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This week's weekly Torah reading introduces Moses and the beginning of the Book of Exodus.
Our good friend and teacher David Ha'Ivri started a new radio program, and invited Gidon for an interview for the debut. Listen below. Bob continues his virtual tour of Israel, this week touring the City of David, part 3.
Later this week, President Elect Donald Trump will be inaugurated. Read this article by our friend Pastor John Hagee about the differences and developments in Washington and Jerusalem.
Listen to the studio version of the beautiful Psalm 51 song we shared with you a few weeks ago.
We sign off with our lovely quote from a Root Source student and a beautiful picture of the Golden Gate in Jerusalem.
Shalom,
Gidon Ariel and Bob O’Dell
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Weekly Portion:
Shmot – January 21 – 23 Tevet
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This Shabbat’s weekly Torah portion Shemot, Exodus 1:1 – 6:1, begins the Book of Exodus. Pharaoh issues harsh decrees against the Israelites, beginning decades of Jewish suffering and slavery. Moses is born and raised in the Egyptian royal palace. After killing an Egyptian, Moses escapes to Midian and marries. G‑d
appears to him in a burning bush and demands that he return to Egypt to redeem the Israelites. Moses returns to Egypt with the intention of freeing the Jewish people.
This week’s Haftara Prophets reading, Isaiah 27:6 – 28:13; 29:22 – 29:23, parallels the week’s Torah reading on many levels. One of the parallels is the message of redemption conveyed by Isaiah—“and you shall be gathered one by one, O children of Israel”—that is reminiscent of
the message of redemption that G‑d spoke to Moses at the burning bush, a message that Moses then communicated to Pharaoh.
The haftorah vacillates between Isaiah’s prophecies concerning the future redemption, and his admonitions concerning the Jews’ drunken and G‑dless behavior. Isaiah starts on a positive note: “In the coming days, Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom, filling the face of the earth . . .” He mentions G‑d’s mercy
for His nation, and the measure-for-measure punishment He meted out upon the Egyptians who persecuted them. And regarding the future redemption: “You shall be gathered one by one, O children of Israel. And it will come to pass on that day that a great shofar will be sounded, and those lost in the land of Assyria and those exiled in the land of Egypt will come, and they will prostrate themselves before the L‑rd on the holy mount in Jerusalem.”
The prophet then proceeds to berate the drunkenness of the Ten Tribes, warning them of the punishment that awaits them. “With the feet they shall be trampled, the crown of the pride of the drunkards of Ephraim ...”
The haftorah ends on a positive note: “Now Jacob will no longer be ashamed, and now his face will not pale. For when he sees his children, the work of My hands, in his midst, who shall sanctify My name .
. . and the G‑d of Israel they will revere.”
Gidon Ariel on
"A Hebrew in the Homeland" |
From time to time, Gidon or Bob are invited to share their thoughts on a radio program.
He spoke at length about our Campus and Millennials Campaign, and may have revealed things about it that he hasn’t even shared with Root Source yet!
Happy listening!
Root Source takes you down into the Gihon Spring and Hezekiah’s tunnel beneath the City of David.
The walk includes a time-lapse video that turns a 40 minute walk in the tunnel into less than 1 minutes. Part 3 of
4. Watch and learn>>
The Dawn of a
Renewed US-Israel Alliance |
We found this excellent article by our good friend Pastor John Hagee and wanted to share it with you:
Today, more than 260 Christian leaders, representing 49 states, will be in Washington lobbying their senators on issues relevant to rebuilding the US-Israel relationship. They have traveled to our nation’s capital from across the country because over the past eight years, our alliance with the Jewish state has suffered.
The heightened peril in which the Jewish state currently finds itself necessitates that we intensify our efforts in our nation’s capital. As a first step, CUFI leaders are up on Capitol Hill today asking their senators to condemn the shameful abstention from the vote on Resolution 2334, support legislation that will compel the US to relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to
Jerusalem, and confirm David Friedman, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee, to be the US Ambassador to Israel.
A few posts ago, we shared an impromptu moment of a Christian and a Jew playing a song about Psalm 51 on the top of Mount Zion near the Tomb of David.
Leslie Howard has now provided us with a studio recording of the same piece of music and its lyrics. We hope you enjoy this. Warning — it is catchy! Come along and enjoy!>>
"Our hearts have bonded with the Jewish People and we pray for you" |
Kathryn wrote: Gidon, thank you for sharing that boat ride on the Lake of Galilee. I wept as I watched and listened to the the people sing praise songs to our God! I felt I was there in the boat with all of them. I love you and Bob's
ministry. Two of my friends and I meet weekly and we have read both your Israel First and Jubilee Now books. Our hearts have bonded with the Jewish people and we pray for you and for the soon coming of the Messiah! I live in the very northern area of Minnesota.
With a grateful heart for Root Source,
Kathryn
We are pleased to share with you this lovely photo of Jerusalem's Golden Gate Cemetery. Photo copyright by Sherwood Burton. daystardawn@outlook.com. Thank you Sherwood for this
lovely photo!
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