Commentary on parashat mattot tribes and masei journeys. The jps bnai mitzvah torah commentary shows teens in their own language how torah addresses the issues in their world. Jts torah online jewish theological seminary of america. She suggests that most of us will visualize our home whether that of our childhood or of our adult life, and adds, home represents true safety.
Rabbi rachel esserman, reporter group steven and sarah levy have written an engaging invitation to think about rashis commentary to the torah and its implications for today. Mattotmasseitribesjourneys yahushua ha mashiach the. The book is a good resource for use in adult study sessions or hebrew school classes. So i didnt read the whole book, but around 34 of it, especially the introductory notes and more difficult issues e.
Our torah portion this week is mattotmasei, a double portion, which concludes the book of bamidbar numbers. Korah, vying with aaron for the priesthood, leads a rebellion of tribal chieftains. So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the syna. Our enemies recognized the vitality of the torah and banned us from reading the weekly torah portion. Preorder here sacks has produced a work of extraordinary depth, beauty, urgency, and erudition. When we turn to matthew, we turn to the book which may well be called the most important single document of the christian faith, for in it we have the fullest and the most. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Subsequent posts will offer recommendations for commentaries on the remaining books of scripture. In masei, the tribes of reuven and gad promise to help out the other tribes while not living in the land of israel. These ancient stories touch upon science, history, philosophy, ritual and ethics. In the second battle, jehoshaphat appoints praise warriors to be at the head of the army as they.
Moses spoke to the heads of the israelite tribes, saying. Jul 08, 2010 this week, we reach the end of the book of numbers via a double portion, mattot maseei. Retribution and revenge matotmasei 5775 rabbi sacks. Torah portion readings and the associated haftarah readings generally follow the stone edition chumash andor the complete jewish. Chapter 30 contains adonais instructions regarding the. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Verse by verse commentary on gospel of matthew duncan heaster published. Included are stories of individuals, families, wars, slavery and more. To read full text in english and hebrew, click here. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading matthew teach the text commentary series. Matthew henry has 569 books on goodreads with 12203 ratings.
The tosafot are a 12thth century french commentary on the talmud. A womens commentary to provide an overview of the parashah. Commentary on the gospel according to matthew author. This explains why the first midianites moses meets lived near mount sinai, while the midianites in the book of numbers live in or near moab, several hundred miles away. Matthew collected taxes, but he became one of jesus 12 special friends matthew 9. Matthew henrys commentary on the whole bible is an exhaustive study tool, used by countless scholars and laymen for well over 100 years. Matthew teach the text commentary series kindle edition by brown, jeannine k download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. So the early christians gave matthews name to the whole book. Matthews gospel free bible commentary in easy english. You can find book commentaries in magazines and online. Keeping our word matot 5776 this weeks parsha opens with an account of the laws of vows and oaths. This is the first time when god tells him his earthly mission with god is almost done.
The gospel of matthew, written for jewish christians, focuses on who jesus is, why he came, and how he fits into gods bigger purposes. Obviously, the bride was not able to keep the promise that she made to keep all of the words of hwhy. In the portion matot, moses describes the laws of oaths. The new book by rabbi lord jonathan sacks out on 12th march 2020. The ancient near east was a barbaric and ruthless place, and a st continue reading.
The complexity of human rights matotmasei 5776 the book of bamidbar comes to a close that is very strange indeed. The importance of rereading torah reconstructing judaism. Mattot the name of the fortysecond reading from the torah is mattot. Verses 117 concerning this genealogy of our saviour, observe,i. What is fascinating about many of the commentaries about this exchange is the close and sensitive attention paid to the psychodynamics of the moment of confrontation itself. France in the tyndale new testament commentary series since 1985, but in 2007, france published a much more comprehensive commentary on this gospel in the nicnt series the new international commentary on. Matthew henry 18 october 1662 22 june 1714 was an english commentator on the bible, who published his works in 1706, sixvolume exposition of the old and new testaments 17081710 or complete commentary, provides an exhaustive verse by verse study of the bible, covering the whole of the old testament, and the gospels and acts in the new testament. Ifthe book referstothebookofthe gospel of matthew, the idea could be that this is a gospel. Will you trust him that he has a better plan for your life, even if you cannot see it clearly at the moment. July 21, 2017by nancy sinkoff commentary mattot masei. If a man makes a vow to god or swears an oath, he must not permit his word to remain unfulfilled. This commentary covers every chapter and nearly every verse in the bible, providing a thorough commentary on the holy scriptures. Moses conveys the laws governing the annulment of vows to the heads of the tribes of israel.
Vengeance and war spoils, east and west of the jordan, tribalism, havens for inadvertent murderers, the daughters of tzelafchad and fortytwo journeys. Order now uk order now row, except uscanada out in the uscanada on 1st september 2020. Jul 29, 2019 the schocken bible commentary notes that, the historical result of this settlement which gives us a taste of settlement before the larger conquest in the book of joshua seems to have been a checkered one, with moabites and ammonites reclaiming land at various subsequent periods. Books by matthew henry author of matthew henrys commentary. Commentary on the book of gospel of matthew by matthew henry. Explore the weekly torah portions, commentaries, and listen to scripture readings, and get the free torah reading schedule. Rather, it follows one of two possible positions found in two separate tosafot. Moses conveys the laws governing the annulment of vows to the heads of the tribes of israel war is waged against midian for their role in plotting the moral destruction of israel, and the torah gives a detailed account of the war spoils and how they were allocated amongst the people, the warriors, the levites and the high priest. Kukla invites us to close our eyes for a moment and imagine the one place in the world which conjures up feelings of safety and security. From moses speech we discover that human words have a genuine effect on the world and on the lives of other people. This week we have a double torah portion with mattot meaning tribes, numbers 30. Massei the last reading from the book of numbers is called massei.
After fighting wars, and earning and suffering gods wrath numerous times. War is waged against midian for their role in plotting the moral destruction of israel, and the torah gives a detailed account of the war spoils and how they were allocated amongst the people, the warriors, the levites and the high priest the tribes of reuben and gad later joined by half of the. From reading the above verses, we see that baal worship is associated with rejecting his commandments. Matthew 1 commentary matthew henry commentary on the. The tribes of reuven and gad request to dwell outside of the land of israel. Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them.
These books make up the story of the jewish people. After recounting the various stations of the journey, god told moses that when the israelites were to pass over the jordan into the land of canaan, they were to drive out all the inhabitants and to utterly destroy all traces of their culture and religion. In this weeks torah portion, moses describes the laws of oaths. In response, the rabbis of those days substituted the reading of a segment from the prophets, commonly known as the haftorah. Matthew henrys most popular book is matthew henrys commentary on the whole bible.
In one opinion, it states that we should read the special reading from the book of jeremiah which recalls the period before the destruction of the first temple. Matthew open your bible commentary, new testament book 1. The book of matthew has always occupied a position of high esteem in the faith and life of the church. Commentary on the book of gospel of matthew by matthew. In matot and masey, which conclude the fourth book of the torah, the. The conversational tone is inviting and dignified, concise and substantial, direct and informative. If a householder makes a vow to the eternal or takes an oath imposing an obligation on himself, he shall not break his pledge. Because of the flow of the story, it actually involves three portions, balak, pinchas, and mattot. War is waged against midian for their role in plotting the moral destruction of israel, and the torah gives a detailed account of the war spoils and how they were allocated amongst the people, the warriors, the levites and the high priest. Except in biblical calendar leap years, mattot is read together with the subsequent torah portion, massei, on the same sabbath.
In this post, i will briefly describe five of the most generally helpful commentaries available on the gospel of matthew, and by helpful i mean works that explain to the reader the meaning of the text not only within the individual biblical book, but within scripture as a whole. It is the book or the account, as the hebrew word sepher, a book, sometimes signifies of the generation of jesus christ, of his ancestors according to the flesh. The language of truth, by rabbi yehudah leib alter of ger, translation and commentary by arthur green, the jewish publication society, philadelphia, 1998. And all the people answered with one voice and said, all the words which hwhy has said we will do. Verse by verse commentary on gospel of matthew duncan heaster. Book of samuel, also involves a military challenge. I first encountered this book in my supplementary hebrew school at temple emanuel of great neck. Some 20 th century commentary explains the conflation between moabites and midianites by concluding that midian was not a separate kingdom, but a confederation of nomadic tribes. Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the sons of israel, saying, this is the word that god has commanded. Matthew henrys commentary on the whole biblebook of matthew. The schocken bible commentary notes that, the historical result of this settlement which gives us a taste of settlement before the larger conquest in the book of joshua seems to have been a checkered one, with moabites and ammonites reclaiming land at various subsequent periods. Among the stories and laws of the double parsha are a recounting of all the places where the israelites camped from the time they left egypt until arriving on the far side of the jordan river.
God becomes enraged against israel, punishes the israelites with a plague, and tells moses to impale the ringleaders. His volume on matthew has received nearunanimous praise. Jul 27, 2016 in a commentary on parashat mattot entitled the wandering people, rabbi elliot r. Matot, mattot, mattoth, or matos hebrew for tribes, the fifth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parshah is the 42nd weekly torah portion parshah in the annual jewish cycle of torah reading and the ninth in the book of numbers. Jesus take on divorce or the camel through a needles eye saying. Matot, mattot, mattoth, or matos hebrew for tribes, the fifth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah is the 42nd weekly torah portion, parashah in the annual jewish cycle of torah reading and the ninth in the book of numbers. We read in mattot how the people reach the land just over the jordan river from the promised land. This weeks torah portion, mattot, begins to bring to a close the book of numbers, which is wholly concerned with the peoples journey out of slavery in egypt and the pursuit of a home in the promised land. Commentaries tend to be more direct and express the commentators views regarding the book. He shall do whatever has come forth from his mouth. Torah usually refers to the pentateuch, the first five books of the hebrew bible genesis, exodus, leviticus, numbers, and deuteronomy. In midrash ylamdeinu, a ninthcentury commentary, moses shares his.
Torah commentary mattotmassei 2 hwhy their elohim, made for themselves a molten image and two calves, made a wooden image and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served baal. If you do, you will have no reward from your father in heaven. Matthew 6 niv bible be careful not to practice your. They carefully chose specific sections of the prophets. Reuven and gad request to live outside the land of israel. A reader of the biblical text has to wonder at the fiery exchange between moshe rabbenu moses, our teacher as he is known in jewish tradition and the tribes of reuven and gad in this weeks torah portion. The book of numbers, full of bloodshed and division, ends with a call for unity and a. Our faculty and teachers bring the depth and breadth of jts learning directly to you through a rich collection of contemporary jewish content. The seven aliyot readings are for the combined torah portions mattot and massei and begin at these verses.
A short commentary on the gospel of matthew has been available by r. Mattotmasei tribesjourneys of congregation shema yisrael. He knows that he is not going to lead the people into the promised land. But in the book of numbers moses consistently treats the jordan river as the northeastern border of gods promised land of milk and honey. Read frances commentary as a side for translating the gospel of matthew.
It discusses laws of vows, the destruction of midianite towns, and. From moses speech we discover that human words have a. The name of the fortysecond reading from the torah is mattot. Jtss extensive online torah resources reflect todays most compelling conversations, research, and teaching from leaders in jewish studyall available for learners around the world to explore and enjoy. Matthew did not write the first book about jesus life. The reading of the haftorah dates back to the second jewish commonwealth, during the era of the greek empire. The spiritual trauma of taking a life how the kosher practice of waiting between meat and dairy reminds us of moses discomfort with violence. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus.