Matot – Masei Numbers 30:2 – 36:13; Je...

29th week 2007 Shabbat reading: Matot – Masei Numbers 30:2 – 36:13; Jeremiah 1:1 – 2:3 Israel is warned against seeking foreign comforts over its divine purpose, and cautioned regarding making treaties with hostile elements – lessons which still have relevance today! by Michael Schneider

Mattot – tribes; Massei – wanderings N...

28th week 2007 Shabbat-Readings: “Mattot – tribes; Massei – wanderings” Numbers 30:2 till 36:13; Jeremia 1:1 till 2:3 The World Council of Churches (vs. Israel), Amman, Jordan, in light of the Shabbat-Reading 28th week 2007

The World Council of Churches (vs. Israel), Amman,...

By Eric Martienssen – translated by Pastor Rolf Piller (Actual Sabbath-Reading) Chistians with a heart for Israel are not powerless. Just in last weeks Shabbat-Reading spoke “the LORD to Mose (Numbers 27:12): Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.”

Pinkhas – Phinehas: Numbers 25:10-30:1; 1 Ki...

27th Week 2007: Shabbat Phinehas Reading and Commentary Pinkhas – Phinehas: Numbers 25:10-30:1; 1 Kings 18:46-19:21 By Pastor Rolf Piller with reference to a commentary by Michael Schneider Commentary: In our previous Torah portion we read about 3 sacrifices (on each of the 7 altars, 7 bulls and 7 rams), especially before the background that today’s Shabbat falls according to the secular calendar on the date...