Psalm 91 & Parsha Ekev ! Behold Yeshua

 

Can you see the number on the scale? It is `91`! which led me to Psalm 91 for the `Word` in Challah!

Raah, Behold!

Yeshua

Man cannot live by bread alone! But from every word from the mouth of God!

“Because he has devoted his love to Me,
    I will deliver him.
I will set him securely on high,
    because he knows My Name. When he calls on Me, I will answer him.
I will be with him in trouble, rescue him, and honor him. 

With long life will I satisfy him
and show him My salvation.”

 

Psalm 91:14~16

 

Dear Beloved blog friends, Shabbat Shalom! Sorry I haven`t written for sooooo long!  I hope you are all well.  

 

This Shabbat I was moved by the verse in our Torah portion,

 

"Man does not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God"

 

To come back to make a post!

Because

it is the parsha EKEV which means `because`

and because

this verse is a theme verse at Challah and Cherry Blossoms.

Because  bread (challah), and the word of God and bringing them together, are the topics of my blog!!

 

So I asked the Holy Spirit for a word to make in Challah, to share with you, and He led me to 

 

`Behold Yeshua`!!

 In Hebrew, the root words are

RA`AH רָאָה 

which means to See, or Behold,

and Yeshua, יְשׁוּעָה

which means Salvation and is the name of Yeshua

 

You can see the verse in Psalm 91 above, where these two words are found, literally `show him My Salvation`,

 

With long life will I satisfy him
and show him My salvation.”

אֹרֶךְ יָמִים, אַשְׂבִּיעֵהוּ;    וְאַרְאֵהוּ, בִּישׁוּעָתִי

 

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!!

 

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.

 

So when I saw 91, it stood out and I thought right away of Psalm 91!!! 

 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!`.

 

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.   

 

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,

 

With long life I will satisfy those who LOVE me and Devote their LOVE to Me!!

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.

 

Don`t you just love that, and above you can see the Shabbat Table and how it came out!

 

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!

 

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.  

Le chay-im! To LIFE!!

 

Good to see you all again!

Hope to be back sooner rather than later this time.

To Life and Salvation in Yeshua! 

Much Love,❤️

Shayndel

“Then it will happen, as a result of your listening to these ordinances, when you keep and do them, that Adonai your God will keep with you the covenant kindness that He swore to your fathers.

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. 

Deuteronomy  7:12~13 (first lines of Parsha EKEV)　

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!

 

AHAVA NOTE. 

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! 

AHAVA Parsha Ekev Prayer Sheet HERE(this week)

AHAVE Parsha Re`eh Prayer Sheet HERE  (coming week)

Reading this week in EKEV, the Torah is A love letter from Abba 💌 

❤️

 

Just as the Father has loved Me, I also have loved you. 

Abide in My love!

If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and your joy may be full. 

John 15:9~11

Noah and Menuchah!

 Come to me... and I will give you rest!
Matthew 11:28

In this Challah-cast we look again at Parsha Noah.  Do you know what Noah means?

A hint is in the above scripture!!

Come along and learn some new Hebrew words in challah as we enter into one more exciting Challah-cast with new discoveries in Parsha Noah before going forth into this week`s Parsha, Lech Lecha!! 

Blessings and Shabbat Shalom !!! (another hint!!)

Love,

♡

Shayndel

Joanne`s Challah-Cast channel!

Succah, Succot, Mitzvah, Mitzvot!

"Succah"

"Mitzvah"

"Succcot"

"Mitzvot"

 You are to live in sukkot for seven days.  All the native-born in Israel are to live in sukkot, so that your generations may know that I had Bnei-Yisrael to dwell in sukkot when I brought them out of the land of Egypt.  I am ADONAI your God.      

Leviticus 23:42 

 ♡

Happy Sukkot!

Please join me for a few more days and have some challah (Hebrew letters challah spelling Succah!)  and visit  in the Succa!  So much I want to write but for now just sharing a few views from the balcony succa!

Much love and blessings,

Shayndel 

Joanne`s Challah-Cast channel!

Hebrew lesson in Challah:

Succah Challah

Succot Challah

Succot is the plural of Succah !

Mitzvah Challah

Mitzvot Challah

Mitzvot is the plural of Mitzvah!

You are invited to a Biblical Hebrew Class! From anywhere in the world!

Simcha in Challah!! or Challah Simchah

The LORD your God is in your midst.  He is mighty to save.  He will rejoice over you with gladness.  He will quiet you with His love.  He will rejoice over you with singing.

Zephaniah 3:17

 

Hi Friends and Happy 5781!! Thank you for your kind greetings and comments!!!  Thanks to you, and all your encouragement on my challah adventures, at the start of the year I will be assisting in a class of Biblical Hebrew, using the Hebrew letters in Challah as part of the  class. 

 The class is open to all who are interested to start learning Biblical Hebrew in this new season, you are welcome to join! Please let me know if you would like more details, as it is still open to join up to this coming week.

The class will meet for 9 Sundays at 8:30 PM Japan time, that is 7:30 AM Eastern Standard time, and for other time zones according to where you are.   I will be sharing for part of the lesson by using the Hebrew letters in challah to introduce words, in this class given by TAV Ministries in Western Australia.  I`m excited to be starting the season using the challah,  bread of life to teach the Hebrew letters and to being able share the Word of God in this way. 

Does anyone know the word in Challah above?  You have seen it before in recent posts. Yes, it is Simcha!  It means `joy`, or as in the scripture above, gladness!! 

May your JOY be full and your New Year Sweet!

♡

Love, Shayndel

These things have I spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you 

and that your joy may be full.

John 15:11

Round Challah 1 for Rosh Hashanah

 

For the LORD Most High is to be feared, 

A great King over all the earth.

Psalm 47:2

 

And He will lift up a standard for the nations

And assemble the banished ones of Israel, And will gather the dispersed of Judah.

From the four corners of the earth.   Isaiah 11:12

This week I took a challah class on line through a master challah maker named Tamar in Israel.

She taught how to make 10 shapes of round challah!!

For my “round one” (first round!) I just made it to three variations.  My favorite is this four strand that weaves together on a crown-like round.  I like to see it also as expressing the gathering of all Gods people from the four corners of the earth to bring us back to Him and to the land of Israel!!!

 This year when I read these scriptures about Him gathering us back, here in Japan, sometimes wondering how ever did I get here--reading these words of the scripture helps me to understand that we do get where we are in the four corneres of the world by His hand and are waiting to be brought back!

I made a few! (round challah)

I made a Challah-cast too but only got as far as getting ready so far!! You can see that Part 1 below.  It has the scene where the succah delivery comes, so the mood is one of getting ready.  With the added suspense of whether all the dough for this full recipe will fit into my bowl!!  The actual shaping/making will be in Part 2!  Enjoy, and stay tuned!!

 
 

As we are coming around to the end of 5780 and preparation for the New Year on the biblical calendar of God, may we stand solid in the center of His love.   Abide in His Love!

Shana Tova!  Wishing you A good year!! May it be a healthy, fruitful, sweet, and joyous year for you and your Loved ones.

May we pray for all Israel and the world for Salvation, for healing, for Shalom. 

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.  

May those who love you be at peace.

Psalm 122:6

 

The challah master teacher I took the course from is named Tamar, which means Palm Tree! So I just put in this photo (above top) as I was sitting by the `palm tree` when making the challah!! The photo directly above shows how to braid the first four strand variation.  And below, is my original `Hebrew letters` in Challah in anticipation of the beginning of the new year and new start of the Torah cycle !!

The word above is `Bara` and it is the second word of the Torah (in the Hebrew line up).  

In the beginning, God created...

(note*  the making of Hebrew letters in challah is my own variation, and was not something that was taught in the Master class! )

 Much Love!!♡

Shayndel

 #challahandcherryblossoms, #messianicjapan

Elul Challah-cast!! Letters to the Beloved!!

I am my beloveds and my beloved is mine.

Ani leDodi VeDodi Li.

Song of Songs 6:3

The Shabbat Table is set with the Hebrew words and letters that spell `Ani Le Dodi Ve Dodi Li`!!! 
The whole verse formed from 12 strands

Can you see  the Letters that spell `Elul` ? And that they are taken from the letters in the first letter in each of the four words of the verse (picture at very top is the verse, picture directly above is `Elul`.)

As I was videoing the Challah-cast, the plan emerged!  To write all the words of the verse Ani LeDodi VeDodi Li... in challah!!! And of course to sprinkle in a little `drash`, talk about this month of `teshuvah` --return-- with some insights and challah tips, sharing an Elul communion, and reading the psalm 27 with you...

אֲנִי לְדוֹדִי וְדוֹדִי לִי

 Hope you enjoy the Challah -cast, and have a blessed week.

Blessings to all!  Shabbat Shalom, as already we are coming up to a new Shabbat. 

Love, Shayndel

(doing Challah-casts as `Joanne`!)♡

G’mar Chatima Tovah!
May you be inscribed and sealed in the Book of Life for good year!

2 New Challah-casts from readings in the book of Deuteronomy

He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord!                 Deuteronomy 8:3

In this challah-cast for Parsha Ekev (below),  I  got excited to look into the scripture from Deuteronomy 8:3 as it is a kind of theme scripture for the challah-casts, which are about bread (challah) and the word of God.
I `wrote` two Hebrew words in Challah!! You will soon see the words they are, and hope you might enjoy the discoveries in these two challah-casts !!





The upload below is a kind of `prelude` to the Ekev upload, but either can stand on its own as well!!!  In it you will see how to make a four-strand Challah.   I relate that to the readings in our parsha and the single utterance to `Remember` and `Guard` the Shabbat, and seeing that in relation to the words `Shamor` and `Zachor`.  We are in a beautiful relationship with our Maker who `keeps` us and asks us to `keep` or `Guard` those things that are precious to Him!! Praise the LORD!!

 Be blessed!! and again, thank you for reading watching or just being along on the journey together!!!

Mt. Fuji Torah Challah for Shavuot in Japan!

writing the Hebrew letters in dough, a new Challah challenge!

A Mt. Fuji Torah Challah for Japan, under a Mt. Fuji patterned Challah Cloth.  Shabbat Shalom!

in challah, Mt Fuji with the 10 commandments and a Torah scroll at the top!

Alef, bet, gimel dalet, hey!  Vav, zayin, chet, tet, yod.

Have a piece! Which letter did you get!?

evoking a mood on the Shabbat table of going up to the mountain to receive the Torah! For Shavuot, the mountain, the Torah, the flowers, and the feasting are all part of the holiday

I am a lily of the valleys.  --Song of Songs 2:1

"Come let us go up to the mountain of ADONAI, 
to the House of the God of Jacob! 

Then He will teach us His ways,
and we will walk in His paths." 

For Torah will go forth from Zion
and the word of ADONAI from Jerusalem.

Isaiah 2:3

Inspired by  Mt. Sinai and Ten Commandments challot (plural of challah!)  that I had seen for Shavuot (plural of Shavua, week!),  this one became a Mt. Fuji Torah Challah! Can you see the first 10 letters of the Hebrew alphabet?   They represent the Ten Commandments, and on top of the mountain, a Torah Scroll!! 

Shabbat Shalom!! 

Challah note:  I followed  this recipe for a Ten Commandments Challah.  Once I started rolling the shapes, the  inspiration came to make it a Mt. Fuji Torah Challah.   The recipe uses less yeast than a regular challah recipe, and few eggs (just one egg yolk) so it is a manageable dough and great recipe to use for making shapes and for making the Hebrew letters in challah.  Thank you Joy of Kosher! 

Blog note:  See a related post on a Ten Commandments related Challah that I made HERE in a somewhat earlier parsha!

The islands will wait for His Torah.       ---Isaiah  42:4