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Wax a Must Website We pray every week for the leaders of the Jewish Ministry,Shabbat Shalom Newsletter Resources: Shabbat — Tsav • Website: https://jewishadventist-org.gcnetadventist.org wAx A must website. To subscribe to our newsletter. To download some resources (Hebrew Sabbath School, 674 and other documents). To order the book “Comfort, Comfort my people…” and many other things. 26 March / 16 Adar II 2016 / 5776 • Shalom Adventure Magazine online: www.ShalomAdventure.com If you would like to read articles, watch videos, learn things about Judaism and Israel, this website is just for you. • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WJAFC: If you would like to share with people, this Weekly This issue forum on facebook is a good place for that. News P.1 Professional Urban • Photos on Google+: http://picasaweb.google.com/jewishadventist: Jewish-Adventist We have posted a lot Parasha’s comments P.2-4 Development: of pictures on Internet during the last years. Don’t hesitate to look at them. 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Stories P.6 training for Jewish • Adventist Mission Website: http://wjafc.adventistmission.org/ We pray every Ministry This website is the new Inspirational Corner P.6,7 resource provided by the Office of Adventist Mission of the General Conference of the Seventh-day - Teaching for Adventists. week for lead- Color Sheet for Kids P.7 theological students • Russian Website: http://www.boruh.info/ This website is in Russian, many articles and the - Help to plant new parasha are posted on it every week. ers of the congregations. - Support for Adventist- Jewish Ministry, Jewish dialogue with WJAFC NEWS Paris scholars and rabbis A weekly Journal of information and training published by the According to Contextualized Jewish Adventist Friend- World Jewish Adventist Friendship Center our list of prayer aSabbath School in Portuguese a ship In New Zealand Under the umbrella of the The beginning of a quarter is always It will be a very exciting and an inter- General Conference —Office of Adventist Mission for 2016, I sug- the time to start a new Bible Study. In our esting week for Richard Elofer the direc- midst we study the Sabbath School, but tor of the world Jewish Adventist Friend- this Sabbath School lessons are not always ship Center who is in New Zealand since Journal of Information and Training — Issue 674 — 26 March 2016 / 16 Adar II 5776 gest that our contextualized for our Jewish friends, that March 23 till March 30. After two days partners pray is why the Jewish Adventist group in Brazil of travel the first meeting was with the have decided to contextualize the lesson to officers of the New Zealand Union in from March 27 be Jewish friendly. Auckland on the 23rd, it is important that I have just received the new lesson which our ministry be supported by the leaders to April 2, 2016, will start on April 1. The topic is the Be- of the Seventh-day Adventists. Then the sorat Mattityahu in Portuguese. Anyone very busy day is the 24th with a meeting for Alexander who would like to study this contextual- with the officers of the North New Zea- ized version of the Sabbath School in Por- land Conference in Auckland. But we tuguese can download it at the following Jael Wells Cuellar Carlos Muniz Orfonidiy remember that March 24 is the starting dropbox: http://adv7.in/zy. day of Purim, that is why there is a pub- English Edition: lic meeting on the evening as it was an- Richard-Amram Elofer Emails: the leader of nounced previously. Then the next public Russian Edition: English: [email protected] Alexandra Obrevko our Jewish Richard Amram Elofer Alexandra Obrevko meetings will be on Friday, Shabbat and French Edition: Russian: [email protected] Sunday. knowing that a radio program Sabine Baris French: [email protected] Adventist con- will be broadcasted for 1 hour on Shab- Spanish Edition: bat morning. The intention of these meet- Jael Wells Cuellar Spanish: [email protected] gregation in ings is to strengthen the existing Jewish Portuguese Edition: Portuguese: [email protected] Carlos Muniz Boston. Let’s adventist Community in Wellington but Dutch Edition: Dutch: [email protected] also to start a new group and congregation Hubert Paulleta pray for his min- in Kapiti, that is why Pastor Roger Lang Credit photos: will continue this meetings by his own Richard Elofer, Alexandra Obrevko, Jael Wells Cuellar istry. public gathering in the topic: “Jesus-Christ, Hubert Paulleta, Laurent Baris and Advent Digital Media decoding the most influenctial man ever” de- Hubert Paulleta for more information: contact us at www.jewishadventist.org Sabine Baris veloped in a three part series. 8 This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering shall be on the hearth Par asha for on the altar all night until the morning, Parasha Overview: and the fire of the altar shall be kept Tsav this Week burning on it. And the priest shall put as are the laws of slaugh- Tsav on his linen garment and put his linen he Torah address- undergarment on his body, and he shall tering and sprinkling the es Aharon and wAx take up the ashes to which the fire has blood of the asham (guilt- his sons to teach reduced the burnt offering on the altar korban). them additional laws Leviticus 6: 8 - 8:36 and put them beside the altar.” The details of shelamim, T (Leviticus 6:8–10) (various peace korbanot), are relating to their service. Rabbi Pakouz said that sons... in a holy place... I this high position, it would The ashes of the korban described, including the “an arrogant person always have given it to them as their be a distortion and mockery prohibition against leaving olah (the offering burnt on from G-d, the time of day able for his thoughts as well. wants to have everything portion of my fire-offerings; of the concept of the High the altar throughout the Good is not the only time related Yeshua said “You have heard his own way”. The person’s it is holy...” (Leviticus 6:16- Priest. Therefore, nothing uneaten until morning the Knowledge to G-d, the psalmist affirms … ‘Do not murder, and any- thoughts are focused only 17) Today, a person’s table may be done to create such remains of the todah, (the night) are to be removed he preceding para- “Yours is the day, yours also the one who murders will be sub- on what he/she wants. He is comparable to the altar in animosity. And likewise we, thanks-korban). from the area by the kohen sha described the night;” (Psalms 74:16). At the ject to judgment.’ But I tell you is totally self-centered and the Holy Temple. (The Tal- too, should strive to prevent various kinds of All sacrifices must be (priest) after he changes creation time, He created (Or) that anyone who is angry with inconsiderate of others. This mud, Chagigah 27b) animosity. offering, free-will offer- his special linen clothing. T light for the day and (choshech) his brother will be subject to trait causes much strife in in- burned after they may no ings, peace offerings, meal darkness for the night, day and judgment.” (Matatyahu 5:21- terpersonal relationships. If longer be eaten. Theolah (burnt offering) offerings, obligatory of- We Should Don’t Cause night belong to the L-rd. Israel 22). He said also: “You have two people in a relationship is brought by someone ferings that atone for sin Prevent Discomfort No sacrifice may be eaten had a time to offer offerings heard that it was said, ‘Do not both demand that things he Torah states: and explained the Halachot Animosity if it was slaughtered with who forgot to perform a and to pray in the Temple and commit adultery.’ But I tell must be their way, they will he Torah states: “And the L-rd (laws) connected to these positive commandment of they had also time to pray per- you that anyone who looks at quarrel all the time. If such “This is the offering spoke to Moshe the intention of eating it offerings. It was vital for the Torah. sonally at home. a woman lustfully has already a person finds someone who of Aharon and of saying: Speak to Aharon too late. Once they have the ancient Israel to get a committed adultery with her is submissive to him, he will T his sons, which they shall of- and his sons, saying: This become ritually impure, Thekohen retains the skin. good knowledge of these in his heart. (Matatyahu 5:27, get his way, but at the heavy T is the Law of the transgres- fer to G-d on the day when laws in order to serve G-d Accountable korbanot (sacrifices) may The fire on the altar must 28). price of causing another hu- he is anointed...” (Leviticus sion Offering, in the place in a proper way and to draw for Thought not be eaten and should be be kept constantly ablaze. he Parasha begins with This is why in the “Al Chet” man being pain and anguish. 6:19-20) Why does the To- where the Burnt Offer- closer to G-d the people in burned. One may not eat a Thekorban mincha (after- the laws of the Olah prayer which we recite on Yom What to do? Each of us rah specify the words “on ing is slaughtered shall the their worship.
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