tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77517513153767529432024-03-12T18:26:15.429-07:00Challah and Cherry Blossomsshayndelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13506811690843992800noreply@blogger.comBlogger538125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751751315376752943.post-15114593541944142092023-09-18T01:49:00.008-07:002023-09-18T01:50:51.945-07:00Shanah Tovah! Yom Teruah Sameach!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAYIjQRqXXgj_Qkt-SCfXHJsL3yXBP-Kpghsjm2DDCv0i8ymmBz4ONuZSS75Mf8_sL0y-iYA5xhrAKGb252nOz-ILwnfm4MxFpT3tkfocmWcB8IGqKhu6flClDet1mnS7MSBGEQsxAVxZ0eOoS3tiIza1P6GUMSoMlRqTRvOYPs9edlQnnBfTE15CFdfk/s1409/crown%20the%20year%205784.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1047" data-original-width="1409" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAYIjQRqXXgj_Qkt-SCfXHJsL3yXBP-Kpghsjm2DDCv0i8ymmBz4ONuZSS75Mf8_sL0y-iYA5xhrAKGb252nOz-ILwnfm4MxFpT3tkfocmWcB8IGqKhu6flClDet1mnS7MSBGEQsxAVxZ0eOoS3tiIza1P6GUMSoMlRqTRvOYPs9edlQnnBfTE15CFdfk/s320/crown%20the%20year%205784.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVzlVcbN-hb0Ccil1DPS_JW4Agg6BeY3jpVztgXlrWRmiGXj_qghKnXC4XqLOcPDOQTMQTi3ELkWRYnrmnOwJXCjAuSYx1-iZWfF1vTb5lfJBZTKyW07d06gLtpMr9CCC8IXnpZuSz1xkrJi4AH6pA9qot5I--gwSgEJUFPV1rN9dNbfdB2fQ2zKqXCHo/s1748/Crown%20with%20your%20goodness%205784.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1181" data-original-width="1748" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVzlVcbN-hb0Ccil1DPS_JW4Agg6BeY3jpVztgXlrWRmiGXj_qghKnXC4XqLOcPDOQTMQTi3ELkWRYnrmnOwJXCjAuSYx1-iZWfF1vTb5lfJBZTKyW07d06gLtpMr9CCC8IXnpZuSz1xkrJi4AH6pA9qot5I--gwSgEJUFPV1rN9dNbfdB2fQ2zKqXCHo/s320/Crown%20with%20your%20goodness%205784.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Poppins;"> L`Shanah Tovah U`metukah!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Poppins;">Happy and sweet new year 5784 to you and your loved ones, and to all Israel!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Poppins;">Chag Yom Teruah Sameach!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Poppins;">Happy Feast of Trumpets!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Poppins;">Love ,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Poppins;">❤️ <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Poppins;">Shayndel</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Poppins;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Poppins;"> </span><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A Challah blog and more! </div>shayndelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13506811690843992800noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751751315376752943.post-28986975307881054722023-08-28T22:57:00.013-07:002023-08-29T01:19:56.969-07:00Shabbat Flowers ~ and an Elul Story<div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE07w7WZJ8cWMCDuf68Wf7ueJG4QscLn7OUuBWF6DH58J_I1uEpmdaLjsxcl9DwvbZwnVmhEIAuoo-sAJQW-HnWsscyaS8I50v8SfbJIfdwZoPgpg5e4Xt5poajnIHPCT1xPgvWpFnmCl9YkADhg2Q_nYVpo8HyHFLORqRBJaWURoaml4WwD_zMPhlbSo/s4032/IMG_8043.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE07w7WZJ8cWMCDuf68Wf7ueJG4QscLn7OUuBWF6DH58J_I1uEpmdaLjsxcl9DwvbZwnVmhEIAuoo-sAJQW-HnWsscyaS8I50v8SfbJIfdwZoPgpg5e4Xt5poajnIHPCT1xPgvWpFnmCl9YkADhg2Q_nYVpo8HyHFLORqRBJaWURoaml4WwD_zMPhlbSo/s320/IMG_8043.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87crM3B8cowiJdroAt32UpS8vnsC3q9Ywq8Xk6AyKqgdftBQ7nLxzQ-7D36yVqnuY8OEHXuXMW9BVgFpNp6kwsvNJh8_HsHLtDumwMCxgYVld1Z2-AUuJao_ayBFbLr-4A3GAkymVMaG-0-srMaQ6rN4B_jnHWMMFsHog2oAGkrhGEwOdp3pR0ZxTKEE/s4032/IMG_8042.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87crM3B8cowiJdroAt32UpS8vnsC3q9Ywq8Xk6AyKqgdftBQ7nLxzQ-7D36yVqnuY8OEHXuXMW9BVgFpNp6kwsvNJh8_HsHLtDumwMCxgYVld1Z2-AUuJao_ayBFbLr-4A3GAkymVMaG-0-srMaQ6rN4B_jnHWMMFsHog2oAGkrhGEwOdp3pR0ZxTKEE/s320/IMG_8042.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="text Song-6-3" id="en-TLV-19736" style="color: #e06666; font-family: Poppins;">I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine.</span><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Poppins;"><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Song-6-3">He browses among the lilies. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Poppins;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Song-6-3">Song of Songs 6:3<br /></span></span></span></span></div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">Chodesh Tov!</span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Blessings in the new month of Elul! (though already as I am posting this we are already well into the month and almost the full moon!!) </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">The sixth month on the Hebrew calendar is a time of repentance and return to God, a time of preparation to meet our Messiah and crown Him as King, in anticipation of the Fall Feasts of Yom Teruah and Yom Kippur, culminating with tabernacling with Him, as One with each other at the Feast of Sukkot! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Also in this month it is said to be a time of drawing near to the beloved and a time when `the King is in the Fields`. The verse above from Song of Songs is also associated with Elul. * </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">*</span><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> The 4 letters from the first letter of each word of the verse, spell out the word ELUL in the Hebrew! </span></blockquote><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"></span><p></p><p></p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> I find that in this month the LORD speaks to me in intimate ways and even shows how He is hearing my heart and bringing things to pass in a way that is very .... Elul!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">That`s the only way I can describe it! So let me give it a go with the Elul Story about the Shabbat Flowers!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Since I returned to celebrating the Shabbat, here in Japan, I always love to buy flowers on Friday afternoons to welcome the Shabbat. The joy of walking home with flowers through the city is a great delight. I experience it as a wonderful time, bathed in His love, like a child excited to give flowers to her Daddy or a wife to her husband on their special day. Yeshua says keep My commandments, abide in My love, and make my joy complete!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">So on with the story, </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">When I buy flowers on Friday afternoons, I also try to picture how it must be in Israel, the women scurrying to do their shopping and greeting one another with their bouquets on their way to their homes for Shabbat. This picture of the city filled with joy for Shabbat and for honoring the beloved Yeshua, the LORD of Shabbat, bubbles up in my heart with joy!! I have longed for my city that we would honor God`s Shabbat and the women would be out on the streets like that on Friday afternoon, doing their shopping to make a special meal for the family, and in the flower shop greeting each other with, Shabbat Shalom! In Japanese,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">シャバット・シャローム! </span></span></span></span></blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">I have been going to the same flower shop that is close to where I live, and have developed a friendly relationship with them. Over the years have shared a little about Shabbat with he staff since they always see me on Friday, a few have asked about that!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Recently God has opened a door and answered a prayer to share about Shabbat in the local church. They are a small congregation who loves Israel and has become interested in returning to do the things of God and connecting to our Jewish root in the faith, as `one new man` in Messiah.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">We had our first Shabbat last month, and already the second one this past Shabbat which was also the beginning of the month of Elul.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">This church is right down the street from the flower shop where I buy flowers, so I was excited both times to order a `delivery` of Shabbat flowers to the church to have for our Shabbat to honor the LORD and make a beautiful table for our celebration.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">The first time when I placed the order I asked if they could write `Shabbat Shalom` in Japanese on the card. And they did.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Then when I came again the next time I once again asked if they could write the same message.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">When I came into the flower shop later that afternoon, I saw the arrangement was in the glass case, and the words `Shabbat Shalom` on the message card filled my heart with joy!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">It was like a first `drop` from Heaven of the glimmer of the vision of the Shabbat being honored in Japan! ( I shared a little about this vision of Shabbat in Japan in an early post<a href="https://challahandcherryblossoms.blogspot.com/2017/01/shabbat-story.html"> <b>HERE</b></a>). And more than that, it is the LORD of Shabbat, Yeshua, being honored in Japan when we observe Shabbat we say clearly that we are giving honor and praise and glory to the God of the Bible, the God of Creation, the God of Israel who invites us all to be a part of His glorious Kingdom through Messiah Yeshua!!</span></p><div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Rom-11-27"><sup class="footnote" data-fn="#fen-TLV-28298q" data-link="[<a href="#fen-TLV-28298q" title="See footnote q">q</a>]"></sup></span></span></p></div><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Glory to His Name!! Oh LORD how we pray for all the nations to know you, the Holy One, and the Maker of Heaven and Earth, Saviour of all the world..., maybe it will be one Shabbat bouquet at a time!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Hence I call it an Elul story, as it takes place in this month of repentance and return! A month when `the King is in the fields` and where we seek the face of the beloved from the `fields` where we are and may He meet us here!<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">With love to all and to all be God`s Love!!❤️</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Love, Shayndel</span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaGyEGuDHqfsvQdxj_jsVeRQZzcWQkJWByVPJa9dOJIxfB_Zpl1U1ewP6pCXEQk9VTsWVTaK0UBD2H1p7tOmFFldJSj2NX2zgfXGHvgnN1HoB6TWme8VyuGfG7bi4mZb7vvUyJAH9I7q9d0_sfoFWKmSrm0DF6Bec7p6mR7dyv_P3lv0v-m-84t9oTSJw/s4032/IMG_8060.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaGyEGuDHqfsvQdxj_jsVeRQZzcWQkJWByVPJa9dOJIxfB_Zpl1U1ewP6pCXEQk9VTsWVTaK0UBD2H1p7tOmFFldJSj2NX2zgfXGHvgnN1HoB6TWme8VyuGfG7bi4mZb7vvUyJAH9I7q9d0_sfoFWKmSrm0DF6Bec7p6mR7dyv_P3lv0v-m-84t9oTSJw/s320/IMG_8060.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_qkFqjL-uSLYIcWap5AowDJ9QHBjd4ztnpipaMvznnahS1vatEbLBRgcT77qfksp2WA1FUap-yvSzK9LSxR--vXe-S3siP5z-_wvr9aQXAXCnW5_ZVIc9eaXwv4cLh89oF8y54UnWcnNCULGrHo6WKjyWThTn5n0SVr3Hx-Y7EXEuSgKuWY95bX2HlY/s4032/IMG_8062.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_qkFqjL-uSLYIcWap5AowDJ9QHBjd4ztnpipaMvznnahS1vatEbLBRgcT77qfksp2WA1FUap-yvSzK9LSxR--vXe-S3siP5z-_wvr9aQXAXCnW5_ZVIc9eaXwv4cLh89oF8y54UnWcnNCULGrHo6WKjyWThTn5n0SVr3Hx-Y7EXEuSgKuWY95bX2HlY/s320/IMG_8062.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOVe01wvBX9UxSJfKhTktPtqSj8GaHmHfJZfOiNvbV5JxQcJ43ALlQ064WR_CXOeUXnCCBg12U6YD4xA9nvegSyaOHbJs2xqiDtJi4ArTTE63y25ErfITgfQ_4ndRTYpLg6XAvsXlbCg9yUFUg01oaLZbYbU12DTkGSszVpsay60LSKwXwm4atWmkttI/s4032/IMG_8080.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOVe01wvBX9UxSJfKhTktPtqSj8GaHmHfJZfOiNvbV5JxQcJ43ALlQ064WR_CXOeUXnCCBg12U6YD4xA9nvegSyaOHbJs2xqiDtJi4ArTTE63y25ErfITgfQ_4ndRTYpLg6XAvsXlbCg9yUFUg01oaLZbYbU12DTkGSszVpsay60LSKwXwm4atWmkttI/s320/IMG_8080.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="text Song-2-4" id="en-TLV-19677" style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: Poppins;">He has brought me to the banquet house</span><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: Poppins;"><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Song-2-4">and his banner over me is love.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: Poppins;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Song-2-4">Song of Songs 2:4 </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: Poppins;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Song-2-4"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Poppins;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Song-2-4">pS i just found the post where I first had the prayer/vision about Shabbat in Japan, amazingly it was 6 years ago!! Thank you LORD for hearing my prayer and bringing such encouragement in this Elul!!</span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Poppins;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Song-2-4"> I pray for multiplication and seeing it come about more and more by the power of Your Ruach Ha Chodesh, even to be a revival of the Shabbat Shalom ・Teshuvah kind!!</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Poppins;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Song-2-4">Quoting from the post, this line below: </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><blockquote><p style="text-align: left;">I am so excited for when the people of Japan will know ADONAI and will
celebrate the Shabbat, and on Friday afternoons people will greet each
other in the town with <i><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="color: purple;">シャバット・シャローム</span> ,</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: magenta;"> </span>Shabbat Shalom!</i> As they scurry to buy food and flowers and prepare for Shabbat!<br /></p></blockquote><p> </p><p><br /></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">A Challah blog and more! </div>shayndelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13506811690843992800noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751751315376752943.post-78120703772643922922023-08-05T05:09:00.006-07:002023-08-09T19:12:47.282-07:00Psalm 91 & Parsha Ekev ! Behold Yeshua<div><p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4SKtUzhwXJ2kYpeMAcdNlPrq5_l5j1d_XlBkVcYYe0aihZ1X845YUakYCsZk2IzDLEfxVGSMQLHF7GSn05T3wDJmcQZABf8NDdSDPzcA0kc0nzlKazK5mhVtlFrZFq7EoebxAAV-Wbz4O6ZsXjaRqtx-BiG_PGarFscsdJEaCRJVOPUZ9UOqeu0rGOQ4/s4032/IMG_7865.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4SKtUzhwXJ2kYpeMAcdNlPrq5_l5j1d_XlBkVcYYe0aihZ1X845YUakYCsZk2IzDLEfxVGSMQLHF7GSn05T3wDJmcQZABf8NDdSDPzcA0kc0nzlKazK5mhVtlFrZFq7EoebxAAV-Wbz4O6ZsXjaRqtx-BiG_PGarFscsdJEaCRJVOPUZ9UOqeu0rGOQ4/s320/IMG_7865.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you see the number on the scale? It is `91`! which led me to Psalm 91 for the `Word` in Challah!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsG0rIDQGk1wRK_3rl9lAN_Qa4SWBKmbObDxFfEtPzZsCOYDslLdSqhXQQQmS69hFXaPM8PFIjWoKgKjuMPbWa2h9Fd-0jRaf-e9bvI1Xra_6ZjsnHfGKfNXTHG6qK7GDeKWJ5dbZsUhzRpQX_X32RefSNGWFC8CKITRZbVVjTC8d5zf8oJiML2b0g-dg/s3715/IMG_7868.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3715" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsG0rIDQGk1wRK_3rl9lAN_Qa4SWBKmbObDxFfEtPzZsCOYDslLdSqhXQQQmS69hFXaPM8PFIjWoKgKjuMPbWa2h9Fd-0jRaf-e9bvI1Xra_6ZjsnHfGKfNXTHG6qK7GDeKWJ5dbZsUhzRpQX_X32RefSNGWFC8CKITRZbVVjTC8d5zf8oJiML2b0g-dg/s320/IMG_7868.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Raah, Behold!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Xfo3VGUPYzdFZTVRf-CHI2nw384eAStqdaO2dY8lJ9jliYcDmDhXEYdEs_JBIb8GFySahm_LVRd8B60sasfl51tyMyzJh5LQjm0d0y66ILLaB8zB8HK5I6AwXJqgR6f3-UfCJzdKdD-tX5lumzzdCJp4H_CmJAsfK3Z8mE1rcBjit__TtdUDyzvVZ2c/s4032/IMG_7869.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Xfo3VGUPYzdFZTVRf-CHI2nw384eAStqdaO2dY8lJ9jliYcDmDhXEYdEs_JBIb8GFySahm_LVRd8B60sasfl51tyMyzJh5LQjm0d0y66ILLaB8zB8HK5I6AwXJqgR6f3-UfCJzdKdD-tX5lumzzdCJp4H_CmJAsfK3Z8mE1rcBjit__TtdUDyzvVZ2c/s320/IMG_7869.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yeshua</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnro0IP_R6S6gDcGpZzzs2UfqdQV3Pzgo8V6Tk_DeyNW1yyqYZthnC0t4rp5u98oGGcT6B9k7hZbf73JUhYJu-xxYRGwnPkCHW8dPOGISXmXaSgSfFLGptvuCVSDe7oDOHCq-E-5XDk4LWs17My_VP8bHTGI6TNRniA12yGw3mo8no-ylnazzM0l6KM4/s3218/IMG_7874.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="3218" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnro0IP_R6S6gDcGpZzzs2UfqdQV3Pzgo8V6Tk_DeyNW1yyqYZthnC0t4rp5u98oGGcT6B9k7hZbf73JUhYJu-xxYRGwnPkCHW8dPOGISXmXaSgSfFLGptvuCVSDe7oDOHCq-E-5XDk4LWs17My_VP8bHTGI6TNRniA12yGw3mo8no-ylnazzM0l6KM4/s320/IMG_7874.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Man cannot live by bread alone! But from every word from the mouth of God!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTwBgz9liAOTm-xSUz8r7CgofUqUsT2HqSI-VaGvPA2F313zzAQGLDygg5D3Pdl1ZVPd7CN3JUyrHK68tICIj-tf2L69SPqAkOSpOjj6kE25zmVhEbDjbKdJgq8Q9-kHBY0VO2mVHSR8jx2Mv-Lv6kqjNI_e4MQFj9xXa70o0MPNBazyquktEcD4gAwS8/s4032/IMG_7876.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTwBgz9liAOTm-xSUz8r7CgofUqUsT2HqSI-VaGvPA2F313zzAQGLDygg5D3Pdl1ZVPd7CN3JUyrHK68tICIj-tf2L69SPqAkOSpOjj6kE25zmVhEbDjbKdJgq8Q9-kHBY0VO2mVHSR8jx2Mv-Lv6kqjNI_e4MQFj9xXa70o0MPNBazyquktEcD4gAwS8/s320/IMG_7876.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="text Ps-91-14" id="en-TLV-16675" style="font-family: Poppins;">“Because he has devoted his love to Me,</span><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-91-14">I will deliver him.</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-91-14">I will set him securely on high,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-91-14">because he knows My Name.</span></span><span class="text Ps-91-15" id="en-TLV-16676"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>When he calls on Me, I will answer him.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-91-15">I will be with him in trouble, rescue him, and honor him.</span><span class="text Ps-91-16" id="en-TLV-16677"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16" id="en-TLV-16677">With long life will I satisfy him</span><br /><span class="text Ps-91-16">and show him My salvation.”</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">Psalm 91:14~16</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">Dear Beloved blog friends, Shabbat Shalom! Sorry I haven`t written for sooooo long! I hope you are all well. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">This Shabbat I was moved by the verse in our Torah portion,<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">"Man does not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God"</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">To come back to make a post!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"><b>Because</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">it is the parsha EKEV which means `because`</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">and because</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">this verse is a theme verse at Challah and Cherry Blossoms.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">Because bread (challah), and the word of God and bringing them together, are the topics of my blog!!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">So I asked the Holy Spirit for a word to make in Challah, to share with you, and He led me to </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">`Behold Yeshua`!!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"> In Hebrew, the root words are<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">RA`AH </span></span></span><span class="hebrew"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;">רָאָה</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">which means to See, or Behold,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">and Yeshua, </span></span></span><span class="hebrew"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">יְשׁוּעָה</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">which means Salvation and is the name of Yeshua<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">You can see the verse in Psalm 91 above, where these two words are found, literally `show him My Salvation`,<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"> </span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16" id="en-TLV-16677">With long life will I satisfy him</span><br /><span class="text Ps-91-16">and <span style="color: #ff00fe;">show</span> him My <span style="color: red;">salvation.</span>”</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">אֹרֶךְ יָמִים, אַשְׂבִּיעֵהוּ; וְאַ<span style="color: #ff00fe;">רְאֵה</span>וּ, בִּ<span style="color: red;">ישׁוּעָ</span>תִי<span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">I hope you were able to follow that! One more piece is that the word actually came about as I was measuring the challah dough to divide it in strands. At that time I still didn`t know what word I would make in challah, but when I broke off a piece of dough to measure it, the scale said `91`! and the Holy Spirit spoke to me!!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">I usually divide the pieces in either 100 grams each for 12 strands which generally works out well, as the dough generally comes to about 1200 grams. Or sometimes I do 80 grams each for several smaller challah.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">So when I saw 91, it stood out and I thought right away of Psalm 91!!! </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"> I read through the Psalm asking the Holy Spirit to Highlight a verse or a word(s), and when I got to the last verse I saw it all came together in `Yeshua`, and even `MY Salvation!`.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">As the Parsha is all about God`s LOVE and the `conditional` aspect, of `Because` or `IF` we show our loving devotion to God, He will do all these things and show us His Salvation. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">It just seemed so perfect as remember the verse we started from was `Man does not live by bread alone but by everything that comes from the mouth of God` (Deuteronomy 8:3). That "everything" includes every decree, every statute, every word, every declaration. So here it was,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">With long life I will satisfy those who LOVE me and Devote their LOVE to Me!!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">That is exactly what our Parsha Ekev and all of the Torah is about! IF you love me, you will obey and guard my commandments and statutes.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">Don`t you just love that, and above you can see the Shabbat Table and how it came out!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">Another interesting thing is that the verse that I was led to has `Because` in it twice. Even though the Hebrew is not the same as `EKEV`, the meaning is similar, as it is "as a result of , a reward for, because of," our devotion to Him that He gives us this wonderful promise of a long life and His Salvation! <br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">Thank you for coming this far. As we partake of the words of Life` the bread of Life , and drink the cup of Salvation let us say together. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">Le chay-im! To LIFE!!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">Good to see you all again!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">Hope to be back sooner rather than later this time.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"></span></span></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">To Life and Salvation in Yeshua! </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">Much Love,❤️</span></span></span> <br /></div></blockquote><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">Shayndel </span></span></span></blockquote></div><p></p><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span class="ChapterContent_verse__57FIw" data-usfm="DEU.7.12"><span class="ChapterContent_content__RrUqA">“Then it will happen, as a result of your listening to these ordinances, when you keep and do them, that </span><span class="ChapterContent_it__p_cmC"><span class="ChapterContent_sc__Hg9da"><span class="ChapterContent_content__RrUqA">Adonai</span></span></span><span class="ChapterContent_content__RrUqA"> your God will keep with you the covenant kindness that He swore to your fathers. </span></span></span><div class="ChapterContent_p__dVKHb"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span class="ChapterContent_verse__57FIw" data-usfm="DEU.7.13"><span class="ChapterContent_content__RrUqA">He
will love you, bless you and multiply you. He will also bless the fruit
of your womb and the produce of your soil, your grain and your new wine
and your oil, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock,
in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Poppins;">. </span> <br /></div></div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="ChapterContent_p__dVKHb"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Deuteronomy 7:12~13 (first lines of Parsha EKEV) </span></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">PS You may have noticed if you are following the weekly Torah portions, that RE`EH , the word I spelled out in Challah, is the name of next week`s Parsha! </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"><a href="https://ahavaprayerandmovement.com/">AHAVA NOTE. </a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">Please feel free to find my AHAVA prayer sheets which give a family friendly summary of the weekly Torah portions as well as verses to pray for your loved ones, communities, and Israel each week to go with the parsha! <br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"></span></span></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">AHAVA Parsha <a href="https://ahavaprayerandmovement.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/ekev-pdf-1.pdf">Ekev Prayer Sheet HERE</a>(this week)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16">AHAVE Parsha <a href="https://ahavaprayerandmovement.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/reeh-pdf.pdf">Re`eh Prayer Sheet HERE</a> (coming week)</span></span></span></div></blockquote><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxoNH0TS2htP0SCkA9TT7rniUnPiFmwugEcoSWCYwBnbmP8fY4j_T8ht3pzgAKHlqu_o-JkhndPT3LI3acEPdK6kYji2rzDUiORVcBze6iEazk2DCALB3Q7OchsLHgDliH_R561MHcj5ZyS3ZoGkNu5OImcCcgfXPjfWwCdLxdGIY_cBNZL_euPEIP8c/s3508/FullSizeRender.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3508" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxoNH0TS2htP0SCkA9TT7rniUnPiFmwugEcoSWCYwBnbmP8fY4j_T8ht3pzgAKHlqu_o-JkhndPT3LI3acEPdK6kYji2rzDUiORVcBze6iEazk2DCALB3Q7OchsLHgDliH_R561MHcj5ZyS3ZoGkNu5OImcCcgfXPjfWwCdLxdGIY_cBNZL_euPEIP8c/s320/FullSizeRender.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reading this week in EKEV, the Torah is A love letter from Abba 💌 <br /><br />❤️</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span><span>Just as the Father has loved Me, I also have loved you. </span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span><span>Abide in My love! </span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span><span><b>If</b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span><span> you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. </span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span><span>These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and your joy may be full. </span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span><span>John 15:9~11</span></span></span><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"><br /></span></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"><br /></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-91-16"></span></span></span></div><br /><div><p><br /></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">A Challah blog and more! </div>shayndelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13506811690843992800noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751751315376752943.post-32280400488036075752023-03-25T20:02:00.005-07:002023-03-25T20:23:24.399-07:00Unleavened!<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7MTE4cyG8mYfrDaZv6gDW3QUmQz-6PrF7WjiE-ve-Aifw5sf_iBFpr_DPD_MVz476q_VRYa8pzneXkFfBPjI3_NrudA_FpVZZZGdnfbluZs2HNZhOUUsEDb_OkQZ3JB0JwDM_DHL2nLfZVKWiD-vNowzqT1ZJXJBjFu9YRGr8wEc9zWvsyKyxvus3/s4032/Passover%20%202023!.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7MTE4cyG8mYfrDaZv6gDW3QUmQz-6PrF7WjiE-ve-Aifw5sf_iBFpr_DPD_MVz476q_VRYa8pzneXkFfBPjI3_NrudA_FpVZZZGdnfbluZs2HNZhOUUsEDb_OkQZ3JB0JwDM_DHL2nLfZVKWiD-vNowzqT1ZJXJBjFu9YRGr8wEc9zWvsyKyxvus3/w400-h300/Passover%20%202023!.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="text Song-1-4" id="en-TLV-19660"></span><blockquote><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;"><span class="text Song-1-4" id="en-TLV-19660">Draw me after you, let us run!</span><br /><span class="text Song-1-4">The king has brought me into his chambers.</span></span><h3><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;"><span class="text Song-1-4">(Chorus: Daughters of Zion)</span></span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;"><span class="text Song-1-4">Let us rejoice and be glad in you;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Song-1-4">let us extol your love more than wine.</span></span><br /><span class="text Song-1-4">Rightly do they love you!</span></span></p><p class="line"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;"><span class="text Song-1-4">Song of Songs 1:4, Let us sing it together! </span></span></p></div></blockquote><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text Song-1-4"><br /></span></p></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;">Dear Friends,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;"> Happy to see you again, and to return after another unplanned blog break, this time with a new and `unleavened` header!! I hope you are all well.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;">The holiday of Pesach, or Passover, is approaching. <i> It`s time to change the header of my blog from leavened to un-leavened bread! </i> </span><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;">Praise the L-RD we have entered into His first month of Springtime, the first month on His Biblical Calendar. In the bible whenever you see a verse that references the first month, if it is after the Exodus from Egypt, it is referring to this very month we are in now!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;">We give thanks as we enter into the month of AVIV, also known as the month of Springtime, also known as Nisan. It is the month of Redemption, Renewal, of Passover, of Freedom!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;">Chodesh Tov! We pray a time of new beginnings for you and your family and for all that G-d is calling you to!!<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="text Exod-12-2" id="en-TLV-1819" style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;"></span></p><blockquote><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="text Exod-12-2" id="en-TLV-1819" style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;">This month will mark the beginning of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year for you.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="text Exod-12-2" id="en-TLV-1819" style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;">Exodus 12:2 </span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;">More to follow ~~ I hope to get back to posting again in this favorite season here at Challah and Cherry Blossoms, as the Cherry blossoms have just started to open announcing the glory of G-d and the expectation for new life in Yeshua as we align in His first month of Springtime and prepare our hearts...and homes... for the coming Passover!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;"><span class="text 1Cor-5-8" id="en-TLV-28523"></span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;"><span class="text 1Cor-5-8" id="en-TLV-28523">Therefore let us celebrate the feast not with old <i>hametz</i>, the <i>hametz</i> of malice and wickedness, but with unleavened bread—the <i>matzah</i> of sincerity and truth.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;"><span class="text 1Cor-5-8" id="en-TLV-28523">1 Corinthians 5:8 </span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;"></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;">Blessings and Love,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;">Shayndel </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">❤️</span><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Note about the pictue, for the record: I just received a delivery of matzah!! I am rejoicing because on my calendar I have marked `order Matzah` on tomorrow`s plan, and already I have received it!! Praise God, and may He always go ahead of us! May His shalom and AHAVA Love be multiplied to you!</span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> </span><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A Challah blog and more! </div>shayndelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13506811690843992800noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751751315376752943.post-48721048084742141192023-03-25T20:02:00.003-07:002023-03-25T20:12:32.995-07:00(Save for Cherry Blossoms Challah post)<div><p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYmSp00vv0kDLPCDZ4P0LwvLBjDz0P2BxuJ2fMDJFCjHNMdI4zwlR4H2BsWaDQIofQ9NpIUkdzbVbWOXy5DfuE4cGcSWi0IKJilQJznXf2cOzl1qgLL9RkyxWspOJ2bfp1AFvxEYhYLq92txWORWc1NBLHoMxdjtye_toBOSEoXM1o6_P2-oFFoJsU/s4032/60C976A0-A306-4FE9-8538-4D420D88A5B9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYmSp00vv0kDLPCDZ4P0LwvLBjDz0P2BxuJ2fMDJFCjHNMdI4zwlR4H2BsWaDQIofQ9NpIUkdzbVbWOXy5DfuE4cGcSWi0IKJilQJznXf2cOzl1qgLL9RkyxWspOJ2bfp1AFvxEYhYLq92txWORWc1NBLHoMxdjtye_toBOSEoXM1o6_P2-oFFoJsU/s320/60C976A0-A306-4FE9-8538-4D420D88A5B9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-wx-aQrxf6bsarbz6hLhujjU-trYDEedoz4CRzV7rYMUQMHaBoiyRNT7GcWwpR7pfT3NUO65LCnEVovzkOHuhxn211am9Nz6b9l75TR856AIt2B9WsTt2bWsPqLcRcf9YTKVZqJv1ZH6jW-rBjiA-I3NDFkN-uK_7AcySYmhOkdNT31ziyLT_YQw/s4032/F73A1882-7590-4E64-BB9C-E690E8067BC4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-wx-aQrxf6bsarbz6hLhujjU-trYDEedoz4CRzV7rYMUQMHaBoiyRNT7GcWwpR7pfT3NUO65LCnEVovzkOHuhxn211am9Nz6b9l75TR856AIt2B9WsTt2bWsPqLcRcf9YTKVZqJv1ZH6jW-rBjiA-I3NDFkN-uK_7AcySYmhOkdNT31ziyLT_YQw/s320/F73A1882-7590-4E64-BB9C-E690E8067BC4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> (save this space for a Cherry Blossoms challah post, be sure to post before Passover!)</span><br /></div><div><p></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">A Challah blog and more! </div>shayndelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13506811690843992800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751751315376752943.post-81136459740012683892023-03-25T20:01:00.003-07:002023-03-25T20:11:43.021-07:00(Save for Purim post (Hamentashen))<p></p><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinSYmlzuQVlmYKrCq5GZjNWkc7Z1DiVzAwBYniWj1vf7ossw3eU0s6GdNGSAbj6K5cV--X1hqarxp37xnVzIAGRZJ_0kUedzUHbKkSo4ovSMQD52ZGSz_FCHKQUl00AfApNrmwJA0HD7H-LXH3EzIedXUUGiF49If5DkdBo7by_N8RN0Rq_xthYibs/s1644/D3FD15A1-AC42-46CE-9D5F-70A14E402B2E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1181" data-original-width="1644" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinSYmlzuQVlmYKrCq5GZjNWkc7Z1DiVzAwBYniWj1vf7ossw3eU0s6GdNGSAbj6K5cV--X1hqarxp37xnVzIAGRZJ_0kUedzUHbKkSo4ovSMQD52ZGSz_FCHKQUl00AfApNrmwJA0HD7H-LXH3EzIedXUUGiF49If5DkdBo7by_N8RN0Rq_xthYibs/s320/D3FD15A1-AC42-46CE-9D5F-70A14E402B2E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"> (in progress ~~ Save this space for Purim post, be sure to post before Passover!)</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglOnW3zGsSrA17I-0xBVeNYONpednUrvoSR5wBAEalhiAax7IPsmfUi3XYA3ZuBC8LQrNkqThnpsbsokr0X44eXV18ztloTwiMLvAS8eDC7_eher9BSeavEgbfHx36S-7ybVF8F5bhb0j9GRlqV-hsZXZ_rMEy47yuN9p7uA_bb194rgo-tHrucNH0/s4032/65DCB620-79E9-4E49-A08A-921C17F522BB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglOnW3zGsSrA17I-0xBVeNYONpednUrvoSR5wBAEalhiAax7IPsmfUi3XYA3ZuBC8LQrNkqThnpsbsokr0X44eXV18ztloTwiMLvAS8eDC7_eher9BSeavEgbfHx36S-7ybVF8F5bhb0j9GRlqV-hsZXZ_rMEy47yuN9p7uA_bb194rgo-tHrucNH0/s320/65DCB620-79E9-4E49-A08A-921C17F522BB.jpeg" width="320" /></a></p><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A Challah blog and more! </div>shayndelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13506811690843992800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751751315376752943.post-92107192956105290752023-02-11T18:39:00.020-08:002023-02-14T15:07:23.200-08:00Torah and Tatami, Challah and Blossoms<div><div><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQofmkcYRiECp0mfrXrUXBGj0p1T_0IQeksJiupiURkg59na6WLJBSrxkFdfBLMSb1j_SdKcg0XMdUD_dif08jKt1flwKE5stAx6W8S1XyXxTzv6-YJ8ul0SIMqO_RAm62YJV7Jwk3_imQOw5YzY27LAEaYY099Ck4XwktYxpnQNP454JoWuhof8-V/s4032/7E6BA63E-F7FD-4F5D-87F4-2E93193724FD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a> <br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPT296PpKDd_-47cK6vy-TTvEeVtSrVMEnGg7MaRFHhQZrzCfkZVp_icWRg0sUkMxsNv6gKgjT9HDp-9IEtYdD_YZELArGh6GbNtfSYiXf6YbKLsy9Hva7TGKqQdCpNQSDqza_P_RnvyCPlZnFBJc04Mk0IuhoW2VkKwpZ-yEQCETrAK8jKQuHiNXg/s4032/56D20BAD-1036-47CE-A7C9-C8212AD80435.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPT296PpKDd_-47cK6vy-TTvEeVtSrVMEnGg7MaRFHhQZrzCfkZVp_icWRg0sUkMxsNv6gKgjT9HDp-9IEtYdD_YZELArGh6GbNtfSYiXf6YbKLsy9Hva7TGKqQdCpNQSDqza_P_RnvyCPlZnFBJc04Mk0IuhoW2VkKwpZ-yEQCETrAK8jKQuHiNXg/s320/56D20BAD-1036-47CE-A7C9-C8212AD80435.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImRtcI7DC7P0h0TEHJd7uH3HL3JyolqivENQ93FaBoup5jnEbAC5uOm2QYdW8_9TgbEna918ssYOf6a2-LebN6B-wTvGwUGNBxMTvvp8x4AoDDwR1lxKIiZ0Iiia85ecIJQgaEGdfSNPAJ0E2u88Db-_BCe2ITR_YleEVLeMUTXuVTyf2fDCsQ56I/s4032/BD3B016D-190A-4513-9311-3E7EC01FA2E3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImRtcI7DC7P0h0TEHJd7uH3HL3JyolqivENQ93FaBoup5jnEbAC5uOm2QYdW8_9TgbEna918ssYOf6a2-LebN6B-wTvGwUGNBxMTvvp8x4AoDDwR1lxKIiZ0Iiia85ecIJQgaEGdfSNPAJ0E2u88Db-_BCe2ITR_YleEVLeMUTXuVTyf2fDCsQ56I/s320/BD3B016D-190A-4513-9311-3E7EC01FA2E3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbnwJ5K1a_iCHJSk0X0b7lsI4xnYJTX303m_FIwEx2wpKsQn8XiiQXop3a3vg5TnNWEtW3hEDH1oOclA2UVckoTBN7qBoiIaqazvxT5zsw--ay6pR1FLSHS60kBaFUjrvR2N8cIRFBSikORPOgvno7Lp-tTJia0TdlSOB6YoA9UymgXt6xpzL0LtIi/s4032/F97359AC-3C0C-439C-A253-D8C4171516D2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbnwJ5K1a_iCHJSk0X0b7lsI4xnYJTX303m_FIwEx2wpKsQn8XiiQXop3a3vg5TnNWEtW3hEDH1oOclA2UVckoTBN7qBoiIaqazvxT5zsw--ay6pR1FLSHS60kBaFUjrvR2N8cIRFBSikORPOgvno7Lp-tTJia0TdlSOB6YoA9UymgXt6xpzL0LtIi/s320/F97359AC-3C0C-439C-A253-D8C4171516D2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span class="text Ps-119-97">O how I love Your <i>Torah</i>!</span><br /><span class="text Ps-119-97">It is my meditation all day.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="text Ps-119-97"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Psalm 119:97 </span></span><br /></span></div><p></p><br /><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Shavu`a Tov! Have a blessed week!</span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Love, 💛 Shayndel</span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"> </span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Please find my AHAVA prayer sheet from this week`s Parsha Yitro to pray for your families and nations and Israel HERE:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://ahavaprayerandmovement.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/yitro-pdf-1.pdf"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">AHAVA Prayer Sheet Yitro</span></span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"> </span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://ahavaprayerandmovement.com/"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Ahava Prayer and Movement</span></span></b></span></a></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Praying from the Parsha, Moving onto God`s Kingdom Calendar<br /></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"> </span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.return.co.il/scriptures-about-aliyah"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"> </span></span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMduDt0TmzjJQz41C1UAVL9YNZsb2sIG8cMNd45MRSglDOmZsAuFfQSG-ALEpSYupmLi97BSWD2InHH1b2rPEnbvZ0ZOe1O5Brp7vbEGHfmoCZbllEb9zbTemzTATShT_4HmBRVo7z6Yi5tXG630J8Qb9x0aO9XsnTIWAzOsGbIR9TY3UIIl0QU8Bl/s1748/Parsha%20Yitro%20AHAVA.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="1181" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMduDt0TmzjJQz41C1UAVL9YNZsb2sIG8cMNd45MRSglDOmZsAuFfQSG-ALEpSYupmLi97BSWD2InHH1b2rPEnbvZ0ZOe1O5Brp7vbEGHfmoCZbllEb9zbTemzTATShT_4HmBRVo7z6Yi5tXG630J8Qb9x0aO9XsnTIWAzOsGbIR9TY3UIIl0QU8Bl/w216-h320/Parsha%20Yitro%20AHAVA.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><span style="color: #e06666;"> </span></span></span></b></div><br /><div><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">A Challah blog and more! </div>shayndelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13506811690843992800noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751751315376752943.post-15647221103733704872023-02-06T00:47:00.011-08:002023-02-14T15:09:40.571-08:00Happy Tu B`Shevat! <p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX6pTDPJORzlqZlhkkICxQTO66oRDDWIJlEx-UkCya6qbo5HCuVpVC_ylN5pslKld0KKU8vP0yDYJDFy2qURDSd2WSwvPtsNTnT4elfg22ltldT2P2C9lEOy4tp01-xtLRfx6CxNeOuzWMhqEXqOOP6-l515bNMt_ccTl04tZ7Dk4q_jwO8uDLYE_z/s1024/Sweetie%20from%20Israel%20in%20Japan.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX6pTDPJORzlqZlhkkICxQTO66oRDDWIJlEx-UkCya6qbo5HCuVpVC_ylN5pslKld0KKU8vP0yDYJDFy2qURDSd2WSwvPtsNTnT4elfg22ltldT2P2C9lEOy4tp01-xtLRfx6CxNeOuzWMhqEXqOOP6-l515bNMt_ccTl04tZ7Dk4q_jwO8uDLYE_z/s320/Sweetie%20from%20Israel%20in%20Japan.jpeg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX6pTDPJORzlqZlhkkICxQTO66oRDDWIJlEx-UkCya6qbo5HCuVpVC_ylN5pslKld0KKU8vP0yDYJDFy2qURDSd2WSwvPtsNTnT4elfg22ltldT2P2C9lEOy4tp01-xtLRfx6CxNeOuzWMhqEXqOOP6-l515bNMt_ccTl04tZ7Dk4q_jwO8uDLYE_z/s1024/Sweetie%20from%20Israel%20in%20Japan.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBDNeKiz8MFaLPcqtIGd39oTnqOcKp1tCxVNwN7jPC3bDTSwJcWKiaYtg12QXnoK5pl8MYK7K9xTin0ero4eCObESImlmi0MwCjL2LQwl0RStJrHov_flaEry5YC0QqhZacuDaKqcyH7NUcNGJ_1MESSO820blKkIFuN6NWQrJ3t-NUGYxtwJjp11/s1024/Happy%20Tu%20B%60shevat.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBDNeKiz8MFaLPcqtIGd39oTnqOcKp1tCxVNwN7jPC3bDTSwJcWKiaYtg12QXnoK5pl8MYK7K9xTin0ero4eCObESImlmi0MwCjL2LQwl0RStJrHov_flaEry5YC0QqhZacuDaKqcyH7NUcNGJ_1MESSO820blKkIFuN6NWQrJ3t-NUGYxtwJjp11/s320/Happy%20Tu%20B%60shevat.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;"><span> <span class="text Isa-27-6" id="en-NIV-18158">In days to come Jacob will take root,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-27-6">Israel will bud and blossom</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-27-6">and fill all the world with fruit.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;"><span><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Isa-27-6">Isaiah 27:6</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;"><span><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Isa-27-6"> 💛</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;"><span><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Isa-27-6">Yes! The grapefruits are Jaffa Sweetie from Israel. At Tu B`Shevat we were able to find them in our local supermarket in a small city in the South of Japan! Baruch HaShem! The prophetic verse is already coming to pass as Israel sends her delicious fruit out into the world. I am so thankful to receive them here. I remember the very first time I saw an Israel fruit in our local supermarket in Japan <a href="https://challahandcherryblossoms.blogspot.com/2017/02/grapefruit-from-israel.html">(<b>HERE!</b>)</a>, it was also Tu B`Shevat!! Once we open our hearts to love and pray for Israel, Heaven hears and God sends fruit! The land of Israel becomes closer and closer, and we too get closer to our return.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span class="text Ezek-36-8" id="en-TLV-13725">But you, mountains of
Israel, </span><span class="text Ezek-36-8" id="en-TLV-13725">you will shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit for My
people Israel; for their return is near. </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="text Ezek-36-8" id="en-TLV-13725"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Ezekiel 36:8 </span></span></span><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;"><span><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Isa-27-6">Taste and see how good the LORD is. <br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;"><span><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Isa-27-6"> 15 Shevat, 5783</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;"><span><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Isa-27-6">Happy<b> <a href="https://challahandcherryblossoms.blogspot.com/search/label/Tu%20B%60shevat">Tu B`Shevat!</a></b> <br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;"><span><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Isa-27-6">Love, </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;"><span><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Isa-27-6">Shayndel <br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;"><span><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Isa-27-6"><span style="color: #444444;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">PS adding a verse with `my word` this year, inheritance, and how beautiful to go with the fruit of Tu B`shevat in all its prophetic splendour, and there will be a `sowing of Shalom`! Thank you LORD! We speak it forward on this very Tu B`Shevat today as the sap courses through the trees and they awaken in spring, and your Ruach courses through the spirit of your people to return to our inheritance in You!</span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For there will be a sowing of shalom: the vine will yield its fruit,
the ground will produce its increase, and the heavens will give their
dew. I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these
things.</span></span><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;"><span><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Isa-27-6"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span> </span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: large;"><span><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Isa-27-6"><span style="color: #e69138;">Zechariah 8:12</span><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">כִּי-זֶרַע הַשָּׁלוֹם, הַגֶּפֶן תִּתֵּן פִּרְיָהּ וְהָאָרֶץ תִּתֵּן
אֶת-יְבוּלָהּ, וְהַשָּׁמַיִם, יִתְּנוּ טַלָּם; וְהִנְחַלְתִּי,
אֶת-שְׁאֵרִית הָעָם הַזֶּה--אֶת-כָּל-אֵלֶּה</span></span></span></p><p><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Isa-27-6"> <br /></span></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A Challah blog and more! </div>shayndelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13506811690843992800noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751751315376752943.post-90701690296904603662023-02-03T17:04:00.009-08:002023-02-04T06:11:48.462-08:00Shabbat Shalom ~ Sing to the LORD!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpI8NuBMIUgZ3qjpmGqUgrWUqGpBH34Fh2M8sbhKTENjQmQ_V4qg8Jl40Xban6lq1uOKizkDRdXV4YqjV_6_WriNd51VQM91F5NGTsg0wEPgLfm8nhql73JzDya0nbghRu-A_WOQvhDgmCP6619DZR2OZKrzK4N3FG8AbsAgb8tziHf8hPZL1DlZXa/s1482/Song%20of%20the%20Sea%20in%20Torah.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1181" data-original-width="1482" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpI8NuBMIUgZ3qjpmGqUgrWUqGpBH34Fh2M8sbhKTENjQmQ_V4qg8Jl40Xban6lq1uOKizkDRdXV4YqjV_6_WriNd51VQM91F5NGTsg0wEPgLfm8nhql73JzDya0nbghRu-A_WOQvhDgmCP6619DZR2OZKrzK4N3FG8AbsAgb8tziHf8hPZL1DlZXa/w400-h319/Song%20of%20the%20Sea%20in%20Torah.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I will Sing to the LORD for He is Highly Exalted!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Horse and rider He has thrown into the sea!!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Exodus 15:1 <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This Shabbat is called Shabbat Shirah, the Shabbat of Song! Because in this week`s parsha (Torah Portion) we read of how God split the sea for the Children of Israel to go through on dry land and bring about their Deliverance in the Exodus from Egypt. They sing the powerful and victorious song of the Sea! <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We also read the song of Deborah in the Haftarah portion, and the Song of the Lamb in the book of Revelation!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">God inhabits the Praises of His People!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sing to Yeshua! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This Shabbat let us join our voices and hearts with all Israel and all who are singing this song, and let be united in our Praise as one with the Jewish people, and join our voices with the Heavenly Host who are most certainly singing this song today! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">LORD we know that you put Your Name on Jerusalem, and your Heavenly throne is above the Great City of the KIng! As we sing, facing Jerusalem, may you hear us from Heaven and send your Ruach to breakthrough the enemy plan and bring Victory that YOUR Salvation, Your Yeshua! be known and Your Name be Glorified in Israel and all the world, even on this Shabbat Shirah!!♪💕🎶<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">HalleluYah!!</span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Great and wonderful are Your deeds, <br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>ADONAI Elohei-Tzva`ot!</i></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!"</span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> ~from the Song of the Lamb, Revelation 15:3</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;">🎶💕🎶 </span></blockquote><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.15.1"><span class="content"> <b>Song of Moses and Miriam</b><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.15.1"><span class="content">Then Moses and </span><span class="it"><span class="content">Bnei-Yisrael</span></span><span class="content"> sang this song to </span><span class="it"><span class="sc"><span class="content">Adonai</span></span></span><span class="content">: I will sing to </span><span class="it"><span class="sc"><span class="content">Adonai</span></span></span><span class="content">, for He is highly exalted! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea. </span></span></span></span></p><p></p><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.15.2"><span class="it"><span class="sc"><span class="content">Adonai</span></span></span><span class="content">
is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation. This is my
God, and I will glorify Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.15.3"><span class="it"><span class="sc"><span class="content">Adonai</span></span></span><span class="content"> is a warrior—</span><span class="it"><span class="sc"><span class="content">Adonai</span></span></span><span class="content"> is His Name! </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.15.3"><span class="content"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.15.4"><span class="content">Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has hurled into the sea, and his chosen captains have sunk into the Sea of Reeds. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.15.5"><span class="content">The deeps cover them. They sank to the depths like a stone. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.15.6"><span class="content">Your right hand, </span><span class="it"><span class="sc"><span class="content">Adonai</span></span></span><span class="content">, is glorious in power. Your right hand, </span><span class="it"><span class="sc"><span class="content">Adonai</span></span></span><span class="content">, dashes the enemy to pieces. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.15.6"><span class="content"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.15.7"><span class="content">In the greatness of Your excellency You overthrow those who resist You. You send forth Your wrath— it consumes them as stubble. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.15.8"><span class="content">With
the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up. The floods stood
upright as a heap. The deeps became firm ground in the heart of the sea.
</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.15.9"><span class="content">The
enemy said, “I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil.
My lust shall gorge on them! I will draw my sword— my hand will destroy
them.” </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.15.9"><span class="content"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.15.10"><span class="content">You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.15.11"><span class="content"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.15.11"><span class="content">Who is like You, </span><span class="it"><span class="sc"><span class="content">Adonai</span></span></span><span class="content">, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, awesome in praises, doing wonders? </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.15.12"><span class="content"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.15.12"><span class="content">You stretched out Your right hand, the earth swallowed them. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.15.12"><span class="content"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.15.13"><span class="content">You in Your loving-kindness led the people You have redeemed. You guided them in Your strength to Your holy habitation. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.15.14"><span class="content">When the peoples hear, they will tremble—anguish will seize the inhabitants of Philistia. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.15.15"><span class="content">Then the chiefs of Edom are terrified. Trembling grips Moab’s mighty men. All of Canaan’s inhabitants will melt away. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.15.15"><span class="content"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.15.16"><span class="content">Terror and dread will fall on them. By the greatness of Your arm they become still as a stone, till Your people cross over, </span><span class="it"><span class="sc"><span class="content">Adonai</span></span></span><span class="content">, till the people whom You purchased cross over. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.15.17"><span class="content"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.15.17"><span class="content">You bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of Your inheritance*, the place, </span><span class="it"><span class="sc"><span class="content">Adonai</span></span></span><span class="content">, that You have made for Yourself to dwell in— the Sanctuary, </span><span class="it"><span class="sc"><span class="content">Adonai</span></span></span><span class="content">, which Your hands have prepared. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.15.17"><span class="content"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.15.18"><span class="it"><span class="sc"><span class="content">Adonai</span></span></span><span class="content"> will reign forever and ever! </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.15.18"><span class="content"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.15.19"><span class="content">For Pharaoh’s horses with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, but </span><span class="it"><span class="sc"><span class="content">Adonai</span></span></span><span class="content"> brought the waters of the sea back over them. Yet </span><span class="it"><span class="content">Bnei-Yisrael</span></span><span class="content"> walked in the midst of the sea on dry ground. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.15.19"><span class="content"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.15.20"><span class="content">Then
Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand,
and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dancing, </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.15.21"><span class="content">as Miriam sang to them: Sing to </span><span class="it"><span class="sc"><span class="content">Adonai</span></span></span><span class="content">, for He is highly exalted! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea!</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s3" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="heading">Exodus 15:1~21</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Poppins;"><p>Copyright © 2014 - Messianic Jewish Family Bible Society</p><p>Shabbat Shalom! Love、💛 Shayndel</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8JtTwAMpPEOlunOszMAoSJ-Iyemr-6oA7m0203bgj13sGJYWSekcZDcdT2SvtTEBb6lZKwuOgx7cvv8Cs1uu6M5qUT5Jjka-ho5SARPk19pBqlCqc5FlU9EPzSERa5QX_0uEyi1wafh3phyvQ2QD1zh29NxvqDzPwlMGwKl6J_wLOj0GpmK-kammc/s1748/Beshalach%20Shabbat%20Shalom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="1181" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8JtTwAMpPEOlunOszMAoSJ-Iyemr-6oA7m0203bgj13sGJYWSekcZDcdT2SvtTEBb6lZKwuOgx7cvv8Cs1uu6M5qUT5Jjka-ho5SARPk19pBqlCqc5FlU9EPzSERa5QX_0uEyi1wafh3phyvQ2QD1zh29NxvqDzPwlMGwKl6J_wLOj0GpmK-kammc/w270-h400/Beshalach%20Shabbat%20Shalom.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><p></p></span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><p style="text-align: left;"></p><blockquote><p style="text-align: left;">🎶Listen to Jonathan Settel, Song of Moses <a href="https://youtu.be/HVPWClhdLoQ">HERE!! </a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://youtu.be/HVPWClhdLoQ">https://youtu.be/HVPWClhdLoQ</a></p><p style="text-align: left;">Mi Kamocha! Ein Kamocha! </p><p style="text-align: left;">There is none like You!</p><p style="text-align: left;">HalleluYAH!!</p><p style="text-align: left;">Great!</p><p style="text-align: left;">Great and Marvelous! Are your works, LORD God Almighty....</p><p style="text-align: left;">And they sing... 🎶</p></blockquote><p> </p><p> *note: for my records, this verse, Exodus 15:17 in Song of the Sea, is another verse with my word of the year, inheritance! <br /></p></span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><p> </p></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">A Challah blog and more! </div>shayndelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13506811690843992800noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751751315376752943.post-64318912520774471342023-01-30T21:13:00.014-08:002023-02-01T01:37:52.077-08:00A prayer and Comfort for those who mourn in Zion<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><h3><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="text Isa-61-1" id="en-TLV-11357"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></h3><blockquote><h3><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="text Isa-61-1" id="en-TLV-11357"><b><i>Besorah</i></b> for the Brokenhearted</span></span></span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Isa-61-1">The <i>Ruach</i> of <i><span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Adonai</span> Elohim</i> is on me,</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-1">because <i><span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Adonai</span></i> has anointed me</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-61-1">to proclaim Good News to the poor.</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-1">He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-61-1">to proclaim liberty to the captives,</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-1">and the opening of the prison to those who are bound,</span><span class="text Isa-61-2" id="en-TLV-11358"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>to proclaim the year of <i><span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Adonai</span></i>’s favor</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-61-2">and the day of our God’s vengeance,</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><blockquote><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="text Isa-61-2">to comfort all who mourn</span><span class="text Isa-61-3" id="en-TLV-11359"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>to console those who mourn in Zion,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-3">to give them beauty for ashes,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-61-3">the oil of joy for mourning,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-61-3">the garment of praise</span></span><br /><span class="indent-2"><span class="indent-2-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-61-3">for the spirit of heaviness,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-61-3">that they might be called oaks of righteousness,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-61-3">the planting of <i><span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Adonai</span></i>,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-61-3">that He may be glorified.</span></span></span></span></p></div></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Isaiah 61:1~3 </span></span><br /></p></blockquote><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Isa-61-3"></span></span></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dear Father,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It
was on Shabbat. It was on International Holocaust Remebrance Day. It
was on the Shabbat of reading about the night that You set your people
free and started the Exodus from Egypt. We join our hearts with Israel
and remember the 7 victims of the
terrorist attack that took place on that night outside a synagogue in
Jerusalem on that Friday night, even there was a boy only 14 years old, the all too young Asher was among the victims that night who was heinously killed. We pray for your comfort to all who
mourn and thank You that You are the One who consoles those who mourn in Zion. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We pray for comfort for all the families of the 7 victims, complete healing for any that survived the attacks, and protection from any more attacks and cessation of these acts of terror.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We pray for both
Jew and Arab, Christian and Moslem, for a healing of the hatred and
the pulling out of the root of evil that would cause a young 21 year old
in the prime of life, a life that was given by You dear Father, to use this precious gift of life and carry out such a horrendous act to go out and intentionally kill, to
intentionally destroy, and to have such a hate that was taught through generations even specifically against the Jewish people. <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We repent, LORD, that we have seen many years of such hate growing and perhaps could be doing much more. Especially to pray for Israel as your word says, may we take no rest until you make Jerusalem a praise in all the earth. You are the God who is `Zealous for Zion` and to restore your people to the land. Could it be that this is a wake up to the Body of Messiah as well. We ask you open our spiritual eyes towards Jerusalem and help us to know how to pray so we can act ahead of the evil and close doors which have been open to allow such rampant acts of hate. May our forgiveness and reconciliation between one another bring about a greater release of forgiveness and reconcilliation and healing amongst all peoples, and hasten the return of Messiah to put Your feet on Zion once more, speedliy and in our day.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We also ask for a breaking down of and a total getting rid of the teachings and education system where youths are taught by adults
to kill and to hate. We pray for a softening of all hearts to forgive
and to reconcile and to put down the guns and the knives and that soon they will
indeed be changed to plowshares as all will call upon the Name of the LORD. </span></span></p><p class="line"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Father we give you thanks for your Mercy and loving kindness, and for your grace in the name of Your Beloved Son Yeshua. </span></span></p><p class="line"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Amen. <br /></span></span></p><p class="line"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">And now continuing in the verse, as this is the week of Shabbat of Song, we proclaim Victory in Yeshua. We also pray for a hastening of turning of mourning into joy and may Israel come into the next Shabbat , </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span><span class="text Isa-61-3">we ask you to give them beauty for ashes,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-61-3">the oil of joy for mourning,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-61-3">the garment of praise</span></span><br /><span class="indent-2"><span class="indent-2-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-61-3">for the spirit of heaviness. After the days of</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"> the Shiva (first 7 days of mourning), may there be singing the song of Salvation, singing the Song of Moses and the Song of the Lamb as this will be the Shabbat of Song. May no plan of the enemy come against the breaking forth in song by all Israel as we are reading this very week in the splitting of the sea. Breakforth oh LORD with Your Deliverance!!! </span></span></p><p class="line"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Save us O Lord and we shall be saved! Heal us and we shall be healed. The LORD is our Strength and our Song. He has also become our Yeshua! </span></span></p><p class="line"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Blessings and Love,</span></span></p><p class="line"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Shayndel<br /></span></span></p><blockquote><div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="text Isa-61-7" id="en-TLV-11363"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>Instead of your shame, double portion.</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-7">instead of disgrace they will sing for joy.</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-7">Therefore in their land they will inherit a double portion;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-61-7">they will have everlasting joy.</span></span></span></span></p></div></blockquote><p></p><blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Isaiah 61:7</span></span></blockquote><blockquote><p> 💛<br /></p></blockquote><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1iAMj9bGn6C-li0tsSaQY41y-ZO0WYYjvyzyjrpE28bS6u0mSBMKfpqTh32BdsHnDQopVxUAat8grKgGcyFKQmpgFU7Va5wNA5v6-L1Q7iclT4cx-LIoQbsEfRXZUejZZNic2g13CmE2N8c9uzaMYMa-224dnn2xzEFzSSVQNG55qB36MGyaW8gzg/s4032/Red%20rose,%20Jerusalem%20Garden%20Tomb.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1iAMj9bGn6C-li0tsSaQY41y-ZO0WYYjvyzyjrpE28bS6u0mSBMKfpqTh32BdsHnDQopVxUAat8grKgGcyFKQmpgFU7Va5wNA5v6-L1Q7iclT4cx-LIoQbsEfRXZUejZZNic2g13CmE2N8c9uzaMYMa-224dnn2xzEFzSSVQNG55qB36MGyaW8gzg/w200-h150/Red%20rose,%20Jerusalem%20Garden%20Tomb.jpeg" width="200" /></a></p><p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGit8oDtIkXQenJkFd_A_fyPQYpXcdjROxxFjhZE9Gm5eRGB63hPHzXLugM0jzd0IlF67iq-HQlcGjsyf_Vzdwm0o068we-gpWCWC8-KEVwvLVqd3Ts9mLw0PzW4pWhccc1yblPUjHyfFFLP1FTAzqU5SFeTHhV5ljqfK1e4fKHLVBDT4kbWMaZk8T/s4032/Mount%20of%20Olives,%20in%20memory%20of%20Asher%20.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGit8oDtIkXQenJkFd_A_fyPQYpXcdjROxxFjhZE9Gm5eRGB63hPHzXLugM0jzd0IlF67iq-HQlcGjsyf_Vzdwm0o068we-gpWCWC8-KEVwvLVqd3Ts9mLw0PzW4pWhccc1yblPUjHyfFFLP1FTAzqU5SFeTHhV5ljqfK1e4fKHLVBDT4kbWMaZk8T/s320/Mount%20of%20Olives,%20in%20memory%20of%20Asher%20.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mount of Olives, in memory of Asher. I just read that the precious son was buried on the Mt. of Olives. Even as we are coming up on Tu B`Shevat, may we plant trees in the beloved memory of the victims and as a prayer for the prophetic return of the Jewish people , may we be more active in the restoration of Zion, to build and to plant!!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="poetry"></div><div class="poetry"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5fmzL8cMSJn9p46k1eUhXW48Tq7qD5y30HBdv1imC4sKhvDLyOErcQw_p9SHCRiOmaS-0ftxmEMoRLOSKeEHBfTjLL7xtpUARF7j7DVNJJsRkJ-OjpULmyxaulEj1W4reiWTpH7om2Ecv9szqorg0rSROcU9MEKbwMDECYLB2mLiM4kEJAIBnY6t1/s1186/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-31%20at%2021.54.01.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1186" data-original-width="986" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5fmzL8cMSJn9p46k1eUhXW48Tq7qD5y30HBdv1imC4sKhvDLyOErcQw_p9SHCRiOmaS-0ftxmEMoRLOSKeEHBfTjLL7xtpUARF7j7DVNJJsRkJ-OjpULmyxaulEj1W4reiWTpH7om2Ecv9szqorg0rSROcU9MEKbwMDECYLB2mLiM4kEJAIBnY6t1/w266-h320/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-31%20at%2021.54.01.png" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div class="poetry"><br /><p></p><p> <br /></p><p><br /></p><p class="line"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Isa-61-3"></span></span></span></span></p><br /></div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">A Challah blog and more! </div>shayndelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13506811690843992800noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751751315376752943.post-51215051282097419492023-01-28T06:12:00.006-08:002023-01-28T07:24:55.881-08:00Shabbat Shalom! & International Holocaust Remembrance Day<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj09fIzSkzJVaSfqZGXTNw7cbKpF534V4yPMu-KhTFmT2BVWXu1e0tl60z9Vge9Wd1S0Ed8vIhrP07jHvHSJzFbHKPdm-d1FwXYx6qjBegpxCFbT8BxQJ7nFm6ITe3SzRQbutecqlZwr7CPDwhQMBiH9uqqUBZKRZCQcg0edZpQtgfBc481If1JiNBC/s1748/Parsha%20Bo%20Shabbat%20Shalom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1181" data-original-width="1748" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj09fIzSkzJVaSfqZGXTNw7cbKpF534V4yPMu-KhTFmT2BVWXu1e0tl60z9Vge9Wd1S0Ed8vIhrP07jHvHSJzFbHKPdm-d1FwXYx6qjBegpxCFbT8BxQJ7nFm6ITe3SzRQbutecqlZwr7CPDwhQMBiH9uqqUBZKRZCQcg0edZpQtgfBc481If1JiNBC/w640-h432/Parsha%20Bo%20Shabbat%20Shalom.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span>Shabbat Shalom!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-95-6" id="en-TLV-16727">Come, let us worship and bow down.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-95-6">Let us kneel before the LORD<i> </i>our Maker.</span><span class="text Ps-95-7" id="en-TLV-16728"><sup class="versenum"> </sup></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-95-7" id="en-TLV-16728"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>For He is our God,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-95-7">and we are the people of His pasture,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-95-7">the flock of His hand.</span></span><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span>Psalm 95:6~7<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span>This Shabbat we are in Parsha Bo. Bo means `Come`, and we are reading about the Exodus and the Passover.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Yesterday was International Holocaust Remembrance Day for the nations, </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: Poppins;">It marks the day of liberation of the Auschwitz Death
Camp and is a day that was established for the nations to never forget
the horrific mass murder of 6 million Jewish people during the
Holocaust. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">It is for the nations to remember and to know this horrific history, <span>and through knowledge and education be empowered to make decisions to pave a future where it can never happen again.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">I attended (on zoom!) a live webinar for this day in
Japan. It was offered to us through the Jewish Community of Japan. I
was glad that they are encouraging education and awareness for the
Japanese people to know about the Holocaust. Yom HaShoah, the
remembrance day in Israel, is commemorated later in the spring.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Remembering
and educating the younger generations is timely with what we are
learning in this week's parsha, even as the book of Shemot starts with
Pharaoh's plan to get rid of the Jewish people. He saw the Jewish
people as a `threat` to him purely by being numerous and prosperous and
signaled them out to destroy them through such `methods` as back
breaking labor and the decree on boy children. But as we know the enemy
plan is never going to come to be and this week`s very subject is the
Great and mighty Hand of God`s deliverance and His power and dominion
over all.</span><span><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span> <br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Sadly and tragically, since I drafted this post there was an incident in Jerusalem motivated by what seems to be this same hatred, a terrorist attack at a synogogue in Jerusalem. May the LORD bring comfort to the families and to all Jerusalem. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">May there be an outpouring of LOVE of Israel and the
Jewish People released on this day from all over the world including
from us in the Body of Messiah. May we see the end of anti-Semitism
everywhere and by our love may we prepare for the Redemption and return
of Messiah. </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"> <br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem. May those who love you be at peace.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Psalm 122:6</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">*<br /></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span>Please find my weekly AHAVA Prayer sheet<b> <a href="https://ahavaprayerandmovement.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/bo-pdf-new.pdf">HERE</a></b> to pray for your loved ones and Israel from scriptures related to the Torah portion of the week. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span>Here is a brief summary of the Parsha Bo and reflections from the Prayer Sheet!:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span>God grants a new beginning to the children of Israel from slavery to redemption through the Exodus. In our parsha this week, He marks the beginning of months, establishes the first month of Spring and the Passover offering. All this just before the tenth plague of the first born where the homes of the children of Israel are “Passed over” and marked by the blood of the lamb.<br /><br />Our new life begins when we are redeemed in the blood of the Lamb, our Messiah Yeshua. He himself the Passover lamb. We are told over and over in the Torah to remember the story of the Exodus and tell it to our children throughout the generations. We tell it as part of the kiddush which is said every Friday night at Shabbat, where we remember the Exodus from Egypt and God’s great love in which He guided us and redeemed us.<br /><br />May our children be eager to learn and know God, <br />and may our families, loved ones, community, and all of Israel <br />“Come” to Yeshua! <br />The Ruach and the bride await, saying, <br />“COME!”</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span>* <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span><span> </span></span><span class="text Jer-46-27" id="en-TLV-12584">“But you, fear not, Jacob My servant,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-46-27">nor be dismayed, O Israel.</span><br /><span class="text Jer-46-27">For behold, I will save you from afar,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-46-27">your offspring from the land of their exile.</span><br /><span class="text Jer-46-27">And Jacob will return and be at peace and secure,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-46-27">no one frightening him.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span><span> Jeremiah 46:27 </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span><span>(from this week`s Haftarah reading)</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span><span>Love,</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span><span>Shayndel </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span><span>💛</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p> </p><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A Challah blog and more! </div>shayndelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13506811690843992800noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751751315376752943.post-69855233370428442032023-01-18T06:52:00.007-08:002023-01-18T07:23:53.743-08:00Inheritance and Delight! ~ Clothe us with Power and Might!<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvfWoYOssJcF_YDNZRjiG7Nn8qCiXqqnqmHUPs1cOvLCWPDpCQ58seT2dR26064YE14BvnOipKOgY4KgB4nB5VVcz_gTcCjDxXhx9ChVDWlvLIxlNFlYUt-zwmiTF0KQU9yKaSmGpXHTbSY0862VQcHYEilXjy9ZX0aw-WNGaeLyOBfWCHy2_Hx2lh/s4032/Shabbat%20Shalom%20~Shemot!.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvfWoYOssJcF_YDNZRjiG7Nn8qCiXqqnqmHUPs1cOvLCWPDpCQ58seT2dR26064YE14BvnOipKOgY4KgB4nB5VVcz_gTcCjDxXhx9ChVDWlvLIxlNFlYUt-zwmiTF0KQU9yKaSmGpXHTbSY0862VQcHYEilXjy9ZX0aw-WNGaeLyOBfWCHy2_Hx2lh/s320/Shabbat%20Shalom%20~Shemot!.JPG" width="240" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Shabbat Shalom!</span></span></span></b><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYSjdddjMbXqWgUBzzwd85b1T5kZUID0xHTbk71NF_aT4UUu2njWi0CpIJ--bAmHivAk0ayj3Hbm_FIVfz4WEkNVEfbK5H1ER8YlO_okdSmJlDt9BchOTrQrM5z83xAoYh-rpftzYp-lFkk87IzdctHEMhwhhp94DlNmJw22EkDblnnbBFGxr_nPyl/s3974/Shemot,%20Names%20.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3974" data-original-width="2874" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYSjdddjMbXqWgUBzzwd85b1T5kZUID0xHTbk71NF_aT4UUu2njWi0CpIJ--bAmHivAk0ayj3Hbm_FIVfz4WEkNVEfbK5H1ER8YlO_okdSmJlDt9BchOTrQrM5z83xAoYh-rpftzYp-lFkk87IzdctHEMhwhhp94DlNmJw22EkDblnnbBFGxr_nPyl/s320/Shemot,%20Names%20.JPG" width="231" /></a></span></div><blockquote><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span class="text Ps-16-5" id="en-TLV-15310"><i><span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Adonai</span></i> is my portion and my cup.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-16-5">You cast my lot.</span><span class="text Ps-16-6" id="en-TLV-15311"></span></span></span> <br /></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="text Ps-16-6" id="en-TLV-15311">My boundary lines fall in pleasant places</span><br /><span class="text Ps-16-6">—surely my heritage is beautiful. <br /></span></span></span></blockquote><p></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Psalm 16:5~6 </span></span></blockquote><p></p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="text Ps-16-6"></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A few bloggers (you all, dear blogfriends!) have shared your word for the year 2023 and encouraged me so I will also share mine!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My word is `heritage/inheritance`. <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In Hebrew it is: NACHALAH </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="encycheading">נַחֲלָה</span></span><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">,</span></span> <span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">NACHAL <span class="encycheading" style="font-size: large;">נָחַל</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="encycheading"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I receive it for this year, 5783/2023, in keeping with
the Biblical Calendar which started in the Fall! Remember we also are
preparing our hearts to come into the new year starting
in the first month of Springtime that was given by God to the Children of Israel! (We have many New Years!)</span></span></p><p><span class="text Exod-12-2" id="en-TLV-1819"></span></p><blockquote><p><span class="text Exod-12-2" id="en-TLV-1819"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“This month will mark the beginning of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year for you." </span></span> </span><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Exodus 12:2</span></span> <br /></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When I was in NY this Chanukah trip I had several conversations with my Dad, we are always talking, I love my Dad, and it was through one of our conversations that I felt to delve into the word `heritage` and ask the LORD to speak with me about it and it became my word. I am seeing already how it is about restoration, family, my Jewish heritage which I only recently returned to in Messiah, as well as the larger eternal heritage which we are beneficiaries of in Messiah! <br /></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Where your heart is there your treasure will also be. </span></span><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Matthew 6:21</span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In this time of the Restoration of All things I am excited and forever thankful to have come back to covenant with our Covenant keeping God and seek to better understand what is our heritage in Him!<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here are a few examples from the scriptures of aspects of `heritage`and `inheritance` that we find from the beginning and all the way to eternity!! (though Eternity is before the beginning!). Starting with the verse above from Psalm 16, the LORD is our portion! And continuing with these which are just my beginnings of looking into this word!<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1. Heritage as it speaks of the Torah</span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Your testimonies I have as a heritage forever, for they are my heart’s joy. Psalm 119:111</span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">2. Heritage as it speaks of the generations and children:</span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Behold, children are a <i>heritage</i> of ADONAI ~. The fruit of the womb is a reward. Psalm 127:3</span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">3. Heritage as it speaks of the Land of Israel </span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But when you cross over the Jordan and settle in the land that Adonai your God enables you to <i>inherit</i>, and He gives you rest from all your enemies around you, you will dwell in safety. Deuteronomy 12:10</span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">4. Heritage as it speaks of our spiritual heritage in Messiah</span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Eph-1-18" id="en-CJB-29238" style="font-size: medium;">I
pray that he will give light to the eyes of your hearts, so that you
will understand the hope to which he has called you, what rich glories
there are in the inheritance he has promised his people, </span><span class="text Eph-1-19" id="en-CJB-29239" style="font-size: medium;">and how surpassingly great is his power working in us who trust him. It works with the same mighty strength he used </span><span class="text Eph-1-20" id="en-CJB-29240" style="font-size: medium;"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>when he worked in the Messiah to raise him from the dead and seat him at his right hand in heaven, </span><span class="text Eph-1-21" id="en-CJB-29241" style="font-size: medium;"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>far above every ruler, authority, power, dominion or any other name that can be named either in the <i>‘olam hazeh</i> or in the <i>‘olam haba</i>. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Eph-1-21" id="en-CJB-29241" style="font-size: medium;">Ephesians 3:18~21 </span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">5. Heritage as it speaks of Eternal inheritance </span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text 1Pet-1-3" style="font-size: medium;">Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord <i>Yeshua</i> the Messiah! In His great mercy He caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Messiah <i>Yeshua</i> from the dead. </span><span class="text 1Pet-1-4" id="en-TLV-30438" style="font-size: medium;"><sup> </sup>An incorruptible, undefiled, and unfading inheritance has been reserved in heaven for you. 1Peter 1:3~4<br /></span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> Inheritance in Psalm 37!</b><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I also opened up a psalm this morning when I had been thinking of the word heritage the night before and the bible just `happened to` open up to Psalm 37. I had never realized that `subtitle` on the Psalm, or maybe just hadn`t really connected with it as I did today when seeing it in terms of `my word`! Here are a few of the verses! Please read the whole Psalm as well to see the verses in context and how in many of the verses the Psalmist speaks of the `Inheritance of the Kedoshim` (Kedoshim = holy ones) <br /></span></span></p><h3><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-37-1" id="en-TLV-15673" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></h3><blockquote><h3><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-37-1" id="en-TLV-15673" style="font-size: medium;">Inheritance of the <b><i>Kedoshim</i></b></span></span></h3><h3 class="chapter"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-37-1" style="font-size: medium;">Psalm 37</span></span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="text Ps-37-3" id="en-TLV-15675"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>Trust in <i><span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Adonai</span></i> and do good.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-37-3">Dwell in the land, feed on faithfulness.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-37-4" id="en-TLV-15676"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>Delight yourself in <i><span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Adonai</span></i>,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-37-4">and He will give you the requests of your heart.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-37-5" id="en-TLV-15677"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>Commit your way to <i><span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Adonai</span></i>.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-37-5">Trust in Him, and He will do it.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-37-6" id="en-TLV-15678"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>He will bring out your vindication as light,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-37-6">and your cause will shine as noonday.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-37-7" id="en-TLV-15679"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>Be still before <i><span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Adonai</span></i> and wait patiently for Him.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-37-7">Do not fret over one prospering in his way,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-37-7">over one carrying out wicked schemes.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-37-8" id="en-TLV-15680"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>Put away anger and turn from wrath.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-37-8">Do not fret—it only leads to doing evil.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-37-9" id="en-TLV-15681"><sup class="versenum">9 </sup>For evildoers will be cut off,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-37-9">but those who wait for <i><span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Adonai</span></i>—</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-37-9">they will <b>inherit</b> the land.</span></span></span></span></p></div></blockquote><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Ps-37-9"></span></span></span></span></p></div><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And lastly, notice the word `delight` in verse 4! And verse 11:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> But the meek will <b>inherit</b> the land, and <b>delight</b> in abundant shalom.</span></span></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The reason why I mentioned `delight` in the title is that I was `delighted` to see the word <b>inheritance</b> in so many places together with <b>`delight`</b>. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It also appears in this combination in one of my favorite verses, from Isaiah 58:13 about keeping the Shabbat!</span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.58.13" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="content">If you turn back your foot from Shabbat, from doing your pleasure on My holy day, and call </span><span class="it"><span class="content">Shabbat</span></span><span class="content"> a delight, the holy day of </span><span class="it"><span class="sc"><span class="content">Adonai</span></span></span><span class="content"> honorable, If you honor it, not going your own ways, not seeking your own pleasure, nor speaking your usual speech, </span></span></span></p><div class="p"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.58.14" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="content">then You will <b>delight</b> yourself in </span><span class="it"><span class="sc"><span class="content">Adonai</span></span></span><span class="content">,
and I will let you ride over the heights of the earth, I will feed you
with the <b>heritage</b> of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of </span><span class="it"><span class="sc"><span class="content">Adonai</span></span></span><span class="content"> has spoken.</span></span></span></div></blockquote><p></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Isaiah 58:13~14 </span></span></blockquote><p></p><div class="flex flex-wrap yv-ft-top flex-column-gap-lg"><div class="yv-ft-branding-container" tabindex="15"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a class="yv-ft-branding-link" href="https://www.life.church/" target="_self"><svg class="yv-ft-lifechurch-logo" fill="#1221212" height="24" viewbox="0 0 185 24" width="185" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"></svg></a></span></span></div></div><p><b><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Last but not least!</span></span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I also love to connect everything to what we are reading in the weekly Torah portion, as the cycle is so prophetic. So it
is not coincidence that we are entering into the book of Exodus with
the `names` of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew, the book of Exodus is actually called Shemot, which means
`Names`!! In Ezekiel 47:14, the land of Israel is divided equally as an inheritance and given to the twelve tribes of Israel. </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"> And on the gates of the heavenly Jerusalem are inscribed the names of the 12 tribes!! <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My Dad said something about not being so concerned about our heritage in
terms of the Torah and that made me want to take hold of our heritage
ever more. See already we are learning so much!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Please share your insights from your word if you have one, and hope you might have been inspired or learned something new from my reflections of looking at `Heritage/inheritance`. May we delight in the LORD through His word and His everlasting Love.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">All love and blessings.</span></span>❤️ <br /></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Shabbat Shalom!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Love,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Shayndel</span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Song, `My Portion` to enjoy , from Psalm 16 ❤️<br /></span></span></p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ELyNbbQd1H0" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">A Challah blog and more! </div>shayndelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13506811690843992800noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751751315376752943.post-67822914265116647692023-01-08T08:12:00.010-08:002023-01-08T18:36:27.689-08:00Multiplying `Chai` ~ Challah of Life <div><p style="text-align: center;"></p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2WhiyXDJI_NTPGTS0gAxUaWsNALHFOZsnYrnOG28BXo16tw01Aik_DmTQ5geObMvZ17qcbgYIwZmyHRpPhlG_0C-sf8ny4VaQZYVBElgNuqV_gpMZcBgtCeCLnZnB_FartQmsh_yGn2slPe4tiSn117h5ZGq0UGnW-gcaCjrhwHZA3PDiMfadoiFS/s4032/FCCDAF3B-6419-425A-BAA9-C84762E1219F.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2WhiyXDJI_NTPGTS0gAxUaWsNALHFOZsnYrnOG28BXo16tw01Aik_DmTQ5geObMvZ17qcbgYIwZmyHRpPhlG_0C-sf8ny4VaQZYVBElgNuqV_gpMZcBgtCeCLnZnB_FartQmsh_yGn2slPe4tiSn117h5ZGq0UGnW-gcaCjrhwHZA3PDiMfadoiFS/s320/FCCDAF3B-6419-425A-BAA9-C84762E1219F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Multpiplying the word `CHAI` <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">חַי</span></span> which means Life, on a heart-shaped challah<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYkx45IdR094NRPB0ORAaBjesgeGzzZFF9jPCsAbQGVWFvazqVnAlxAN88waVi4oxFAL6pBIPe-KPEqwYwoXBg-x5n5lxsho3ZVpemowth_JsDAuWp_VENRuqkjfDa2zzBjzfF_NmFIofY6IYqk42J4h0vilhZ5LTP-oxNo8smJc4VgJkaJizE3sa/s4032/DD06851F-A2CC-4EDE-ABC8-5645FA692A26.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYkx45IdR094NRPB0ORAaBjesgeGzzZFF9jPCsAbQGVWFvazqVnAlxAN88waVi4oxFAL6pBIPe-KPEqwYwoXBg-x5n5lxsho3ZVpemowth_JsDAuWp_VENRuqkjfDa2zzBjzfF_NmFIofY6IYqk42J4h0vilhZ5LTP-oxNo8smJc4VgJkaJizE3sa/s320/DD06851F-A2CC-4EDE-ABC8-5645FA692A26.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZwUdlKOO2iGZAAndc-hjYZf-2pMKo0yUbbuyJcoZWpb8aJQM-IkPPHiUv_sCxlwbO12tMPT9xeGsN-8rwsqZdhwQrt2a3qThhYmNB5ZnVq25zyB9pGql_X_pMJL_c_KpnszAW9Atn4kvn5aQf0Sl2y8vA3J0kzgWdPp8jbcmj2ubWECYvUgnEqQG/s4032/31283F55-99EB-4D94-8674-E0B45A47EB74.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZwUdlKOO2iGZAAndc-hjYZf-2pMKo0yUbbuyJcoZWpb8aJQM-IkPPHiUv_sCxlwbO12tMPT9xeGsN-8rwsqZdhwQrt2a3qThhYmNB5ZnVq25zyB9pGql_X_pMJL_c_KpnszAW9Atn4kvn5aQf0Sl2y8vA3J0kzgWdPp8jbcmj2ubWECYvUgnEqQG/s320/31283F55-99EB-4D94-8674-E0B45A47EB74.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A new inspiration to make smaller `Chai` <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">חַי</span></span> Heart Challah, and multiply the `Chai` which means `LIFE`. First make the heart shape, and then roll out a thin strand to make the word `<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4hfoYa8fI8yf1550F7I4wjH0Vdh1g11REHp6TdcsfWu9h4f1XKrO_Nk9FPHqO_lBLo9nHS6vh-EwH_2V-rmOSQGCMwO9youAhjnMdL9B2oPR_GklBrciDyAzJjg_oC8iABjcT4A4WM4NOTsJNKWJuJlBwVMO_cMEETSaLtW1mpKi1CUMvNTEVOCh8/s4032/929C7560-3FA6-4377-851A-391F97E0BE36.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4hfoYa8fI8yf1550F7I4wjH0Vdh1g11REHp6TdcsfWu9h4f1XKrO_Nk9FPHqO_lBLo9nHS6vh-EwH_2V-rmOSQGCMwO9youAhjnMdL9B2oPR_GklBrciDyAzJjg_oC8iABjcT4A4WM4NOTsJNKWJuJlBwVMO_cMEETSaLtW1mpKi1CUMvNTEVOCh8/s320/929C7560-3FA6-4377-851A-391F97E0BE36.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">חַי</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy77gq1e8qZm8FvmPlAzenMfWdBzBrQInPOnlFYw9A8aHYXZqgMxKNsVs2z5pdjuSfQshW5UQP1q5nWSH_VdVYl42E8vnvUDALnCMiAcCa2G2AuXQVSLjSGErSbmbrZ5DdnmJBvVXNSeJjAlo_f-ZXfOijMiD_WBpvDEP2RwqViiwJY8aQUOV3UWXT/s320/F7C97EB2-54F2-43D7-83E5-BAD9555202EA.jpeg" width="320" /></a> <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I am the bread of <b>life</b>.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"> אָנֹכִי הוּא לֶחֶם הַ<b>חַיִּ</b>ים</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Anochi Hu Lechem Ha-Chay-im </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">John 6:35 </span><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">`Chai` or </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">חַי</span></span><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> in Hebrew means `Life`. <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you read the scriptures in Hebrew, you will recognize this word in the Bread of Life, Lechem Ha-chay-im (above)~ Yeshua is the Bread of Life.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Or in another life-giving verse, </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I am the way, the Truth, and the <span style="color: #ff00fe;">Life</span>. </span></span><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">John 14:6<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">אָנֹכִי הַדֶּרֶךְ וְהָאֱמֶת וְהַ<span style="color: magenta;">חַיִּ</span>ים</span></span><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Anochi ha-derech v`ha-emet v`ha-chayim</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> And if you are following the Torah portions, you will surely recognize it as the root word from the last Torah portion in the book of Genesis, Vayechi, which we just read this past Shabbat. It means, `And He lived`, which refers to our patriarch Jacob at the end of his life. Always in the Torah, `Life` is highlighted as the Torah is a Torah of Life! So even as Jacob is on his last days and blessing his sons and grandsons just before his passing on, the name of the Parsha (Torah Portion) emphasizes that He lived. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> A few years ago I had the idea of this `Chai` Challah, a Challah of Life, to make for the Shabbat of `Vayechi`. I started noticing in the last two Torah portions, even as the tribes were about to begin the Exodus in Egypt and a time of darkness, the word `life` is often used in the story of Joseph. Jacob`s favored son, Joseph tells his brothers that God sent him there to save `life` (lives) in an extraordinary deliverance.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Gen-45-7" id="en-TLV-1366">But God sent me ahead of you to ensure a remnant in the land </span><span class="text Gen-45-7" id="en-TLV-1366">and to keep you alive for an extraordinary deliverance. Genesis 45:7<br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Even though they tried to kill him and threw him in a pit, he rose up to be the viceroy second to Pharoah and he became the saviour for the land of Egypt and for his family from Israel (Canaan at the time), and for all who lived in that time and who came to him for bread. We see a picture of the Saviour, Yeshua, who like the Joseph we see in these readings, is still yet to reveal himself to his brothers. LIke the story of Joseph, his Jewish bretheren do not any longer recognize him, and yet its happening before our eyes in this exciting time, that He is revealing Himself to them, and, like me, many are beginning to know our Messiah Lives!!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When I had the idea of `Chai` on a Challah, it seemed very fitting as Yeshua is the Bread of Life, and in this portion, Joseph at the time saved his brothers in a great deliverance through his storing up of grain. Bread features prominently in the salvations so what better way to express this life giving bread, then in a blossoming `Chai` Challah! The variation this time is that I `multiplied` them and made several small Chai in the hearts challah. Like the loaves that were multiplied by Yeshua, I pray that this bread will feed many and many will be nourished by the Word of God and find life in the Bread of Life, Yeshua!<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzf-xhQ2duyMySL5A83Cun5mkFuWBIMdwAPXZc21F8593PzjaDPdoxQa7WPAAjRfSoL3C2LijSi7HcvHSx5KRSJpcR5SToOTxyM0-WCSPURicPa44aX_ZNY3a7RNowemAzqXdz-NQ8xAz-XPILwkzxJk6OHoAiIhy2g44GLwIS6UKOMt3d4N4bId-u/s1230/chai%20necklace~%20shayndel%60s%20wishlist!.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="1126" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzf-xhQ2duyMySL5A83Cun5mkFuWBIMdwAPXZc21F8593PzjaDPdoxQa7WPAAjRfSoL3C2LijSi7HcvHSx5KRSJpcR5SToOTxyM0-WCSPURicPa44aX_ZNY3a7RNowemAzqXdz-NQ8xAz-XPILwkzxJk6OHoAiIhy2g44GLwIS6UKOMt3d4N4bId-u/w183-h200/chai%20necklace~%20shayndel%60s%20wishlist!.png" width="183" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">`Chai` necklace, on Shayndel`s wishlist!<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You
may recognize this word from the celebratory toast at weddings or bar
mitzvahs or other occasion, To Life, which is `Le-chay-im`. You may
recognize it from the song of the same name in the musical, Fiddler on
the Roof. Or you may recognize it from the </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">חַי</span></span><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> chai neckaces that you can find in a Judaica shop. <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"></span></div><div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you might like to try making a Chai Challah, I will direct you to my Challah-cast archives <a href="https://challahandcherryblossoms.blogspot.com/search?q=chai+challah">HERE</a> , where you can find related posts and uploads that will show you how to make it!!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Let`s make a toast together for the New Year 2023, </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Le-chayim, To Life!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Love and blessings,</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">❤️ <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Shayndel</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">PS Notes*<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">*For more on Parsha Vayechi, Please find my AHAVA <a href="https://ahavaprayerandmovement.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/12vayechi.pdf">Weekly Prayer Sheet HERE</a> to pray from your loved ones and for Israel with verses based on this parsha and themes of `LIFE` and blessing!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">**Have you signed up yet for my weekly Parsha Newsletter?<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Please let me know if you would like to receive my weekly `Parsha Newsletter`! Every week receive a weekly prayer sheet and Shayndel`s (Joanne!) insights on the weekly Torah portion, with a word of encouragement or blessing or other sharing! You can let me know in the comments, or send an e-mail to:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">ahavaprayerandmovement@gmail.com <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">or sign up on our contact form here: </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><a href="https://ahavaprayerandmovement.com/contact/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">A</span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><a href="https://ahavaprayerandmovement.com/contact/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">hava prayer and movement Contact </span></a></span><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I hope it is a blessing to you. Please feel free to let me know your thoughts comments, insights, d`var torah (word of Torah), or what else you might like to see in the weekly letters.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Pu-GgaSpuMoZdFQ0pzHcv6V5wIYwO4sn4QrGD9pI0aJRPE8BdIPE8Ze9g3llBiq2-1wWufHbGMmj1Gw9sKW8DuQoFz2mKzkFHnMLG9yMWSEdDgqSi2P8kidd_2rHgqypAhSTvJTrp5TeklAyVaJS1XYZCr56WOnSWPvlDlrl6NzgHsR0hw57HCAl/s1748/Vayechi%20Shabbat%20Shalom.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1181" data-original-width="1748" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Pu-GgaSpuMoZdFQ0pzHcv6V5wIYwO4sn4QrGD9pI0aJRPE8BdIPE8Ze9g3llBiq2-1wWufHbGMmj1Gw9sKW8DuQoFz2mKzkFHnMLG9yMWSEdDgqSi2P8kidd_2rHgqypAhSTvJTrp5TeklAyVaJS1XYZCr56WOnSWPvlDlrl6NzgHsR0hw57HCAl/s320/Vayechi%20Shabbat%20Shalom.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vayechi Shabbat Shalom!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <br /></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">A Challah blog and more! </div>shayndelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13506811690843992800noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751751315376752943.post-57875263275586617232022-12-22T09:18:00.009-08:002022-12-22T09:30:03.066-08:00Chanukah Lights ~ 1, 2, 3...<p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"> 📔 </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;">Chanukah Diary</span><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;">Al HaNisim</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">וְעַל הַנִסִּים, וְעַל הַפֻּרְקָן,</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; outline: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">וְעַל הַגְבוּרוֹת, וְעַל הַתְּשׁוּעוֹת,</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; outline: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">וְעַל הַנִפְלָאוֹת, שֶׁעָשִׂיתָ לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; outline: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">בַּיָמִים הָהֵם בִּזְמַן הַזֶה.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white;">And [we thank You] for the miracles, for the redemption, for the mighty deeds, for the saving acts, and for the wonders which You have wrought for our ancestors in those days, at this time—</span></span></span></div></div><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Not only is it my first time coming `home for Chanukah` in all these years, but its also the first time I have gone to the synagogue for lighting the candles, as far as I can remember. It is so wonderful to drive there at just before sundown, as the sun is going down. There is a divine perfection in the timing. <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Just as the light in the sky goes down beyond the horizon, the lights of the menorah are `lifted` and lit up! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I
am reminded that the menorah in the Tabernacle and the Holy Temple was
to be lit continually and that is part of the Chanukah miracle, that the
first thing to be done after the victory over the Greek and Syrians who
desecrated the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, was to consecrate the oil so
that the light could be lit with the pure oil until a new oil was made.
A vial of oil for one day extended to 8 so that the temple could be
`re-dedicated` to the God of Israel. Of course, it is not just the
temple but it was the hearts of the small group of the Maccabees, a
small number of untrained Jewish people who would rather fight for their
God and the Torah than give in to the ways of the world and assimilate
to the Greek. It was their hearts and spirit that were burning with
`zeal` for the LORD and not to allow the desecration of the holiness of a
life lived for Him.</span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Thus he burned with zeal for the law, as Phinehas did against Zimri the son of Salu.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"></span></span> <br /></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Then Mattathias cried out in the city with a loud voice, saying: "Let
every one who is zealous for the law and supports the covenant come out
with me!" 1 Maccabees 2:26~27<br /></span></span></p></blockquote><div class="p-1 px-2 md:px-3 leading-8 transition-colors rounded my-1 " data-verse-id="27"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"></span> </div><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I am also reminded that the word used in the Torah for lighting the menorah is `lifting up` the lamps. (where it says `erect` in English, or light up, in Hebrew the verb actually means to ascend, lift, go up)<br /></span></span></p><div class="p"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.8.1"><span class="label"></span></span></span></span></div><blockquote><div class="p"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.8.1"><span class="it"><span class="sc"><span class="content">Adonai</span></span></span><span class="content"> spoke to Moses saying, </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.8.2"><span class="content">“Speak to Aaron and say to him: When you erect the lamps, the seven lamps are to illuminate the area in front of the </span><span class="it"><span class="content">menorah</span></span><span class="content">.” </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.8.3"><span class="content">Aaron did so. He erected the lamps facing forward so they illuminated the area in front of the </span><span class="it"><span class="content">menorah</span></span><span class="content">, just as </span><span class="it"><span class="sc"><span class="content">Adonai</span></span></span><span class="content"> had commanded Moses. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.8.3"><span class="content">Numbers 8: 1~3 TLV</span></span></span></span></div></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This `ner tamid` , the eternal light, is expressed in the `lifting up` of the wicks to light the menorah by the High Priest. What I was seeing in the sunset drive to the synagogue on the way to the candlelighting, was as God brings the sun to go down, we then are there with the wicks ready to `lift them up` and to be in a continuum with Him so that in that the light is always lit!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That is the miracle of Chanukah , the spirit that will never go out and that burns continually. The light of Torah and the light of Messiah. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">With You is the source of life, by Your light we shall see light. (Psalm 36:9)<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yeshua is the `shamash` the middle candle that lights all the others. We are `lit` by His light!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yeshua is the light of the world.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden! <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I pray </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In these 8 days of Chanukah there is this extra time of light as we lift up the lights just after sunset, when ordinarily it would be darkness but we remember the miracle of light and are stirred up in our zeal for the LORD and in recalling the miracle we are `lifting up` that light. It is a prophetic moment as we express our readiness for the Light of Messiah to arise and shine, and bring in the eternal light of Redemption.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Also I have this sense this year of the menorah and Chanukah from the `Temple` to the home. It is in the temple where the 7 branched menorah was always to be lit by the High Priest, and yet the Chanukah menorah, called a Chanukiah, is an 8 branched menorah. In every Jewish home, and now many non-Jewish homes too, a channukiah is lit. It is a special commandment of bringing the light into our homes. So it is an 8 branched menorah, each one a little different and unique, all lit by One fire. Put it in the window to shine our lights to the world. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A city on a hill cannot be hidden.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Of course, there will be a time that we will not need either the sun or the moon because the Lamb himself will be the lamp! So there is all this excitement and antipation as we light one more light each night.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One more testimony of arriving to the synagogue this trip!<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When I got to the synagogue on the Shabbat evening before Chanukah, two different people said `You are just on time. ` And after the second, the person said ` Its about to begin`. Just then the doors swung open and the evening service began. As if on divine cue. I am dramatizing it a little with the `swinging open of the doors` but the effect on my heart was like that. There was a timing that was particularly highlighted after making the trip from Japan and getting here `just in time` for the Shabbat eve and for Chanukah!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As we light up each candle , in ever increasing light may we come closer to that joyous day of Messiah Himself returning and He Himself will be that Light, Emanuel , God with us.💛💛💛 </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7f-CwHex2SgSIEjtfGOlu5MbUVkxYuEAyjXms0NQqyFllePrEdcK4NHO_oNSPkOXa0i-WtyR-SV4a76dfnOgprz7f3hjCa2HVwJ4uAYwnLFVu2rzlb_zYM5MK_If72szuq-2bQ2sPZ9t3P2gJUc3aVXJryUWASVBaBOY3k7A2-gmyje3xDcz-B4Ha/s4032/D74C9D6B-1EE1-4332-88F9-7AD10756A79F.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7f-CwHex2SgSIEjtfGOlu5MbUVkxYuEAyjXms0NQqyFllePrEdcK4NHO_oNSPkOXa0i-WtyR-SV4a76dfnOgprz7f3hjCa2HVwJ4uAYwnLFVu2rzlb_zYM5MK_If72szuq-2bQ2sPZ9t3P2gJUc3aVXJryUWASVBaBOY3k7A2-gmyje3xDcz-B4Ha/s320/D74C9D6B-1EE1-4332-88F9-7AD10756A79F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Each night increasing light </span><br /><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Chag Sameach! </span></span><br />💛🕎💛</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">A Challah blog and more! </div>shayndelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13506811690843992800noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751751315376752943.post-16962518157344926452022-12-12T06:48:00.016-08:002022-12-13T04:22:37.376-08:00On the Go! Pomegranates and a Chanukah Challah Story<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFtsyZA1GQLo3LguP81QMsdRwHpQe4wetSUovQOmFHbseaV7XtMB8Kakt9pdzb-ZmKKNl3hh4JanDvj9O2LgmYKm6a-EmF37mbmEXIQU9clBMkd6tMfcsDXV8-RvEzyRHtgQzo_Qj-8ZSrQSPuPYalIuzJLKS_b4eyZE5FJ3SL0hdFj4ML_b6B9c0S/s4032/3BD29A78-E2A1-439E-9850-306E44CD8B58.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFtsyZA1GQLo3LguP81QMsdRwHpQe4wetSUovQOmFHbseaV7XtMB8Kakt9pdzb-ZmKKNl3hh4JanDvj9O2LgmYKm6a-EmF37mbmEXIQU9clBMkd6tMfcsDXV8-RvEzyRHtgQzo_Qj-8ZSrQSPuPYalIuzJLKS_b4eyZE5FJ3SL0hdFj4ML_b6B9c0S/s320/3BD29A78-E2A1-439E-9850-306E44CD8B58.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"> Always start a Chanukah Challah with pure olive oil!</span><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLgOBkKQor86NAAbl8fL0N6YyrMeNFGJv6H0wzqD1RzvZzPRWj0K3d30KcU6k-JyjVxNwoQaML09Z8ldy5Fr-nKod-ZOSLt-ZBJGzG_igWR0miimMQ0Zb5gj8UQ6-_U0gJl2XDgimSI3IKFufcWCvS6iGTurOTx8CUO4X9tFWw4eut8DE5_e2zobrz/s4032/7EB5312A-C7AF-4654-8C0F-623260FD9568.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLgOBkKQor86NAAbl8fL0N6YyrMeNFGJv6H0wzqD1RzvZzPRWj0K3d30KcU6k-JyjVxNwoQaML09Z8ldy5Fr-nKod-ZOSLt-ZBJGzG_igWR0miimMQ0Zb5gj8UQ6-_U0gJl2XDgimSI3IKFufcWCvS6iGTurOTx8CUO4X9tFWw4eut8DE5_e2zobrz/s320/7EB5312A-C7AF-4654-8C0F-623260FD9568.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Shaping a Star of David Challah (I struggled with the dough this time, but finally was victorious as you can see the shape came out well)</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZr7MVjJIiHDQQ46pPgSWomxA2AvFFPs4f6qxcGBXmUPlKiPp8JenIYCkchftUhjuy8IywnS7ft8cmjmhZbC78UcJ5kgCOQvDr_4HqhTXqnN_6HuPQstTb8ZrPxnbZkdvxzkRwWCO45nU6ztzMZOksriQUIgvxgJNSTXYA2pBh-9CdUKL_L4HQwZbl/s4032/0908D75B-94FF-4185-8461-48A0877B74AF.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZr7MVjJIiHDQQ46pPgSWomxA2AvFFPs4f6qxcGBXmUPlKiPp8JenIYCkchftUhjuy8IywnS7ft8cmjmhZbC78UcJ5kgCOQvDr_4HqhTXqnN_6HuPQstTb8ZrPxnbZkdvxzkRwWCO45nU6ztzMZOksriQUIgvxgJNSTXYA2pBh-9CdUKL_L4HQwZbl/s320/0908D75B-94FF-4185-8461-48A0877B74AF.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitksgBF0czq_r32ppwVhUWx3X2WukWSTKkDczEcHPZUhzE449QKP8bwlPUtTrTqXELqCgmQtUSr8QCk0Nw0G8R6kcWmgT_B-wm9UlCQanNpRQuuyh3hebj_fUrspcVyLDilXmcQugIazuBLCIR5acoGG9n-cOLIEz6GZD335T_qfZR_pBIW3UyPIeL/s4032/8053700D-4250-4725-B12D-244B2E8FFA19.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitksgBF0czq_r32ppwVhUWx3X2WukWSTKkDczEcHPZUhzE449QKP8bwlPUtTrTqXELqCgmQtUSr8QCk0Nw0G8R6kcWmgT_B-wm9UlCQanNpRQuuyh3hebj_fUrspcVyLDilXmcQugIazuBLCIR5acoGG9n-cOLIEz6GZD335T_qfZR_pBIW3UyPIeL/s320/8053700D-4250-4725-B12D-244B2E8FFA19.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">I
just noticed, the pomegranate is like a star shape when
open. If you get one that still has the `crown` on top, you
can see the top is actually a 6-pointed star,like the star of David. <br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-l-xZkEBEG1-VwxFz1w0vr1VEzroLQOeQwQJEmeftZZ1LKZjl1gokd53TvD4Mdjq6B7tnLn6sVuMDiIf72M52EMp0HR0Di41-T6jHHdk-_IUx7-z4SDrM7vbKTqklMiRo1qIfkhhVgI29yd9zC05vTPd8e3W2ynzqDja5LDA9c9kK1t9NyLz18Jgy/s4032/A0B22424-08EF-4A85-A3FC-B49529F32514.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-l-xZkEBEG1-VwxFz1w0vr1VEzroLQOeQwQJEmeftZZ1LKZjl1gokd53TvD4Mdjq6B7tnLn6sVuMDiIf72M52EMp0HR0Di41-T6jHHdk-_IUx7-z4SDrM7vbKTqklMiRo1qIfkhhVgI29yd9zC05vTPd8e3W2ynzqDja5LDA9c9kK1t9NyLz18Jgy/s320/A0B22424-08EF-4A85-A3FC-B49529F32514.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">This basket of pomegranates caught my eye! Seemingly just casually there but I knew the One who intentionally put it there!<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc4J_GmwWjNz2JMJnm8hf9wV6FPEhmYFrfvh5v0IEtdf3F0Z90D8IJfLzadtwO9pijvc2S1FID418ch9BnJM3NkeAGLyKm6FxfQOha2STCLBrNK3YldUZVW5CQtiOaJwdDvKQsEL3OAmIJxVqrwHt2yuUYNUmRo_GrInLsWY0UE-nK9MKkO7BWRPW9/s4032/E5FC796F-B303-4B14-84E3-566EA9AE592B.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc4J_GmwWjNz2JMJnm8hf9wV6FPEhmYFrfvh5v0IEtdf3F0Z90D8IJfLzadtwO9pijvc2S1FID418ch9BnJM3NkeAGLyKm6FxfQOha2STCLBrNK3YldUZVW5CQtiOaJwdDvKQsEL3OAmIJxVqrwHt2yuUYNUmRo_GrInLsWY0UE-nK9MKkO7BWRPW9/s320/E5FC796F-B303-4B14-84E3-566EA9AE592B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">... oh how the pomegranate is a fruitful blessing for all who will enjoy it!</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZH4M2NKL61QWmk3qnNuPtMk-Daa3F1uvw9RFtYh71yk27sO9aShG6731B1La5qpoI7BJb6gLxdQHR6xTue4Z-nAOHNGVQsFTa9KmCojK1eZIZRYaiZI5guFCAis4KQzL4v2n-f14v7_wGQzhalYfW5YrqDE3YbxCLBKS3_ZB5eGw1SNKVZ8sV7aEj/s4032/289D56F5-92A4-4BA8-BB89-185DD7B0E30C.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZH4M2NKL61QWmk3qnNuPtMk-Daa3F1uvw9RFtYh71yk27sO9aShG6731B1La5qpoI7BJb6gLxdQHR6xTue4Z-nAOHNGVQsFTa9KmCojK1eZIZRYaiZI5guFCAis4KQzL4v2n-f14v7_wGQzhalYfW5YrqDE3YbxCLBKS3_ZB5eGw1SNKVZ8sV7aEj/s320/289D56F5-92A4-4BA8-BB89-185DD7B0E30C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">From one vial of olive oil, and look what happens next!</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT2yCAHK-UQ79lUZFntVFbk0G5TGotEDzy1q9T8aMXVZyLSDFfvQigZ1BsHzjxKeyXc6DDaSQAIB80SkSneGsCzfbYKM_jPy_n4JefeFIFI__f39D_cXWT6cMONTg9d1Iv73k5Q5jVjbE7QWJ6d4S0DXjnjVUSnLwIeRyIxbgQExyNPCfd35oimuV9/s320/FB5C88C9-112E-4A07-A241-CAB0955CBDCF.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><p></p><blockquote><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="p">Song of Songs 4:13</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br />Around this time of the year just around Chanukah,<br />I start to see pomegranates showing up in the supermarket here in Japan. Once I noticed that, I became excited because pomegranates are one of the 7 species of the land of Israel. I started to watch for them in a particular spot each year at this time, and I saw that God was indeed sending me pomegranates for Chanukah!<br /><br />So now here we are this year, a week before Chanukah! <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">There it was, the pomegranate delivery ~ one little basket of them in the fruit section!<br />It was an intimate moment in this big supermarket. I knew God put them there for me, in a basket that hardly anyone would notice but He knew I would. And He said, Here, take one, take a couple. It’s almost Chanukah! Yes, these pomegranates are for you! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">I decided I would make a Chanukah Challah to bring to my daughter in Tokyo on the way to the US, so we can have a time of celebration and make a blessing for Chanukah! That is the `on the go` part of the story! I will be going back to the US for Chanukah! <br /><br />I wanted to make a Star of David Challah with pomegranate in it, but I had a bit of a struggle with the dough (it was in the parsha of Vayigash where Jacob struggles with the angel, somehow it made sense that I was struggling with this Dough!). After all I was able to do one in the shape of a Star of David, and then separately made a small Pomegranate Challah.<br /><br />As it was for Chanukah, I focused on the olive oil which in my recipe is the first ingredient to go in. As you know, at Chanukah we celebrate the miracle of the oil lasting 8 nights and the miracle of the victory of the small group of the Maccabees who stood up to the Greek and Syrian army of Antiochus who had taken over and desecrated the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. At that time the Jewish people were being forced to assimilate and prohibited from observing the Torah. Only a small group stood up and would not bow down to the ways of the Greek~~and God gave them the Victory!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">A pomegranate can be seen as representing Torah as it contains 613 seeds said by the Jewish sages to represent the 613 commandments. I also see connections with Joseph, as we always read the parashot about Joseph during Chanukah, who was righteous and who was given the blessing of a fruitful son and who in many ways is a picture of Messiah Yeshua. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span class="text Gen-49-22" face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" id="en-TLV-1496" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; position: relative;"></span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span class="text Gen-49-22" face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" id="en-TLV-1496" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; position: relative;">A fruitful son is Joseph,</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" /><span class="indent-1" face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Gen-49-22" style="position: relative;">a fruitful son beside a spring—</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" /><span class="indent-1" face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Gen-49-22" style="position: relative;">daughters walk along a wall.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Noto Sans, sans-serif, Arial"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Genesis 49:22</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">When I poured in the oil, I thought of that one flask of oil that remained, and the way it lasted long enough to make pure oil again to keep the light burning and re-dedicate the Temple. The very Temple where Yeshua stood in Solomon`s colonnade at Chanukah, Himself the Light of the World, and still yet to be fully revealed! May it be this Chanukah!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text John-10-22" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-size: 16px;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text John-10-22" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-size: 16px;">Then came <i>Hanukkah</i>;</span><span class="text John-10-22" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span>it was winter in Jerusalem. </span><span class="text John-10-23" id="en-TLV-26568" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-size: 16px;"><i>Yeshua</i> was walking in the Temple around Solomon’s Colonnade. </span><span class="text John-10-24" id="en-TLV-26569" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-size: 16px;">Then the Judean leaders surrounded Him, saying, “How long will You hold us in suspense? If You are the Messiah, tell us outright!” John 10:22~25</span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text John-10-24" id="en-TLV-26569" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-size: 16px;"></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text John-10-24" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-size: 16px;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text John-10-24" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-size: 16px;">🕎💛🕎💛</span></span></blockquote><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">As I am writing this post I heard something from the Holy Spirit. He reminded me of that the very first time I found a pomegranate in Japan, even before I started the Pomegranate challah, and even before I associated it with Chanukah, and with Joseph.<br />It was on the Shabbat of the week of my birthday that I first found one!!<br /><br />I am amazed at that full circle, as this trip will be for Chanukah, my Dad’s birthday, and my birthday!! And here just at the Shabbat before that, He placed that basket of pomegranates in the supermarket <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">May it be a fruitful time and season for us all as we share our deep love for the beloved Yeshua and shine His light. May we `re-dedicate` ourselves and our families to Him! Note: Chanukah means `Dedication`.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> Now, I need to go and prepare! Blessings and Shalom. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Receive an overflowing of pure anointing oil from the Ruach HaChodesh and let your light shine! <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Shabbat Shalom! Chanukah Sameach!<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Much Love,❤️</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Shayndel<br /><br /> A few PS Notes:</span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">I have never been to America for Chanukah in all the 20 plus years since I
lived in Japan. And now G-d is bringing me back to where these pomegranates in Japan came from! (Did I mention, the pomegranates in the
supermarket here in Japan are from America!)<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">You can find more posts of the pomegranate challah and even how it came about, the relation with Joseph, and more <a href="https://challahandcherryblossoms.blogspot.com/search?q=pomegranate+challah">HERE</a>, as I have been making a Pomegranate challah at Chanukah for several years now! And Star of David Challah posts <b><a href="https://challahandcherryblossoms.blogspot.com/search/label/Star%20of%20David%20Challah">HERE </a></b>and Uploads <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxC0YEo7a08&t=249s">HERE</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq0h9-1tJLc">HERE</a>。</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"> <br /></span></p><p><span class="text Exod-39-25" id="en-TLV-2690"></span></p><blockquote><span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Exod-39-25" id="en-TLV-2690">Then they made bells of
pure gold and put the bells between the pomegranates on the hem of the
robe all around, between the pomegranates, </span><span class="text Exod-39-26" id="en-TLV-2691"><sup class="versenum"> </sup><b>a <span style="color: #b45f06;">bell</span> and a <span style="color: #990000;">pomegranate</span></b>, then <b>another <span style="color: #b45f06;">bell</span> and a <span style="color: #990000;">pomegranate</span></b>, all around on the hem of the robe, to minister in, as <i><span class="small-caps">Adonai</span></i> commanded Moses.</span><span> </span></span></span></span></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"></span></span></span></p></blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Exodus 39:25~27</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">(verse added to the post as per conversation in the comments! Bold and colors emphasized accordingly!) </span></span></span></p></blockquote><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Nes Gadol Haya Sham, A GREAT MIRACLE HAPPENED THERE!</span> <br /></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">For a Classic Jewish spin on Chanukah Music, Enjoy a Chanukah Playlist of the Maccabeats songs, one for each night, <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgWWM18u2RI0sAiiWDjmaPFa6s16KLd7A">HERE </a></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Also you can find my AHAVA CHANUKAH Playlist of songs <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_mLB9eVM36u7RypyeDHnNnvdoDTTOz6t"><b>HERE. </b></a><br /></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"></span></span></span><br /></p><p> <br /></p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"></span> <br /><br /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A Challah blog and more! </div>shayndelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13506811690843992800noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751751315376752943.post-66877338341733764352022-12-06T20:06:00.001-08:002022-12-07T17:37:05.974-08:00Early Chanukah Miracles and Light<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdE-lWD8uFD-3C--Yl5w32038wE68xGKJ1oXnGpfyxfV8m8F2iix4trxAN29B2EZMjphHuT3AftQTTs1x1YUn--0tU-vAb3ScBp9NSPaw9xX1p5Ksc79No_exOAjHk46XioYK3ER-Db3CcJpegd2Yf1vjEEhWv85yUHCn6ToZtZsuhO131Kf2EG2Ml/s320/E5E7CDD3-DB8D-4CD3-8870-BBD5B8F9B5D2.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">🕎 </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">With joy you shall draw water from the wells of salvation. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Isaiah 12:3</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Every year for several years I have been sharing about Israel and the Festival of Chanukah in a community arts festival here in Japan. It takes place in an open square plaza in front of a department store that God has been redesigning for his glory over the years. This year a great miracle happened there! A </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">family from Israel ‘just happened to be passing by`. They heard the Hebrew music of Mayim Mayim and saw us dancing, and turned to come into the space of the event.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>It was wonderful and a miracle to welcome them, and to hear Hebrew being spoken in our small city and to know that `undoubtedly God is in this place and we didn’t know it`! * This encounter surely came about from years of prayer to make known about Israel and the God of Israel in that place, as we joyfully draw water to dig up the wells of Salvation!</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span>With joy you shall joyfully draw water from the wells of Salvation. Isaiah 12:3 and verse that `Mayim Mayim`song and dance is from</span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span><br /></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">T<span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">hey were excited and surprised… and blessed! to see us celebrating Chanukah. We were so blessed and excited to welcome them, and have international exchange between our local Japan community and our special guests from Israel. Everyone received a dreidel as our hearts turned to God`s love and His presence in that place!</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">There were other miracles as well ~~ at least 8 miracles that I counted ~ which also included two healings and one salvation, and a perfect sunny and warm day when the weather forecasted rain.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">With that we want to encourage you to come into this season of Chanukah (our event was a little early!) with expectation and trust, trust, Trust in the God who is faithful, and to see the miracles that He is doing every place where we encounter Him!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">*. Verse from that week’s parsha, when Jacob had the dream of the ladder and awoke from his sleep and said,</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">`Surely the LORD is present in this place, and I did not know it!` Genesis 28:16</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"></span></div><blockquote><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Chanukah Samech! </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Happy Chanukah!❤️ Love, </span></div></blockquote><p>Shayndel </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD-iRBrAn_eXXPxmNlyUsiFJVimazDIy7aNDzuNtuD38Li3ObReEgBz7N2ibS0vNE3qSJygDW4cIJyPGBBRGE4PABioqfyd0Dc7FNmVKTGMDf8Wdyq8PBWKEQhKOk8TFwMODg-PyoAQe8wr1Lgc306p7Y0gL9JewKvAbC2iDQ_CIIBIj8vPME8QLjn/s4032/4E6FB3AD-80F2-4D32-A1F0-D63A56677088.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD-iRBrAn_eXXPxmNlyUsiFJVimazDIy7aNDzuNtuD38Li3ObReEgBz7N2ibS0vNE3qSJygDW4cIJyPGBBRGE4PABioqfyd0Dc7FNmVKTGMDf8Wdyq8PBWKEQhKOk8TFwMODg-PyoAQe8wr1Lgc306p7Y0gL9JewKvAbC2iDQ_CIIBIj8vPME8QLjn/s320/4E6FB3AD-80F2-4D32-A1F0-D63A56677088.jpeg" width="320" /></a></p><p>NES GADOL</p><p>HAYA SHAM </p><p>A Great Miracle Happened There ! </p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A Challah blog and more! </div>shayndelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13506811690843992800noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751751315376752943.post-67118554548468523572022-12-04T16:50:00.011-08:002022-12-05T06:39:39.637-08:00Simple Simcha Challah<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAY27AisLrIWj58kGd1K43Ro-XxL0q-BO7GDMZcnNdSagAThJzoyP0PRBicMhyrrT8alrztaXfJTdUuoj7MPvDNhcmOGVeDi4q4wi4XPVvO94q_Hk1O3Ht0vphgwpvQpiNVvRAPVt1ZjkTVwLLGcjRe1r_-q5OZG1DJaP3A_hC25jUbGLKf_WbmuL/s4032/319CCDF6-5D74-4759-9F42-DD1BBDE022B4.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAY27AisLrIWj58kGd1K43Ro-XxL0q-BO7GDMZcnNdSagAThJzoyP0PRBicMhyrrT8alrztaXfJTdUuoj7MPvDNhcmOGVeDi4q4wi4XPVvO94q_Hk1O3Ht0vphgwpvQpiNVvRAPVt1ZjkTVwLLGcjRe1r_-q5OZG1DJaP3A_hC25jUbGLKf_WbmuL/s320/319CCDF6-5D74-4759-9F42-DD1BBDE022B4.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roll out 8 strands, separate into 5 and 3<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8x04ZWapQFlYL7PsRnrqJxkHfGdLRWvOfu5fq2ot7zsHQ--b-2HDgQLTBL_dHXuD02UFAwZt13O5B2YfjG-Rv_tAa-RqRxCq1WUUXxq0Cmzqxs-Ua1MMolOR46V7CeRdQr32bgAYwmpBMdrj4045XG8I1DnSxLnBw7vUKDDJyGoYfwKAEd2S-XthJ/s4032/C16E2D32-239D-4F28-9B45-8CC87E5308BB.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8x04ZWapQFlYL7PsRnrqJxkHfGdLRWvOfu5fq2ot7zsHQ--b-2HDgQLTBL_dHXuD02UFAwZt13O5B2YfjG-Rv_tAa-RqRxCq1WUUXxq0Cmzqxs-Ua1MMolOR46V7CeRdQr32bgAYwmpBMdrj4045XG8I1DnSxLnBw7vUKDDJyGoYfwKAEd2S-XthJ/s320/C16E2D32-239D-4F28-9B45-8CC87E5308BB.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For the 5 Strand Challah, Start with 3 on one side and 2 on the other <br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghWDC1gXyxwHZFTZZ4fMJ17T9T21_rPauJbIV5FjACop0KNgLic7gKsYAixRR16Q5IC8PZDKHvnKEQFggZ_wQzwElBe1B8uCvV-GXEyPoYeYq3OFhQmojlhf-LPHGX6wAS9oKLQtAKLw0eetAB7NqRRCdJ_ETn-LT64vsrr83RU_TDmXYvgdjAxN7V/s4032/49291215-BDFB-4C5A-8247-FD0A3141DE71.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghWDC1gXyxwHZFTZZ4fMJ17T9T21_rPauJbIV5FjACop0KNgLic7gKsYAixRR16Q5IC8PZDKHvnKEQFggZ_wQzwElBe1B8uCvV-GXEyPoYeYq3OFhQmojlhf-LPHGX6wAS9oKLQtAKLw0eetAB7NqRRCdJ_ETn-LT64vsrr83RU_TDmXYvgdjAxN7V/s320/49291215-BDFB-4C5A-8247-FD0A3141DE71.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Always bring the outside strand over from the 3 to the the inside of the 2, then there is a new `3`<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC0bCtJ5dIWxWXVQQ49PkcSqAoCadS5OpfAR520FUjmYAbppiE0jvh3gmEFXzy1p5ffL-NmsPED066G0UX_amAwrzkHXoaSzx6OHAskgD6x_YgNWYafAXHUFEzOHAvuCec7lyB1TxfOxZUeqPjZXKsW4VQOM-1UcIZBUT9W-fDjI1Uk1Zqfg80Ha-6/s4032/8A2FB4ED-93AC-42AC-BE08-887EA629C180.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC0bCtJ5dIWxWXVQQ49PkcSqAoCadS5OpfAR520FUjmYAbppiE0jvh3gmEFXzy1p5ffL-NmsPED066G0UX_amAwrzkHXoaSzx6OHAskgD6x_YgNWYafAXHUFEzOHAvuCec7lyB1TxfOxZUeqPjZXKsW4VQOM-1UcIZBUT9W-fDjI1Uk1Zqfg80Ha-6/s320/8A2FB4ED-93AC-42AC-BE08-887EA629C180.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 3-strand challah (top in picture) is a basic 3-strand simple braid<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwFfbcX_2r8cCvI56BhpPgnMcHXDuodMevvulvl3wFhm9tu7GhiK4RSYKvczjTXfoX-oReEoyHObBBU7wgz9yEQxJ4GL0fSoIEeK-NMm4qQKy1nOHNDR-CKMZX0Z6xQt-Unx2MMzIZQ9Mw0AyiYxn2YwDPDcbbEZMZn4SvMubxleYsVQSyFtXvcERb/s4032/4171CE4F-6CA6-44C3-8030-A2C69A3F5AAB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwFfbcX_2r8cCvI56BhpPgnMcHXDuodMevvulvl3wFhm9tu7GhiK4RSYKvczjTXfoX-oReEoyHObBBU7wgz9yEQxJ4GL0fSoIEeK-NMm4qQKy1nOHNDR-CKMZX0Z6xQt-Unx2MMzIZQ9Mw0AyiYxn2YwDPDcbbEZMZn4SvMubxleYsVQSyFtXvcERb/s320/4171CE4F-6CA6-44C3-8030-A2C69A3F5AAB.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwEljBzfO4Ooi7QtrPp2W3u2m8MaZrOgCaiBqgHJl-kKIWdBQ4wU5ioOJ0pf-4-X_COpe27qa4ppBtjIJrx2kWIA_UTifIe5X4MKQ3Zd3BeTdNMeg-7Yl_-YYluwO_cdLh4Ix4fvP6AYDUwR1yzxcauERdy3MuOLuFPg2-1Fsrq_D6p9iP75piOhx8/s4032/A9B360E1-CB6D-4BA7-959D-9D1BE74BEBCA.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwEljBzfO4Ooi7QtrPp2W3u2m8MaZrOgCaiBqgHJl-kKIWdBQ4wU5ioOJ0pf-4-X_COpe27qa4ppBtjIJrx2kWIA_UTifIe5X4MKQ3Zd3BeTdNMeg-7Yl_-YYluwO_cdLh4Ix4fvP6AYDUwR1yzxcauERdy3MuOLuFPg2-1Fsrq_D6p9iP75piOhx8/s320/A9B360E1-CB6D-4BA7-959D-9D1BE74BEBCA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flatten out the center of the `5 strand challah` and you will put the `3 strand` on top of it<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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Now you are ready to add `volume` by putting the `3` on top of the `5`<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkpe0ZZJxlKbKy9ZtIqSIeqE4zZipBPhh3K4oLjzbxbcso78Z3zMk5zMBA1Y6esHc-emR6XnIVhvWZTkShbQnIE6LBi8HSK53oGirZL6kgtcox4vphhdRnWczHnHlXhP57xlpi4PfWYAjjOi0iQTxz0r_RKhuHFDIFsLCvvTtnUcfTDKtnulF4F3eW/s4032/E64D167F-1311-4C04-A0F3-0C6841BCE062.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkpe0ZZJxlKbKy9ZtIqSIeqE4zZipBPhh3K4oLjzbxbcso78Z3zMk5zMBA1Y6esHc-emR6XnIVhvWZTkShbQnIE6LBi8HSK53oGirZL6kgtcox4vphhdRnWczHnHlXhP57xlpi4PfWYAjjOi0iQTxz0r_RKhuHFDIFsLCvvTtnUcfTDKtnulF4F3eW/s320/E64D167F-1311-4C04-A0F3-0C6841BCE062.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Voila! Simcha!<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLn_YOp9WBnwodjPFArpgkVHV-b6zTsVDoM74mwqLgLduc4EYZ2Q0XwrqGrXdD2F-elN8byTDYZu6TuUyqOQV1KrfViqM_IEpvV8KlpNaS0PtBbdqhTwGVyZc5JBtfEGrVFGMUIhynF6D2ai5eWjZswAGoR2G_95Y0dlVmdxxyf7hTdRpYO_Pfa4H/s4032/2F0BCA40-5AE5-4E30-A57C-00180D28A2D3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLn_YOp9WBnwodjPFArpgkVHV-b6zTsVDoM74mwqLgLduc4EYZ2Q0XwrqGrXdD2F-elN8byTDYZu6TuUyqOQV1KrfViqM_IEpvV8KlpNaS0PtBbdqhTwGVyZc5JBtfEGrVFGMUIhynF6D2ai5eWjZswAGoR2G_95Y0dlVmdxxyf7hTdRpYO_Pfa4H/s320/2F0BCA40-5AE5-4E30-A57C-00180D28A2D3.jpeg" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3kdvxBMh8iHkHLKDYC_guSRS8jeTYAn6sqlyjOiHIetH9E1jD25Am9tXEItRahJtA0NAtxHbqv_B78BmTgzeZfe7qH_UwKDZ_EjZgoHPMvPcAFPGAjAPtBn3uLToTRfJumgiFiqqND3eCKbkFejH3P9vz7pKghmxDYM7u-cWE7cxGuwuQ5N143xw/s4032/82C3D971-36CE-43C3-8902-BF32EB83C667.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3kdvxBMh8iHkHLKDYC_guSRS8jeTYAn6sqlyjOiHIetH9E1jD25Am9tXEItRahJtA0NAtxHbqv_B78BmTgzeZfe7qH_UwKDZ_EjZgoHPMvPcAFPGAjAPtBn3uLToTRfJumgiFiqqND3eCKbkFejH3P9vz7pKghmxDYM7u-cWE7cxGuwuQ5N143xw/s320/82C3D971-36CE-43C3-8902-BF32EB83C667.jpeg" width="240" /></a><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFP9STMdn3aewGMOJN-NQM-FFFPMe6FgL7e0ShYQs3gNPaotagsfVntwqtYC68U8Utp7o9WbF5nUANnuVONIrKT6gHBrROQ8K8NWgcIvFaonnIGZkgbJaFMM0LkyjGJLiR7lAb4wFTXWTOHVZm21_RkbyCw5HXOJvn6_NxklWGRpiinZhM6zNEWad0/s4032/5F29D8C7-B6B5-45D0-AB69-430B5F30BE9F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFP9STMdn3aewGMOJN-NQM-FFFPMe6FgL7e0ShYQs3gNPaotagsfVntwqtYC68U8Utp7o9WbF5nUANnuVONIrKT6gHBrROQ8K8NWgcIvFaonnIGZkgbJaFMM0LkyjGJLiR7lAb4wFTXWTOHVZm21_RkbyCw5HXOJvn6_NxklWGRpiinZhM6zNEWad0/s320/5F29D8C7-B6B5-45D0-AB69-430B5F30BE9F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the Kingdom of God.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Luke 14:15</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">DId you know there is a challah called a Simcha Challah?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Simcha means Joy, in Hebrew. This challah is to mark joyous occasions such as a wedding or a special celebration. Of course, you can make a Simcha Challah for Shabbat too, as Shabbat is a time of `oneg` or `delight`. You often will see a Shabbat Challah is made with 3, 4, 5, or even 6 strands, and often made as 2 Challah loaves to remember the double portion that God provided in the wilderness and continues to provide on Shabbat as we trust in Him. The Simcha Challah is 8 strands in one challah!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Traditionally because of the festive nature of the Simcha, you would often see that the Simcha Challah is large and voluminous! to be able to be served at a gala party!! I had the idea on a recent Shabbat to make a smaller sized Simcha Challah. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">I call it a Simple Simcha Challah because it is a little `scaled down` from a regular Simcha Challah, so it becomes more simple. </span><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">To represent the joy and gladness
and yet a family size that can be served modestly. My idea
for this was to make the strands smaller and thinner so it
could be beautifully appropriate and a little more humble for your
Shabbat table.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">The parsha I made it for was the week of `Chayei Sarah` (note: On the posting of this post we are already moving along and are in Parsha Vayishlach, where the promised generations have come forth and now Jacob`s name is changed to Israel!) where Abraham sends his servant to find a bride for Isaac, so it had a wedding theme in the Torah portion and it seemed fitting to have a Simcha Shabbat!! Shabbat is also a `preparation` for the wedding feast that we will have when Messiah Yeshua returns, so I like to think of Shabbat as a `practice` for that time when we will be feasting in the Kingdom of God and eating the bread and drinking the cup of wine with Yeshua Himself.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">I am thinking back to our fore-mothers like Sarah whose challah was said to stay fresh all week and her home had a divine light and stayed lit through the week. She is the matriarch of the family of God going all the way back in the generations. When we make challah it is also a good time to pray and as you are kneading the dough you can give praise to the LORD and pray for your loved ones and for Israel. We pray for God to choose a God-ly spouse for our children, and trust in Him for all things. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> I am also thinking forward to the future banquet and that Shabbat of the Messianic Kingdom!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">I always love both the scene where the servant of Abraham goes to find the bride, and Rebecca answers his prayer and draws water for both him and his camels!! This is a drawing that I probably post every year on this parsha. And exemplifies the Bride of Messiah who has the quality of chesed, loving kindness, and pours out her love in abundance and heart of willingness to serve, as we see she gave the water to both the servant and all those camels!!!</span></p><blockquote><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH_ZbaW99OuWhazns9gwo_pP2lqW_kpSMw0UlAIALF04fqgrb6zldCPrH0my0xUTWl9nY2sTCALU7-910nsZE6wjlrJPCnharjUmpJ6MhbYSnudYpcEj7qPVNnJ8sJMdD6TiMqisVvmrjmHjhv03cFOMvIw-_yFIC0ybvtZJuAaRkZgGRtwbFVdTTR/s400/Rebecca.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="400" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH_ZbaW99OuWhazns9gwo_pP2lqW_kpSMw0UlAIALF04fqgrb6zldCPrH0my0xUTWl9nY2sTCALU7-910nsZE6wjlrJPCnharjUmpJ6MhbYSnudYpcEj7qPVNnJ8sJMdD6TiMqisVvmrjmHjhv03cFOMvIw-_yFIC0ybvtZJuAaRkZgGRtwbFVdTTR/w400-h291/Rebecca.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="margin-left: 80px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Gen-24-18" id="en-TLV-610">So she said, “Drink, my lord,” and she quickly lowered her jar onto her hand and gave him a drink. </span> <span class="text Gen-24-19" id="en-TLV-611"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup>Now when she finished giving him a drink, she said, “I’ll also draw water for your camels until they’ve finished drinking.” Genesis 24:18~19<br /></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Hallelu-Yah! </span> <br /></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Shavu`a Tov! Have a good week to all!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> Love,</span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> ❤️</span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> Shayndel </span></p></blockquote><blockquote><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Song-3-11" id="en-TLV-19701">Go out, daughters of Zion,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Song-3-11">and gaze upon King Solomon,</span></span><br /><span class="text Song-3-11">with a wreath his mother placed on him</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Song-3-11">on the day of his marriage—</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Song-3-11">on the day of his heart’s joy.</span></span></span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"> Song of Songs 3:11</span></span> 💖 </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">PS This is an upload I did which has a little more about the Simcha Challah! It is from Parsha Yitro, which comes a little later in our reading, but it does contain a mini-tutorial (from about 4 minutes into the video), and the verse above from Song of Songs. If you are moved to try making this challah or just to enjoy it as the message continues the theme of Simcha, may you you be filled with the joy of the anticipation of the wedding and `Gazing on the King`, our King and Messiah Yeshua! </span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTZKu_8qjDk&t=316s<div class="blogger-post-footer">A Challah blog and more! </div>shayndelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13506811690843992800noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751751315376752943.post-82552840753915662122022-11-17T18:31:00.006-08:002022-11-17T20:20:16.289-08:00 Shabbat Shalom! from Japan, Shabbat Project: Vayera Challah in Hebrew Letters!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUzyQnYmaJ9tyunI0AQYc9Lfe7hcuI9oyPAvkc2crFltpdHt80WqPv59STdO69wQEGtLMxTXqIAqTXqiFQF0UbcsIZ6pK5IkA2cMmo5RSYFsnGjpRLmPxBPRk_GjpLBpm4pJRbH_SUHIN4zDa10wwywu3AiQ-PyWD8RybUvh_T1mRCaKMqelqIzRf6/s1600/Vayera%20Shabbat%20Shalom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="1600" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUzyQnYmaJ9tyunI0AQYc9Lfe7hcuI9oyPAvkc2crFltpdHt80WqPv59STdO69wQEGtLMxTXqIAqTXqiFQF0UbcsIZ6pK5IkA2cMmo5RSYFsnGjpRLmPxBPRk_GjpLBpm4pJRbH_SUHIN4zDa10wwywu3AiQ-PyWD8RybUvh_T1mRCaKMqelqIzRf6/w640-h432/Vayera%20Shabbat%20Shalom.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span><span style="color: #e06666;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span><span style="color: #e06666;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span class="text Gen-18-1">Then <i><span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Adonai</span></i> appeared to him at Mamre’s large trees while he was sitting in the entrance of his tent during the heat of the day </span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span class="text Gen-18-1">{...</span><span class="text Gen-18-4" id="en-TLV-429">} </span><span class="text Gen-18-4" id="en-TLV-429"> <br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span class="text Gen-18-4" id="en-TLV-429">Please let a little water be brought so you can wash your feet, and make yourselves comfortable under the tree. </span><span class="text Gen-18-5" id="en-TLV-430"><sup> </sup></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span class="text Gen-18-5" id="en-TLV-430"><sup> </sup>And let me bring a bit of bread so that you can refresh yourselves—</span></span></span><span class="text Gen-18-1"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Gen-18-1"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Genesis 18:1~5 (exerpts)</span></span><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="color: #e06666;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span>Firstly, Shabbat Shalom!!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span>Secondly, the photo above is from the past week`s Shabbat, a testimony from Japan. We were blessed to participate in this years Shabbat Project in the Shabbat of `Vayera`.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Yay! We did it! For the 3rd year I participated in the Shabbat Project.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">It is a worldwide initiative where Jewish people all around the world join in to keep the Shabbat together. They encourage hosting events like Challah bakes, Friday night dinners, learning from the Parsha, or other ways to put in action a gesture of hospitality to reach out to others to celebrate the Shabbat and share God`s love by coming together at the Shabbat Table! I love this initiative and have had a tradition of making a Challah in the shape of the Hebrew Letters spelling Vayera for this special Shbbat. And this year added to that a community dinner on Friday night. Every year it is held on the Parsha of Vayera. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">That is the Torah Portion where the LORD appears to Abraham in front of his tent on a hot day and sends angels to tell Abraham and Sarah that they will have the long awaited child and seed from which the Nation of Israel would be established. Abraham and Sarah always were ready to entertain guests and share about the truth of the one true God. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Vayera means `and He appeared`. My Vayera prayer according to that word is, `May the LORD appear to us this Shabbat`. May He appear to all those who know Him and to those who do not know Him yet! </span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV1NaPw2SQj0uxSNdTYDW9nFPamyzZe3jkta7XBmSBa5MzAvJCX7OybOY1W9fHnSQWzaTgYh_1nDwWY4pzyyS65TLVsAltCd1YtStGyn0aE_GtYGRwvds5PL3xfW9ak3FIDLSOBlxloNjspY1AImn8ij3DZeB5umUzJt2EgjUMkRavPYwX92BZelpb/s4032/4A050641-4C53-470D-B740-8F3F2030C671.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV1NaPw2SQj0uxSNdTYDW9nFPamyzZe3jkta7XBmSBa5MzAvJCX7OybOY1W9fHnSQWzaTgYh_1nDwWY4pzyyS65TLVsAltCd1YtStGyn0aE_GtYGRwvds5PL3xfW9ak3FIDLSOBlxloNjspY1AImn8ij3DZeB5umUzJt2EgjUMkRavPYwX92BZelpb/s320/4A050641-4C53-470D-B740-8F3F2030C671.jpeg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhen-2VT8g25LzzfieH8WdPv220KrJ0yJ_-BwM3zzznY0wwA33Qo3o1TAIZ5C4bTQ3AYNMfqV0qsVpFh7vU6g_6Of7z7v7gNVZoGv2fZFg9Hyb0YBTnL7NwxZ3qFb0TGgC2TY-LMP_jb1YjvgjcATEAjZH3u9DtOlWX4TekMPhUT8Xz9D6UZ18HfRG8/s4032/8D004878-B684-4BB0-9F78-51061E7DD26E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw5SUrMvMVA62nAawM8N_fgQ_oi1LY2ewOdnaeHek1LZrxIz6SHZCTAGrPjxYSKU7RJp9pVjglBqmYUQwQ0cyujTyXxslrglqit5inZngAr4SnXGWQ70Dq7w0sZlLmikU49GuoG286xT97qCL7Av8OG-R0M-ax7C8V01k23D_DHSPzXKvFnmbNWcgS/s2983/907BBE25-BF61-497A-BEF1-37EEC1378F65.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2983" data-original-width="2569" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw5SUrMvMVA62nAawM8N_fgQ_oi1LY2ewOdnaeHek1LZrxIz6SHZCTAGrPjxYSKU7RJp9pVjglBqmYUQwQ0cyujTyXxslrglqit5inZngAr4SnXGWQ70Dq7w0sZlLmikU49GuoG286xT97qCL7Av8OG-R0M-ax7C8V01k23D_DHSPzXKvFnmbNWcgS/s320/907BBE25-BF61-497A-BEF1-37EEC1378F65.jpeg" width="276" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">In between the rising of the dough, Aimei and I pray from our <b><a href="https://ahavaprayerandmovement.files.wordpress.com/2021/11/vayera-1.pdf">AHAVA prayer sheet,</a></b> the week pictured is in Parsha Vayera. </span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-9rEJIt7afeCGt4elBuhzeE6k8CnxtGtHBTyj7Q8nwYGAQykxkWPTEYVBGbzxF0O9ApdZw8E9XNe5SJiUreCWiN1sf3J8voOIHFG_IOGd4EsQbG7dKTAKKh0z2HJEQGizqksu5fBYybr3myfPIMKeRSSLsMdA2tpw5EEF4_NkjJO_ChJk1xVBMCf2/s320/D4426F78-8682-4EA2-BB4C-F1A4D99E3CEA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">For the past 2 years, this year is my third year, we have participated from Japan in
the worldwide initiative to `Keep Shabbat Together` which is called the
Shabbat Project. We do the `challah portion` together on `zoom` from two different parts of Japan. Please join us next time!!<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBfwSRWfXPsQCLAL6Oc9w6w3NeJYslt9eUbV5z1zlGf9Ix1lTPq0BCHCYExQnBbpPfNkPJQwONA5LhYbvLxBF-NUSebemZWOp5Ijbvv-JtmfxSOUpGLYEd1WgIMxCCtoeEfikW8doMmOsn2sXCRyKFx2htngjHBEKq8qSqhO3h2IKz4q6JwGjGtedS/s4032/DC7F67D8-B82F-4A18-AA7A-4AF86CF21F43.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2139" data-original-width="4032" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBfwSRWfXPsQCLAL6Oc9w6w3NeJYslt9eUbV5z1zlGf9Ix1lTPq0BCHCYExQnBbpPfNkPJQwONA5LhYbvLxBF-NUSebemZWOp5Ijbvv-JtmfxSOUpGLYEd1WgIMxCCtoeEfikW8doMmOsn2sXCRyKFx2htngjHBEKq8qSqhO3h2IKz4q6JwGjGtedS/s320/DC7F67D8-B82F-4A18-AA7A-4AF86CF21F43.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To be continued ....</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Love,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">❤️ <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Shayndel </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">A Challah blog and more! </div>shayndelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13506811690843992800noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751751315376752943.post-52794650381498338382022-11-06T08:53:00.008-08:002022-11-08T16:38:48.727-08:00Hod Ve Hadar! 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margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgetEWFbfNLWkVTcn09lITNm_DMeWoRgY7cbSKB2w8rVLc5MDyf61eEvF0Io4WrBVjKy62mwL_h3ScDm-OB20tdDJFIEr60TpZYbwEAeMYbvJohBbTgqrjailrT1cvaUUcDf2jPcoXir7ZYX2-h2HcCpxBL8K3METTVpwaxtsitxpagAmZq5ebqmq6r/s3088/1BC1B1AB-7C97-4B5A-9DE4-E32F04705D0F.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgetEWFbfNLWkVTcn09lITNm_DMeWoRgY7cbSKB2w8rVLc5MDyf61eEvF0Io4WrBVjKy62mwL_h3ScDm-OB20tdDJFIEr60TpZYbwEAeMYbvJohBbTgqrjailrT1cvaUUcDf2jPcoXir7ZYX2-h2HcCpxBL8K3METTVpwaxtsitxpagAmZq5ebqmq6r/w300-h400/1BC1B1AB-7C97-4B5A-9DE4-E32F04705D0F.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-145-5" id="en-NIV-16326">They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty—</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-145-5">and I will meditate on your wonderful works. Psalm 145:5</span></span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Ps-145-5"> </span></span></span><br /><b><br /></b><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><b>The Beautiful fruit of the beautiful tree</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><blockquote style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On the first day you are to take choice fruit of trees, branches of palm trees, boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook, and rejoice before ADONAI your God for seven days.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Leviticus 23:40</span></span></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I am lingering a little in the fragrance of the fruit called an etrog, which is a fruit associated with the Feast of Sukkot. It has a fragrance that reaches my heart with the love of G-d and speaks of His Majesty. I know, a heart cannot exactly `smell`, and a fragrance does not `speak`, but this fruit makes me think outside of the regular dimensions, and stretches my senses, that is how divine the fragrance is! I hope to release even a little of that fragrance here in a blog post. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the verse that introduces the commandment to rejoice for Sukkot (Lev. 23:40 above), there is the mention of taking 4 species. One of them as you can see in the verse (and in the photos as represented by the etrog), is the "choice fruit of the trees". The Jewish sages have a discussion on this `choice fruit`, or sometimes translated as `beautiful fruit`. They ask the question, does the modifier `beautiful` describe the fruit , or does it describe the tree? That is the midrashic question around this fruit.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I don`t know the grammatical answer, but what spoke to me was the word itself in the Hebrew that describes the fruit, or the tree. The word is HADAR. It ultimately modifies and points us to the Majesty of the LORD God Almighty Himself!<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This word, HADAR, </span></span><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: large;">הֲדַר~ </span></span><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">which modifies the fruit or fruit tree, actually means splendor, honor, ornament, majesty!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The first time the word <b><a href="https://biblehub.com/hebrew/1926.htm">HADAR</a></b> is used in the Torah (in all of the bible) is here in Leviticus 23:40, and after that we see this word HADAR is used to describe God`s splendor and majesty. We sometimes see it paired with HOD or KAVOD, as it speaks of God`s glory and His majesty.</span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: large;">הֲדַר, כְּבוֹד הוֹדֶךָ-- וְדִבְרֵי נִפְלְאֹתֶיךָ אָשִׂיחָה</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span class="text Ps-145-5" id="en-NIV-16326">They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty—</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-145-5">and I will meditate on your wonderful works. Psalm 145:5</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The four species together are also said to represent different parts of the body. The fruit which is called an Etrog represents the heart. The palm leaves the spine, the myrtle the eyes, and the willow the lips.<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Taken together we can see how they represent worshiping God with our whole self, with every part of us, as in Deuteronomy 6:4,</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><sup class="versenum"></sup></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>Love <i><span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Adonai</span></i> your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.</span></span></blockquote><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Connecting back to the Garden and forward to the Redemption!</span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We recently started in a new Torah cycle from the book of Genesis. When I read about the fruit, that Eve took when tempted by the serpent, I noticed how It was described as pleasing to the eye.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I was thinking when I read it this time of this description of `pleasing to the eye`, as compared to the beauty of the fruit in Leviticus 23:40. That which represents the deepest expression of God`s majesty, and His beauty that we see from the heart, is something that He reveals when we seek after intimacy with HIm... with all our heart.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I felt that G-d was speaking about how growing in obedience to Him is a way in which we grow into seeing His majesty and splendor. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Those are some of my Succah reflections and fragrant beginnings. As we start a new Torah cycle, we are already in the third Parsha (Torah Portion)! I will hope to catch up a little to where we are now, going into `Vayera` , which means `And He appeared` and comes from the root word `To see`!! <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If anyone would like to join in following the Torah portions together, please let me know in the comment or in an e-mail (ahavaprayerandmovement@gmail.com). I send out a weekly AHAVA Parsha Prayer Sheet, which gives a short introduction to the Parsha and scriptures related to the weekly portion to pray for your loved ones, schools, community, and for Israel! </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Blessings and LOVE ~ AHAVA!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Love,</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Shayndel <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"></span><span class="text Ps-96-6" id="en-TLV-16738"></span></p><blockquote style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-96-6" id="en-TLV-16738">Splendor and majesty are before Him.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-96-6">Strength and beauty are in His Sanctuary. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-96-6">Psalm 96:6</span></span></span> <br /></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">PS Interestingly, after I wrote this post, I found that it was not just my discovery about the fruit representing God`s majesty!! I saw<a href="https://bje.org.au/knowledge-centre/holydays-fasts/sukkot/the-4-species/"> this article</a> on a Jewish website describing how each element is also describing an aspect of G-d, and relating to a verse in the Tanakh! I love that when the Holy Spirit leads us to our own discoveries, and then after we find the discovery that was already made!! <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><i></i></span></p><blockquote><i>Each species has a particular reference to God, according to a Midrash
in Leviticus Rabbah, 83: the etrog is symbolic of Psalm 104:1: “You are
clothed in glory and majesty”; the palm is used because it is said
Psalms 92:13: “The righteous bloom like date-palm”; the myrtle signifies
Zechariah 1:8: “And he stood among the myrtle-trees”; the willow is
significant because it is written in Psalms 68:5: “Extol Him who rides
on the clouds (aravot), the Lord is His name.”</i></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"> PS notes to myself:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">put a few photos of the succah here!<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="text Ps-96-6"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Article <b><a href="https://biblebeltbalabusta.com/2013/10/01/etrog-besamim-for-havdalah/">HERE</a></b> for how to make a fragrant spice box out of an etrog after Sukkot !!</span><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A Challah blog and more! </div>shayndelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13506811690843992800noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751751315376752943.post-16745850339454517042022-10-24T14:26:00.015-07:002022-10-24T20:30:54.758-07:00Rosh Hashanah Rainbow <p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhngaU2GzFUP1yNUAzNn8LjGKkzBB9PxAAxP4Krkchpd9AMpa4ykqZT7hEbY0aEj15i-4-Pkyt342pIZqJJpNW6wqS5Q9COMg6zdidYMSpUXeNfJ-6jTSyF4qqEjf_pwWANsYdVU8QRnXdIEzrdF7bpGY7zlCQyrtwdF8TgBGp4v0KZ5FOwfQ7d6_GZ/s4032/5E2106F8-3FCF-42CF-88CD-14A820E3301A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt18-V1VhKUh2na2RgfnrOVdLbj1ZsNmj_HXfnSqiN7pMof8LJITnc80iGjMfMCuO7xEFbWlXy8zYk6x9zsxorH7xD3MlmvTmN6jkNDD0_gsAoMX41NlNM5SxZGOZNFhhpKRJTPtP4sJQ2rqJlVwNlVzbWk4VONd7FkArsPMl862ba2Pkr_mJ37aEI/s4032/B059F085-36F5-4437-AD41-1364EC89CE87.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt18-V1VhKUh2na2RgfnrOVdLbj1ZsNmj_HXfnSqiN7pMof8LJITnc80iGjMfMCuO7xEFbWlXy8zYk6x9zsxorH7xD3MlmvTmN6jkNDD0_gsAoMX41NlNM5SxZGOZNFhhpKRJTPtP4sJQ2rqJlVwNlVzbWk4VONd7FkArsPMl862ba2Pkr_mJ37aEI/s320/B059F085-36F5-4437-AD41-1364EC89CE87.jpeg" width="320" /></a></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p> </p><blockquote><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">I set My bow <span style="color: #ffa400;">in the cloud,</span> <span style="color: #fcff01;">and it shall be</span> <span style="color: #6aa84f;">for a sign </span><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">of a covenant</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">between Me and the earth. </span> <span style="color: #351c75;">Genesis 9:13</span></span></span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Teshuvah Diary</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(note:`Teshuvah` is the Hebrew word for `return` as in `return to G-d. It is a word for the Fall Feasts which are all about returning to G-d. ) <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My Dad said it never rains on the Jewish holidays. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When I was a child we always walked together as a family to the synagogue on the Jewish Holidays. Note that we always called them that, but in my `Return` to G-d` all these years later, I understand that these are the Feasts of the LORD and for all His children and for all who would walk in His ways!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As my Dad declared that it never rains, so it was, anyway to my memory it never did rain on the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah* and Yom Kippur! So this year, when at last I made it to celebrate the High Holidays with my Dad in Long Island, NY where we are from, we found ourselves on the way to shul (synagogue) on the eve of the first of the holidays, the new month of Tishrei, and it was raining.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Before I get to the rainbow, I just want to tell a little of the back story which is that my Dad and I had this `appointment` since June, to meet on G-d`s appointed days and to spend the High Holidays together. I almost went back to the US in June, as I wanted to see my Dad, who recently turned 90. As these days with our parents are precioius and I live so far~ Japan, if anyone is just joining in~ I wanted to go and spend the spring Holiday of Shavout there with him, but we both realized it would be too much to make the trip twice and that we would wait for this `appointed time` in the Fall. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So after waiting a half of year, at last I was here and thankful to be going to the synagogue with my Dad. We were on our way, at the entance to the month-long feasts. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And here it was, raining. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I said to my Dad, `You said it never rains on the Jewish Holidays`. And my Dad almost matter-of-factly replied, `yes, but... there`s a rainbow`. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A rainbow? I didn`t see any rainbow. <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I looked in front of me and just saw rain on the windshield (we live a little too far now from the synagogue to walk, and so we were in the car). I was like a kid in disbelief in that moment, not knowing where he was coming from in saying that. Its possible in all my years I may never have even heard my Dad speak of a rainbow ever. We are alike in certain ways, but he is the opposite of me in one sense that he is very practical, and his vocabulary is more nuts and bolts, and less rainbows. I love my Dad.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I looked again and didn`t see any rainbow and felt a great dissonance in that moment. It was raining and we were on the way to the synagogue with my Dad and here he was bringing up a rainbow?!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then we curved around the road and a burst of light shined in front of us and my Dad, who was driving, said that he couldn`t see. It was dangerous as the light was so bright! At this hour of the sunset, the setting sun appeared in a glow. The Glory of G-d was bursting through. Just in the nick of time!<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And then as we were going over the bridge over a small canal to enter the town, there it was, over us, the hugest rainbow I ever saw. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A full rainbow! I was so excited now like a child whose hopes were returned and faith affirmed, proud of a father who wasn`t letting me down, and who saw it first. I exclaimed my excitement and must have started Praising G-d who put it there for us so clearly! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My Dad stopped the car for me to take a picture. Even though I had been rushing him not to be late to shul, in this moment we both were suspended in time under the rainbow. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The rain had stopped!! When we continued on, we saw the sun going down over the small town where the synagogue is, in such a perfect glow of radiance. Again it was the LORD showing His Glory on this eve of the Rosh HaShanah, and this Rosh Chodesh. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I can say clearly that this was no doubt Him showing us that it was a very special `Rosh Chodesh` and even Rosh HaShanah, as the new month and all holidays start at sunset on the Jewish calendar. He was so clearly showing the sunset and the rainbow entrance to the month and year. **</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">With that we continued on through the town as G-d brought the rainbow in front of us, and highlighted each view putting the rainbow there scene after scene: over the town, over the supermarket, over the fire department, it was such a gracious unfolding as we were now in His peace and in His Holy Spirit presence. When we arrived at the synagogue, the rainbow was now hidden from view from clouds, and we entered the service.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dad and I have to sit on opposite sides as it is an Orthodox synagogue and the women are on one side and men on the other. My dad signaled me to sit in the aisle opposite him so we were near, and when the Cantor sang the Shehechiyanu blessing, I don`t know if my Dad noticed, but I was completeley in tears!! We made it!<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Shehechiyanu is a blessing where we thank God for the miracle of sustaining us and bringing us to this day. It is said on the `first` of something and is said on most of the Holidays to mark the special occasion with thanksgiving. <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"></span></p><blockquote><p> <span style="font-size: large;">בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה, יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ, מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ וְקִיְּמָנוּ וְהִגִּיעָנוּ לַזְּמַן הַזֶּה</span></p></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech ha-olam, shehecheyanu, v'kiy'manu, v'higiyanu laz'man ha-zeh.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of all, who has kept us alive, sustained us, and brought us to this season.</span></span></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">I must also add, when the Cantor sung the blessing, in his amazing cantorial voice and the first time I`d heard him in 3 years, I also saw not only the miracle of my being here in this generation with my Dad, but I felt all the history of the Jewish people of our nation of Israel, since the beginning of Creation and since Abraham, and even before. And continuing God`s Covenant Promises to the Jewish people to return them to the Promised Land, as God is bringing us home. </span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Amen and Amen! With all thanks in Yeshua who brings us back to the Father and who returns the children to the fathers and the fathers to the children, to prepare the way and make a prepared people! ***<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Blessings and Love, </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Shayndel</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">❤️ </span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A few notes: <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1. As I write this it will be the new month of
Cheshvan, when we have come out of the Fall Feasts, and we land into a month where we have rolled back the Torah
Scroll and start at the beginning. We just read the story of Creation,
in Bereishit and now It happens that this week we are in Parsha Noah,
the second portion in the Torah. A connection to the rainbow! </span></span><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> 2. *Rosh Hashanah is another name given to what is actually the Biblical Feast of Trumpets, and begins on the First day of the Seventh Month of Tishrei. Jewish people refer to it as the Jewish New Year, and the shofar is blown throughout the holiday in a pattern of blasts culminating on the last great trumpet at Yom Kippur. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">3. **Note also that the actual Biblical New Year is in Spring! When the children of Israel came out of Egypt, G-d gave the first commandment to them which was to observe the first month of spring time. (see Exodus 12)<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">4. ***As I post this, I am reminded of the verse from Malachi 4:6 about the fathers returning to the children and the children to the fathers. That verse is also repeated and referred to in the gospel of Luke. I just was shown a teaching explaining this verse as it speaks about the `return` (Teshuvah!) of the Jewish people to their Messiah and physically to the land of Israel which is necessary preparations for Messiah`s return! </span></span><br /></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Luke-1-17" id="en-TLV-24974">And
he will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the
hearts of fathers to the children and the disobedient ones to the wisdom
of the righteous, to make ready for <i><span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Adonai</span></i> a prepared people.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="text Luke-1-17" id="en-TLV-24974"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Luke 1:17 </span></span></span></p></blockquote><blockquote><br /></blockquote><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A Challah blog and more! </div>shayndelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13506811690843992800noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751751315376752943.post-72295896038227865592022-09-25T08:15:00.009-07:002022-10-13T20:56:12.142-07:00Happiokai Sukkah! <p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHo0Ljlb2YMRXXEfV2YsjyaBDv_GBx6aFrzJdu8yJ8l3356qw7AxqA89SL-2sH21megOlHSfAkaNPfmJiEFOrQCNU_zo7I36FesoDi-BTDnPLqBxmw2-tpSbswWaYHeJxLLQUh1xnZ-a6b95NlDV2m6Klx7BX_gStx_i_bOgmaki8n5-k04_LC6ORZ/s2017/A0948949-17F3-44C7-99FE-3297716E0C2B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2017" data-original-width="1592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHo0Ljlb2YMRXXEfV2YsjyaBDv_GBx6aFrzJdu8yJ8l3356qw7AxqA89SL-2sH21megOlHSfAkaNPfmJiEFOrQCNU_zo7I36FesoDi-BTDnPLqBxmw2-tpSbswWaYHeJxLLQUh1xnZ-a6b95NlDV2m6Klx7BX_gStx_i_bOgmaki8n5-k04_LC6ORZ/s320/A0948949-17F3-44C7-99FE-3297716E0C2B.jpeg" width="253" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhek28YtGEQ1NpPOWYXQsolhGGtZmmFCjdBMYXq3I_ql2oX2-cKGCP10Ggv8esMetWc-MQwMyjAb2WXcW7W2blx7dmK4OHFBWIK9xnwztnb5PmdqfQACB_wiYRxenJkEJICjPltcoKzrhnZX89Zww-ee23x4t9wGiTAOF-0jkbQvJbdep2KzX60NxKF/s2048/F9246514-6EA9-4D5D-A60B-37FA4903446E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhek28YtGEQ1NpPOWYXQsolhGGtZmmFCjdBMYXq3I_ql2oX2-cKGCP10Ggv8esMetWc-MQwMyjAb2WXcW7W2blx7dmK4OHFBWIK9xnwztnb5PmdqfQACB_wiYRxenJkEJICjPltcoKzrhnZX89Zww-ee23x4t9wGiTAOF-0jkbQvJbdep2KzX60NxKF/s320/F9246514-6EA9-4D5D-A60B-37FA4903446E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4K5n3S5NawDGfIZCZU-dOe8ncgHLb8lhPalEYYHaFvCZUfz5CjIOseKlosq3EuERnAcz1LFD-S1uTXIz4gbMMvJTDYgryk9b_i3-53Uza6Dxf-sz-Pewdl8VHyaSoxJRi6bbvAKAIopqfV3tcQ_eKR8gy-Epf9p32ycrbK9Geqw7CYXH3bjmIDVM/s2048/3D7B165E-2B8C-4E3B-A4FC-4C2C765C5032.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4K5n3S5NawDGfIZCZU-dOe8ncgHLb8lhPalEYYHaFvCZUfz5CjIOseKlosq3EuERnAcz1LFD-S1uTXIz4gbMMvJTDYgryk9b_i3-53Uza6Dxf-sz-Pewdl8VHyaSoxJRi6bbvAKAIopqfV3tcQ_eKR8gy-Epf9p32ycrbK9Geqw7CYXH3bjmIDVM/s320/3D7B165E-2B8C-4E3B-A4FC-4C2C765C5032.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dear Friends, this post is actually from last year`s Sukkot Festival!! I am posting it now as we are coming once again to Sukkot. I apologize for my not posting for so long! And now as we prepare for the Fall Feasts, I am reflecting on the year before we enter into the new year of 5783 and realized that I had written this post and never posted it! I hope it will encourage you to get ready for Sukkot, and all the Fall Feasts!! It is now the last week of the month of Elul, a time of Teshuavah, and leading into a time for all God`s people to Tabernacle as One!!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">....................... </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Note in the title, `Happiokai` means `Recital`<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Every year my voice training teacher makes a student recital for her students, to share songs and encourage one another. This year the recital was postponed 3 times, for reasons you can imagine due to restrictions on gatherings. The third time when I checked the date on my Biblical calendar I saw that the date was to be on the first day of the Festival of Sukkot. I told my teacher I wasn`t sure if I could join. Then I realized, I could join IF we were able to celebrate the festival. So I asked her if we could celebrate the festival by having a Sukkah there and sharing about the Feast of the LORD and she agreed.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I was over joyed and as our commandment for the Feast of Sukkot is to rejoice before the LORD, I was already seeing that this was His hand upon the scheduling and that it would be a joyous time and a chance to be a testimony for Him and to share about Sukkot with my community.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It turned out to be a wonderful time and I made the Sukkah specially for the festive time, and brought in flowers and decoration. My singing teacher even contributed the Palm leaves for the top, from her Father`s trees!! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> I look forward to sharing more of the Feasts and special times of the LORD in Japan, as we know in the days of Moschiach, all the nations will come to Zion to worship the King of Kings and the Glory of the God of Israel will be known throughout the earth!!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">A Challah blog and more! </div>shayndelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13506811690843992800noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751751315376752943.post-64474142018754649412022-09-25T08:15:00.008-07:002022-09-25T19:35:06.397-07:00Shana Tova!<p></p><blockquote><p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwz-6kJemWinUbKkyylzfZUuWuKx9RW3j3pRzt4wVSwrVY_HJ7_ocO3uitsSFHq2OAZOd6t6x3PpGFTyMYoIdF3JDiSDhT2c6GYpwkdFBZpkbKch4GGQCxLBCG8gNFAH9FIxv__UllgH5KVeHIvtSSZKS8Q4f5EpaWtam52jbOE32vB_y6SyI_EoQs/s4032/IMG_2697.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwz-6kJemWinUbKkyylzfZUuWuKx9RW3j3pRzt4wVSwrVY_HJ7_ocO3uitsSFHq2OAZOd6t6x3PpGFTyMYoIdF3JDiSDhT2c6GYpwkdFBZpkbKch4GGQCxLBCG8gNFAH9FIxv__UllgH5KVeHIvtSSZKS8Q4f5EpaWtam52jbOE32vB_y6SyI_EoQs/w400-h300/IMG_2697.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shana Tova!! Happy and Sweet Year 5783!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgxTlBmWtzaIsSN3wsylsRIiudISXOTsXnp9uWw1_IJA2BojVh3V6CY08MUDBVWRP7XG3ya-ApUV8B-fTMRDcBkh4JtJbXvLcIxLZd3SKIarAljMxVH3nnCKaXAWcLdUw44QQ1k2BhCW1giAJw2o-zlEXOBz-LmGapYYIN3xqNaDf6wY3ciz95hjMg/s1759/Shana%20Tova%20Front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1184" data-original-width="1759" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgxTlBmWtzaIsSN3wsylsRIiudISXOTsXnp9uWw1_IJA2BojVh3V6CY08MUDBVWRP7XG3ya-ApUV8B-fTMRDcBkh4JtJbXvLcIxLZd3SKIarAljMxVH3nnCKaXAWcLdUw44QQ1k2BhCW1giAJw2o-zlEXOBz-LmGapYYIN3xqNaDf6wY3ciz95hjMg/w400-h269/Shana%20Tova%20Front.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="text Ps-65-12" id="en-TLV-16123">You crown the year with Your goodness.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-65-12">Your wagon tracks drip with abundance. Psalm 65:12<br /></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>A round challah represents a crown! </b> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Today at sundown begins the appointed times of the Fall Feasts, beginning with the Feast of Yom Teruah, and Rosh Hashanah. </span></span><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We celebrate the crowning of the King and that He is master of all Creation! </span></span><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A day the shofar is blown and we crown God as the King over our lives!! As we also enter a new year 5783 since creation on the Hebrew civil calendar.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>In-gathering from 4 corners!</b><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The way it is woven together in 4 strands, the round challah also reminds me of the in-gathering of the Jewish people from the 4 corners of the earth. We celebrate that in-gathering and when all nations will come to worship the King of Kings in Jerusalem!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I wanted to post a challah, as its been a long time!! As we are getting ready to enter into the Fall Feasts of the LORD, at Challah and Cherry Blossoms I wish you a happy and sweet new year and joyous Fall Feasts and blessed Yom Teruah!! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is a day of celebration, a day of Salvation, a day to return fully and wholly to the LORD in a season of Teshuvah (Repentance and Return) and make Him King of your life from now and forevermore!! <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Much Love, </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">❤️<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Shayndel </span></span></p></blockquote><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span></span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span>It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are
like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and
spreads them like a tent to dwell in</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span> Isaiah 40:22</span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span>This verse too reminds me of the way the round shape represents the earth as we give glory to God the Creator and Master of the Universe!! The Biblical name of the Feast that we enter into tonight is Yom Teruah! Blow the trumpet in Zion and may we hear the shofar sound from wherever we are as our King is calling us to return from the four corners of the earth as He will be returning to Zion to be crowned as King over all the Earth!!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span>As much as I would like to express it in a challah, of course I cannot express all that I would like in a challah!! But I hope you will enjoy it with the sweetness of honey. <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span>Chag Sameach!! Much Love! </span></span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: xx-small;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUqQM3F32EOEM_bcSebUM4a5C4Nv5dRXxWF72PuCABMUZZjlO9pXkx5AjMiTKBZlmFtSrPrtoKSRwK2XZfRUXr2XeNL3AUvSHhpbbOin-LzTlfNFtjTJxSDrDMxtf-on5h2DIQpw1NlhOK7z9TamwhdipEK7B5HZNRuMQHLYdRY--6OkUWfMWAY1kL/s4032/64F33106-3CA7-40C0-9C0D-79A6474DE168.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUqQM3F32EOEM_bcSebUM4a5C4Nv5dRXxWF72PuCABMUZZjlO9pXkx5AjMiTKBZlmFtSrPrtoKSRwK2XZfRUXr2XeNL3AUvSHhpbbOin-LzTlfNFtjTJxSDrDMxtf-on5h2DIQpw1NlhOK7z9TamwhdipEK7B5HZNRuMQHLYdRY--6OkUWfMWAY1kL/s320/64F33106-3CA7-40C0-9C0D-79A6474DE168.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXvNMagKpiDf4Xl87LP44blLYdlkBhR_aglaFulNvJ8v9JYfQRFcReaF7exIORDsDUKdPjG2oBy5MuhAJTSPwxqw-iGlZBGh1rAL-klTavsUtuYMVW_4LUEH2zHQt0Ah5n4Ox5PfXbZ7x47hdy9Wfc3ffIQnzK-hOxDBE2LnwoBLk6Lws0DbFstYdH/s4032/FB86ED78-56BB-4BAF-A25F-38E80967238F.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXvNMagKpiDf4Xl87LP44blLYdlkBhR_aglaFulNvJ8v9JYfQRFcReaF7exIORDsDUKdPjG2oBy5MuhAJTSPwxqw-iGlZBGh1rAL-klTavsUtuYMVW_4LUEH2zHQt0Ah5n4Ox5PfXbZ7x47hdy9Wfc3ffIQnzK-hOxDBE2LnwoBLk6Lws0DbFstYdH/s320/FB86ED78-56BB-4BAF-A25F-38E80967238F.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you see how the weaving of the 4 strands can be seen to express the in-gathering from the 4 corners of the earth!!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">❤️</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A Challah blog and more! </div>shayndelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13506811690843992800noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751751315376752943.post-8779824574903935892022-07-03T05:08:00.000-07:002022-07-03T05:08:08.267-07:00Shema Israel<blockquote><p>
</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/S01cDsga0bE" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">❤️🇮🇱❤️</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A Challah blog and more! </div>shayndelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13506811690843992800noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751751315376752943.post-2800613025840963822022-06-27T21:20:00.012-07:002023-01-13T01:01:59.092-08:00A Torah for Japan ~ Part 2: The Flying Scroll<p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3p463eXS1Ja-3QFcmhhv_TxkYFoFpUBWpiD53kcI1k4eq6D4iG66TWl7ppX0Izuqj1aISiiX4kiddi2Uz2xAifVOgwra9gYu75KtSYFX7ec-3aVxtY75CD-HN1mQVaYV9zjzEIhB0VGnPkscuYRmTPWTu5uZVuW8AB198lp4TJuMB5_6iS2u57xN/s2048/119AAF24-4E97-458B-B6E2-5649672FEED1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3p463eXS1Ja-3QFcmhhv_TxkYFoFpUBWpiD53kcI1k4eq6D4iG66TWl7ppX0Izuqj1aISiiX4kiddi2Uz2xAifVOgwra9gYu75KtSYFX7ec-3aVxtY75CD-HN1mQVaYV9zjzEIhB0VGnPkscuYRmTPWTu5uZVuW8AB198lp4TJuMB5_6iS2u57xN/s320/119AAF24-4E97-458B-B6E2-5649672FEED1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Subsequently, the Ark carried its bearers in the air and crossed the Jordan, as it is stated: “When all the people were completely passed over, the Ark of the Lord passed on, and the priests, before the people” (Joshua 4:11)<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Holy One, Blessed be He, said to him: Uzzah, the Ark carried its bearers when it crossed the Jordan; all the more so is it not clear that it can carry itself?</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another midrash says that rather than being carried by its bearers, the Ark in fact carried its bearers inches above the ground (Sotah 35a)</span></span></blockquote> <p></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Like the verses above, I also experienced this in that I didn’t carry the Torah.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">God carried it. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He `sent` <span style="color: red;">*</span> angels ahead of me to lift it at every point from Florida to New York to Japan. He carried the Torah. <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When I arrived in New York JFK with an extra oversized box, My Dad was surprised, to say the least. I told him his house would be blessed by having the Torah there, sharing with him the story of Obed Edom when King David brought the ark there before returning to Jerusalem. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then it was reported to King David saying, "ADONAI has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God." So David went and brought the ark of God up from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David with joy. 2Samuel 6:12</span></span></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And it was a blessed trip. All thanks and glory to God for His being with us every step of the way. I am reminded of that so that when I am in more `regular` seeming moments in my every day life, I remember, yes God is with us always even when it is not that kind of highlighted `adventure`, He is with us! Reminder to myself, and I hope an encouragement to you!<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From New York to Japan was the next challenge. I had to quarrantine two weeks in Tokyo in two different locations, before being able to fly on another airplane to the city where I live. It was the time of the strictest regulations in Japan (again all thanks to God, the restrictions were reduced during the last few days of my quarantine it was announced that the restriction had been lifted and shortened to 10 days, shortened from 14!)<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I remember one moment that was exhilirating, in an unexpected kind of way. I was in the taxi going from the first quarantine hotel to the next, feeling a sense of freedom to be released even for this interim! The box with the Torah scroll was next to me on the seat. I felt an exhilaration of joy as we passed along Tokyo streets, by shops with signs and all the letters in Japanese, as a new light was shining on this cityscape, the light of the Torah, as though the letters of the Word could not contain themselves and were being released! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I hoped to open the scroll in the hotel room quarantine but there was really no place to open it in the hotel rooms. I realized I would have to wait until I get back to `the city of Joanne`! I did open the box though, and found there was a `tallit` with the word `CHAI` (see post below about the Hebrew word Chai) in a word spelling LIFE all over the Tallit.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The scroll was wrapped so well and fit in the box so perfectly that I sensed it was divinely wrapped to make it on the journey. I didn`t want to open it until it was the right time that I could have enough space to unfold it.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Once again I lifted up my eyes and behold, I saw a flying scroll!</span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then the angel asked me, "What do you see?" I replied, "I see a flying scroll twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide." </span></span></span></blockquote> <p></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Zechariah 5:1 ~ 2<br /></span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Why do I mention the flying scroll? Because at last when I made it to the plane that would take me home, the Pilot of pilots arranged our flight path to fly the Torah directly over the top of Mt. Fuji!!! A prophetic proclamation and a joyous homecoming, welcoming the God of Israel with the Torah over Japan...<br /></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1deAW398F3AsjH6dsby1AX6vKn50aKtAzh4b49WH3BYf1tqdjhxUyb4kSFGu6R23eTkMdUp4NoCIYWoaievCj9eIoulE2gIGYNJ_i7tDj0WQ_vg9BtRgiZYF5TEQPJFo3q4gxxFxFLNnjLXPmcV3SMqOtmuPq_qGiVgmDGm13mwcHJpH-nk0LXyq/s2048/1D435855-27BD-4263-9691-F0B2248F6EDE.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1deAW398F3AsjH6dsby1AX6vKn50aKtAzh4b49WH3BYf1tqdjhxUyb4kSFGu6R23eTkMdUp4NoCIYWoaievCj9eIoulE2gIGYNJ_i7tDj0WQ_vg9BtRgiZYF5TEQPJFo3q4gxxFxFLNnjLXPmcV3SMqOtmuPq_qGiVgmDGm13mwcHJpH-nk0LXyq/s320/1D435855-27BD-4263-9691-F0B2248F6EDE.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the Taxi, the `cloud` of God`s glory!<br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1798" data-original-width="1749" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDWdJB1eoRCwwHvzcRHnnQfYn2nSxtjD7ecs8QzZ5rSTu7DdqJKT3ArjUYscFZWgTI0DTOBx4BuisOxfs0BVMIoDTVAQcIdqHBt_2-gerTKrmmg8jFsFWnSicpkhDATAW4pxpw4pmleOAfhXZNX222GqT8DURn9JdmNplIcnnz9GXWj3MKIFKgO0n5/s320/B2D9499C-7A9F-401C-B014-0CB2AB9232AA.jpeg" width="311" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">reading Isaiah 42 on the plane, while flying over Japan with the Torah on board...The islands will wait for His Torah!<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJzmiQorHM4AgZWKGpnFQJDFdOwHw8bup-CVX3C7qyeC9Jjj5go51RagDw6owcv6ds2GJGEpC_8ErAfB0tXbeewLVp_OSuolDQ8-p9hk-8oAQgBpR3Gn1eJF2SQQIs_pEIgvXFRr6SRVwCGPN_3Fyw5M4Rm96QRPLi9x6k8POyrmOQ18Ei5p7Z1CNv/s2048/E3A1BE9D-5573-4D92-A8D2-D30B0B3A8B4D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKbSRxUw1Pi2W5eT0OQS6Z9HLSXSDTOKzNIIzE8c0xjXi3HgNs19NCsetXLU9dO2UYNko-Di5qjH_6CnHY72ifPbC5cuW_GTZ73OZbQu-p2D-nUQvfWpD5DnQkpSBPqYsGalhiKlTWY_etW3jgOAalZmQOKBFXDFanapB8JdRNOnYr2nGYOyTc3rpg/s2048/E451CDD6-07D7-4966-BC15-28C8E323588F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKbSRxUw1Pi2W5eT0OQS6Z9HLSXSDTOKzNIIzE8c0xjXi3HgNs19NCsetXLU9dO2UYNko-Di5qjH_6CnHY72ifPbC5cuW_GTZ73OZbQu-p2D-nUQvfWpD5DnQkpSBPqYsGalhiKlTWY_etW3jgOAalZmQOKBFXDFanapB8JdRNOnYr2nGYOyTc3rpg/s320/E451CDD6-07D7-4966-BC15-28C8E323588F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJzmiQorHM4AgZWKGpnFQJDFdOwHw8bup-CVX3C7qyeC9Jjj5go51RagDw6owcv6ds2GJGEpC_8ErAfB0tXbeewLVp_OSuolDQ8-p9hk-8oAQgBpR3Gn1eJF2SQQIs_pEIgvXFRr6SRVwCGPN_3Fyw5M4Rm96QRPLi9x6k8POyrmOQ18Ei5p7Z1CNv/s320/E3A1BE9D-5573-4D92-A8D2-D30B0B3A8B4D.jpeg" width="320" /></div><br /><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">HalleluYah!! </span></span>To be continued...❤️ <br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><b><br /></b></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A Challah blog and more! </div>shayndelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13506811690843992800noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751751315376752943.post-22156503664485624852022-06-20T20:04:00.003-07:002022-06-20T20:41:15.966-07:00A Torah for Japan! Part 1: Torah of Life!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0WNAGFuHGiJ0S4X0y7GOHXgKfDGTNBN3ViWmyveWEGFP2ajMKap8Zmt-fMZKNRjRde504o29yF5d-5MfjLidE0vtM6VYrc_2kOGKkI2n6Fwkfn2YFrUicyBhoqNj7lD20Wxes8Z2hxYOTW9WJkdqu1LAcf6IhjjGOr3NxYSi-WqJd13TV9qdWJvwO/s2048/6C54DE68-3C2D-42A9-A112-B3FE24AF5AD3.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0WNAGFuHGiJ0S4X0y7GOHXgKfDGTNBN3ViWmyveWEGFP2ajMKap8Zmt-fMZKNRjRde504o29yF5d-5MfjLidE0vtM6VYrc_2kOGKkI2n6Fwkfn2YFrUicyBhoqNj7lD20Wxes8Z2hxYOTW9WJkdqu1LAcf6IhjjGOr3NxYSi-WqJd13TV9qdWJvwO/s320/6C54DE68-3C2D-42A9-A112-B3FE24AF5AD3.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span class="text Ps-92-13" id="en-TLV-16690">The righteous will flourish like a palm tree.</span><br /></span><span class="text Ps-92-13"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon. </span> <span style="font-family: Poppins;">Psalm 92:13</span><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="text Ps-92-13"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="text Ps-92-13"></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPlCknrmG5hJPjUwoPbTLwjepMoDcll7xFCztEr80QFuQjkJ2FoLkyUWfe25F-hTDJs_j_6s0spKNnRbx0PkcY4ZT-43CRR0qc-xOJIFkEsfNM-jlALgeBdntCyeXqH_HvlnrHDIyhNPM1vug0hIZsY2IXE8vhPveqq9MHKruhuy7FRQlZ_xlx2-fz/s2048/07BE9804-D44F-4573-91F4-89561C28E6D4.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPlCknrmG5hJPjUwoPbTLwjepMoDcll7xFCztEr80QFuQjkJ2FoLkyUWfe25F-hTDJs_j_6s0spKNnRbx0PkcY4ZT-43CRR0qc-xOJIFkEsfNM-jlALgeBdntCyeXqH_HvlnrHDIyhNPM1vug0hIZsY2IXE8vhPveqq9MHKruhuy7FRQlZ_xlx2-fz/s320/07BE9804-D44F-4573-91F4-89561C28E6D4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Florida Palm trees remind me of Shabbat Psalm, Psalm 92! <br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMopqGEshhCxAYb-tjKQmVu7JItzwXJysDXQMgwqdzgTxcO55_NE7VZw_6Yji6yAEQxR0YJhskS5FB7j3H9uzKVdxnOoYQV45iDBCysVw1GWdzgl_UMdRpgY0_LyBR2Wjb8aSnPWdnCHBZLVX0gd8XcNj4pJSMukLVExOiuquS3PAtiakZ7LF5OLa/s2048/D07074A3-DDF1-461E-A861-B3F97AC3EB71.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMopqGEshhCxAYb-tjKQmVu7JItzwXJysDXQMgwqdzgTxcO55_NE7VZw_6Yji6yAEQxR0YJhskS5FB7j3H9uzKVdxnOoYQV45iDBCysVw1GWdzgl_UMdRpgY0_LyBR2Wjb8aSnPWdnCHBZLVX0gd8XcNj4pJSMukLVExOiuquS3PAtiakZ7LF5OLa/s320/D07074A3-DDF1-461E-A861-B3F97AC3EB71.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">The Hebrew word `CHAI` from the Parsha Prayer Sheet in Vayechi</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUZpVG2M4JCVMxSWoz_-mcw3fyH3MtTo0aXVMo1Uql3dDIC-UpSNS9vNKYM-MQeqU-0dXWszqBvHDSSkzqm5Sr6LbohSR83GFMXvZEC53xMyg2RbAvVi49aFxBkoYS_BiiUMuaDQAlJ43YTxXODoLWwetqaQ99pVO5nbaXUUVJEAottMcuwSSdtL3/s1861/F61C4EC8-D7B6-4AFF-AA14-B89500D54561.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1861" data-original-width="1689" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUZpVG2M4JCVMxSWoz_-mcw3fyH3MtTo0aXVMo1Uql3dDIC-UpSNS9vNKYM-MQeqU-0dXWszqBvHDSSkzqm5Sr6LbohSR83GFMXvZEC53xMyg2RbAvVi49aFxBkoYS_BiiUMuaDQAlJ43YTxXODoLWwetqaQ99pVO5nbaXUUVJEAottMcuwSSdtL3/s320/F61C4EC8-D7B6-4AFF-AA14-B89500D54561.jpeg" width="290" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">A Torah for Japan!</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><blockquote><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The island nations wait for Your Torah!</b> Isaiah 42:4</span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A Torah Scroll for Japan!! A Story in a few Parts and continuing...<br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I went back to the US for a visit in December to visit my Dad and celebrate his 90th Birthday.</span></span></i></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On the way I attended
a conference in Florida, where little unbeknownst to me I would be
going back to Japan with a Torah Scroll!!</span></span></i> <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On my way to
see my Dad I made a stop in Florida to attend a Messianic conference that was being held on my birthday! It seemed like a miracle that it was still in the middle of
the pandemic and tough restrictions were in place, and yet the LORD
opened up the door for me to go on this trip to see my Dad and have this
stopover, a gift from heaven in itself! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Every
good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the
Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. Jacob (James) 1:17</span></b></span></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The day I received the Torah was on the day of my birthday. It was the Shabbat Parsha Vayechi.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Parsha was significant because this year Vayechi was on my birthday, Dec. 18. Vayechi contains the Hebrew word `Chai` </span></span><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(<span class="script-hebrew" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 115%;">חי</span>) which means life, and is expressed in the number 18. Seeing this parsha for life on the 18th and it also being my birthday I knew there was something special on this day. I felt in my spirit that `this Torah portion is for me`, like a `Bat Mitzvah`portion!! As I never sensed that before, I was expectant, though not knowing just in what way!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The Torah will go forth from Zion and the word of God from Jerusalem</b>*</span></span> <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Torah scroll came to Florida all the way from Jerusalem, with a young man named Israel and his family, who are active in ministry for the restoration of Israel. I told a dear new friend who I had just met at the conference that when I saw the Torah, the LORD put it in my heart to bring the scroll back to Japan! She was 100 percent in agreement, and even offered to co-partner with me in getting the Torah. She wanted to bless the LORD in sending His word forth, and to bless Japan!! It was decided that afternoon before the end of the Shabbat, that after Shabbat we would purchase the scroll together!! Israel wrapped it carefully as I would be on my journey to NY for the next part of my trip to see my Dad the next day! <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I didn`t know how I was going to carry the scroll and my big suitcase that I had with me for a month-long trip!! Even the suitcase alone was a challenge when making the various international and domestic transfers. And yet I went forward in faith and knew that the LORD would carry it, and so He did! <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">HalleluYah! To be continued...</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">*from verse Micah 4:2, Isaiah 2:3 </span></span><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Love, </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Shayndel</span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-ejwYuQu7wLsvrCw3lK5nqdtAT8rhAv0htAlBcxEZQRKSKeJEEn-bbk9uCxYcqKayNht-lZy-09Qg9tHUmTwew-IMo-lpjCRoUGpgsiqrFbrSfor8EW61a8CxqWwnCOliDocascYiwS4m8RxBbhVhKU2SlLmNJ4SRfq-6NcEywbCpKg2cQWbwo7a/s2048/27188BE0-5549-4665-8F65-B292CBCFF42A.jpeg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-ejwYuQu7wLsvrCw3lK5nqdtAT8rhAv0htAlBcxEZQRKSKeJEEn-bbk9uCxYcqKayNht-lZy-09Qg9tHUmTwew-IMo-lpjCRoUGpgsiqrFbrSfor8EW61a8CxqWwnCOliDocascYiwS4m8RxBbhVhKU2SlLmNJ4SRfq-6NcEywbCpKg2cQWbwo7a/w200-h150/27188BE0-5549-4665-8F65-B292CBCFF42A.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div></blockquote><p> </p><blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZ4zv5k7q9INTkCas4Tolc-F9VFhb3mIBCFFj-eRE1onGa43PGyK5IjbmYPAFisI2pse5dsA_lz2WL3YevBCpHQDvPZXWXjuRFZPeez8HhVyBpKCzIHkgF1e-GqXm5gn0MSG3mNXUVufuwLkGZ5SzBwk8ngVYmDSPhjBBwR_9BA80K8__RMrVTvEm/s4032/Torah%20torah!!.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZ4zv5k7q9INTkCas4Tolc-F9VFhb3mIBCFFj-eRE1onGa43PGyK5IjbmYPAFisI2pse5dsA_lz2WL3YevBCpHQDvPZXWXjuRFZPeez8HhVyBpKCzIHkgF1e-GqXm5gn0MSG3mNXUVufuwLkGZ5SzBwk8ngVYmDSPhjBBwR_9BA80K8__RMrVTvEm/s320/Torah%20torah!!.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This photo is from a divine moment when someone unexpectedly jumped into the photo!! A moment itself can be a gift from heaven! If you do not recognize who it is, or even if you do, please enjoy and be blessed by this song below!!!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span>
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❤️❤️❤️</p><div style="left: -99999px; position: absolute;"><div class="par"><div class="ll-1-1">How majestic is Your Name </div></div><div class="emptyline"> </div><div class="par"><div class="ll-2-1">Chorus</div><div class="ll-2-2">
There is none like You</div><div class="ll-2-3">
There is none like You</div><div class="ll-2-4">
Together we proclaim</div><div class="ll-2-5">
The power of Your Name</div><div class="ll-2-6">
There is none like You</div></div><a href="https://lyricstranslate.com/ja/joshua-aaron-none-you-lyrics.html">https://lyricstranslate.com/ja/joshua-aaron-none-you-lyrics.html</a></div><p> <span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: small;">Song: There is None like You, by Joshua Aaron</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Thanks to Yeshua, it was a blessing to be able to hear live, as it is one of the songs he played at the conference)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: small;">How Majestic is Your Name in all the Earth! <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Chorus lyrics:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: small;">There is none like You</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: small;">Together we proclaim</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: small;">The power of Your Name,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: small;">There is None like You. </span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div style="left: -99999px; position: absolute;"><div class="par"><div class="ll-1-1">How majestic is Your Name </div></div><div class="emptyline"> </div><div class="par"><div class="ll-2-1">Chorus</div><div class="ll-2-2">
There is none like You</div><div class="ll-2-3">
There is none like You</div><div class="ll-2-4">
Together we proclaim</div><div class="ll-2-5">
The power of Your Name</div><div class="ll-2-6">
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