2014-2015 CYCLE
P202 Parash 47 Re’eh (see) D’varim / Deuteronomy 11:26 –16:17
Synopsis
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"See," says Moshe to the people of Israel, "I place before you today a blessing
and a curse" -- the blessing that will come when they fulfill God's
commandments, and the curse if they abandon them. These should be proclaimed on
Mount Gerizim and Mount Eibal when the people cross over into the Holy Land.
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Temple should be established in "the place that God will choose to make dwell
His name there" where the people should bring their sacrifices to Him; it is
forbidden to make offerings to God in any other place. It is permitted to
slaughter animals elsewhere not as a sacrifice but to eat their meat; the blood,
however (which in the Temple is poured upon the Altar) may not be eaten.
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false prophet, or one who entices others to worship idols, should be put to
death; an idolatrous city must be destroyed. The identifying signs for kosher
animals and fishes, and the list of non-kosher birds (first given in Leviticus
11) are repeated.
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tenth of all produce is to be eaten in Jerusalem, or else exchanged for money
with which food is purchased and eaten there. On certain years this tithe is
given to the poor instead. Firstborn cattle and sheep are to be offered in the
Temple and their meat eaten by the Kohen (priest).
The mitzvah of charity obligates a Jew to aid a needy fellow with a gift or
loan. On the Sabbatical year (occurring every seventh year) all loans are to be
forgiven. All indentured servants are to be set free after six years of service.
Our Parshah concludes with the laws of the three pilgrimage festivals --
Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot -- when all should go to "see and be seen" before
God in the Holy Temple.
Always remember Yeshua the Messiah is the same yesterday, today and forever.
He
is and always will be a Jew.
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