Lech Lecha and Emunah!

 

But this I call to mind.  Therefore I have hope.  The kindness of the LORD has not ended, His mercies are not spent.

They are renewed every morning! Ample is your grace!  Lamentations 3:21~23

The steadfast Love of the LORD never ceases.

May we put our faith in the One who is Faithful!!

We are looking at the Parsha Lech Lecha.

The Hebrew word I made in challah in the week of Parsha Lech Lecha (last week`s parsha, I am catching up on the weeks!) is `Emunah` , or, `faith`.   In the Biblical Hebrew concordance, Strongs (#530), it is  defined as firm, steady, steadfast.

Interestingly, the word "Emunah"does not occur until Exodus 17:12, where Moses has to keep his hands raised and steady to win the battle against Amelek. Aaron and Hur hold up his arms until the sun set.

 How much we can learn from this in being steadfast and steady in the battles we face and the battles we fight.  May we hold up each others arms steady in support, in prayer, and in faith.

 Where we see the word `faith` in the Parsha is from the root word of Emunah which is Aman.  Does Aman sound like any word you know!! Yes!  Amen!!

Amen and Amen!!  and Aman and Emunah!

Abraham, our Father in faith, goes forth (LECH LECHA) on the promises he has not yet seen, purely by faith.

 I hope this Challah cast blesses you.  In addition I have a short part I will add about Exodus 17:12 and that revelation! And also will add some of the scriptures and Strong`s Biblical Hebrew references.   But meanwhile, maybe there is someone out there who would be blessed by this message today, so I am posting this post `in progress`before going to sleep tonight!! 

Blessings and Shavu`a tov.  Love, Shayndel

Amen, Amen I tell you.   Before Abraham was, I am.

John 8:58

Joanne`s Challah-Cast channel!

note:  video updated 12/12/2020

 

Biblical Hebrew Notes,  Strongs Hebrews First occurrences for Emunah, Aman, Amen

Emunah
Strongs # 530
Definition:  firmness, steadfastness, fidelity
First occurrence: Exodus 17:12
Moses` hands grew heavy, so they took a stone, put it under him, and he sat down.  Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on each side.  So his hands were steady until the sun went down.

Aman
Strongs #539
Definition:  to confirm, support
First occurrence:  Genesis 15:6
And because he put his trust in the LORD, He reckoned it to him as righteousness.

Aman
Strongs #540
Definition:  to trust
First occurence: Daniel 2:45
Now the dream is certain, and its interpretation is trustworthy.

Amen
Strongs #543
Definition:  Verily, Truly
First occurrence: Numbers 5:22
The woman is to say `Amen, amen!`

To friends interested in Biblical Hebrew, For a related upload about the word Emunah in Challah, enjoy this link to a Biblical Hebrew class at Tav TEACH where I am given the opportunity to teach a short segment on the Challah Alef-bet,!! You can find it HERE!  

As well as other teachings on Biblical Hebrew words!!

Red Bean Challah for Abraham---and a Lech Lecha Challah-Cast!

Then the LORD said to Abram, 
"Get going out from your land,
and from your relatives,
and from your father's house,
to the land that I will show you.
My heart's desire is to make you into a great nation, to bless you, to make your name great so that you may be a blessing.                    Genesis 12:1~2 

 This week I made a Red Bean Challah for our forefather Abraham, for the week's Parsha, Lech Lecha!

If you are just joining in, this year in the new Torah Cycle I am trying out the idea of doing weekly "challah-casts" as a way to share about the weekly parsha reading and connecting it in some way to the making of challah  or some aspect of the challah making for Shabbat.  This week the topic is making a Red Bean Challah, for Abraham in honor of his setting out to "Go" into himself and obediently walk in the ways of the LORD to form the nation of Israel and be a father of all the many nations!!!
Hope you might enjoy watching the challah-cast !! And check out my new channel in progress,
Joanne's Challah-cast channel! I would welcome your comments and even questions or any feedback--are there are things you learned,?would like to see more of?  questions?  encouragement!!, etc, as it is a new work in progress!

Each week its a learning for me, and I hope there might be something in it for you!  Its a challenge how to make the challah connection to the week's Torah study, as well as a fun challenge in trying to make a short video that  that might be a way of sharing my love of making the challah and reading the weekly Torah, and that God's love might shine through as it all comes out of Love for Him!!

Now without faith it is impossible to please God.  For the one who comes to God must believe that He exists and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.                                             Hebrews 11:6

Blessings and Love!

Shabbat Shalom!!



Preview from this week's challah -cast!

First scene, a short clip from my return trip to Japan, where God showed me Mt. Fuji as He brought on the evening

voice over from the flight:  どうぞ、ごゆっくりを過ごしください。
We wish you a pleasant flight.

Scene switches to me in the kitchen "studio"!
Hi, welcome.
My name is Joanne and this is our weekly Challah-cast.
This is the week of Parsha Lech Lecha.
Welcome!

If you are just joining in,  these challah-casts are weekly broadcasts to go with each week's reading on the Torah Cycle.  We introduce the week's reading as well as connecting it in some way with the making of challah.  Like a pod-cast, but we are using the base of "challah" to make it a "challah-cast"!  Thank you for joining us in this week of Lech Lecha!

Lech Lecha is the third parsha (Torah reading) in the book of Genesis.  Starting with Bereshit, then Noach, and now Lech Lecha.  The story of where Abraham is called out into his mission to set out and be the father of many nations....

 For more on making a red bean challah for Abraham, see other posts including a tutorial on how to make it HERE and various posts related, HERE , HERE, and HERE.

The basic challah recipe I used for this challah in the challah-cast is this Whole Wheat Challah.
Enjoy!


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An-Pan Challah and Lech Lecha Parsha!

I will make your seed like the dust of the earth so that if one could count the dust of the earth, 

then your seed could also be counted.    

---words of ADONAI to Abram, Genesis 13:16

Red Beans, challah, and the story of Abraham.

On first glance it might seem a stretch to see those topics together.

But as this is a blog about bread --challah in particular---, and my excitement of this first year studying Torah in Japan, it is a stretch that I hope can reach to your hearts!  Even the sound of an-pan challah and Lech Lecha parsha has a swirly ring to it.  Though none of the words might make sense to you yet.

With a sprinkling of my testimony,  added to a portion of  this week`s parsha about God`s promise to Abraham that his seed would reach the nations, I will attempt to roll it all into a post.  With the hope that you might get a taste of what this weeks parsha is about and that it might even give you an appetite to know more!  I might venture so far as to say the swirls in the red bean challah even remind me of a the map of the route Abraham took from his home in Ur of the Chaldees to the Land of Cannaan.  Going forth obediently ("Lech Lecha" means Go! Go forth, yourself!) as he walked continuously by faith in the word God spoke to him.

So please have some challah and lets see
where these strands tie together!

(to be continued)


Red bean challah