๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฆโHebrew for “laws or justiceโ the second word of the parashah) is the eighteenth weekly Torah portion (ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืืโ, parashah) in the annual cycle of Torah reading and the sixth in the Book of Exodus. The parashah sets out a series of laws, which some scholars call the Covenant Code. It reports the people’s acceptance of the covenant with God. The parashah constitutes Exodus 21:1โ24:18. The parashah is made up of 5,313 Hebrew letters, 1,462 Hebrew words, 118 verses, and 185 lines in a Torah scroll (ืกึตืคึถืจ ืชึผืึนืจึธืโ, Sefer Torah).
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๐ฌAs we read this weekโs Torah portion we read a great deal about laws of justice-commandments about how we treat our fellow brother or sister. This parsha culminates in Exodus 24 which details the marriage between Yahweh and the Israelites through the covenant. Moses serves as the intermediary or matchmaker between Yahweh and the Israelites in this divine marriage where The Creator of The Universe marries a people. What I find ironic is that in Genesis 24 we read about another marriage; the marriage of Isaac and Rebekah who are brought together by Eliezer whose name means โhelp of my Eliohimโ and Moses serves in this position as Yahweh makes a covenant with the Israelites. As we read Exodus 24 we are taken through the steps of Yahweh marries Israel as we read Genesis 24 we are taken through the steps of Isaac marrying Rebekah; the scriptures show a beautiful metaphor or marriage and love between Yahweh and his people. Truly we are living a divine love story with justice at the center.
๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐: ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ & ๐๐๐๐๐ค๐๐ก ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฑ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐: ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ฐ๐๐ก & ๐๐ฌ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐-๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐: https://youtu.be/6Wxu4y9awUM
๐ ๐๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐๐คโ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ก ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.