{"id":6540,"date":"2024-03-10T16:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T21:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=6540"},"modified":"2024-03-10T16:50:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T21:50:29","slug":"parashat-pekudei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/parashat-pekudei\/","title":{"rendered":"Parashat Pekudei Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"Our Torah reading for this week is called parashat Pekudei, which is the concluding portion of the great Book of Exodus (i.e., \u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05e9\u05de\u05d5\u05ea). It begins with Moses\u2019 accounting of (\u05e4\u05e7\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9) all the materials that were donated for the construction of the Mishkan (i.e., Tabernacle). After Moses recorded the inventory of the building materials and furnishings, he carefully checked the special priestly garments. After all the work was confirmed to be in complete accordance with the LORD\u2019s instructions, Moses blessed the people. The LORD then commanded Moses to assemble the Mishkan on \u201cthe first month in the second year [from the date of the Exodus], on the first day of the month\u201d (i.e., on Nisan 1, or Rosh Chodashim, Exod. 40:17).<\/p>\n

Once the Tabernacle was completed and all its vessels were accounted for and inspected, Moses anointed all its components with the sacred anointing oil, called shemen ha-mishchah (note that the word “mishchah” (\u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05d4) comes from the same root as “Messiah” (\u05de\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d7\u05b7), indicating that the Mishkan (i.e., Tabernacle) would foreshadow God’s plan of redemption given in Yeshua). Moses then formally initiated Aaron and his four sons into the priesthood, marking their hands and feet with sacrificial blood and \u201cwaving them\u201d before the Lord to picture resurrection. God\u2019s Presence – manifest as the Shekhinah Cloud of Glory \u2013 then filled the Holy of Holies in the Tent of Meeting.<\/p>\n

At the end of the portion we read, \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b0\u05db\u05b7\u05dc \u05de\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05d0\u05db\u05b8\u05d4 \/ “Moses finished all the work” (Exod. 40:33), a phrase that has the same gematria (numeric value) as bereshit (\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea, “in the beginning”), the very first word of the Torah (Gen. 1:1). This suggests that the creation of the universe was for the sake of the building of the Tabernacle, and by extension, for the sake of the sacrificial love of God to be demonstrated to all of creation. The Talmud states, “All the world was created for the Messiah” (Sanhedrin 98b) and indeed, Yeshua is called \u201cthe Lamb slain from the foundation of the world\u201d in the New Testament (Rev. 13:8; 1 Pet. 1:18-20; Eph. 1:4; 2 Tim. 1:9).<\/p>\n

The Presence of the Glory of God that descended from Sinai upon the newly dedicated Mishkan represented a climactic moment for the fledgling nation, since the Sin of the Golden Calf had jeopardized whether the God would indeed dwell within the midst of the camp of Israel… Recall that it was only after Moses had returned from Sinai bearing the second set of Tablets (on Yom Kippur) that the glow of the LORD\u2019s redeeming love radiated from his face, and new hope was given to Israel (prefiguring the New Covenant). The King of Glory would accompany the people from Sinai to the Promised Land! (The narrative continues in the Book of Numbers, beginning exactly one month after the Mishkan was assembled.)<\/p>\n

In addition to the Torah material I discuss the holidays of Purim<\/a> and Shabbat Parah<\/a>, as well as the greater meta-themes of Passover<\/a> and the Exodus from Egypt.<\/p>\n

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Podcast:<\/strong><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/shavuah-tov-Vayakhel-Pekudei.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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For more information please visit www.hebrew4christians.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our Torah reading for this week is called parashat Pekudei, which is the concluding portion of the great Book of Exodus (i.e., \u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05e9\u05de\u05d5\u05ea). It begins with Moses\u2019 accounting of (\u05e4\u05e7\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9) all the materials that were donated for the construction of the Mishkan (i.e., Tabernacle). After Moses recorded the inventory of the building materials and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-h4c-podcast","category-torah"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6540","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=6540"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6544,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6540\/revisions\/6544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}