{"id":7373,"date":"2026-04-26T20:25:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T01:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=7373"},"modified":"2026-04-26T20:28:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T01:28:43","slug":"parashat-emor-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/parashat-emor-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Parashat Emor (podcast)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3903 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/emor.gif?resize=135%2C140&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"140\" \/>Our Torah portion this week (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hebrew4christians.com\/Scripture\/Parashah\/Summaries\/Emor\/emor.html\">parashat Emor<\/a>) lists the eight main holidays revealed in the Holy Scriptures. In the Torah, these \u201cholidays\u201d are called \u201cappointed times\u201d (i.e., <em>mo\u2019edim:<\/em> \u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e2\u05b2\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd), a word which comes from the Hebrew root meaning witness (\u05e2\u05b5\u05d3). Other words formed from this root include <em>edah<\/em> (\u05e2\u05b5\u05d3\u05b8\u05d4), a congregation, <em>edut<\/em> (\u05e2\u05b5\u05d3\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea), a testimony, and so on. The related verb <em>ya\u2019ad<\/em> (\u05d9\u05b8\u05e2\u05b7\u05d3) means to meet, assemble, or even to betroth. The significance of the holy days, then, is for the covenant people of the LORD to bear witness to God\u2019s love and faithfulness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, &#8216;These are the appointed times of the LORD (\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e2\u05b2\u05d3\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4) that you shall proclaim as holy convocations (\u05de\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e7\u05d3\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1); they are My appointed times'&#8221; (Lev. 23:2).<\/p>\n<p>\u00ad<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7374\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lev23-2b-analysis.jpg?resize=600%2C763&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lev23-2b-analysis.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lev23-2b-analysis.jpg?resize=236%2C300&amp;ssl=1 236w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lev23-2b-analysis.jpg?resize=165%2C210&amp;ssl=1 165w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7373-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lev23-2b-jjp.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lev23-2b-jjp.mp3\">https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lev23-2b-jjp.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>\u00ad\u00ad<br \/>\n\u00ad<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/Blessings\/Blessing_Cards\/lev23-2b-lesson.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lev. 23:2 study page<\/a> (pdf)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00ad<br \/>\nNote that these hallowed times &#8211; the very first of which is the weekly Sabbath &#8211; are &#8220;of the LORD,&#8221; meaning they should be regarded as appointments given by God Himself to help draw us closer to Him, to reveal prophetic truth, and to remind ourselves of His great plan for our lives. God did not give us the Torah in vain, friends, neither does He speak out of two sides of his his mouth&#8230; Yeshua was the Voice of the LORD speaking the words of Torah to Israel at Sinai, and therefore every &#8220;jot and tittle&#8221; (<em>kotzo shel yod:<\/em> \u05e7\u05d5\u05b9\u05e6\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e9\u05b6\u05c1\u05dc \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3) is indeed relevant to our lives as his followers (Matt. 5:18-19).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emor Podcast:<\/strong><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7373-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shavuah-tov-emor.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shavuah-tov-emor.mp3\">https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shavuah-tov-emor.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3907\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/emor2.jpg?resize=980%2C706&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/emor2.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/emor2.jpg?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/emor2.jpg?resize=768%2C553&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/emor2.jpg?resize=210%2C151&amp;ssl=1 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Torah portion this week (parashat Emor) lists the eight main holidays revealed in the Holy Scriptures. In the Torah, these \u201cholidays\u201d are called \u201cappointed times\u201d (i.e., mo\u2019edim: \u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e2\u05b2\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd), a word which comes from the Hebrew root meaning witness (\u05e2\u05b5\u05d3). Other words formed from this root include edah (\u05e2\u05b5\u05d3\u05b8\u05d4), a congregation, edut (\u05e2\u05b5\u05d3\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea), a testimony, [&hellip;]<\/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":[15,11,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hebrew-reading-practice","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\/7373","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=7373"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7378,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7373\/revisions\/7378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}