Why Messianic Halakha is needed- Part 14.
Date: Jun 13th, 2009 11:34:34 pm - Subscribe
Mood: Loving Torah
Why Messianic Halakha is needed- Part 14.
By Rabbi Aminadav Ben Avraham Hinton
Theme: Yeshua The Lamb without defect
Script:
Number 28. 16-25/ Deuteronomy 16.1-22/ Matthews 26.1-75/ Luke 2. 36-52/ Luke 22.1-71
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The Orthodox Jewish Bible reading Bmidbar 28. 16.
And in the fourteenth day of the chodesh harishon ( first month Nisan) is the Pesach to Hashem. 17. And in the fifteen day of this month is a Chag ( Chag HaMatzot) Shivat Yamim shall shall matzot be eaten. 18. In the yom harishon shall be a mikra kodesh ( holy convocation), ye shall do no manner of melekhet avodah therein.
Messianic Halakha comes to us from the Hebrew word to mean: This path, This walk, This way, It is a term for rules and rulings that govern Jewish life. Again Mitzvah stands for Law, Instruction & Oracle while Halakha means Application, many confuse the two as being the same and they aren't,
In this lesson we will cover the Halakha Importance of Pesach- The next six halakha lessons starting with last weeks Rosh Chodesh outline the biblical feast, From the book titled: The Feast of the Lord, By Rabbi Modecai Silver, Rabbi of Etz Chayim Fellowship NM. It reads on page 6. In the middle
As you notice the first and the seventh day of unleavened bread are Shabbats, Passover is not A Shabbat and Passover is a one day Mo'ed- Appointed Time. This day is usually what is considered to be preparation day, as it is on passover that the lambs are brought to the Temple and sacrificed in order to be used for the passover seder. The slaying of the passover lamb by the High Priest took place at 3:00 PM. This was precisely when Yeshua died and uttered the words,
“ It is finished,” Which Jewish tradition tells us are the same words that the High Priest said after he had slain the lamb. The other interesting point that I would like to bring up is that while the lamb was being slain in the Temple, Yeshua was being slain outside the camp, as he has become the embodiment of sin and was suffering a criminals death by crucifixion. Yeshua becoming sin for our sake shed his blood and offered up his body on the altar, So that we could become children of the living God- The Nation of Israel reborn anew through our High Priest Yeshua ( Cohen HaGadol) End of Book Quote.
Pesach begins on the 15th day of the month- Nisan, equivalent to March and April. In the story of the Exodus, The Torah tells us that YHVH inflicted ten plagues upon the Egyptians before this African people who would release the African Hebrew Slaves. It is the first of three major festivals, the other two are Shavu'ot and Sukkot based on Lev 23. Agriculturally It represents the beginning of the harvest season in Israel, probably the most significant observance related to Pesach involves the removal of Chametz ( Leaven)
This commemorates the fact that the Jews leaving Egypt were in a hurry and did not have time to let the bread rise, It is also a symbolic way of removing the puffiness of arrogance, pride, haughtiness from the souls of mankind.
There is so much about Pesach that we already no, so from Halakhoth aspect I want to point out some more values of Pesach from Talmud and Traditional thought.
HaHodesh Hazzeh Lakhem Hodashem
This month shall be unto you, the first of the months
Shemot 12.2
Hodesh HaAbib, The month of Nisan is the first month of the year in the counting of the months. There is no confession, There is no fasting one who has an anniversary of the passing of his father, mother consult Hakham as to whether the fast should be held in Nisan for you or not. Birkath HaIlanoth, The blessing of the trees should be recited this month, It is preferable to say it with a Minyan(quorum of ten males) so that the recitation: Birkath Ha'Ilanoth is said. It is also a festival in which there are a plethora of Minhaghim ( Customs) and Halakhoth ( Laws) which add to the occasion.
On the eve of the fourteenth day, the head of the household make the Bediqath Hames( Search for Leaven) by the light of the candle with only one wick, He takes with him a knife with which he thoroughly checks all cracks and crevices behind the wife to make certain she did her job in cleaning all the house before Pesach, If he finds any it must be cleaned, He makes sure all Leaven/ Hametz is put out, and a bowl in which a piece of bread is placed, A little salt should be added, one reason for this being that salt is known to be a deterrent to Ha'Satan who is said to be jealous of this Minhag.
The Halakha of this among the Ashkenazim is to use a feather and a wooden spoon during Bediqah. No Matzah may be eaten either, from the eve of the fourteenth until the seder at night Matzah- Massah Shemura is not to be eaten from Rosh Chodesh. It is worth noting that most Sephardim recite-
Berakha of Hammosi on Matzah which is Kasher Lepesah, only on Pesah itself. The rest of the year, Since this Matzah is considered to be “Lechem Oni “( Bread of Affliction), The Berakha of Mezonoth should be recited over it. Ideally however when eating- Kasher LePesah Massah during the rest of the year. The Berakha of Hammosi should be recited on bread and then the Massah should be eaten after it with no additional blessing, This way all opinions are satisfied. Matzah, Massah which is not Kasher LePesah however is deemed to be Hammes and Hammosi is recited. When Shabbat immediately follows a feast or holiday, an Erub Tabshilia must be made in order to permit us to prepare food on Friday- day for Shabbat. Before Minha, on Ereb Pesah 58 grams ( 20 0z) of Matzah must be set aside together with 29 grams ( 1 oz) of cooked food- usually by some a hard boiled egg, which we won't use because of it's pagan influence with Eastar, Easter. A blessing ( Berakha) and a formula permitting us to cook on Friday- Day for Shabbat must be recited, They can be found in most Holiday Siddurs, In the Tefillah Yesharim Shalosh Reghalim Books- They can be found on page 7.
Lastly Yeshua is such, that as the final lamb that his sacrifice covered more than the prior lamb, This lamb even covered the sins of the Goyims, the whole world. This Lamb died and a clear depiction of him being the final lamb is his blood shed the same way and direction the lambs blood drained down the altar, another thing is the lamb gave his life up as Yeshua gave his up, no one took the lambs life, he laid down his life freely as the perfect sacrifice and propitiation of sin as did the first stand till Yeshua came so Yeshua came and the offering of sacrifices ceased immediately after Yeshua died. You see no more offering of any lamb after Yeshua, This is not a coincidence- had another lamb died after Yeshua it would have had no effect, Yeshua has come and fulfilled all within himself and he is the only lamb who gave his body up and yet live today
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