{"id":4180,"date":"2022-06-06T01:05:49","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T06:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=4180"},"modified":"2022-06-05T16:38:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T21:38:03","slug":"receiving-what-you-give","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/receiving-what-you-give\/","title":{"rendered":"Receiving what you give…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"From our Torah portion this week (i.e., Naso<\/a>) we read: \u201cEach one shall keep his holy donations: whatever anyone gives to the priest shall be his [\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05b6\u05d4]\u201d (Num. 5:10). This is the spiritual principle that what we give away is what we possess, and as we measure, so will be measured back to us again (Luke 6:38). The sages comment that being selfish, acquisitive, and power-hungry are drives common among the animals, but what makes a man unique is his ability to sacrifice himself for others. Giving tzedakah, then, is an inherently spiritual act, and ultimately only that which we give to others in love will be kept as holy. \u201cFor where your treasure is, there your heart will be also\u201d (Matt. 6:21).<\/p>\n

As you believe, so you will receive (Matt. 21:22). This is the \u201clike for like\u201d principle of faith. Forgive us as we forgive; judge us as we judge; love us as we love; make us righteous as we take hold of righteousness, give us courage as we believe, and so on. As Isaiah said to Ahaz: \u201cIf you will not be firm in faith, you will not be firm at all\u201d (Isa. 7:9). Your \u201camen\u201d echoes the \u201camen\u201d of heaven: \u201cLet it be done for you according to your faith\u201d (Matt. 9:29).<\/p>\n

Instead of refusing to judge others (in the name of tolerance), or judging them in terms of their worth, we are commanded judge people favorably by using a \u201cgood eye\u201d (\u05e2\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05df \u05d8\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1\u05b8\u05d4). As it is written in the Torah, \u201cin righteousness judge your neighbor (\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e6\u05b6\u05d3\u05b6\u05e7 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05d8 \u05e2\u05b2\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b6\u05da\u05b8)\u201d (Lev. 19:15). Notice that the word translated \u201crighteousness\u201d is tzedek (\u05e6\u05b6\u05d3\u05b6\u05e7), a word that includes the heart motive of \u201ccharity\u201d and love. We are commanded to give tzedakah (\u05e6\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05e7\u05b8\u05d4, \u201ccharity\u201d) not just because it is \u201cright,\u201d but it is right because it is based on God\u2019s love and care for others. Something is righteous, in other words, because it expresses the truth about God\u2019s love. We could read this commandment as \u201cin love judge your neighbor.\u201d Our judgments should be based on compassion, empathy, and care for others – never as a verdict about someone\u2019s worth and status before God. We see with a redemptive eye, and that means seeing the potential of others and their inherent worth as God\u2019s children.<\/p>\n

Lord, help me receive what you give and give what I have received, for love\u2019s sake. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n

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From our Torah portion this week (i.e., Naso) we read: \u201cEach one shall keep his holy donations: whatever anyone gives to the priest shall be his [\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05b6\u05d4]\u201d (Num. 5:10). This is the spiritual principle that what we give away is what we possess, and as we measure, so will be measured back to us […]<\/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":[5,15,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-dvar","category-hebrew-reading-practice","category-torah"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4180","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=4180"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4185,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4180\/revisions\/4185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}