy One, blessed be He, ‘to add to our festive seasons, and it will be our duty to offer sacrifices unto You and to honor You. You have increased unto the nation; You are honored unto the farthest ends of the earth (Isa. XXVI, 15). The Holy One, blessed be He, answered them: 'By your lives! I will not withdraw any festive days from you but will give to you additional seasons in which you may rejoice; as it says, ON THE EIGHTH DAY YOU WILL HAVE A SOLEMN ASSEMBLY.

24. ON THE EIGHTH DAY YOU WILL HAVE A SOLEMN ASSEMBLY (XXIX, 3 5). This bears on what Scripture says: In return for my love they are my adversaries; but I am all prayer (Ps. CIX, 4). You find that on the Tabernacles Festival Israel offer to Him seventy bullocks as an atonement for the seventy nations. Israel say: 'Sovereign of the worlds! Behold, we offer for them seventy bullocks and they ought to love us, yet they hate us.’ As it says, ’In return for my love they are my adversaries.’ The Holy One, blessed be He, in consequence, said to them: ‘Now, therefore, offer a sacrifice on your own behalf; ON THE EIGHTH DAY YOU WILL HAVE A SOLEMN ASSEMBLY.’ YOU WILL PRESENT A BURNT-OFFERING, AN OFFERING MADE BY FIRE, OF A SWEET SAVOUR UNTO THE LORD: ONE BULLOCK, ONE RAM (XXIX, 36). This may be compared to the case of a king who made a banquet for seven days and invited all the people in the province during the seven days of the feast. When the seven days of the feast were over he said to his friend: ‘We have already done our duty to all the people of the province, let us now make shift, you and I, with whatever you can find-a pound of meat, or of fish, or vegetables.’ In like manner the Holy One, blessed be He, said to Israel: ‘ON THE EIGHTH DAY YOU WILL HAVE A SOLEMN ASSEMBLY; make shift with whatever you can find; with ONE BULLOCK, ONE RAM!’

25. ON THE EIGHTH DAY (XXIX, 35). What was His reason for reducing the number of sacrifices each day? The Torah teaches you etiquette from the sacrifices. If a man puts up somewhere and is received by a friend, on the first day his host entertains him generously and gives him poultry to eat, on the second he gives him meat, on the third fish, on the fourth vegetables, and so he continually reduces the fare until he gives him pulse. YOU WILL HAVE (ib.). What is the implication of the expression, YOU

WILL HAVE? The festive seasons, He says to them, 'become you.' A heathen addressed a question to R. Akiba. He said to him: 'Why do you celebrate festive seasons? Did not the Holy One, blessed be He, say to you: Your new moons and your appointed seasons My soul hates’ (Isa. I, 14)? Said R. Akiba to him: ' If He had stated, "My new moons and My appointed seasons My soul hates" you might have spoken as you did. But He only said, "Your new moons and your appointed seasons"!' That was in reference to those festive seasons which Jeroboam ordained, of which it says, And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah (I Kings XII, 32). And he went up unto the altar which he had made in Beth-el on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and went up unto the altar, to offer (ib. 33). Our festive seasons, however, will never be abolished, neither will the New Moons. Why? Because they belong to the Holy One, blessed be He; as it says, These are the appointed seasons of the Lord (Lev. XXIII, 4), and similarly, These are My appointed seasons (ib. 2); so also, Moses declared unto the children of Israel the appointed seasons of the Lord (ib. 44). Consequently they will never be abolished, and of them it says, They are established forever and ever, they are done in truth and uprightness (Ps. CXI, 8).

Ketubim: Targum Tehillim (Psalms) 105:39-45

JPS Translation	TARGUM
1. O give thanks unto the LORD, call upon His name; make known His doings among the gentiles.	1. Sing praise in the presence of the Lord, call on His name; tell of His deeds among the Gentiles.
2. Sing unto Him, sing praises unto Him; speak of all His marvelous works.	2. Sing praise in His presence, make music in His presence; speak of all his wonders.
3. Glory in His holy name; let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.	3. Sing praise in His holy name; may the heart of those who seek instruction from the presence of the Lord be glad.
4. Seek the LORD and His strength; seek His face continually.	4. Seek the teaching of the Lord, and His Torah; welcome His face continually.
5. Remember His marvelous works that He has done, His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth;	5. Call to mind the wonders that He has done; His miracles, and the judgments of his mouth.
6. O you seed of Abraham His servant, you children of Jacob, His chosen ones.	6. O seed of Abraham His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones –
7. He is the LORD our God; His judgments are in all the earth.	7. He is the Lord our God; His judgments are extended over all the earth.
8. He has remembered His covenant for ever, the word which He commanded to a thousand generations;	8. He remembered His covenant forever; He commanded a word for a thousand generations
9. The covenant which He made with Abraham, and His oath unto Isaac;	9. That which He made with Abraham, and His covenant with Isaac.
10. And He established it unto Jacob for a statute, to Israel for an everlasting covenant;	10. And He established it for Jacob as a decree, for Israel as a perpetual covenant.
11. Saying: 'Unto you will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance.'	11. Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the lot of your inheritance.”
12. When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and sojourners in it;	12. When you were a people few in number, like little ones, and dwelling in it.
13. And they went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.	13. And they went from people to people, from one kingdom to another people.
14. He suffered no man to do them wrong; yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;	14. He did not allow anyone to oppress them, and he rebuked kings on their account.
15. Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones, and do my prophets no harm.	15. Do not come near my anointed ones, and do no harm to my prophets.
16. And he called for a famine upon the land; he brake the whole staff of bread.	16. And he proclaimed a famine against the land; he broke every support of food.
17. He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant:	17. He sent a wise man before them; Joseph was sold as a slave.
18. His feet they hurt with fetters; he was laid in chains of iron:	18. They afflicted his feet with chains; a collar of iron went on his soul.
19. Until the time that his word came to pass; the word of the LORD tried him.	19. Until the time when his word came true; the word of the Lord purified him.
20. The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.	20. He sent a king and freed him; a ruler of peoples, and he set him free.
21. He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:	21. He made him master of his house, and ruler of all his property.
22. To bind his princes at his pleasure, and teach his senators wisdom.	22. To bind his princes to, as it were, his soul; and he grew wiser than his elders.
23. Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.	23. And Israel came to Egypt, and Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
24. And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.	24. And He made his people very numerous, and made it stronger than its oppressors.
25. He turned their heart to hate His people, to deal subtly with His servants.	25. Their heart was changed to hate His people, to plot evil things against His servants.
26. He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron whom He had chosen.	26. He sent Moses his servant, Aaron, with whom He was pleased.
27. They set among them his signs, and wonders in the land of Ham.	27. They set among them the decrees of his signs, and wonders in the land of Ham.
28. He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his words.	28. He sent darkness and darkened them, and they did not rebel against his word.
29. He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.	29. He turned their water into blood, and killed all their fish.
30. Their land swarmed with frogs, in the chambers of their kings.	30. Their land crawled with frogs in the chambers of their kings.
31. He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and lice in all their borders.	31. He spoke, and brought swarms, vermin in all their territory.
32. He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.	32. He gave their rain as hail, blazing fire in their land.
33. He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and broke the trees of their borders.	33. And He smote their vines and their figs, and smashed the trees of their territory.
34. He spoke, and the locust came, and the cankerworm, and that without number,	34. He spoke, and brought locusts, and grasshoppers without number.
35. And did eat up every herb in their land, and did eat up the fruit of their ground.	35. And they obliterated all the grass in their land, and consumed the fruits of their land.
36. He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.	36. And He smote every firstborn in Egypt, the beginning of all their strength.
37. And He brought them forth with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among his tribes.	37 And He brought them out with silver and with gold, and they did not quarrel with the Egyptians about the weight.
38. Egypt was glad when they departed; for the fear of them had fallen upon them.	38. The Egyptians rejoiced when they left, for fear of them had fallen upon them.
39. He spread a cloud for a screen; and fire to give light in the night.	39. He spread out the clouds like a curtain, and fire to give light at night.
40. They asked, and He brought quails, and gave them in plenty the bread of heaven.	40. They asked for flesh and He brought quail; and He will satisfy them with the bread of heaven.
41. He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; they ran, a river in the dry places.	41. He opened the rock and water flowed; it went into the dry places like a river.
42. For He remembered His holy word unto Abraham His servant;	42. For He remembered His holy utterance with Abraham his servant.
43. And He brought forth His people with joy, His chosen ones with singing.	43. And He brought out His people in joy, His chosen ones with praise.
44. And He gave them the lands of the nations, and they took the labour of the peoples in possession;	44. And He gave to them the lands of the Gentiles; and they will inherit the labour of the peoples.
45. That they might keep His statutes, and observe His laws. Hallelujah.	45. In order that they might keep His ordinances, and observe His Torah. Hallelujah!

The Midrash on Psalms (Midrash Tehillim): Psalm 105: 23-38

I. O give thanks unto the Lord, call upon His name … Sing unto Him, sing praises unto Him … Seek His face continually (Ps. 105:1, 2, 4 ). R. Jose bar Halafta said to his son, R. Ishmael: If you would see the face of the Presence in this world, then occupy yourself with Torah in the Land of Israel, for it is said: Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His face continually (Ps. 105:4).

Remember His marvelous works that He has done, His wonders, and the judgment of His mouth; O you seed of Abraham His servant (Ps. 105:5-6). R. Azariah taught: It is written In Isaac will seed be called to you (Gen. 21:12) -- that is, any man who acknowledges that there exist two worlds behold, he is like Isaac. R. Yudan said: Not Isaac but in Isaac -- that is, a portion of the seed of Isaac, not all of it.

II. He is the Lord our God (Ps. 105:7). He (Hu) is used as an intensive, sometimes to emphasize the degree of goodness, and sometimes to emphasize the degree of wickedness/lawlessness. Thus, it is said He was a mighty hunter before the Lord (Gen. 10:9), He is Esau, the father of the Edomites (Gen. 36:43), These (Hu) are that Dathan and Abirarn who strove against Moses (Num, 26:9), This same (Hu) King Ahaz (2 Chron. 28:22), This (Hu) is Ahasuerus (Esther 1:1): mark that hu in these verses emphasizes the degree of wickedness/lawlessness. And the proof that hu is also used to emphasize the degree of goodness? The verses: The same (Hu) is Abraham (1 Chron. 1:27), These (Hu) are that Aaron and Moses (Ex. 6:26), This (Hu) Ezra went up from Babylon (Ezra 7:6), This same (Hu) Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon (2 Chron. 32:30).

R. Berechiah said in the name of the Rabbis: The Holy One, blessed be He, has Himself numbered among the just/generous, for it is said He (Hu) is the Lord our God; His judgments are in all the earth (Ps, 105:7).

III. He has remembered His covenant for ever, the word which He commanded to the most excellent (‘elef) of the generation (Ps. 105:8)—commanded His word, R. Hiyya bar Abba taught, to him who was the most excellent of his generation, who was the most exalted of his generation. And who was that? Abraham. ‘Elef is here rendered as in the sentence in the Mishnah, “As regards oil, Tekoa is alpha (‘alef),” by which is meant that the village of Tekoa is first in the excellence of its oil. Thus is to be understood: The word which He commanded to the most excellent (‘elef) of the generation.

In a different exposition, the verse is read He remembered His covenant for ever, the word which He commanded to the thousandth generation. R. Levi said in the name of R. Samuel bar Nahmani: Nine hundred and severity four generations which were to have descended from the people of the generation that perished in the flood were wiped out with them. The Holy One, blessed be He, had intended that the Torah be given to the thousandth generation of mankind, but you can count only ten generations from Adam to Noah, ten from Noah to Abraham, and six from Abraham to Moses. Hence it is said The word which He commanded to the thousand generation (ibid.), the word being the Torah, of which it is said And God spoke all these words (Ex. 20:1).

IV. When they were but few men in number, yea, very few, and sojourners in it (Ps. 105:12), the Holy One, blessed be He, said to the children of Israel: By little and little I will drive them out from before you when you are increased (Ex. 23:30) to sixty myriads, and then you will inherit the land (ibid.). Therefore, when Simeon and Levi went out and did that deed of theirs in Shechem, their father Jacob said to them: You have troubled me ... being few in number (Gen. 34:30).

And when they went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people (Ps. 105:13): Here Scripture alludes to Abraham and Sarah, for it is said “And there was a famine in the land; and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there” (Gen. 12:10). Accordingly, man in He suffered no man to do them wrong (ibid. 105:14) alludes to the men of Egypt. And kings in Yea, for their sake He reproved kings (ibid.) alludes to Pharaoh and to Abimelech: of the first it is said “The Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues” (Gen. 12:17), and of the second it i said “For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech” (ibid. 20:i8). Mine anointed ones in Touch not mine anointed ones (Ps. 105:15), according to R. Berechiah, are the Patriarchs; and My prophets in and do My prophets no harm (ibid.) are the Matriarchs who were prophets. For R. Yudan in the name of R. Isaac, in interpreting And what Esau her elder son said in his heart was told to Rebekah (Gen. 27:42), observed: Who could possibly have told Rebekah, if not the Holy Spirit?

V. Moreover, He called for a famine upon the land (Ps. 105:16). R, Judah bar Nahmani said in the name of R. Simeon ben Lakish: Jacob had been destined to go down to Egypt in iron chains. But the Hoy One, blessed be He, resorted to many devices to bring Jacob down to Egypt in honor. For example, He called a famine upon the land. Why? So that Israel should go down into Egypt, Jacob should sojourn in the land of Ham (ibid. 105:23).

R. Phinehas the Priest bar Hama told a parable of a cow. When they tried to lead her to the place where she was to be slaughtered, she would not be led. What did they do? They led her youngling ahead of her, and she ran after him. Even so, before Jacob went down to Egypt, how many devices were resorted to! The brothers of Joseph were brought to do all that they did so that Joseph had to go down to Egypt, and thereupon Jacob went down after him to Egypt.

VI. Concerning Until the time that His word came to pass (Ps. 105:19), R. Hiyya bar Abba and the Rabbis differed. One opinion was that the verse refers to the time when Joseph’s word will come to pass. The other opinion was that it refers to the time when His word, the word of the Holy One, blessed be He, will come to pass. For after Joseph said to the chief butler: Have me in your remembrance when it will be well with you and make mention of me unto Pharaoh (Gen. 40:14), the Holy One, blessed be He, said to Joseph: For having spoken thus, as you live, you will spend two years longer in prison, as is said: And it came to pass at the end of two full years (Gen. 41:1), Hence Until the time that His word came to pass.

VII. The king … made him governor of his house (Ps. 105:20, 21). R. Levi taught in the name of R. Berechiah, who taught in the name of R. Johanan ben Saul, that Joseph said to them: Do you think that the Holy One, blessed be He, is not with me? When my grandfather blessed my father Jacob, saying Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you (Gen. 27:29), it was thereby established that Joseph would be governor over the land (Gen. 42:6). Hence it is said [God] the King ... made him governor of his house.

To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators a lesson (Ps. 105:22). When Pharaoh sought to make Joseph governor, all his senators protested: “Should a slave be a ruler?” As soon as Joseph began to govern, Pharaoh had the senators seized and bound and then bided his time. When the brothers came and made it known that Joseph was of good stock, Pharaoh had the senators dragged about with ropes.

Another comment: To bind his prince(s)—to bind Potiphar, as R. Meir taught: This verse proves that Pharaoh kept Potiphar bound up in chains all his life. Though his prince(s) is pronounced as if written sryw, his princes,’ it is spelled srw, ‘his prince.”

VIII. And He enlarged His people greatly, and made them stronger than their enemies (Ps. 105:24)^. R. Simeon ben Lakish taught: As of two mounds of wheat in a grain market one being large and the other being large also, yet one is larger than the other, or as of two mighty men, one being strong and the other being strong also, yet one is stronger than the other, so He enlarged His people greatly, and made them stronger than their enemies.

He turned their heart to hate His people (Ps. 105:25) R. Johanan taught in the name of R. Hiyya, and R. Zadok taught in the name of R Yudan: On the one day The report thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying: "Joseph's brethren are come"; and it pleased Pharaoh well (Gen. 45:16). But now, on the next day, Pharaoh turned their heart to hate His people. Therefore, Scripture in saying Now there arose a new king over Egypt (Ex. 1:8) implies that it was the selfsame king issuing new laws.

They wrought among them His manifold signs (Ps. 105:27). According to R. Judah bar Simon, the plagues were stamped into the bodies of the Egyptians in the signs of the alphabet.

He sent darkness, and it was dark because they did not submit to His word (Ps. 105:28). What brought the darkness upon the Egyptians? They did not heed the words of the Holy One, blessed be He, and rebelled against Him.

IX. Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings (Ps. 105:30). R. Johanan taught: Wherever the Egyptians sat down, there frogs were made to appear. And if you should say that the frogs could not get up into houses of marble, or up into houses of stone, R. Simeon explains: This was one of the nine occasions when the Holy One, blessed be He, gave the frail mastery over the tough. Whenever a frog would come and declare: "I am the emissary of the Holy One, blessed be He," the marble would split open forthwith, and the frog could get up into the house. With reference to this, it is said The frog which destroyed them (Ps. 78:45) that is, wrung their privy parts: Because their destruction works within them, there is a blemish in them (Lev. 22:25).

X. He smote their vines also and their fig-trees (Ps. 105:33). R. Huna taught in the name of R. Simeon ben Lakish: The hail came down like an axe. R. johanan said: Out of the teaching of R. Simeon ben Lakish two things are learned: The vines being fragile, when the hail came down like an axe, it smashed them; as for the sycamores, locusts came upon them, as is said And their sycamore-trees with locust (Ps. 78:47).

He smote also all the first-born in their land, the chief of all their strength (Ps. 105:36) R. Abba bar Kahana said: He smote the first-born of men, the first-born of women, the first-born of cattle, indeed the first-born of every living thing. And in a house where there was no first-born, God smote its steward, as is said Shimri the chief—for though he was not the first-born, yet his father made him chief (I Chron. 26:10).

And He brought them forth with silver and gold (Ps. 105:37). R. Eliezer the Great taught: Out of Egypt, the lowliest among the children of Israel brought forth with him ninety asses laden with silver and gold.

XI. Egypt was glad when they departed (Ps. 105:38). R. Berechiah told a parable of a fat man riding on an ass. The ass was wondering "When will this fellow get off me?" And the man was wondering: "When can I get off this ass?" When he did get off, the man was glad and the ass was glad. And I do not know which was the more glad, but you might say that the ass was more glad. So with Israel in Egypt. As the plagues came down on the Egyptians, the Egyptians waited, wondering when the Israelites were going to leave; and the Israelites waited, wondering when will the Holy One, blessed be He, redeem them? After they went forth and were redeemed, the former were glad, and the latter were glad. But we did not know which was the more glad until David came and said: Egypt was glad when they departed. Then we knew that the Egyptians were the more glad.

XII. He spread a cloud for a screen; and fire to give light in the night (Ps. 105:39). According to R. Meir, there were two clouds, since it is also said For the cloud of the Lord was upon the Tabernacle by day, and there was fire therein by night (Ex. 40:38). According to R. Eleazar ben Shammua, it was one and the same cloud, since it is said He spread a cloud for a screen.

Hezekiah said: Why did they have a different cloud for evening and morning? So that those who had suffered a flux or were lepers could tell when it was evening, and when it was morning.

He opened the rock; then waters gushed out (Ps. 105:41). R. Aha bar Hanina expounded: At first the rock oozed blood, so that the scoffers of the day said: "What! Are we expected to come and reach up with our mouths to drink blood? But then water gushed from the rock, and many of them were overwhelmed, as is said And streams overwhelmed (Ps. 78:20).

XIII. And He gave them the lands of nations (Ps. 105:44). R. Hanna, quoting And He gave them the lands of nations, asked R. Hiyya bar Abba: Why did God do so? Was it in order That they might keep His statutes, and observe His laws [and then say] Hallelujah (Ps. 105:45)? But when a worker labours side by side with his master, and then the master gives him his pay, need the worker give voice to his gratitude? R. Hiyya replied: When the worker labours faithfully with his master, who then gives him his pay, he need not give voice to his gratitude. But when the worker does not labour faithfully with his master, and the master nevertheless gives him his pay, he should give voice to his gratitude. As for us, the Holy One, blessed be He, gives us the lands of the nations, but we do not study Torah, and even though it is said Keep His statutes, and observe His laws, we do not observe the Torah. Nevertheless, He makes gifts to us. Ought we not then give voice to our gratitude because He gave us the lands of the nations? Ought we not to sing a song of praise to Him saying Hallelujah?

Ashlamatah: Malachi 3:4, 13-18, 22-24

4. Then will the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.

5. And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers; and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not Me, says the LORD of hosts.

6. For I the LORD change not; and you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

7. From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from Mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto Me, and I will return unto you, says the LORD of hosts. But you say: 'Wherein will we return?'

8. Will a man rob God? Yet you rob Me. But you say: 'Wherein have we robbed Thee?' In tithes and heave-offerings.

9. You are cursed with the curse, yet you rob Me, even this whole nation.

10. Bring you the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in My house, and try Me now herewith, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will be more than sufficiency.

11. And I will rebuke the devourer for your good, and he will not destroy the fruits of your land; neither will your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, says the LORD of hosts.

12. And all nations will call you happy; for you will be a delightsome land, says the LORD of hosts. {P}

13. Your words have been all too strong against Me, says the LORD. Yet you say: 'Wherein have we spoken against You?'

14. You have said: 'It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked mournfully because of the LORD of hosts?

15. And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness/lawlessness are built up; yea, they try God, and are delivered.'

16. Then they that feared the LORD spoke one with another; and the LORD hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before Him, for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon His name.

17. And they will be Mine, says the LORD of hosts, in the day that I do make, even Mine own treasure; and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son that serves him.

18. Then will you again discern between the righteous/generous and the wicked/lawless, between him that serves God and him that serves Him not. {P}

19. For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness/lawlessness, will be stubble; and the day that comes will set them ablaze, says the LORD of hosts, that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

20. But unto you that fear My name will the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.

21. And you will tread down the wicked/lawless; for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I do make, says the LORD of hosts. {P}

22. Remember you the Law of Moses My servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.

23. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the LORD.

24. And he will turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers; lest I come and smite the land with utter destruction. {P}

Midrash of Matityahu (Matthew) 23: 33-39

33. You serpents! You spawn of vipers! How can you escape the Halakha of hell (Gehinom) if you do not return in T’shuvah (repentance)?

34. Take notice: I am sending you prophets and wise men (interpreters and teachers) and scribes (men learned in the Mosaic Law and the Prophets); some of them you will kill, even hang some of them, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue and persecute from town to town,

35. So that upon your heads may come all the blood of the righteous/generous shed on the land, from the blood of the righteous/generous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar [of burnt offering].

36. Amen, I tell you, all these [evil, calamitous times] will come upon this generation. [II Chron. 36:15, 16.]

37. Yerushalayim, Yerushalayim, who kills the prophets and stones those who have been sent to her! How often I wished to bring the convocation of your children like a hen gathers her chicks under her wings but you would not.

38. Behold, your house is left desolate (abandoned and left destitute of God's help) to you. [I Kings 9:7; Jer. 22:5.]

39. For I tell you, you will in no case see me again until you say, “Blessed is he Who comes in the name of Ha-Shem!” (Psalms 118:26)

The Rabbi’s Private Prophetic Study

For those of you, who want to know how this Torah Seder fits into the general architecture of Sefer B’midbar (Book of Numbers) perhaps this small diagram from Prof. Duane L. Christensen (The Unity of the Bible: Exploring the Beauty and Structure of the Bible, New York: Paulist Press, 2003) will help.

THE THREE MENOROT [Candelabras] OF SEFER B’MIDBAR

Menorah I – Preparing to Enter the Promised Land – Num 1:1 – 12:16

A. Military census and arrangement of the wilderness camp – Num. 1:1 – 2:34

B. Census of the Levites – Num. 3:1 – 4:49

C. Purification of the camp – Num. 5:1 – 6:27

X. Offerings from tribal leaders and consecration of the Levites – Num. 7:1- 8:26

C. Second observance of Passover (at Sinai)—the journey begins – Num. 9:1-23

B. Instructions on blowing trumpets to signal Israel is on the march – Num. 10:1-10

A. The trek from Sinai to Kadesh – Num. 10:11 – 12:16

Menorah II – From an “Unholy War” to the wars of Ha-Shem – Num. 13:1 – 25:9

A. The reconnaissance of Canaan and Israel’s unholy war – Num. 13:1 – 14:45

B. Cultic regulations – Numbers 15:1-41

C. Encroachment on the part of Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and On – Num. 16:1-35

X. Aaron’s budding rod—shows special status of his priesthood – Num. 17:1-28

C. Responsibility of Aaronic priesthood and other Levites – Num. 18:1-32

B. Purification from contamination by a corpse – Num. 19:1-22

A. The trek from Kadesh to Shittim and the wars of Ha-Shem – Num. 20:1 – 25:9

Menorah III – Preparing for Life in the Promised Land – Num. 25:10 – 36:13

A. From sin at Peor to Zelophehad’s daughters (inheritance rights) – Num 25:10 - 27:1

B. Joshua commissioned to succeed Moses for Exodus into Cisjordan – Num. 27:12-23

C. Cultic calendar for life in the land [+ addendum on vows] – Num. 28:1 – 30:16

X. Holy war vs. Midian - cleansing the contamination of Peor – Num. 31:1-54

C. Allotment of land in Transjordan – Num. 32:1-4

B. The trek from Egypt to the Jordan for Eisodus into Cisjordan – Num. 33:1 – 35:34

A. Heiresses must marry within their clan (Zelophehad’s daughters) – Num. 36:1-13

A gospel [Masorah] walk, in gratitude for “Messiah our Passover” who was sacrificed, is called the keeping of th3 feast of Passover and the Seven Days of Unleavened Bread (1Corinthians 5:8); for it is not enough that we “purge out the leavened bread of malice and lawlessness,” but we must offer the bread of our G-d, even the sacrifice of praise, and obedience to His commandments continually, and continue herein unto the end.

The sacrifices are likewise appointed which were to be offered at the feast of Pentecost, here called the “Day of the First-Fruits” (Numbers 28:26). In the feast of unleavened bread they offered a sheaf of their first-fruits of barley (which with them was first ripe) to the priest (Leviticus 23:10), as an introduction to the harvest; but now, about seven weeks after, they were to bring a new “meal-offering to the Lord,” at the end of harvest, in thankfulness to G-d, who had not only given, but preserved to their use, the kindly fruits of the earth, so as that in due time they did enjoy them.

It was at this feast that the Spirit was poured out (II Lukas (Acts) 2:1, etc.), and thousands were returned to a meaningful relationship with G-d by the Apostolic proclamation of the Torah, and were presented to Messiah, to be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.

The sacrifice that was to be offered with the loaves of the first-fruits was appointed, Leviticus 23:18. But over and above, besides that and besides the daily offerings, they were to offer two bullocks, one ram, and seven lambs, with a kid for a sin-offering, Numbers 28:27-30. When G-d sows plentifully upon us he expects to reap accordingly from us!

No peace-offerings are appointed in this chapter, which were chiefly for the benefit of those offering, and therefore in them they were left more to themselves; but burnt-offerings were purely for the honour of G-d, were confessions of his sovereignty, and typified complete piety and devotion, by which the soul is wholly offered up to G-d in the flames of holy love and total dedication to the study and performance of His commandments; and the sin-offerings were typical of Messiah's sacrifice of himself, by which we and our services of study, worship and obedience are perfected and set apart

The Torah Seder starts with putting G-d and His work here on earth, first and foremost in our lives. Thus, it is stated: “on the day of your firstlings, when you offer the gift from the new produce before the LORD.” Shabuoth (Pentecost) is a most interesting festival Sabbath, it is the perpetual year reminder that one must put G-d first in all things, as a response of sincere and deep gratitude for the many blessing we enjoy, a perpetual habit and consecration to G-d.

G-d’s people are a generous people, and not to be so denies the merciful grace of G-d working in our lives, and that G-d and His Word is our King and foremost thought. Hilarious gratitude is therefore the most elemental manifestation of a human heart that has fully returned to G-d. Gratitude does not ask how much do I have to give, but gives and gives, and gives because the soul has been infused with plenty of righteousness/generosity.

Our legal systems more or less describe how much we need to give our spouse in order to maintain supply for the needs of the family. The un-loving person asks how much do I have to give my spouse, but the spouse that is truly in love gives and gives without question, because giving is the most elemental demonstration of love. As Psalm 105:41 puts it: “He opened the rock and water flowed; it went into the dry places like a river.”

This is our chief distinction amongst all: that we are generous with G-d as G-d is generous with us, as it is said in our Ashlamata for this week: “Then will you again discern between the righteous/generous and the wicked/lawless, between him that serves G-d and him that serves Him not” (Malachi 3:18). I we are hilariously generous then we will “see him again,” because not only with our mouths but also with our substance we confess “Blessed is he Who comes in the name of Ha-Shem!”

Shalom Shabbat!

Hakham Dr. Yosef ben Haggai