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6 March 2021 Shabbat Shalom!!! Psalm 119:105-112 נ NUN 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path. 106 I have sworn and confirmed That I will keep Your righteous judgments. 107 I am afflicted very much; Revive me, O Lord, according to Your word. 108 Accept, I pray, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, And teach me Your judgments. 109 My life is continually in my hand, Yet I do not forget Your law. 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, Yet I have not strayed from Your precepts. 111 Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever, For they are the rejoicing of my heart. 112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes Forever, to the very end.   Shabbat KI TISA (When You Take) Exodus 30:11–34:35; Haftarah Ki Tissa: M’lakhim Alef (1 Kings) 18:1–39 (A); 18:20–39 (S) B’rit Hadashah suggested reading for Parashah Ki Tissa: Luke 11:14 –20; Acts 7:35–8:1; 1 Corinthians 10:1–13; 2 Corinthians 3:1–18 ; Matthew 17:1–13 “Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘When ...

5 March 2021 Psalm 119:97-104 מ Mem 97 Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long. 98 Your commands are always with me and make me wiser than my enemies. 99 I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes. 100 I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your precepts. 101 I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might obey your word. 102 I have not departed from your laws, for you yourself have taught me. 103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! 104 I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path. Exodus 34:10-26 (vi) 10 He said, “Here, I am making a covenant; in front of all your people I will do wonders such as have not been created anywhere on earth or in any nation. All the people around you will see the work of Adonai. What I am going to do through you will be awesome! 11 Observe what I am ordering you to do today. Here! I am drivi...

4 March 2021 Psalm 119:89-96 ל (Lamed) 89 Your word continues forever, Adonai, firmly fixed in heaven; 90 your faithfulness through all generations; you established the earth, and it stands. 91 Yes, it stands today, in keeping with your rulings; for all things are your servants. 92 If your Torah had not been my delight, I would have perished in my distress. 93 I will never forget your precepts, for with them you have made me alive. 94 I am yours; save me because I seek your precepts. 95 The wicked hope to destroy me, but I focus on your instruction. 96 I see the limits of all perfection, but your mitzvah has no bounds.   Exodus 34:1-9 1 (v) Adonai said to Moshe, “Cut yourself two tablets of stone like the first ones; and I will inscribe on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. 2 Be ready by morning; in the morning you are to ascend Mount Sinai and present yourself to me on the top of the mountain. 3 No one is to come up with you, and no one is t...

3 March 2021 Psalm 119:81-88 כ (Kaf) 81 I am dying to know your salvation; my hope is in your word. 82 My eyes fail from watching for your promise; I ask, “When will you comfort me?” 83 For I have shriveled like a wineskin in a smoky room; still, I don’t forget your laws. 84 How long can your servant stay alive? When will you bring judgment on my persecutors? 85 The arrogant have dug pits for me to fall in; this is not in keeping with your Torah! 86 All your mitzvot [show your] faithfulness; they are hounding me with lies; help me! 87 They have nearly ended my life on earth, but I have not abandoned your precepts. 88 In keeping with your grace, revive me; and I will observe your spoken instructions.   Exodus 33:17-23 (iv) 17 Adonai said to Moshe, “I will also do what you have asked me to do, because you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.” 18 But Moshe said, “I beg you to show me your glory!” 19 He replied, “I will cause all my goodness to pass before you, and i...

2 March 2021 Psalm 119:73-80 י (Yud) 73 Your hands made and formed me; give me understanding, so I can learn your mitzvot. 74 Those who fear you rejoice at the sight of me, because I put my hope in your word. 75 I know, Adonai, that your rulings are righteous, that even when you humble me you are faithful. 76 Let your grace comfort me, in keeping with your promise to your servant. 77 Show me pity, and I will live, for your Torah is my delight. 78 Let the proud be ashamed, because they wrong me with lies; as for me, I will meditate on your precepts. 79 Let those who fear you turn to me, along with those who know your instruction. 80 Let my heart be pure in your laws, so that I won’t be put to shame. Exodus 33 1 Adonai said to Moshe, “Leave, you and the people you brought up from the land of Egypt; and move on from here toward the land of which I swore to Avraham, Yitz’chak and Ya‘akov, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ 2 I will send an angel ahead of you; and I will drive out t...