Torah Portion 30 – Kodeshim “Holy Ones” 19-20 (22-23)
19) (Amazing chapter/ powerhouse!)
19:1-2 – Being Holy https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+pet+1%3A3-22%2C+is+35%3A8-10%2C+ps+119%3A1-10&version=KJV
- Narrow road https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matt+7%3A13-14%2C+2+esdras+7%3A1-14&version=RSV
- Testing along the road https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matt+13%3A18-23%2C+ps+1%3A1-3%2C+gal+5%3A22-23&version=NASB
- Book of Elijah 11 https://parableofthevineyard.com/wp-content/uploads/Order-of-The-Ancients.pdf
19:3-4 – Parents mentioned first (for children) – Sirach 3 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=sirach+3%3A1-16&version=RSV
19:9-10 – Care for the poor (even though we don’t have massive fields, we can still operate this way) – Gleanings: http://www.itisbygrace2.com/Ruthpickingupbarley.jpg
- Gleanings should be a precept that expounds on many facets of life (caring about others)
19:11 – Dealing falsely https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Sirach+7%3A12-13&version=RSV
19:12 – Mainstream: “I swear to God”
- Also: taking his name in vain (giving him a bad reputation)
- Profaning his name https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=is+52%3A1-6&version=KJV
19:13 – Pay before sunset https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=deut+24%3A15&version=KJV
19:14 – 2 Esdras 2 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+esdras+2%3A20-23&version=RSV
19:15 – Judge in righteousness https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=is+11%3A1-5%2C+1+sam+16%3A6-7%2C+matt+23%3A23-27%2C+&version=NASB
19:16 – Gossip https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=pro+6%3A16-19%2C+sirach+28%3A13-26&version=RSV
(read targum too)
19:17 (You shall rebuke your neighbor – Absalom) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+9%3A8-10%2C+2+tim+2%3A24-26&version=KJV (read targum)
19:18 – the 2nd greatest commandment: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+22%3A35-40&version=KJV
- Forgiveness – Gad 6 https://parableofthevineyard.com/the-testament-of-gad/
19:19 – mingled materials Septuagint https://ebible.org/eng-Brenton/LEV19.htm
- Spirit of the law https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+cor+10%3A21%2C+jer+7%3A1-15&version=KJV
19:20 – Read targum
19:23-25 – Trees and fruit https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=is+61%3A3%2C6-9%2C+luke+13%3A6-9%2C+matt+3%3A10%2C+john+15%3A1-11%2C+Galatians+1%3A15-19&version=KJV
19:26 “observer of times” (different than moed) https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=neither+shall+ye+use+enchantment+nor+observe+times%2E&t=KJV&ss=1#s=s_primary_0_1
- Think mainstream media… Disney, H.Potter etc..
19:27 – The words used here implies destruction and/or violence https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=round+the+corners&t=KJV&ss=1#s=s_primary_0_1
19:30 – Keep/guard/shamar the shabbat. https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=ye+shall+keep+my+sabbaths&t=KJV&ss=1#s=s_primary_0_1
19:31 – No need to learn from, nor consult the world (news, media, etc) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=is+8%3A16-20&version=KJV
19:32 – Honor the elderly https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=sirach+8%3A6%2C+sirach+25%3A4-6%2C+1+tim+5%3A1-2%2C+1+pet+5%3A5%2C+sirach+3%3A12-15&version=RSV
19:33-34 – Honoring the stranger – Jasher 22:11-13 https://sacred-texts.com/chr/apo/jasher/22.htm
19:36-37 – Fair business practices (to all – not like the Talmud states)
He saved us (just as the Israelites of old were saved) and the same remains; “therefore shall ye observe…”
20)
20:2-5 – examples https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+19%3A5%2C+jer+7%3A30-31&version=KJV
20:7 – sanctify https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ps+119%3A9&version=KJV
