#ThisWeeksTorahPortion ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ

๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฆโ€”Hebrew for “laws or justiceโ€ the second word of the parashah) is the eighteenth weekly Torah portion (ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืื”โ€Ž, 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 21:1โ€“24:18. The parashah is made up of 5,313 Hebrew letters, 1,462 Hebrew words, 118 verses, and 185 lines in a Torah scroll (ืกึตืคึถืจ ืชึผื•ึนืจึธื”โ€Ž, Sefer Torah).

๐Ÿ“œ ๐„๐ฑ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’

๐ŸŒฌAs we read this weekโ€™s 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 โ€œhelp 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ˆ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐š๐š๐œ & ๐‘๐ž๐›๐ž๐ค๐š๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐„๐ฑ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐˜๐š๐ก๐ฐ๐ž๐ก & ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ซ๐š๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ-๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž: https://youtu.be/6Wxu4y9awUM

๐Ÿ“œ ๐‹๐ž๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐คโ€™๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ก ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.