{"id":3073,"date":"2021-01-22T20:33:32","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T02:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=3073"},"modified":"2021-01-24T19:29:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T01:29:16","slug":"heavens-love-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/heavens-love-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Heaven\u2019s Love Story&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2106 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/chagdbride.jpg?resize=125%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"144\" \/>The Scriptures reveal that ultimate reality is a divine love story with a \u201chappy ending,\u201d despite the struggles we face in this world. We see this in connection with the great deliverance of the Passover, when we read the story of our redemption in the Torah, summarized in a special book called a \u201chaggadah.\u201d Note that the Hebrew word <em>haggadah<\/em> (\u05d4\u05b7\u05d2\u05bc\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05d4) means \u201cretelling,\u201d which of course refers to the story of our journey from slavery to freedom by the hand of God\u2019s love. With regard to the sanctity of this story, the Torah commands us: \u201cYou shall tell (i.e., <em>ve\u2019higadta<\/em>: \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05d2\u05bc\u05b7\u05d3\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8, from which \u201chaggadah\u201d comes) your child on that day, \u2018It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.\u2019 And it shall be to you as a sign on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the Torah of the LORD may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand the LORD has brought you out of Egypt\u201d (Exod. 13:8-8). The sages note that the numeric value of the word \u201chaggadah\u201d (\u05d4\u05b7\u05d2\u05bc\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05d4) is the same as the word for \u201cgood\u201d (i.e., <em>tov<\/em>: \u05d8\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1), which again indicates that the story of our redemption in the Messiah is truly good \u2013 indeed, the greatest story ever told&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hebrew Lesson:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3074\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/psalm116-12-13-analysis.gif?resize=491%2C664&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"664\" \/><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3073-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/psalm116-12-13-jjp.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/psalm116-12-13-jjp.mp3\">https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/psalm116-12-13-jjp.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/Blessings\/Blessing_Cards\/psalm116-12-13-lesson.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Psalm 116:12-13 lesson card<\/a> (pdf)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Scriptures reveal that ultimate reality is a divine love story with a \u201chappy ending,\u201d despite the struggles we face in this world. We see this in connection with the great deliverance of the Passover, when we read the story of our redemption in the Torah, summarized in a special book called a \u201chaggadah.\u201d Note [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,18,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-dvar","category-holidays","category-torah"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3073"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3093,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3073\/revisions\/3093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}