{"id":7158,"date":"2018-03-05T03:07:02","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T03:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=7158"},"modified":"2018-07-26T00:13:28","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T00:13:28","slug":"bits-torah-truths-parashat-vayakhel-pekudei-bread-presence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/bits-torah-truths-parashat-vayakhel-pekudei-bread-presence\/","title":{"rendered":"Bits of Torah Truths, \u05e4\u05e8\u05e9\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea \u05d5\u05d9\u05e7\u05d4\u05dc \u05e4\u05e7\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9, Parashat Vayak\u2019hel\/Pekudei, The Bread of the Presence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Bits of Torah Truths, \u05e4\u05e8\u05e9\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea \u05d5\u05d9\u05e7\u05d4\u05dc \u05e4\u05e7\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9, Parashat Vayak\u2019hel\/Pekudei, The Bread of the Presence\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9q9PcRJW1Kg?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 we read the following concerning the construction of the table of the presence in <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Shemot \/ Exodus 37:10-16<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">, \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b7\u05a5\u05e2\u05b7\u05e9\u05c2 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05d4\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05bc\u05bb\u05dc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u0596\u05df \u05e2\u05b2\u05e6\u05b5\u05a3\u05d9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d8\u05bc\u05b4\u0591\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea\u05b7\u05a4\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b0\u05db\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u0599 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05a3\u05d4 \u05e8\u05b8\u05d7\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u0594\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05a5\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b8\u05d7\u05b5\u0596\u05e6\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e7\u05b9\u05de\u05b8\u05ea\u05bd\u05d5\u05b9\u05c3 37:10 He made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high; \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b0\u05e6\u05b7\u05a5\u05e3 \u05d0\u05b9\u05ea\u0596\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d6\u05b8\u05d4\u05b8\u05a3\u05d1 \u05d8\u05b8\u05d4\u0591\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b7\u05a5\u05e2\u05b7\u05e9\u05c2 \u05dc\u059b\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d6\u05b5\u05a5\u05e8 \u05d6\u05b8\u05d4\u05b8\u0596\u05d1 \u05e1\u05b8\u05d1\u05b4\u05bd\u05d9\u05d1\u05c3 37:11 he overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it. \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b7\u05a8\u05e2\u05b7\u05e9\u05c2 \u05dc\u05a5\u05d5\u05b9 \u05de\u05b4\u05e1\u05b0\u05d2\u05bc\u05b6\u059b\u05e8\u05b6\u05ea \u05d8\u05b9\u0596\u05e4\u05b7\u05d7 \u05e1\u05b8\u05d1\u05b4\u0591\u05d9\u05d1 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b7\u05a7\u05e2\u05b7\u05e9\u05c2 \u05d6\u05b5\u05e8\u05be\u05d6\u05b8\u05d4\u05b8\u059b\u05d1 \u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05e1\u05b0\u05d2\u05bc\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u0596\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e1\u05b8\u05d1\u05b4\u05bd\u05d9\u05d1\u05c3 37:12 He made a rim of a hand\u2019s breadth around it and made a gold molding for its rim round about. \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05e6\u05b9\u05a3\u05e7 \u05dc\u0594\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d0\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u0596\u05e2 \u05d8\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b9\u05a3\u05ea \u05d6\u05b8\u05d4\u05b8\u0591\u05d1 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b5\u05df\u0599 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05d4\u05b7\u05d8\u05bc\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e2\u05b9\u0594\u05ea \u05e2\u05b7\u059a\u05dc \u05d0\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05a3\u05e2 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e4\u05bc\u05b5\u05d0\u05b9\u0594\u05ea \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u0596\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05a5\u05e2 \u05e8\u05b7\u05d2\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05bd\u05d9\u05d5\u05c3 37:13 He cast four gold rings for it and attached the rings to the four corners at its four legs. \u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05bb\u05de\u05bc\u05b7\u05ea\u0599 \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05e1\u05b0\u05d2\u05bc\u05b6\u0594\u05e8\u05b6\u05ea \u05d4\u05b8\u05d9\u0596\u05d5\u05bc \u05d4\u05b7\u05d8\u05bc\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e2\u05b9\u0591\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd\u0599 \u05dc\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u0594\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05b8\u05e9\u05c2\u05b5\u0596\u05d0\u05ea \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05d4\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05bc\u05bb\u05dc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05bd\u05df\u05c3 37:14 The rings were next to the rim, as holders for the poles to carry the table. \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b7\u05a4\u05e2\u05b7\u05e9\u05c2 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05d4\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd\u0599 \u05e2\u05b2\u05e6\u05b5\u05a3\u05d9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d8\u05bc\u05b4\u0594\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b0\u05e6\u05b7\u05a5\u05e3 \u05d0\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u0596\u05dd \u05d6\u05b8\u05d4\u05b8\u0591\u05d1 \u05dc\u05b8\u05e9\u05c2\u05b5\u0596\u05d0\u05ea \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05d4\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05bc\u05bb\u05dc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05bd\u05df\u05c3 37:15 He made the poles of acacia wood for carrying the table, and overlaid them with gold. \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b7\u059c\u05e2\u05b7\u05e9\u05c2 \u05d0\u05b6\u05bd\u05ea\u05be\u05d4\u05b7\u05db\u05bc\u05b5\u05dc\u05b4\u05a3\u05d9\u05dd \u05c0 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05a3\u05e8 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc\u05be\u05d4\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05bc\u05bb\u05dc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u0597\u05df \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05e7\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05e8\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05a4\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05e4\u05bc\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5\u0599 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05ea\u0599 \u05de\u05b0\u05e0\u05b7\u05e7\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u0594\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05d4\u05b7\u05e7\u05bc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c2\u05b8\u05d5\u05ba\u0594\u05ea \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05a5\u05e8 \u05d9\u05bb\u05e1\u05bc\u05b7\u0596\u05da\u05b0 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4\u05b5\u0591\u05df \u05d6\u05b8\u05d4\u05b8\u0596\u05d1 \u05d8\u05b8\u05d4\u05bd\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05c3 (\u05e4) 37:16 The utensils that were to be upon the table\u2014its bowls, ladles, jugs, and jars with which to offer libations\u2014he made of pure gold.<\/span> <\/em>The bread of the Presence (\u05dc\u05d7\u05dd \u05d4\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd) was bread that was to be always present on a table in the tabernacle (and later in the temple). <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 24:5-7<\/span><\/em> describes this bread as follows, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cYou shall take fine flour and bake twelve loaves from it; two tenths of an ephah shall be in each loaf. And you shall set them in two piles, six in a pile, on the table of pure gold before the Lord. And you shall put pure frankincense on each pile, that it may go with the bread as a memorial portion as a food offering to the Lord.\u201d<\/span><\/em> In the Apostolic Writings, the author of the book of <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Hebrews 9:1-2<\/span><\/em>, states the table of the bread of the Presence was one of the items in the first section of the tabernacle. Also included in that place was the Menorah which was to give light before the Lord There were twelve loaves representing the twelve tribes of Israel. It is important to note the significance of the bread of the Presence and the Menorah together in the Tabernacle and the Ministry of Yeshua the Messiah. One observation that may be made during Yeshua\u2019s ministry, he fed the multitudes of people, using 5 loaves and then later using 7 loaves, which sums to 12 loaves. Note in Matthew 14, the feeding of the 5,000, led to collecting 12 baskets of food left over. In addition, we read the Apostle John wrote in <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">John 1:4 In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. 1:5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. 1:6 There came a man sent from God, whose name was John. 1:7 He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe through him. 1:8 He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light. 1:9 There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man. (NASB)<\/span><\/em> What is the significance of these observations?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Feeding 5,000 (loaves: \u201cThey said to Him, \u201cWe have here only five loaves and two fish.\u201d see also Matthew 14:13-21, Mark 6:30-44, Luke 9:10-17, John 6:1-15)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Feeds 4,000 (loaves: \u201cAnd Jesus said to them, \u201cHow many loaves do you have?\u201d And they said, \u201cSeven, and a few small fish.\u201d see also Matthew 15:32-39, Mark 8:1-10)<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If we consider the greater context, in Matthew 4 we read of the deceiver (Satan) wanting Yeshua to make bread for himself to eat in order to satisfy his hunger. In <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Matthew 7<\/span><\/em> Yeshua states that a loving father does not give his children stones when they ask for bread. So we make the connection that Satan wants Yeshua to bypass the complete and total dependence upon the Father and usurp authority, rather than have it granted him. Yeshua would have bread, spiritually and physically, but not from his own exercise of the power that was given him, rather, he eats based upon what our Father in heaven has granted him. In <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Matthew 9-12<\/span><\/em>, Yeshua has extended the metaphor of a grain harvest to his ministry. He then speaks of the parable of the sower and then of the parable of the leaven. Finally, in Matthew 14, we read of the feeding of the 5,000, with 12 baskets left over. In Matthew 15, we are given the feeding of the 4,000 with 7 baskets left over. Finally, in <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Matthew 16<\/span><\/em> the disciples worried about not having bread to eat and Yeshua explains that the previous bread miracles are not really about bread and warns them against the \u201cleaven\u201d of the scribes and Pharisees, which is a reference to their teaching. The significance of these observations is for drawing us back into the Torah context and the way of life God has provided for His people. These examples on the use of bread draw us back to the Torah context in relation to the manna as well as to the Tabernacle that may be found in the table of the presence and the bread of the presence. What we are being taught here is in relation to leaven (sin), where the temptation is to circumvent what the Lord has for us in His Word. On a simple level the symbolism of the bread and the extra baskets of bread is that we are to seek the right \/ correct teaching, the teaching that corresponds to the word of God, regardless of the immediate circumstances. Having done so we will find an abundance left over because the Lord God is a gracious provider. The bread and the Menorah illustrate for us the messianic nature of the Menorah for light and the bread for life, that will guide those people who are walking in darkness to walk in the light of living upon the Word of God. Yeshua is the source of light having illustrated for us how to walk in God\u2019s Ways where the Lord tells us through Paul that we are being conformed unto the likeness of the Messiah. Yeshua became the mediatory of the covenant so that those who believe and put what they believe into practice may receive the promised eternal inheritance. The question is, do you want the inheritance God wants for you and are you willing to accept all of God\u2019s Word for that purpose?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BTT_Parashat-Vayak\u2019hel-Pekudei-2018.pdf\">BTT_Parashat-Vayak\u2019hel-Pekudei-2018<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s Torah portion we read the following concerning the construction of the table of the presence in Shemot \/ Exodus 37:10-16, \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b7\u05a5\u05e2\u05b7\u05e9\u05c2 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05d4\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05bc\u05bb\u05dc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u0596\u05df \u05e2\u05b2\u05e6\u05b5\u05a3\u05d9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d8\u05bc\u05b4\u0591\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea\u05b7\u05a4\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b0\u05db\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u0599 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05a3\u05d4 \u05e8\u05b8\u05d7\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u0594\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05a5\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b8\u05d7\u05b5\u0596\u05e6\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e7\u05b9\u05de\u05b8\u05ea\u05bd\u05d5\u05b9\u05c3 37:10 He made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7162,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7158","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bits-of-torah-truth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7158","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}