And, today – even an exercise in understanding, and EXPOSING, propaganda.

In this teaching, Rabbi Steve Berkson continues with the second “Great Command” to love your neighbor or each other. He picks up where we left off in James (Ya’akov) chapter 4, then moves into chapter 5, and finally takes us to 1 John chapter 1.

• How do your likes or dislikes affect your relationships with others? What does Rabbi mean by saying we have to “learn each other”?

• What does “friendship with the world” mean?

• What does “subject yourselves to Elohim” mean?

• What does “resist the devil” mean?

• How do you draw near to Elohim? How does Elohim draw near to you?

• When pursuing Torah, whose feelings are you most concerned about protecting – your friends and family or Elohim?

• How would you define ‘sin’?

• Do you really understand what the first two verses of 1 John are talking about?

Rabbi Berkson once again dissects the words in these passages so that you will have a deeper understanding of what Yah expects of you, so that you can do it and receive the blessings.

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The reading for parsha Naso begins with the remainder of the duties of the tribe of Gershon, and then summarizes the ‘census’ of the Levites, after which the narrative changes, and we again see that those who were “unclean” – for several reasons – were to be “put out,” or “shalach” in the Hebrew, a word we’ve seen before – of the camp. And that is followed up by descriptions of two other ‘processes,’ described in detail, which seem utterly foreign to most of ‘the sun-day church’ today.

The Sabbath Day midrash this week begins with a question:

What is it about those two, apparently very different, situations, and thus processes, the connects them? And why do they follow immediately after the commandment to “shalach” or put out of the camp, the “unclean?”

The process outlined for the “sota” – or the woman whose husband suspects adultery, but has no proof – is said to be the ONLY one of its kind in Scripture, where YHVH actually PROMISES a miracle, one way or another. It’s also misunderstood and mis-taught (witness most of the twisting you’ve probably heard about ‘Jesus and the Woman CAUGHT in adultery’) and yet still at the very heart of so many of the most important events in all of human history! Why does the ‘whore church’ then ignore the real lesson?

And that is followed-up immediately by the process surrounding the ‘Nazerite vow.’ Samson was said to be one “from his mother’s womb,’ as perhaps John the Baptist may have been as well. But Shaul, aka “Paul of Tarsus” notably TOOK such a vow, after he came to know Yahushua, notably, and yet most of xtianity has NEVER heard that! For reasons that Mark says, as the discussion unfolds, are obvious now.

“Naso-plus: “Put out” the Unclean – but then Other Ignored Commandments That Speak VOLUMES about what we have been MIS-taught”

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And again, the major question seems to be, “Just how much MORE are Americans going to put up with?” But it’s not just in the US, but much of the rest of the world – especially EU and the UK – where people should learn to say “NO!” to tyranny.

But if the continued fraud that is Too Big To Hide doesn’t make the case, don’t hold your breath for the Terminally Dumbed Down to wake up.

But it takes continue effort to hang on to that progress.

Because the Rulers of the Darkness of this world are still working hard to suck all of us right back in. And the un-informed are helping.

“One Step Forward, Two Steps Back”

Rabbi Steve Berkson digs deeper into the book of James (Ya’akov), elaborating on Ya’akov’s exhortation to those under his care and guidance in chapters 3 and 4…

• Why does Ya’akov say that some should not become teachers?

• What does “bridling the body” mean?

• Why is the ‘tongue’ such a focus in chapter 3?

• Are you SNIOP?

• What is “Humility and Integrity vs. Hypocrisy”?

• How can you be “behaving like a demon”?

• How are self-seeking, confusion, and foul deeds related? How can you avoid them?

• Why did Ya’akov address some people as “adulterers and adulteresses”?

Rabbi Berkson once again dissects the words in these passages to give you a deeper understanding of what Yah expects of you, enabling you to do it and receive the blessings.

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Parsha “Bechukotai,” (Leviticus 26 through the end of the Book) from the opening verse, IF you WALK, “IN MY Statutes,” is perhaps the second most dramatic set of “blessings and curses” in Scripture, after Deuteronomy chapter 28. And it includes what Mark has called the set of “seven times seven times seven times seven” — and a litany of curses that any of us would be hard pressed to argue aren’t at least in their initial stages, or worse.

The Erev Shabbat reading then continues with parsha “Bemidbar,” (Numbers chapters 1 through 4) and the command to Moshe and Aaron to “lift up the head” or number – take a census – the men of ‘fighting age’ in the mixed multitude. And the details make certain elements of that effort stand out over the millenia:

The Sabbath Day midrash again begins with a suggestion. Since there is so much emphasis on DOING what YHVH says, ALL of it, and keeping his “statutes, judgments, and commandments, along with the dire promise of what happens if, as it turns out, they did not — the numbers that begin the Book called “Numbers” in English end up telling a stark tale. Because we’ve read ahead. of 603,550 men, all unique, all counted as individuals, it turns out that only TWO (2) – and we know their names – will make it “into the land.”

There is also a specific warning in verse 17, that precedes even the multiplied curses. It even has to do with things like data centers, today.

And a very specific failure, Mark contends, underlies ALL of those lessons.

“Bechukotai, then Bemidbar: Those Who HATE You WILL Rule Over You – and that’s for starters”

Service information:

Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship worship services and teachings are broadcast live every Sabbath, via Paltalk. (www.paltalk.com has both the link, and the app.) The “room name” is “Walking Torah with Shabbat Shalom Mesa,” and can be found via the paltalk search, then bookmarked.

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But there are lots of other important things we need to “come out of.” Some of which we’ve done entire shows on in the past.

But today, it’s very important to “connect all the dots” we can.

Continuing in the book of James (Ya’akov), Rabbi Steve Berkson unpacks chapter 2…

• To whom did James (Ya’akov) write his letter? How do we identify with them today?

• How does one exhibit ‘partiality’?

• What’s the difference between ‘judging’ and ‘judgment’? Why is one less desirable to Abba than the other?

• What does it mean that if you’ve broken one Torah command, you’ve broken them all? Aren’t there different levels and kinds of sin?

• Why is the speed of our repentance important?

• Can we keep all the commandments in the Torah today?

• What are “salvation issues”?

• What does it mean to be “judged by the Torah of Freedom”? Are you really free?

• Are you a ‘conduit’ for everything that Yah desires to distribute to others?

• When should you stop calling yourself a believer?

• Why wasn’t Abraham’s righteousness because of his belief alone?

• How do belief and works (keeping Torah) function together?

Rabbi Berkson once again dissects the words in these passages so that you will have a deeper understanding of what Yah expects of you, enabling you to do it and receive the blessings.

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