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Commentary - Year 3 Sabbath 29

Deuteronomy 8:1-20    -   Jeremiah 9:22-24   -   Psalm 126   -   Luke 4:1-14

 

Tishrei 22, 5764 / October 18, 2003

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Tishrei 27, 5773 / October 13, 2012

Tishrei 20, 5776 / October   3, 2015       Sixth Day Feast of Tabernacles

 


Water Drawing Service  (for Feast of Tabernacles)

Drawing Out Living Waters

On each of the seven days of Sukkot, the High Priest took a golden pitcher and filled it with water drawn from the Pool of Siloam. It was brought into the Temple through the Water Gate (hence the name), and poured into a bowl at the Altar, alongside the pouring of the wine, during the daily burnt-offering (Talmud: Sukkah 4:9).  This water libation was performed only during Sukkot.

 

The Talmud states, “Why is the name of it called the Drawing Out of Water? Because of the pouring out of the Holy Spirit, according to what is said: ‘With joy shall ye draw out of the wells of salvation.’ ”  (Isaiah 12:3)

 

Hosannahs during pouring:

 

All:                          Hosannah! --  Save us -- for Your sake, our God!

                                Hosannah! --  Save us -- for Your sake, our Creator!

                                Hosannah! --  Save us -- for Your sake, our Redeemer!

                                Hosannah! --  Save us -- for Your sake, our Attender!

                                Hosannah! --

for the sake of Your Truth, for the sake of Your Covenant, for the sake of Your Greatness and Splendor, for the sake of Your Glory.

 

Hoshannah Rabbah (Seventh Day): Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Yeshua stood and cried out, saying, “If any man is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water.’” But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Yeshua was not yet glorified. (John 7:37-39)


 

Kal haMitzvat / The Entire Commandment SCRIPTURES should be read first

 

Commentary:

 

(V.1) Last week’s portion was called “This is the Commandment”, and the Sh’ma encompassed all commandments. This week’s portion is called “The Entire Commandment”, and we see that righteousness is a condition for entering the Promised Land. (This is not proclaiming salvation by one’s own works.)

 

(V.2) The events of the forty years in the wilderness showed that God provides all of the needs of those who follow Him. The people were subjected to uncertainty, with no reserves, in order to instill trust in Yahweh for provision. Difficulties in this life should not lead us to doubt God, or test His existence. Thus Yeshua said (Luke 4:12 – quoting Deuteronomy 6:16), “You shall not put Yahweh your God to the test.”

 

(V.9) “Eating food without scarcity” is seen as referring, not only to physical bread, but to the Word of God. So Yeshua said (Luke 4:4 – quoting Deuteronomy 8:3), “It is written, ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’ ” And David writes, “Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting. He who goes to and fro weeping, carrying his bag of seed, shall indeed come again with a shout of joy, bringing his sheaves with him” (Psalm 126:5-6).

 

(V.10) Here is the commandment to “Bless Yahweh your God for the good land that He gave you” after meals.

 

(V.11-19) We are hereby warned: in prosperity, we should not forget that everything we receive is from God – by His grace, not by our ability or natural reasons. So we read from Jeremiah, “ ‘Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches; but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am Yahweh who exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things’ declares Yahweh.”

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We should rejoice in Yahweh’s Word: it is our peace, our prosperity, and our promise of a glorious future. Today is the day that we consider the fulfillment of the Torah – the fulfillment of receiving the Promised Land. We look back to the just-completed downfall of the nations, and Messiah’s Kingdom is all that is left. We will now take turns marching around with the Torah scroll, as we recite the portions for the seven circuits (see SHIMINI ATZERET ).

 

Readings:

 

Reader 1 * Amen 1 "The entire commandment that I am commanding you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to give to your forefathers. 2 "And you shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. 3 "And He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh. 4 "Your clothing did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years. 5 "Thus you are to know in your heart that Yahweh your God was disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son. 6 "Therefore, you shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him.

Reader 2 * Amen 7 "For Yahweh your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills; 8 a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey; 9 a land where you shall eat food without scarcity, in which you shall not lack anything; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper. 10 "When you have eaten and are satisfied, you shall bless Yahweh your God for the good land which He has given you. 11 "Beware lest you forget Yahweh your God by not keeping His commandments and His ordinances and His statutes which I am commanding you today; 12 lest, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built good houses and lived in them, 13 and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and gold multiply, and all that you have multiplies, 14 then your heart becomes proud, and you forget Yahweh your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Reader 3 * Amen 15 "He led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water; He brought water for you out of the rock of flint. 16 "In the wilderness He fed you manna which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do good for you in the end. 17 "Otherwise, you may say in your heart, 'My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.' 18 "But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day. 19 "And it shall come about if you ever forget Yahweh your God, and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I testify against you today that you shall surely perish. 20 "Like the nations that Yahweh makes to perish before you, so you shall perish; because you would not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.

 

Jeremiah 9:22-24

 

22 Speak, "Thus declares Yahweh, 'The corpses of men will fall like dung on the open field, and like the sheaf after the reaper, but no one will gather them.'" 23 Thus says Yahweh, "Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches; 24 but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am Yahweh who exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things," declares Yahweh.

 

Psalm 126 A Song of Ascents.

 

1 When Yahweh brought back the captive ones of Zion, we were like those who dream. 2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with joyful shouting; then they said among the nations, " Yahweh has done great things for them." 3 Yahweh has done great things for us; we are glad. 4 Restore our captivity, O Yahweh, as the streams in the South. 5 Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting. 6 He who goes to and fro weeping, carrying his bag of seed, shall indeed come again with a shout of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.

Luke 4:1-14

 

1 And Yeshua, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led about by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days; and when they had ended, He became hungry. 3 And the devil said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread." 4 And Yeshua answered him, "It is written, 'Man shall not live on bread alone.'" 5 And he led Him up and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 And the devil said to Him, "I will give You all this domain and its glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. 7 "Therefore if You worship before me, it shall all be Yours." 8 And Yeshua answered and said to him, "It is written, 'You shall worship Yahweh your God and serve Him only.'" 9 And he led Him to Jerusalem and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here; 10 for it is written, 'He will give His angels charge concerning You to guard You,' 11 and, 'On their hands they will bear You up, Lest You strike Your foot against a stone.'" 12 And Yeshua answered and said to him, "It is said, 'You shall not put Yahweh your God to the test.'" 13 And when the devil had finished every temptation, he departed from Him until an opportune time. 14 And Yeshua returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit; and news about Him spread through all the surrounding district.


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(Followers of the Messiah)