{"id":6541,"date":"2017-05-14T14:55:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-14T14:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=6541"},"modified":"2018-07-26T00:50:26","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T00:50:26","slug":"bits-torah-truths-parshiyot-behar-bechukotai-tzdakah-strengthening-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/bits-torah-truths-parshiyot-behar-bechukotai-tzdakah-strengthening-brother\/","title":{"rendered":"Bits of Torah Truths, Parshiyot Behar and Bechukotai, \u05e4\u05e8\u05e9\u05ea \u05d1\u05d4\u05e8 \u05d5\u05d1\u05d7\u05e7\u05ea\u05d9, Tzdakah and the Strengthening of Your Brother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Bits of Torah Truths, Parshiyot Behar and Bechukotai, Tzdakah and the Strengthening of Your Brother\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a8pfbz-1lTs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this week\u2019s Torah portion the Lord gives us His mitzvot on how to take care of the poor.\u00a0 The Torah describes the situation for someone who has found themselves to be in trouble financially. In the worst case, a person may sell himself to someone in order to pay off his debt.\u00a0 The selling of one\u2019s self into the service of another, the way the Torah describes this, the person is to remain as a respected part of the community and he has the opportunity to earn his way out of poverty.\u00a0 The Torah tells us that when one must sell himself in this way, he is not selling his rights to <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cLife, Liberty, Justice, and the pursuit of Happiness\u201d (a well known phrase in the United States Declaration of Independence).<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 We are commanded to not to look down on someone who is in this situation, but to help him to gain an increase, illustrated in the command not to charge interest to a fellow Israelite or to the poor, for the purpose of allowing him to get himself out of debt.\u00a0 Yeshua stated <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cThe poor you will always have with you\u201d (John 12:8)<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 If we consider the context, Yeshua was actually advocating generosity and action as a Chasidim (Righteous person) to eradicate poverty, rather than throwing the hands-up-in-the-air with a shoulder-shrugging type of apathy saying there is no use. The prophet Isaiah describes how the Lord wants us to approach the poor saying the following, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Isaiah 58:7-11, \u201c58:7 \u2018Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry And bring the homeless poor into the house; When you see the naked, to cover him; And not to hide yourself from your own flesh? 58:8 \u2018Then your light will break out like the dawn, And your recovery will speedily spring forth; And your righteousness will go before you; The glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. 58:9 \u2018Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; You will cry, and He will say, \u2018Here I am.\u2019 If you remove the yoke from your midst, The pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness, 58:10 And if you give yourself to the hungry And satisfy the desire of the afflicted, Then your light will rise in darkness And your gloom will become like midday. 58:11 \u2018And the Lord will continually guide you, And satisfy your desire in scorched places, And give strength to your bones; And you will be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water whose waters do not fail. (NASB)\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 Isaiah states the obvious perspective for the child of God, if we see someone who has need we are to share with them our bread and drink, if they are naked give them cloths, and a place to stay by bringing them into our homes.\u00a0 Doing such things causes our light to break forth like the sun light and healing will come.\u00a0 Notice how Lashon Hara is connected to this act of righteousness (i.e. the pointing finger and speaking wickedness).\u00a0 This is connected to making fun of the poor and homeless as opposed to actually getting involved and doing something about it.\u00a0\u00a0 The Mishnah Torah 6:6 states, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cIf a stranger comes and says, \u2018I am hungry. Please give me food,\u2019 we are not allowed to check to see if he is honest or not; we must immediately give him food.\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 The point of this comment in the Mishnah is to set aside the opportunity for Lashon Harah and to simply give, because the Lord wants us to give in purity and truth and not with a begrudging heart.\u00a0 The Torah states the following in <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 15:7-11 \u201cIf among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother, but you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be &#8230; For the poor you will always have with you in the land. Therefore I command you, \u2018You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 The point of these Scriptures are meant to spur generosity towards the poor.\u00a0 The mitzvah in the Torah is\u00a0 to <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cOpen wide your hand!\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 The command to be open-handed towards the poor comes directly from the Lord God of Israel himself.\u00a0 The Lord calls us to have an active part in the lives of others and to help others.\u00a0 Have you done your part to help the poor?\u00a0 Have you fulfilled your calling where the poor are lifted up and the hungry are fed?\u00a0 Let\u2019s look at these Scriptures a little closer in this week\u2019s Torah Portion.<\/p>\n<p>This week we are looking at <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 25:35-55<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 25:35-55<\/span><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> 25:35 \u2018Now in case a countryman of yours becomes poor and his means with regard to you falter, then you are to sustain him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you. 25:36 \u2018Do not take usurious interest from him, but revere your God, that your countryman may live with you. 25:37 \u2018You shall not give him your silver at interest, nor your food for gain. 25:38 \u2018I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God. 25:39 \u2018If a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to you that he sells himself to you, you shall not subject him to a slave\u2019s service. 25:40 \u2018He shall be with you as a hired man, as if he were a sojourner; he shall serve with you until the year of jubilee. 25:41 \u2018He shall then go out from you, he and his sons with him, and shall go back to his family, that he may return to the property of his forefathers. 25:42 \u2018For they are My servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt; they are not to be sold in a slave sale. 25:43 \u2018You shall not rule over him with severity, but are to revere your God. 25:44 \u2018As for your male and female slaves whom you may have you may acquire male and female slaves from the pagan nations that are around you. 25:45 \u2018Then, too, it is out of the sons of the sojourners who live as aliens among you that you may gain acquisition, and out of their families who are with you, whom they will have produced in your land; they also may become your possession. 25:46 \u2018You may even bequeath them to your sons after you, to receive as a possession; you can use them as permanent slaves. But in respect to your countrymen, the sons of Israel, you shall not rule with severity over one another. 25:47 \u2018Now if the means of a stranger or of a sojourner with you becomes sufficient, and a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to him as to sell himself to a stranger who is sojourning with you, or to the descendants of a stranger\u2019s family, 25:48 then he shall have redemption right after he has been sold. One of his brothers may redeem him, 25:49 or his uncle, or his uncle\u2019s son, may redeem him, or one of his blood relatives from his family may redeem him; or if he prospers, he may redeem himself. 25:50 \u2018He then with his purchaser shall calculate from the year when he sold himself to him up to the year of jubilee; and the price of his sale shall correspond to the number of years. It is like the days of a hired man that he shall be with him. 25:51 \u2018If there are still many years, he shall refund part of his purchase price in proportion to them for his own redemption; 25:52 and if few years remain until the year of jubilee, he shall so calculate with him. In proportion to his years he is to refund the amount for his redemption. 25:53 \u2018Like a man hired year by year he shall be with him; he shall not rule over him with severity in your sight. 25:54 \u2018Even if he is not redeemed by these means, he shall still go out in the year of jubilee, he and his sons with him. 25:55 \u2018For the sons of Israel are My servants; they are My servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God. 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\u05e0\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d2\u05bc\u05b0\u05d0\u05bb\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05b6\u05d4-\u05dc\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d0\u05b6\u05d7\u05b8\u05d3 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b6\u05d7\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d9\u05b4\u05d2\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05dc\u05b6\u05e0\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc: \u05de\u05d8\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9-\u05d3\u05b9\u05d3\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d1\u05b6\u05df-\u05d3\u05bc\u05b9\u05d3\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05d2\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05dc\u05b6\u05e0\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9-\u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05e8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e9\u05b8\u05b9\u05e8\u05d5\u05b9 \u05de\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05d2\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05dc\u05b6\u05e0\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9-\u05d4\u05b4\u05e9\u05bc\u05c2\u05b4\u05d9\u05d2\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05d5\u05b9 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\u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05db\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b4\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05b6\u05d4 \u05e2\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05d9\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b6\u05e0\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e4\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8: \u05e0\u05d3\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b4\u05d2\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05e6\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e0\u05b7\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b9\u05d1\u05b5\u05dc \u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05e2\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9: [\u05de\u05e4\u05d8\u05d9\u05e8] \u05e0\u05d4\u00a0\u00a0 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9-\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05e2\u05b2\u05d1\u05b8\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e2\u05b2\u05d1\u05b8\u05d3\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b5\u05dd \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8-\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05e6\u05b5\u05d0\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05dd \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05de\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This week\u2019s Torah portion speaks of one loosing the means to take care for his family and property saying the following, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 25:35-36, \u05dc\u05d4\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05db\u05b4\u05d9-\u05d9\u05b8\u05de\u05d5\u05bc\u05da\u05b0 \u05d0\u05b8\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b8\u05d8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e2\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05da\u05b0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b6\u05d7\u05b1\u05d6\u05b7\u05e7\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d2\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d1 \u05d5\u05b8\u05d7\u05b7\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05da\u05b0: \u05dc\u05d5\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d0\u05b7\u05dc-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e7\u05bc\u05b7\u05d7 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e0\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05ea\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05e8\u05b5\u05d0\u05ea\u05b8 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d7\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b8\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05e2\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05da\u05b0: 25:35 \u2018Now in case a countryman of yours becomes poor and his means with regard to you falter, then you are to sustain him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you. 25:36 \u2018Do not take usurious interest from him, but revere your God, that your countryman may live with you. (NASB)\u00a0<\/span><\/em> Notice how the Hebrew text is written, it says \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b6\u05d7\u05b1\u05d6\u05b7\u05e7\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d2\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d1 \u05d5\u05b8\u05d7\u05b7\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05da\u05b0 literally saying <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cyou are to strengthen\u00a0 (\u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b6\u05d7\u05b1\u05d6\u05b7\u05e7\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8) him (\u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9) like a stranger (\u05d2\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8) and to return (\u05d5\u05b0\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d1) and live with you.\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 This strengthening of your brother is generalized and is translated as <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201csustain\u201d<\/span><\/em> in the NASB.\u00a0 The reason this is made into a generalized statement is because we do not know the situation or the need of our brother.\u00a0 In addition, it is important to note that charging interest is connected to <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201crevering\u201d<\/span><\/em> the Lord God of Israel.\u00a0 To revere means to <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201dfeel deep respect or admiration, honor, think highly of, esteem, hold in high esteem, hold in high regard.\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 The Masoretic Text uses the word \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05e8\u05b5\u05d0\u05ea\u05b8 from the root word \u05d9\u05e8\u05d0 meaning <em>\u201cto fear.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 The reason interest is not to be charged for financial help that is given is because the Lord brought all of Israel out of the land of Egypt and had given the land of Canaan to be His people (<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 25:38<\/span><\/em>).\u00a0 He delivered a mixed multitude and so the ger (\u05d2\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8, stranger) is included in the command.\u00a0 The command to take care of the poor among you is meant for respect of persons and property.\u00a0 The Torah describes by saying,<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> 25:39 \u2018If a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to you that he sells himself to you, you shall not subject him to a slave\u2019s service. 25:40 \u2018He shall be with you as a hired man, as if he were a sojourner; he shall serve with you until the year of jubilee. 25:41 \u2018He shall then go out from you, he and his sons with him, and shall go back to his family, that he may return to the property of his forefathers. 25:42 \u2018For they are My servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt; they are not to be sold in a slave sale. 25:43 \u2018You shall not rule over him with severity, but are to revere your God. (NASB)\u00a0<\/span><\/em> The command to take care of the poor is commanded and is valid today so we do not demoralize those who are poor, that we do not to look down on someone who is in this situation, but are called to help such a person to gain an increase, which is again illustrated in the command not to charge interest to a fellow Israelite or to the poor, for the purpose of allowing him to get himself out of debt.<\/p>\n<p>The rabbis state the following in Tur HaAroch on <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 25:35<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tur HaAroch on Vayikra \/ Leviticus 25:35<\/span><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> \u05d5\u05d7\u05d9 \u05e2\u05de\u05da, \u201cso that he may live alongside you.\u201d This is a positive commandment addressed to you the Israelite with means, to enable fellow Israelites to have secure means of subsistence. The commandment to physically save fellow Israelites\u2019 lives (when they appear to be in danger) flows directly from this verse. The Torah repeats and says:<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Torah states <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cso that he may live along side of you.\u201d <\/span><\/em>(\u05d5\u05d7\u05d9 \u05e2\u05de\u05da)\u00a0 This is an important statement because this describes the one who is poor as a co-equal living along side of us not as a slave who has no rights.\u00a0 This demonstrates the high level at which one is to esteem our fellow man.\u00a0 Even though one sells himself into slavery, he is not to be treated as having no rights of liberty, justice, and the pursuit of happiness.\u00a0 The rabbis say this is a positive command because the purpose is to show respect and to enable the fellow Israelite to secure their means of subsistence.\u00a0 The rabbis say this is a command to physically save the life of our fellow man.\u00a0 Have you ever considered giving to the poor is synonymous to saving a life?\u00a0 Notice how giving is meant for the purpose of getting the fellow human being the opportunity to increase his means.\u00a0 Is this the kind of system we have in place today in the giving to the poor t o help them to attain a means to get out of their poverty?<\/p>\n<p>The <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Mishnah Torah, Gifts to the Poor 7:1<\/span><\/em> has the following to say concerning the Scriptures we are looking at this week.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Mishneh Torah, Gifts to the Poor 7:1<\/em><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em> 1. It is a positive commandment to give Tzedaka to poor people according to what is appropriate for the recipient if the donor can afford it as it says \u201cYou shall surely open your hand to him\u201d and it says \u201cAnd you shall strengthen the stranger and he shall live among you.\u201d And it says \u201cand your brother shall live among you.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Mishneh Torah, Gifts to the Poor 10:1<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>We are obligated to be careful about the commandment [to give] charity, more than any other positive commandment for charity is a sign of the righteous, the seed of Avraham, as it says \u201cFor I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness&#8230;\u201d And the seat of Israel is not established nor is the True Faith preserved except through charity as it says \u201cIn righteousness shalt thou be established\u201d nor shall Israel be redeemed except through charity as it says \u201cZion shall be redeemed with justice, and they that return of her with righteousness.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Mishneh Torah, Gifts to the Poor 10:7<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em> There are eight levels of charity, one above the other. The greatest level that has nothing above it is to strengthen the hand of a Jew who has become poor and give him a gift or loan or create a partnership with him or make up some work for him, so as strengthen his hand until he does not [any longer] need to ask others [for help]. And about this it is said (Leviticus 25:35), \u201cand you shall strengthen the hand of a stranger and a resident and he shall live with you;\u201d meaning, strenghten him until he no [longer] falls and becomes needy.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Mishnah tells us that it is commanded to give <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cTzedaka\u201d<\/span><\/em> to poor people.\u00a0 Tzedaka means <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201ccharitable giving,\u201d<\/span><\/em> and is typically seen as a moral obligation.\u00a0 Charity, giving, and taking care of the poor is a sign of the righteous, those who are children of God, children of Abraham will do such things.\u00a0 Therefore it is concluded that those who are righteous will help the poor.\u00a0 This is what Yeshua taught according to <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Matthew 25.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Matthew 25:33-43<\/span><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> 25:33 and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left. 25:34 \u2018Then the King will say to those on His right, \u2018Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 25:35 \u2018For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; 25:36 naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.\u2019 25:37 \u2018Then the righteous will answer Him, \u2018Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink? 25:38 \u2018And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You? 25:39 \u2018When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?\u2019 25:40 \u2018The King will answer and say to them, \u2018Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.\u2019 25:41 \u2018Then He will also say to those on His left, \u2018Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels; 25:42 for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink; 25:43 I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.\u2019 (NASB)<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Note the significance of taking care of those who are in need.\u00a0 Yeshua mentions the sick, those in prison, those who are naked and poor, and those who are hungry and in need of food and drink.\u00a0 It appears those who are God\u2019s chosen ones will be involved in obeying the Torah command by taking care of those who are in need.\u00a0 The Mishnah states, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cthe seat of Israel is not established nor is True Faith preserved except through charity\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 This delineates those who are of true faith.\u00a0 Remember even the widow (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Mark 12:41-44<\/em><\/span>) who was extremely poor gave gifts, so the level of our income is no excuse to not give and help others.\u00a0 The Mishnah states, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cFor I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness&#8230;\u201d<\/span><\/em> Did your parents teach you to take care of others?\u00a0 Have you or are you teaching your children to take care of those who are in need?\u00a0 There is a deep spiritual indicator here that marks our relationship with the Lord and His Word.\u00a0 Midrash Rabbah teaches the following on this topic:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Midrash Rabbah Vayikra Parashat 34 Part 3<\/em><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em> Another Thing: \u2018But if he is impoverished\u2019, here it is written, \u201cThe merciful man does good to his own soul (Mishley \/ Proverbs 11:17),\u201d &#8230;<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Midrash Rabbah teaches from the Proverbs saying that the one who is merciful does good to his own soul by helping those who are impoverished.\u00a0 The midrashic example of this principle is of a king who bathes, scrubs, and feeds those who he is in charge of.\u00a0 In addition, note also what was taking placed in the first century following the resurrection of Yeshua.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Acts 4:31-35<\/em><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em> 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness. 4:32 And the congregation of those who believed were of one heart and soul; and not one of them claimed that anything belonging to him was his own, but all things were common property to them. 4:33 And with great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and abundant grace was upon them all. 4:34 For there was not a needy person among them, for all who were owners of land or houses would sell them and bring the proceeds of the sales 4:35 and lay them at the apostles\u2019 feet, and they would be distributed to each as any had need. (NASB)<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The record of the first century events shows us that the congregation of those who believed were of one heart and soul, they sold what they had and gave to those who had need.\u00a0 <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Acts 4:34<\/span><\/em> states that there was not one needy person among them.\u00a0 The people were fulfilling the Torah command, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 15:7-11 \u201c&#8230; Therefore I command you, \u2018You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.\u2019\u201d (NASB)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 The Torah is very explicit when the Lord commands people to be open handed.\u00a0 If you have a begrudging heart when giving to others, consider the covenant that we have in Yeshua the Messiah, and the kind of repentant attitude (humility) we are to have before God and others.\u00a0 Giving is often treated as a suggestion or a good idea when the time is right.\u00a0 However, the command given in the Torah is a mandate.\u00a0 This command is so weighty, Yeshua uses this as an example for either getting into or being excluded from heaven.\u00a0 This is a spiritual indicator and provides insight into our relationship with God and others.\u00a0 This is explained within the concept that not only should we love your enemies, but also lend to them our things and never expect anything back.\u00a0 This is the idea behind what Isaiah said (<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Isaiah 58:7-11<\/span><\/em>), to give your bread to the needy, bring the homeless into your home, clothing the naked and feeding the hungry.\u00a0 The effect of charity, paul wrote in <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Romans 12:20 \u201cIf your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 Isaiah states the perspective of God for His people who are living obedient to the command.\u00a0 This appears to be the definition of the righteous way of God.\u00a0 This also describes the righteousness of God\u2019s children.\u00a0 Based upon the Torah and the Apostolic Writings, Yeshua\u2019s words Himself emphasize how this command is more than a suggestion but is vitally important in the life of a believer.\u00a0 The compassionate open-handedness to the outsider stands in contrast to the brutal world full of arrogance, violence, and Lashon Hara.\u00a0 We are called to be generous, loving, and showing mercy to all.\u00a0 This is the Way of God.\u00a0 Yeshua taught us to walk in God\u2019s Ways.\u00a0 In light of this study, how important do you believe it is to take care of those who are in need?\u00a0 Do you believe this can effect your salvation in Yeshua?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BTT_Parashat-Behar-Bechukotai-2017.pdf\">BTT_Parashat Behar-Bechukotai-2017<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s Torah portion the Lord gives us His mitzvot on how to take care of the poor.\u00a0 The Torah describes the situation for someone who has found themselves to be in trouble financially. 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