{"id":1144,"date":"2011-02-27T14:04:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-27T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/bblog2\/client\/index.cfm\/2011\/2\/27\/Parashat-Pekudei-The-Golden-Thread"},"modified":"2012-09-29T16:21:36","modified_gmt":"2012-09-29T16:21:36","slug":"parashat-pekudei-the-golden-thread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/parashat-pekudei-the-golden-thread\/","title":{"rendered":"Parashat Pekudei, The Golden Thread."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<!-- Place some text here to wrap near image --><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;This week&rsquo;s Parashat describe the priest&rsquo;s ceremonial robes and their construction.&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe style, color, and materials that go into the construction of the priestly garments are rich with significance<br \/>\nand can be described as garments of glory and beauty.&nbsp; <font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Shemot \/ Exodus<\/em><br \/>\n<em>39:3 <\/em><\/font>says <font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Then they hammered out gold sheets and cut them into<br \/>\nthreads to be woven in with the blue and the purple and the scarlet material, and the fine linen, the work of a<br \/>\nskillful workman. (NASB)<\/em><\/font>&nbsp; This is particularly interesting since gold is a yellow precious metal<br \/>\nthat has been known and used as a monetary medium throughout history.&nbsp; The construction of the garments with<br \/>\nthe use of gold threads provides us with an inherent preciousness and value in the role of the Cohen HaGadol<br \/>\n(Hight Priest).&nbsp; In addition to this, <font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Shemot \/ Exodus<\/em><\/font> says<br \/>\n<em>&ldquo;<font style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&hellip; petilim lasot betoch hatchelet u&rsquo;btoch<br \/>\nhaargaman u&rsquo;vtoch tolaat hashaniy u&rsquo;vtoch hashesh maaseh khoshev&rdquo;<\/font><\/em> the use of<br \/>\nthe Hebrew word &ldquo;betoch&rdquo; (and &ldquo;u&rsquo;vetoch&rdquo;) meaning <em>&ldquo;in the midst<br \/>\nof&rdquo;<\/em> indicates that the golden threads are to be intertwined with a three cord thread of blue,<br \/>\npurple and scarlet material.&nbsp; I believe there is a spiritual significance of incorporating the golden<br \/>\nthread into the priestly garments that speaks of our relationship with God and Yeshua&rsquo;s role as savior<br \/>\nand king.&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/2010-2011\/Parashat%20Pekudei%20_2010-2011_.pdf\">Read More here.<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;This week&rsquo;s Parashat describe the priest&rsquo;s ceremonial robes and their construction.&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe style, color, and materials that go into the construction of the priestly garments are rich with significance<br \/>\nand can be&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1144","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}