JUDAISM ERA BY ERA

Judaism era by era
Judaisme dari era ke era

THE SHEMITTAH YEAR AND THE COMING OF KING MASHIACH

Chazal teaches us:
The Shemittah and the coming of King Mashiach (Mashiach Ben David)

Chazal mengajarkan kita semua:
Tahun shemittah dan kedatangan Raja Mesias (Mesias Anak Daud)

KETAHUILAH DI HADAPAN SIAPA KAMU BERDIRI

Mikha 6:8
הגיד לך אדם מה-טוב ומה-יהוה דורש ממך כי אם-עשות משפט ואהבת חסד והצנע לכת עם-אלהיך׃

"Hai manusia, telah diberitahukan kepadamu apa yang baik. Dan apakah yang dituntut ADONAI dari padamu: selain berlaku BENAR [משפט MISHPAT], MENCINTAI BELAS KASIHAN [אהבת חסד AHAVAT CHESED], dan HIDUP DENGAN RENDAH HATI [הצנע לכת HATZNEA LECHET] di hadapan Elohim-mu?"

Kalimat הצנע HATZNEA memiliki akar kata yang sama dengan kata צניעות TZENIUT, artinya MODESTY; HUMILITY. TZENIUT dimulai dengan:
1.) Menyadari bahwa HA'SHEM Elohim itu ada.
2.) Menyadari bahwa kita adalah bukan DIA.

Praktek TZENIUT ini dikenal dengan kata lain:

דע לפני מי אתה עומד
da lifne mi atah omed
ketahuilah di hadapan siapa kamu berdiri

PNINEI HA'TORAH (PERMATA-PERMATA TORAH) - PARASHAT KI TEITZEI

PNINEI HA'TORAH (PERMATA-PERMATA TORAH) - PARASHAT KI TEITZEI
Andre Widodo
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Shalom chaverim,

Hari Shabbat depan kita akan membaca PARASHAT KI-TEITZEI פרשת כי־תצא, yaitu dari Devarim (Ulangan) 21:10 s/d 25:19.

Salah satu PERMATA-PERMATA yang dapat kita temukan di dalam PARASHAT KI-TEITZEI פרשת כי־תצא adalah:

1.)
TENTANG LARANGAN "CROSS-DRESSING."
Yang dimaksud dengan "CROSS-DRESSING" adalah perempuan jangan memakai pakaian laki-laki, dan sebaliknya laki-laki jangan memakai pakaian perempuan.

Devarim (Ulangan) 22:5
לא-יהיה כלי-גבר על-אשה ולא-ילבש גבר שמלת אשה כי תועבת יהוה אלהיך כל-עשה אלה׃

lo-yih.ye ch'li-ge.ver al-i.sha v'lo-yil.bash ge.ver sim.lat i.sha ki to.a.vat a.do.nai e.lo.hei.cha kol-o.se e.le:

"Seorang perempuan janganlah memakai pakaian laki-laki dan seorang laki-laki janganlah mengenakan pakaian perempuan, sebab setiap orang yang melakukan hal ini adalah kekejian bagi ADONAI, Elohim-mu.

Karena alasan ini-lah mengapa di dalam Judaisme perempuan tidak memakai perlengkapan ibadah laki-laki seperti tallit, tzitzit, dan tefillin. Tallit, tzitzit dan tefillin adalah perlengkapan ibadah laki-laki. (Tallit, tzitzit: Bilangan 15:38; Ulangan 22:12), (Tefillin: Keluaran 13:9; Ulangan 6:8; Ulangan 11:18).

2.) TENTANG LARANGAN MENGADOPSI ORANG-ORANG MOAB DAN AMON
Devarim (Ulangan) 23:3 (23:4)
לא-יבא עמוני ומואבי בקהל יהוה גם דור עשירי לא-יבא להם בקהל יהוה עד-עולם׃

lo-ya.vo a.mo.ni u.mo.a.vi bik.hal a.do.nai gam dor a.si.ri lo-ya.vo la.hem bik.hal a.do.nai ad-o.lam:

Seorang Amon atau seorang Moab janganlah masuk jemaah ADONAI, bahkan keturunannya yang kesepuluhpun tidak boleh masuk jemaah ADONAI sampai selama-lamanya,

Pertanyaan-nya:
Jika Torah melarang mengambil orang Moab, lalu mengapa Ruth orang Moab boleh menjadi jemaat Israel?

Dari garis keturunan Boaz dan Ruth, lahir-lah raja David (Daud), dan lahir-lah Yeshua, Mesias. Di dalam silsilah Yeshua di Matityahu 1:5, tercatat nama Ruth, orang Moab. Sedangkan Torah di Devarim (Ulangan) 23:3 (23:4) melarang orang Moab untuk masuk jemaah Israel.

Apakah Yeshua menjadi keturunan yang tidak sah, karena memiliki turunan Moab dan bertentangan dengan Torah di Devarim 23:3 (23:4)? Apakah juga raja David (Daud) adalah raja Israel yang tidak sah, karena memiliki turunan Moab dan bertentangan dengan Devarim 23:3 (23:4)?

Selain itu, nabi Shmuel (Samuel) adalah nabi yang mengurapi David (Daud) kecil menjadi raja menggantikan raja Shaul. Sehingga berdasarkan TORAH TERTULIS di Devarim (Ulangan 23:3), maka nabi Shmuel (Samuel) juga adalah nabi yang salah, karena menobatkan orang keturunan Moab menjadi raja atas Israel. Masakan nabi Shmuel (Samuel) bertentangan dengan TORAH TERTULIS? Maka nabi Shmuel (Samuel) bisa-bisa dikategorikan sebagai nabi palsu.

Bagaimana Mesianik Judaisme menjawab kontroversi ini?

Di sini sebagai Mesianik Judaisme kita belajar bahwa TORAH TERTULIS תורה שבכתב tidak dapat dipisahkan dari TORAH LISAN תורה שבעל פה.

Ada beberapa golongan Mesianik Judaisme yang terang-terangan menolak TORAH LISAN. Dan jika memang konsekuen ingin menolak TORAH LISAN, maka raja David (Daud) dan Yeshua adalah keturunan yang tidak sah berdasarkan TORAH TERTULIS, karena mereka adalah turunan dari orang Moab.

Dan pada akhirnya golongan Mesianik yang seperti ini, akan berakhir dengan pengajaran yang tidak kosher karena menolak TORAH LISAN.

Lalu bagaimana seharusnya pengajaran Mesianik Judaisme yang benar?

Di dalam Yeshivat Shuvu, di bawah bimbingan para rabbi Mesianik Judaisme yang kosher, dijelaskan bahwa TORAH TERTULIS dan TORAH LISAN adalah suatu SATU KESATUAN dan saling melengkapi satu sama lainnya. Seperti TUBUH dan JIWA adalah satu kesatuan, demikian juga TORAH TERTULIS dan TORAH LISAN.

Jika sebagai Mesianik Judaisme menjadi anti terhadap TORAH LISAN, maka mereka akan terjebak di dalam konsep berpikir yang salah.

Tentang kontroversi yang terdapat di dalam TORAH TERTULIS di Devarim (Ulangan) 23:3 dan kaitannya dengan raja David sebagai keturunan orang Moab, kita mendapatkan penjelasan yang detail di dalam TORAH LISAN. Di dalam TALMUD Yevamot 76b:

"Yevamot 76b
MISHNA:
An Ammonite and a Moabite are forbidden and their prohibition is forever, Their women, however, are permitted at once. An Egyptian and an Edomite are forbidden only until the third generation. Whether they are males or females. R. Simeon, however, permits their women forthwith. Said R. Simeon: This law might be inferred a minori ad majus: If where the males are forbidden for all time the females are permitted forthwith, how much more should the females be permitted forthwith where the males are forbidden until the third generation only. They replied: If this is an halachah, we shall accept it;  But if it is only an inference, an objection can be pointed out. He replied: Not so. [But in fact] it is an halachah that I am reporting.

GEMARA:
Whence are these laws inferred? — R. Johanan replied: Scripture stated, And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said into Abner, the captain of the host: ‘Abner, whose son is this youth’? And Abner said: ‘As thy soul liveth, O King, I cannot tell’. But did he not know him? Surely it is written, And he loved him greatly; and he became his armour bearer! — He rather made the inquiry concerning his father. But did he not know his father? Surely it is written, And the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken in years among them; and Rab or, it might be said, R. Abba, stated that this referred to the father of David, Jesse. who came in with an army and went out with an army!— It is this that Saul meant: Whether he descended from Perez, or from Zerah. If he descended from Perez he would be king, for a king breaks for himself a way and no one can hinder him. If, however, he is descended from Zerah he would only be an important man. What is the reason why he gave instructions that enquiry be made concerning him? — Because it is written, And Saul clad David with his apparel. being of the same size as his, and about Saul it is written, From his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people. Doeg the Edomite then said to him, ‘Instead of enquiring whether he is fit to be king or not, enquire rather whether he is permitted to enter the assembly or not’! ‘What is the reason’? ‘Because he is descended from Ruth the Moabitess’. Said Abner to him, ‘We learned: An Ammonite, but not an Ammonitess; A Moabite, but not a Moabitess! But in that case a bastard would’ imply: But not a female bastard?’ — ‘It is written mamzer [Which implies] anyone objectionable’. ‘Does then Egyptian exclude the Egyptian woman’? — ‘Here it is different, since the reason for the Scriptural text is explicitly stated: Because they met you not with bread and with water; it is customary for a man to meet [wayfarers]; It is not, however, customary for a woman to meet [them]’."

Kemudian di TALMUD Yevamot 69a:

"Yevamot 69a
For a Master said: An Ammonite, but not an Ammonitess; a Moabite, but not a Moabitess."

Di sini kita melihat bagaimana melalui TORAH LISAN dijelaskan bahwa TORAH TERTULIS di Devarim (Ulangan) 23:3 diterapkan hanya untuk LAKI-LAKI dari bangsa Moab dan Amon, tetapi tidak berlaku bagi PEREMPUAN dari bangsa Moab dan bangsa Amon.

Nabi Shmuel (Samuel) yang melantik raja David (Daud) memahami hal ini ketika ia melantik David (Daud) menjadi raja. Dan sebenarnya nabi Shmuel (Samuel) jugalah yang menuliskan Kitab Ruth.

Di sini kita melihat bahwa legitimasi (keabsahan) raja David (Daud) sebagai Raja, dan juga legitimasi Mesias Yeshua sebagai Mesias bergantung kepada TORAH LISAN. Tidak selalu hanya bergantung kepada TORAH TERTULIS saja.

Penjelasan ini hanya dapat ditemukan di dalam TORAH LISAN. Tidak ada di dalam TORAH TERTULIS. Nabi Shmuel (Samuel) memahami hal ini.

Selain itu di dalam TORAH LISAN juga dijelaskan mengapa LAKI-LAKI bangsa Moab dianggap TIDAK KOSHER [TAMEI] sedangkan PEREMPUAN bangsa Moab dikategorikan KOSHER.

TORAH LISAN menjelaskan bahwa pada saat bangsa Israel merantau di padang gurun selama 40 tahun, PEREMPUAN bangsa Moab tidak diwajibkan untuk keluar dari rumah untuk memberikan sambutan kepada bangsa Israel. Ini bukan tugas PEREMPUAN. Tetapi ini adalah tugas LAKI-LAKI bangsa Moab. Kenyataannya adalah LAKI-LAKI bangsa Moab malah mengabaikan tugas tersebut, dan oleh karena itu, mereka harus menanggung akibatnya, yaitu tidak diizinkan untuk bergabung dengan bangsa Israel (Devarim 23:3).

Tanpa klarifikasi dari TALMUD (TORAH LISAN), maka Yeshua tidak akan mendapatkan legitimasi sebagai Mesias, karena TORAH TERTULIS jelas-jelas mengatakan bahwa seorang Moab tidak boleh masuk ke dalam jemaah Israel (Devarim 23:3). Sedangkan Ruth adalah seorang Moab.

Karena itu sebenarnya adalah hal yang bijaksana apabila seorang Mesianik Judaisme menerima TALMUD (TORAH LISAN) apabila kita mau menerima fakta bahwa Yeshua adalah Mesias. Karena justru hanya melalui TALMUD (TORAH LISAN)-lah legitimasi Yeshua sebagai Mesias keturunan David (Daud), keturunan Ruth orang Moab mendapatkan legitimasinya.

Tidak dapat bersumber hanya dari TORAH TERTULIS saja di Devarim (Ulangan) 23:3, tetapi juga bersumber dari TALMUD (TORAH LISAN).

PNINEI HA'TORAH (PEARLS OF THE TORAH) - PARASHAT SHOFTIM

PNINEI HA'TORAH (PEARLS OF THE TORAH) - PARASHAT SHOFTIM
Andre Widodo
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Shalom chaverim,

One of the pearl in parashat SHOFTIM שפטים next Shabbat is Moshe's prophecy regarding the coming of the Messiah in Devarim (Deuteronomy) 18:15.

Devarim (Deutoronomy) 18:15

נביא מקרבך מאחיך כמני יקים לך יהוה אלהיך אליו תשׁמעון׃

na.vi mi.kir.b'cha me.a.chei.cha ka.mo.ni ya.kim l'cha A.DO.NAI e.lo.hei.cha e.lav tish.ma.un:

ADONAI your G-D will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen:

This is the only parashat, and the only chapter in the entire Torah where Moshe explicitly identified himself as a prophet of HA'SHEM and also prophesied the coming Messiah as "a Prophet like me." (Deu 18:15; Joh 6:14). 

Notice that:

1.) The coming prophet (Messiah) must be Jewish ("מאחיך from your brothers"). Not from other nations. So any claim by other person, from other nation, mentioning that he was a prophet promised by Moshe, this is actually a lie. The prophet has to be Jewish.

2.) Moshe instructed that to this Messiah, all the children of Israel shall listen to (תשׁמעון).

In the New Testament we read that the soferim (scribes) had sent a delegation to question Yochanan the Immerser, asking him about whether he was the prophet that Moshe prophesied.

"Are you the Prophet?" (Joh 1:21). This referred to Moshe's prophecy that G-D would send "a Prophet like me" (Deu 18:15-19).

Further more, we read that when Philip encountered Nathanael, he said, "We have found Him of whom Moshe in the Torah, and also the prophets, wrote - Yeshua minetzaret ben Yosef" (Joh 1:45). 

Another occasion, after Yeshua fed the five thousand, the people began to ask if this was "the Prophet who is to come into the world" (Joh 6:14). 

Shimon Kefa identified Yeshua as the Prophet (Act 3:22-23), and in his apologetic before the Sanhedrin, Stephen the martyr declared that Yeshua was the promised Messiah: "This is that Moshe who said to the children of Israel, 'ADONAI your G-D will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear.'" (Act 7:37-38).

Indeed, Yeshua is the "Prophet like unto Moshe and He is the Promised Messiah."

How can Yeshua be a Prophet like Moshe? Like Moshe, He was a Jew, a Leader, a Prophet, a Lawgiver, a Savior, a Teacher, a Priest, an Anointed One, a Mediator between G-D and man, He spoke the words of G-D, and like Moshe, He offered himself to die for the sins of the people.

PLURALITY OF G-D IN THE TANAKH (PSALMS 149:2)

PLURALITY OF G-D IN THE TANAKJ (PSLAMS 149:2)
Andre Widodo
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Shalom chaverim,

The Tanakh tells that G-D is the MAKERS (PLURAL). Not the MAKER (SINGULAR).

Tehillim (Psalms) 149:2

ישמח ישראל בעשיו בני-ציון יגילו במלכם׃

yis.mach yis.ra.el b'o.sav b'nei-tsi.yon ya.gi.lu v'mal.kam

Let Israel rejoice in his Makers; let the children of Zion be joyful in their King:

Biarlah Israel bersukacita karena Pencipta-Pencipta-mu, biarlah bani Zion bersorak-sorak atas raja mereka!

In Hebrew, the word עושה means MAKER (singular). But if we put letter י YOD in the word עושה that means עושיה MAKERS (plural). 

PLURALITY OF G-D IN THE TANAKH (ECCLESIASTES 12:1)

PLURALITY OF G-D IN THE TANAKH (ECCLESIASTES 12:1)
Andre Widodo
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Shalom chaverim,

The Tanakh tells that G-D is the CREATORS (PLURAL). Not the CREATOR (SINGULAR).

Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) 12:1
וזכר את-בוראיך בימי בחורתיך עד אשר לא-יבאו ימי הרעה והגיעו שנים אשר תאמר אין-לי בהם חפץ׃

u.ze.chor et-bor.ei.cha bi.mei b'chu.ro.tei.cha ad a.sher lo-ya.vo.u y'mei ha.ra.a v'hi.gi.u sha.nim a.sher to.mar ein-li va.hem che.fets:

Remember then thy Creators in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say: 'I have no pleasure in them:

Ingatlah akan Pencipta-Pencipta-mu pada masa mudamu, sebelum tiba hari-hari yang malang dan mendekat tahun-tahun yang kaukatakan: "Tak ada kesenangan bagiku di dalamnya!

In Hebrew, the word בורא means CREATOR (singular). But if we put letter י YOD in the word בורא that means בוראי CREATORS (plural). 

ROSH CHODESH ELUL

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15 August 2015 at sun down = 1 ELUL, 5775
א' באלול תשע״ה

The new month of ELUL
Rosh Chodesh ELUL
ראש חודש אלול

Beginning of new Hebrew month of ELUL. ELUL is the 6th month of the Hebrew year. Corresponds to August or September on the Gregorian calendar.

Psalm 104:19
עשה ירח למועדים שמש ידע מבואו׃
a.sa ya.re.ach l'mo.a.dim she.mesh ya.da m'vo.o:
You made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to set

Rosh Chodesh blessing (Blessing of the New Month):
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יהי רצון מלפניך יהוה אלהינו ואלהי אבותינו שתחדש עלינו חדש טוב באדנינו ישוע המשיח אמן

ye·hi ra·tzon mil·fa·ne·kha ADONAI E·lo·hei·nu ve·lo·hei a·vo·tei·nu she·te·cha·desh a·lei·nu cho·desh tov, ba'a·do·nei·nu Ye·shu·a ha·ma·shi·ach, a·men

"May it be Your will, ADONAI our G-D and G-D of our fathers, that you renew for us a good month in our Lord Yeshua the Messiah. Amen."

Blowing the Shofar [שופר]:
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Beginning on Rosh Chodesh ELUL and continuing until the day before ROSH HA'SHANAH, it is customary to blow the shofar (ram's horn) every day (except for Shabbat). This practice was adopted to help us awaken for the coming High Holidays....

ELUL אלול is an acronym for ANI L'DODI V'DODI LI אני לדודי ודודי לי, which means I AM MY BELOVED'S AND MY BELOVED IS MINE. It is an expression of LOVE and TESHUVAH (TURN BACK TO G-D).

Song of Solomon 6:3
אני לדודי ודודי לי הרעה בשושנים׃

a.ni l'do.di v'do.di li ha.ro.e ba.sho.sha.nim:

I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine, that feedeth among the lilies.

The custom is to first blow TEKIAH [תקיעה], a long single blast (the sound of the King's coronation), followed by SHEVARIM [שברים], three short, wail-like blasts (signifying repentance), followed by TERUAH [תרועה], several short blasts of alarm (to awaken the soul), and to close with TEKIAH HA'GADOL [תקיעה הגדול], a long, final blast.

Shofar blessing:
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ברוך אתה יהוה אלהינו מלך העולם אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצונו לשמע קול שופר

ba.rukh at.tah ADONAI E.lo.hei.nu me.lekh ha.o.lam a.sher ki.de sha.nu be'mitz.vo.tav ve.tzi.va.nu lish.mo'a kol shofar

Blessed are You ADONAI our G-D King of the universe who sanctifies us with His commandments and commands us to hear the sound of the shofar.

TEKIAH [תקיעה]
SHEVARIM [שברים]
TERUAH [תרועה]
TEKIAH HA'GADOL [תקיעה הגדול]

CHODESH TOV - חודש טוב
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PARASHAT RE'EH

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This Shabbat Torah Portion:

יום שבת, ל׳ באב תשע״ה
Yom Shabbat, 30 Av 5775
Saturday, 15 August 2015

שבת עניה סערה
Shabbat Aniyah So'arah
Shabbat of O afflicted and storm-tossed

"שבת עניה סערה Shabbat Aniyah So'arah" (Shabbat of O afflicted and storm-tossed) is the 3rd Shabbat of "7 Shabbats of Comfort" leading up to Rosh Ha'Shanah. This 3rd Shabbat takes its name from the haftarah portion of the Book of Isaiah 54:11 that speaks of "comforting" the Jewish people from their suffering. It speaks of the reconciliation process of the Jewish people with Ha'Shem, it prophecies of the reconciliation process of the Jewish people and the Jewish Mashiach, before High Holidays in the month of Tishri.

It is the 3rd haftarah of 7 haftarot (haftarahs) of consolation leading up to the holiday of Rosh Ha'Shanah, the Jewish New Year.

Shabbat Aniyah So'arah begins at sundown on Friday, 14 August 2015.

Parashah RE'EH [ראה] "SEE"
47th Torah Portion [פרשה / פרשת - Parashat / Parashah]

For Torah Study in this Shabbat:

Torah:
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Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17
Click here:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=+Deut+11%3A26-16%3A17&version=CJB;

Haftarah:
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Isaiah 54:11-55:5
Click here:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+54%3A11-55%3A5&version=CJB;

Brit Chadashah:
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John 7:37-52; Hebrews 3-4
Click here:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=+John+7%3A37-52%3B+Hebrews+3-4&version=CJB

Parashah Summary:
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http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Scripture/Parashah/Summaries/Re_eh/re_eh.html

http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Scripture/Parashah/Summaries/Re_eh/ShabbatTableTalkPageReeh.pdf

"SHABBAT SHALOM שבת שלום"
"GUT SHABBES גוט שבת"

שאלו שלום ירושלם
Sha'alu Shalom Yerushalayim
Ask the Owner, the Protector and the Redeemer of the City of Jerusalem, that He would bring Shalom (Peace) to the Place, to the People, through the Prince of Peace
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PNINEI HA'TORAH (PEARLS OF TORAH) - PARASHAT RE'EH

PNINEI HA'TORAH (PEARLS OF TORAH) - PARASHAT RE'EH
Andre Widodo
© ORI

Shalom chaverim,

PARASHAT RE'EH starts with the word RE'EH ראה, literally means "TO SEE"

Devarim (Deutoronomy) 11:26-28
26 “SEE, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: 27 the blessing, if you obey the commandments of ADONAI your G-D, which I command you today, 28 and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of ADONAI your G-D, but turn aside from the way that I am commanding you today, to go after other gods that you have not known.

PEARL NO.1:
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What is the meaning of RE'EH? Is it just literally "TO SEE?"

The word RE'EH literally means "TO SEE", but in this context parashat RE'EH, G-D wants us TO SEE beyond our eyes can see. G-D wants us TO SEE with our spiritual eyes to His promises. Things may go un-planned in our carnal eyes, but G-D wants us TO SEE like Avraham Avinu saw.

Romans 4:19-22
9 He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb. 20 No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of G-D, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to G-D, 21 fully convinced that G-D was able to do what he had promised. 22 That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.”

PEARL NO.2:
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FREEWILL is not Christian's concept. FREEWILL is a concept that has been taught in Judaism, way before Christianity was born. In Judaism, FREEWILL is called BECHIRAH CHOFSHIT בחירה חפשית.

Rabbi Akiva says in Pirkei Avot 3:19
"Rabbi Akiva said: All is foreseen, but freedom of choice is given. The world is judged in goodness, yet all is proportioned to one's work."

BECHIRAH CHOFSHIT בחירה חפשית is a fundamental principle in Judaism.

PEARL NO.3:
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BLESSING [BERACHA ברכה] or CURSE [KELALAH קללה], you have FREEWILL to choose.

Devarim (Deutoronomy) 11:26
“SEE, I am setting before you today a BLESSING and a CURSE:

How do we get G-D's BLESSING?
Devarim (Deuteronomy) 11:27
the BLESSING, if you OBEY the commandments of ADONAI your G-D, which I command you TODAY,

There are 3 important words, we must notice, they are: BLESSING ---> OBEY the commandments ---> TODAY.

There is only 1 way to get G-D's BLESSING, that is: "OBEDIENCE to His commandments." And the OBEDIENCE requires action TODAY, not later, not tomorrow, not next week, not next month. But TODAY. Do not delay it.

In Hebrew is HA'YOM היום.

Next, I believe no one wants the part. How do we get G-D's CURSE?
Devarim (Deuteronomy) 11:28
and the CURSE, if you DO NOT OBEY the commandments of ADONAI your G-D, but turn aside from the way that I am commanding you TODAY...

There are 3 important words, we must notice, they are: CURSE ---> DO NOT OBEY the commandments ---> TODAY.

There is also 1 way to get G-D's CURSE, that is: "DISOBEDIENCE to His commandments." If we DISOBEY TODAY, then CURSE will be upon us.

PEARL NO.4:
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Devarim (Deutoronomy) 12:8
“You shall not do according to all that we are doing here today, everyone doing whatever is right in his own eyes,

In TODAY's world, there are many people do whatever is right in their own eyes. There are many people, they just do not care with the RIGHTEOUSNESS of G-D in the Torah. There are many people, they just make their own righteousness, built their own theology. This is chaos.

But, in parashat RE'EH, we are reminded, that we are to be careful to do all the STATUTES [CHUKIM חוקים] and the RULES [MISHPATIM משפטים] TODAY, not later, not tomorrow, but TODAY.

Devarim (Deuteronomy) 11:32
you shall be careful to do all STATUTES [CHUKIM חוקים] and RULES [MISHPATIM משפטים] that I am setting before you TODAY.

Be remembered, STATUTES [CHUKIM חוקים] are decrees given without rational reasons. They are SUPRA-RATIONAL decrees. In other words, do not ask the reason why, just obey it.

There are many decrees in the Torah are categorised as CHUKIM חוקים.

PEARL NO.5:
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Devarim (Deutoronomy) 12:9-10
9 for you have not as yet come to the REST [HA'MENUCHAH המנוחה] and to the inheritance that ADONAI your G-D is giving you. 10 But when you go over the Jordan and live in the land that ADONAI your G-D is giving you to inherit, and when He gives you REST from all your enemies around, so that you live in safety,

What REST [HA'MENUCHAH המנוחה] is G-D talking about?

The Hebrew word MENUCHAH מנוחה is related to the Hebrew word MENACHEM מנחם. One of the Name of the Messiah according Talmud Babylonia Tractate Sanhedrin 98b is MENACHEM מנחם.

Sanhedrin 98b
"R. Johanan said: For the sake of the Messiah. What is his [the Messiah's] Name? — The School of R. Shila said: His name is Shiloh, for it is written, until Shiloh come. The School of R. Yannai said: His name is Yinnon, for it is written, His name shall endure for ever: e'er the sun was, his name is Yinnon. The School of R. Haninah maintained: His name is Chaninah, as it is written, Where I will not give you Chaninah. Others say: His name is Menachem the son of Hezekiah, for it is written, Because Menachem ['the Comforter'], that would relieve my soul, is far. The Rabbis said: His name is 'the leper scholar,' as it is written, Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him a leper, smitten of God, and afflicted."

MENACHEM מנחם, starts with letter MEM מ
SHILOH שילה, starts with letter SHIN ש
YINNON ינון, starts with letter YUD י
CHANANIAH חנניה, starts with letter CHET ח

If we take all the first letters above, we find the word MASHIACH משיח.

The REST [HA'MENUCHAH המנוחה] in Devarim (Deutoronomy) 12:9 is related to MENACHEM מנחם, and the REST [HA'MENUCHAH המנוחה] is the MASHIACH משיח.

Rabbi Sha'ul in Hebrew 3:18-19
18 And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His REST [HA'MENUCHAH המנוח, which is the MASHIACH משיח], but to those who were disobedient? 19 So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.

Yeshua Himself in Matityahu 11:28 explains that He is the REST [HA'MENUCHAH המנוח, which is the MASHIACH משיח]

Matityahu (Matthew) 11:28
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you REST.

CONCLUSION:
Practicing TORAH without YESHUA is like those people in the wilderness who disbelieved in G-D. They were failed to enter the REST [HA'MENUCHAH המנוחה].

Believe in G-D, believe in the Messiah but without practicing the Torah is also like those people who did not love G-D. Because OBEDIENCE is a sign of LOVE. If one keeps and obeys the Torah, he is showing his love to G-D.

Yochanan (John) 14:15; 21
15 If you have ahavah for me, you will be shomer mitzvot regarding my commandments. [Ps 103:18]
21 The one having the mitzvot of me and being shomer mitzvot, that one is the one having ahavah for me. And the one having ahavah for me will receive ahavah from Ha'Av of me, and I will have ahavah for him and I will manifest myself to him.

PNINEI HA'TORAH (PEARLS OF TORAH) - PARASHAT EIKEV

PNINEI HA'TORAH (PEARLS OF TORAH) - PARASHAT EIKEV
Andre Widodo
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Shalom chaverim,

PARASHAT EIKEV is started with the word TO HEAR [SH'MA שמע] in the word TISH'M'UN תשמעון and is followed by the word TO GUARD [SHAMAR שמר] in the word U'SHEMARTEM ושמרתם.

Devarim (Deutoronomy) 7:12
והיה עקב תשמעון את המשפטים האלה ושמרתם ועשיתם אתם ושמר יהוה אלהיך לך את-הברית ואת-החסד אשר נשבע לאבתיך׃

v'ha.ya e.kev TISH.M'UN et ha.mish.pa.tim ha.e.le U.SHE.MAR.TEM va.a.si.tem o.tam v'sha.mar a.do.nai e.lo.hei.cha l'cha et-ha.be.rit v'et-ha.che.sed a.sher nish.ba la.a.vo.tei.cha:

And it shall come to pass, because ye HEARKEN to these ordinances, and KEEP, and do them, that the LORD thy G-D shall keep with thee the covenant and the mercy which He swore unto thy fathers,

For our part, if we give our ear to HEAR [SH'MA] and to GUARD [SHAMAR] and to DO G-D's ORDINANCES [MISHPATIM משפטים].

G-D's part is, He will keep the COVENANT [HA'BRIT הברית] and MERCY [CHESED חסד] that He gave to our forefathers Avraham, Yitzhak and Yaakov.

In other word, HEAR, GUARD and DO His commandments so that you may LIVE today, now, in this world.

Devarim (Deutoronomy) 8:1
כל-המצוה אשר אנכי מצוך היום תשמרון לעשות למען תחיון ורביתם ובאתם וירשתם את-הארץ אשר-נשבע יהוה לאבתיכם׃

kol-ha.mits.va a.sher a.no.chi m'tsav.cha ha.yom tish.m'run la.a.sot l'ma.an TICH.YUN u.re.vi.tem u.va.tem vi.rish.tem et-ha.a.rets a.sher-nish.ba a.do.nai la.a.vo.tei.chem:

All the commandment which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may LIVE, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers.

TORAH is not for SALVATION, but TORAH is for you to be BLESSED, to experience LIFE [CHAYIM חיים]. This is the reason why we read TORAH PORTION from Shabbat to another Shabbat, that is to experience LIVING full of LIFE.

If you miss the TORAH PORTION on Shabbat, that means you miss your LIVING that is full LIFE that has been given by Ha'Shem. TORAH PORTION is a LIFE-lesson.

INDONESIA:

PNINIM HA'TORAH (PERMATA-PERMATA TORAH) - PARASHAT EIKEV
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Shalom chaverim,

PARASHAT EIKEV dimulai dengan kata DENGAR [SH'MA שמע] di dalam kata TISH'M'UN תשמעון dan diikuti oleh kata MENJAGA  [SHAMAR שמר] di dalam kata U'SHEMARTEM ושמרתם.

Devarim (Ulangan) 7:12
והיה עקב תשמעון את המשפטים האלה ושמרתם ועשיתם אתם ושמר יהוה אלהיך לך את-הברית ואת-החסד אשר נשבע לאבתיך׃

v'ha.ya e.kev TISH.M'UN et ha.mish.pa.tim ha.e.le U.SHE.MAR.TEM va.a.si.tem o.tam v'sha.mar a.do.nai e.lo.hei.cha l'cha et-ha.be.rit v'et-ha.che.sed a.sher nish.ba la.a.vo.tei.cha:

"Dan akan terjadi, karena kamu MENDENGARKAN, dan MENJAGA peraturan-peraturan itu serta MELAKUKANNYA dengan setia, maka terhadap engkau ADONAI, Elohim-mu, akan memegang perjanjian dan kasih setia-Nya yang diikrarkan-Nya dengan sumpah kepada nenek moyangmu.

Adalah menjadi bagian kita untuk DENGAR [SH'MA], yaitu belajar DENGAR-DENGARAN kepada Ha'Shem, kemudian MENJAGA [SHAMAR] dan MELAKUKAN PERATURAN-PERATURAN [MISHPATIM משפטים].

Sedangkan bagian Ha'Shem adalah, ketika kita melakukan 3 hal di atas, maka Ha'Shem akan memegang PERJANJIAN-Nya[HA'BRIT הברית] dan BELAS KASIHAN-Nya [CHESED חסד] yang sudah Ia berikan bagi bapak-bapak leluhur kita yaitu Avraham, Yitzhak dan Yaakov.

Dengan kata lain, DENGARLAH, JAGALAH dan LAKUKANLAH peraturan-peraturan-Nya soupy kita HIDUP, sekarang ini.

Devarim (Ulangan) 8:1
כל-המצוה אשר אנכי מצוך היום תשמרון לעשות למען תחיון ורביתם ובאתם וירשתם את-הארץ אשר-נשבע יהוה לאבתיכם׃

kol-ha.mits.va a.sher a.no.chi m'tsav.cha ha.yom tish.m'run la.a.sot l'ma.an TICH.YUN u.re.vi.tem u.va.tem vi.rish.tem et-ha.a.rets a.sher-nish.ba a.do.nai la.a.vo.tei.chem:

"Segenap perintah, yang kusampaikan kepadamu pada hari ini, haruslah kamu lakukan dengan setia, supaya kamu HIDUP dan bertambah banyak dan kamu memasuki serta menduduki negeri yang dijanjikan ADONAI dengan sumpah kepada nenek moyangmu.

Kita melakukan TORAH bukan untuk jaminan KESELAMATAN, tetapi justru sebaliknya, karena sudah DISELAMATKAN oleh IMAN di dalam KASIH KARUNIA-Nya, maka kita melakukan TORAH agar kita HIDUP [CHAYIM חיים]. Ini alasannya kita membaca TORAH PORTION dari Shabbat ke hari Shabbat yang lain, yaitu agar dapat HIDUP.

Apabila Anda lalai membaca TORAH PORTION pada hari Shabbat, artinya Anda sudah kehilangan makna HIDUP yang sudah Ha'Shem berikan di dalam TORAH-Nya.

TORAH PORTION adalah PELAJARAN KEHIDUPAN.