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Shabbat Shalom!
Welcome to Vayikra / And He Called - this week’s Prophetic reading

Prophecy 83, 86, 108;
Leviticus 1:1-5:19;
Isaiah 43:21-44:23;
Matthew 5:23-30;



Isaiah 43:21-44:23

21 The people that I formed for Myself shall recount My praise.

22 But you have not called on Me, Jacob; but you have been weary of Me, Israel.

23 You have not brought Me the lamb of your burnt offerings; even your sacrifices have not honored Me. I have not caused you to serve with an offering, nor wearied you with incense.

24 You have not bought calamus for Me with silver, nor have you filled Me with fat of your sacrifices; but you made Me serve by your sins; you wearied Me by your iniquities.

25 I, even I, am He who blots out your trespasses for My sake; and I will not remember your sins.

26 Remind me; let us enter into judgment together; sum up for yourself, that you may be justified.

27 Your first father sinned, and your interpreters transgressed against Me.

28 And I will defile the rulers of the sanctuary, and will give Jacob to the curse, and Israel to blaspheming.


*~ Isaiah Chapter 44 ~*


1 And now listen, My servant Jacob, and Israel whom I have chosen.

2 So says YAHUVEH, who made you and formed you from the womb. He helps you. Do not fear, My servant Jacob; and you, Jeshurun4 whom I have chosen.

3 For I will pour water on a thirsty place, and floods on the dry ground. I will pour My Spirit on your seed, and My blessing on your offspring.

4 And they shall sprout as among grass, as willows by streams of water.

5 This one shall say, I belong to YAHUVEH; and this one will call himself by the name of Jacob; and this one shall write with his hand, For YAHUVEH, and be surnamed by the name of Israel.

6 So says YAHUVEH, the King of Israel, and His Redeemer, YAHUVEH of Hosts: I am the First, and I am the Last; and there is no Elohim except Me1.

7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare this, and set it in order before Me, since I placed the people of old? And as to things to come, even which shall come, let them declare concerning them.

8 Do not dread, nor be afraid. Have I not declared and made you hear since then? So you are My witnesses: Is there a Eloah besides Me? Yea, there is none2. I have not known a Rock.

9 Those who form a carved image are all of them vanity. And their delights do not profit; and they are their own witnesses. They do not see, nor know, that they may be ashamed.

10 Who has formed an El, or poured out an image to no profit?

11 Behold, all his companions shall be ashamed; and the craftsmen, they are from men. They shall assemble, all of them shall stand; they shall dread; they shall be shamed together.

12 He carves iron with a tool; he works in the coals and forms it with hammers, and works it with his powerful arm; then he is hungry, and has no strength; he drinks no water and is weary3.

13 The carpenter fashions the wood, and stretches a line; he marks it with a chisel; he shapes it with a carving tool, and he marks it with a compass. And he makes it according to the figure of a man, as the beauty of a man, to sit in the house.

14 He cuts down cedars and takes cypress and oak, and he makes the trees of the forest strong for him. He plants a tree, and rain makes it grow.

15 And it shall be for a man to burn; yea, he takes of them and is warmed; and he kindles it and bakes bread. Yea, he makes a god and worships; he makes a carved image and bows to it.

16 He burns half of it in the fire; he eats flesh on half of it; he roasts roast, and is satisfied. Then he warms himself and says, Ah, I am warm; I have seen the fire.

17 And he makes a god of the rest, his carved image; he bows to it and worships, and prays to it, and says, Deliver me, for you are my El.

18 They do not know nor discern; for He has smeared their eyes from seeing, their hearts from understanding.

19 And not one turns back to his heart, nor has knowledge nor discernment to say, I have burned half of it in the fire; and I also have baked bread on its coals. I have roasted flesh and have eaten it; and I have made the rest of it into an idol. Shall I bow to a product of a tree4?

20 Feeding on ashes, a deceived heart turns him aside, and he does not deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

21 Remember these, O Jacob, and Israel. For you are My servant; I have formed you; you are My servant, O Israel; you shall not forget Me.

22 I have blotted out your transgressions like a thick cloud; and your sins like a cloud. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.

23 Sing, O heavens, for YAHUVEH has done it. Shout, O lower parts of the earth; burst forth into praise, O mountains. O forest and every tree in it, sing praise, because YAHUVEH has redeemed Jacob, and He glorifies Himself in Israel.



Matthew 5:23-30

23 Then if you offer your gift on the altar, and remember there that your brother has a grudge against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar, and go. First, be reconciled to your brother, and then coming, offer your gift.

24 Be in agreement with your adversary at law while you are with him on the way, lest your adversary at law deliver you to the judge and the judge deliver you to the officer and you be thrown into the prison.

25 Truly, I say to you, In no way shall you come out from there until you pay the last coin.

26 You have heard that it was said to the ancients “Do not commit adultery.” (Ex. 20:14; Deut. 5:18) 28 But I say to you, Everyone looking at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

27 But if your right eye offends you, take it out and throw it from you, for it is profitable to you that one of your members should perish and all your body not be thrown into Hell.

28 And if your right hand causes you to offend, cut it off and throw it from you, for it is profitable to you that one of your members should perish and all your body not be thrown into Hell.