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This Parashah covers many important aspects of the law code. One of things we study her is in regards to the reason of why Yeshua needed to be resurrected for the kingdom to be restored.
We will also be covering a variety of the ancillary commandments contained within this portion. Many of the commands had to do with increased rights for women when understood in light of ANE culture. Also of high interest is the command in Deut 22:9 that states that a field of mixed seeds becomes kadash...
This page includes Torah Portions from multiple years covered by Wisdom in Torah. Each year we covered the Torah from a different perspective so you can explore each Parashah from a different perspective and focus.
- 2010 Portions: Focus on Messianic connections in the Parashah
- ANET Portions: Focus on the ancient Near Eastern cultural context of the Parashah
- Mitzvot Portions: Focus on explaining and exploring the commandments found in the Parashah (in progress)
- 2015 Portions: Revisiting the Parashah looking at the ancient cultural context more in depth with additional areas that have been researched
- Brit Portions: Focus on connecting the Brit Hadashah (New Testament) to the Parashah
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The following is a list of recommended resources for this teaching:
- “The Prohibition on Restoration of Marriage in Deuteronomy 24” by Raymond Westbrook. Accessed at: http://www.wisereaction.org/ebooks/westbrook.pdf. Originally published in Studies in Bible, Scripta Hierosolymitana Vol. 31, (ed. S. Japhet, Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1986) 387-405.
- “Divorce and Remarriage in the Bible” by David Instone-Brewer (Book)
- "The NIV Application Commentary: Deuteronomy" by Daniel I. Block (Book)"
- To Go and Marry Any Man That You Please” by Shalom E. Holtz. Published in Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 60 No. 4 pp. 241-258
- Middle Assyrian Laws: http://jewishchristianlit.com/Texts/ANElaws/midAssyrLaws.html
- GUARDING THE PARENTS’ HONOUR—DEUTERONOMY 21.18-21 Resource used in Torah Nugget
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Shabbat Shalom Rico,
We’re on the same page, all along.
I thank the Almighty for your teachings.
May He bless your family and you.
Hold the course!
Thank you Rico for this teaching all I can say is Amen
Brother Rico,
I just praise Yah for the work that He has called you in, your teachings is such a blessing . I am my husband were leaders in a “christian” ideology and as Yah pulled us away, He lead us to your teachings as well as other from Hebrew movement. As we have drawn closer to Yahweh, we had family, friends and 3/4 of what we called at that time “church congregation ” leave. But, we have never felt so blessed as we feel today. May our Father continue to bless you. What a time to be alive.
So blessed by your comment… The same thing has happened to us, and we are still dealing with the affects of it all. Although it is sad about family and friends, I was encouraged by your comment and reminded of when Yeshua said; When they reject you, they are rejecting me (paraphrasing). And, that you have chosen to make allegiance to your King and serve HIM in HIS ways. May Yah bless you abundantly in your obedience!
Shabbat Shalom!
Dannah
Rico,
I am Latin, my husband Americano, and he loves to hear the teachings
but he said you spoke
too fast……. I told him that is how we operate, we think
and speak fast…. He would just fall asleep from the strain…….Well,
halleluYAH! tonight her listened and loved it lots! Just to encourage you
Your going slower is WORKING!!!!!!! This Torah portion was absolutely
to the Point! thanks…….Love and Shalom, Linda
can we get a satillite church over here in Santa fe NM thats a Wisdon in Torah Campus – need one – Praying for one – Please Consider
There is a Hebrew Roots assembly in Albuquerque, and Rico has visited on many occasions, it is called Olive Tree Fellowship on Cagua NE off of Menaul near San Pedro, we meet on Shabbat at 10am, if you are interested. The pastor is Dr. Dennis Otero, come join us when you come to Albuquerque…
2621 Cagua Dr. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110
Shalom
Yes I know brother Dennis and I will be there sometime next year
(Thank you Rico, for answering the question I emailed you on divorce and remarraige through this teaching!!). This was before I came to know the Torah – married, divorced, lived with another, then remarried the first (explaining basics for the sake of this discussion). Here is my “theory” since meditating on this this week: His (YHWH) Torah is His Torah – yes, He forgives with repentance, but we still may have to suffer consequences of even disobedience in ignorance – HOWEVER – (and I am only half way thru teaching)- however, this is why Yeshua had to come, to die and be resurrected – because the “same man” cannot marry the one (H)e divorced who went with another. So, in light of this, the only way to have a “legitimate” marraige, even in my case of ignorance, is to die with Him, and be resurrected in Him – I am a new creation – the old (wo)man has died. BOTH of us (husband and I) must die to self and be resurrected to be (technically) legitimate. (I wish I could post some stuff, but I can’t, but it would be very interesting the way this is being played out in me and my husband’s lives!) Anyhow, further wisdom is welcome (and my husband will be listening/reading tomorrow so he is aware of my inquisition on this). (and don’t think you need to sugar-coat anything – we can take it straight, as long as it is scripture! 🙂 )
Logical, righteous & well understood………. Amein
How does Duet. 23:3 apply to Ruth, the Moabitess ? If I take this as it seems to infer then all of Ruth’s children would not be allowed into the assembly. Pretty strong language; “…even to the tenth generation….forever”
I believe to the ‘tenth generation’ means that it could go that far for the entire nation unless someone makes t’shuvah at some point. Ruth made t’shuvah by following Naomi’s ‘Elohim’ and following the Torah. Now, after Ruth. There are two women in the story of Ruth. One of the daughters-in-law returns [to her way of life] and one follows Yahweh.
Have not finished watching and listening but will continue tomorrow. I really like your studies Rico. I do believe you are on the right track.
I do have a question about this ‘sleeping around’ being considered the same as marriage. Not sure that I agree with you on that one because what about ‘fornication’? Consumation of ‘marriage’ is different then just a casual sexual encounter. For instance, let say that a person is raped? How in the world could that be considered marriage? Yes, they had ‘relations’ but it was obviously not what we would considered as a marriage contract.
Rape is completely different because is force without consent. The Torah did talk about that this week and what happens when a woman who is a virgin is attack in the city vs the field where no one can hear her. Also, remember that the act of intimacy is implying covenant.
Shalom Shalom. Yes, I do get it when someone knows about Torah and goes against it, which is part of the Parsha this week, I believe, ‘the rebellious son’ (or daughter) the ‘son’ in their is like it is in Spanish…a group of girls and boys is still ‘hijos’ same with b’nei yisrael (sons and daughters). I am not an Ivrit scholar but believe I have that one nachon. Ken?
Deut 22/23-26,
I think key the word here is “betrothed”…….
Reminds me of Israel as being the “betrothed damsel”, though harlotry, yes, did happen at Sinai, as far as the golden calf incident. Because of this there was “divorce”…….
Understanding “Covenant” now, as The Father has been showing me…… I am blessed and privileged to “re-covenant” or come back to the “covenant” and place myself under His covering, with Yeshua as my Master…….
Interesting as well that this was the first thing mentioned in that passage….as it happened first, as far as “betrothed”…… the betrothed damsel in the “field” reminds me of Israel dispersed among the “nations”….the “nation” or “nations” being the “field”…… reminding me that there is only one “race” and that is the human race, and eventually there will be the separation of the “nation”, nation’s”…..that are un-loyal to the Eloheim of my Father’s Abraham, Issac, and Jacob.
Interesting to note, as well, we are in this “stage” now as dispersed, or the betrothed damsel in the feild and being “raped” AKA “being taken advantage of” by religion, and man made tradition’s etc, including but not limited to Hebrew root’s and the like………. I do so appreciate First the gift of the Ruach, which I was never taught about I mean truly, and then teacher’s who realize just how important it is to “get it as right as they can” before going forward with a teaching, declaring an assembly etc……… and then the willingness to be corrected in love, (this “love” is for myself mostly as I desire a more clear understanding, of what is being said not to point a finger or accuse) if the need arises………. otherwise …. seem’s to me it is the latter of these two incident’s in this passage…
The difference to me is teacher’s who are approachable, as Paul spoke of………
Interesting
A question about this vs. Mat 19:8 “He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so”. I do not believe that Moses could give Israel something that Yahweh did not want. That has to have been mistranslated. What do you think?
Be still my heart. You atually disagreed with the Sage Rabbi Akiva? Well, so do I it is lust, pure and simple. It is called a ‘loophole’.
You have grounds for divorce if there is sexual immorality for either husband or wife.
I actually disagree with a lot of Rabbis like Rashi, Akiva, Shammai, and whole of other ones. But, when they agree with Scriptures then I do agree with them. That is the point of the studies and using Resources from Judaism that we can have a balance and put the Torah in its right place above any man’s commentaries. I guess I am learning to balance and take the good and throw away the bad. So it is a growing experience for me as a student and a servant of Yah.
Shalom Rico. I’m sorry but I do not buy that explanation. There are men who would be attracted to women whether they shaved their heads and wore gunney sacks. The verse means exactly what it is talking about ‘slave girls’ had to shave their heads and it had to do with a form of controlling them. The hair of a women is her ‘crown of glory’. You may remember this is what the Nazis did to the women Do not let them pull the proverbial wool over your eyes. You might want to look up exactly who Ashkenaz is. This is the problem that Yeshua had with their ‘halachha’ an the ‘traditions of men’ becoming ‘doctrines’. It is the same as the ‘Pais’. Sorry, but I would rather see the ‘long haired country boys’ than guys with these long side curls (some of them wear them down to their kneecaps…oy gevault!)
I do agree with you. I think asking the wife to shave her head to keep a tradition that was set up in the middle ages is ridiculous. That was the point of the comment, to show people how traditions get in the community and become law when the Torah talks about it from a specific context.