“15 ‘And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed. 16 ‘Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to Avinu. 17 ‘You shall bring from your dwellings two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven. They are the firstfruits to Avinu. 18 ‘And you shall offer with the … [Read more...] about Counting The Omer
Wave Sheaf
Wave Sheaf “9 And Avinu spoke to Moshe, saying, 10 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you be come into the land which I give to you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then you shall bring a sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest: 11 And he shall wave the sheaf before Avinu, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. 12 And you shall offer that day when you wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first … [Read more...] about Wave Sheaf
Pesach 2 Siddur
Pesach 2 Siddur 4.20.19 “VaYikra 23:6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of Matzah to Avinu: seven days you must eat Matzah. 7 In the first day you shall have an holy convocation: you shall do no servile work therein. 8 But you shall offer an offering made by fire to Avinu seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: you shall do no servile work therein.” Shemot 12:1 – 13:22 covers Aviv 1 – 19 Shemot 12:16-17, Shemot 12:19-20, Shemot 12:33-42 … [Read more...] about Pesach 2 Siddur
Pesach Siddur
Our Pesach begins early, on the late afternoon portion of Aviv 13. We come together at a “gathering of waters” (mikvah) and immerse ourselves for the remission of our sins and the cleansing of any tamei that we might have incurred. It is tearful, joyful and exhilarating as we come up, out of the “waters of life” where we have buried our past and are now a “new creation in Meshiach”. Now, as the sun sets and Aviv 14 begins, we gather together to remember and celebrate His sacrifice for us. … [Read more...] about Pesach Siddur
Uncleanness – Dealing With The Unknown
Weekly Torah Lesson Parasha: Metzora – the afflicted one *** Leviticus 15:31 Thus shall you separate the children of Israel from their ritual state of being tamei (uncleanness); that they die not in their ritual state of being tamei, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them. 32 This is the law of him that has an issue, and of him whose seed goes from him, and is defiled therewith; 33 And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that has an issue, of the man, and of the … [Read more...] about Uncleanness – Dealing With The Unknown
The Mouth and the Flesh
Weekly Torah Lesson Parasha: Tazria she bears seed Torah: vaYikra 12:1 – 13:59 ** During the fourteen hundred year period beginning with the Exodus of Israel from Egypt until the destruction of Yerushalem and the second Temple, there was a phenomenon among the people of Israel called “tzaraat. Tzaraat produced a skin condition that resembled a blister and evolved into a scab on various parts of the head and body. The phenomenon was that these blisters appeared as a result of … [Read more...] about The Mouth and the Flesh