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“Behold, days are coming, says the L-rd, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Yisra᾽el, and with the house of Yehuda… but this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Yisra᾽el after those days, says the L-rd; I will put my Torah in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their G-d, and they shall be my people…”
-Jeremiah 31:31, 33
“Rabbi Elazar says: Be diligent in learning Torah, and know what to respond to one who denigrates the Torah. Know before Whom you labor–the Master of your work is trustworthy to pay you the wage for your activity.”
-Pirkei Avos 2:14
“While writing this commentary of the New Testament, I had no other goal, as I have said in the first volume, but to reconcile these two enemy sisters: The Church and the Synagogue… to show everyone that the New Testament only comes to show that the root of existence is in the unity of G–d (ahdut ha-Bore) … and also to strengthen the law of Moses (Torat Moshe)… I publish this commentary (to Matthew) in Hebrew for Jews, to introduce them to the New Testament who, until now, have not recognized its beauty (eynam makirim ’et yofya)… Notwithstanding the contrary misconception, the New Testament is in no manner contrary to the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) or to the Talmud.“
-Rabbi Eliyahu Tzvi Soloveitchik, Kol Kore
Waykeeper Principles #6 & #8
6. The Jewish writings called, “the New Testament,” are not equal, but are subordinate to the Torah given by G-d at Sinai (and therefore not intended as a Halachic authority).
8. We do not yet have a kosher translation of the “New Testament,” but its general teachings align especially with Hasidic Judaism (e.g. serving G-d with and beyond ‘the letter’).
Based on the Weekly NT Schedule…
Sunday (1):
Romans 9:6 → Romans 9:29 (24)
6 But it is not as though the word of G-d has failed. For not all who are descended from Yisra’el are Yisra’el,
7 and not all are children of Avraham because they are his offspring; but “Through Yitz’chak your offspring will be named.”
8 This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of G-d, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.
9 For this is what the promise said: “About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son.”
10 And not only that, but also when Rivkah had conceived children by one man—our forefather Yitz’chak—
11 though they were not yet born and had done nothing good or evil, so that G-d’s purpose in election might stand—not because of works but because of him who calls—
12 she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
13 As it is written, “Ya’akov I loved, but Esav I hated.”
14 What shall we say then? Is there injustice with G-d? By no means!
15 For he says to Moshe, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
16 So then it does not depend on the one who wills or the one who runs, but on G-d who has mercy.
17 For the Writing says to Pharaoh: “For this very purpose I raised you up, that I might display my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
18 So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.
19 You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?”
20 But who are you, O man, to answer back to G-d? Will what is molded say to the one who molds it, “Why have you made me like this?”
21 Has the potter no right over the clay—to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?
22 What if G-d, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with great patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
23 in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory—
24 even us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles?
25 As indeed he says in Hoshea: “Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’ and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.'”
26 “And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons of the living G-d.'”
27 And Yesha’yahu cries out concerning Yisra’el: “Though the number of the children of Yisra’el be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant will be saved,”
28 “for the L-rd will carry out his sentence upon the earth fully and without delay.”
29 And as Yesha’yahu predicted, “If the L-rd of hosts had not left us offspring, we would have become like Sodom and been made like Gomorrah.”
Monday (2):
Romans 9:30 → Romans 10:15 (19)
30 What shall we say then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it—the righteousness that comes through faithfulness;
31 but that Yisra’el, who pursued the Torah of righteousness, did not succeed in reaching it.
32 Why? Because they pursued it not by faithfulness but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
33 as it is written: “Behold, I am laying in Tzion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”
“Therefore, thus saith the L-rd G-d, Behold, I appoint a king in Zion; a king mighty, powerful, and terrible: I will make him powerful, and I will strengthen Him, saith the Prophet. But the righteous, who believe these things shall not be moved, when distress shall come.”
-Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 28:16
Chapter 10
1 Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to G-d for them is that they may be saved.
2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for G-d, but not according to knowledge.
3 For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from G-d, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to G-d’s righteousness.
4 For the Messiah is the goal of the Torah for righteousness to everyone who believes.
5 For Moshe writes about the righteousness that comes from the Torah: “The person who does them shall live by them.”
6 But the righteousness that comes from faithfulness says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?'” (that is, to bring the Messiah down),
7 “or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?'” (that is, to bring the Messiah up from the dead).
8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faithfulness that we proclaim),
9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Yeshua is Master and believe in your heart that G-d raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
10 For with the heart one believes and is declared righteous, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
11 For the Writing says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”
12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same L-rd is L-rd of all, bestowing His riches on all who call on Him.
13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the L-rd will be saved.”
14 But how are they to call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone proclaiming?
15 And how are they to proclaim unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring the Good News!”
Tuesday (3):
Romans 10:16 → Romans 11:15 (21)
16 But not all have obeyed the Good News. For Yesha’yahu says, “L-rd, who has believed what he heard from us?”
17 So faithfulness comes from hearing, and hearing comes through the word of G-d.
18 But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have: “Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.”
19 But I ask, did Yisra’el not understand? First Moshe says, “I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation; with a foolish nation I will make you angry.”
20 Then Yesha’yahu is so bold as to say, “I have been found by those who did not seek me; I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.”
21 But of Yisra’el he says, “All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”
Chapter 11
1 I ask then: has G-d rejected his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Avraham, from the tribe of Binyamin.
2 G-d has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Writing says about Eliyahu—how he appeals to G-d against Yisra’el?
3 “L-rd, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.”
4 But what is G-d’s answer to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
5 So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace.
6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
7 What then? Yisra’el failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened,
8 as it is written: “G-d gave them a spirit of stupor—eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear—down to this very day.”
9 And David says: “Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them;”
10 “let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and bend their backs forever.”
11 So I ask: did they stumble in order to fall? By no means! Rather, through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Yisra’el jealous.
12 Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fullness mean!
13 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Since I am an emissary to the Gentiles, I honor my ministry
14 in order somehow to make my own flesh and blood jealous, and save some of them.
15 For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?
Wednesday (4):
Romans 11:16 → Romans 11:36 (21)
16 If the firstfruits dough is holy, the whole batch is holy too; and if the root is holy, the branches are too.
17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you—a wild olive shoot—were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree,
18 do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember: it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you.
19 Then you will say, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.”
20 That is true. They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand fast through faithfulness. Do not become conceited, but stand in awe.
21 For if G-d did not spare the natural branches, perhaps he will not spare you either.
22 Note then the kindness and the severity of G-d: severity toward those who have fallen, but G-d’s kindness toward you—provided you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.
23 And even they, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for G-d is able to graft them in again.
24 For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree.
“They may not graft from one tree to another, or from one vegetable to another, or from a tree to a vegetable, or from a vegetable to a tree. This section is in some ways a continuation of mishnayot four and five. The prohibition of grafting is also a prohibition of mixing different kinds of trees or vegetables two different kinds are prohibited. Assumedly, the mishnah relies on the lists already found above trees and vegetables that can be grown together, can also be grafted.”
-English Explanation of Mishnah Kilayim 1:7:2
25 Lest you be wise in your own sight, I want you not to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters: a partial hardening has come upon Yisra’el until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
26 And in this way all Yisra’el will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Tzion; he will banish ungodliness from Ya’akov;”
27 “and this will be my covenant with them, when I take away their sins.”
28 As regards the Good News, they are enemies of G-d for your sake. But as regards the election, they are beloved for the sake of the forefathers.
29 For the gifts and the calling of G-d are irrevocable.
30 For just as you were at one time disobedient to G-d but now have received mercy because of their disobedience,
31 so they too have now been disobedient in order that, by the mercy shown to you, they also may receive mercy.
32 For G-d has consigned all to disobedience, so that He may have mercy on all.
33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of G-d! How unsearchable are His judgments and how unfathomable his ways!
34 “For who has known the mind of the L-rd, or who has been His counselor?”
35 “Or who has given a gift to Him that He might be repaid?”
36 For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be glory forever. Amen.
Thursday (5):
Romans 12:1 → Romans 12:21 (21)
Chapter 12
1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of G-d, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to G-d—this is your spiritual act of worship.
2 Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may discern what is the will of G-d—what is good and acceptable and perfect.
3 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you: do not think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faithfulness that G-d has assigned.
4 For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function,
5 so we, though many, are one body in the Messiah, and individually members of one another.
6 Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faithfulness;
7 if service, in our serving; if one who teaches, in his teaching;
8 if one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with diligence; the one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
9 Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.
10 Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
11 Do not be slothful in zeal; be fervent in spirit; serve the L-rd.
12 Rejoice in hope; be patient in tribulation; be constant in prayer.
13 Contribute to the needs of the holy ones; pursue hospitality toward strangers.
14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.
17 Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.
18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.
19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of G-d; for it is written, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the L-rd.”
20 “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by doing so you will heap burning coals upon his head.”
21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Friday (6):
Romans 13:1 → Romans 14:9 (23)
Chapter 13
1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from G-d, and those that exist have been appointed by G-d.
2 Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what G-d has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.
3 For rulers hold no terror for good conduct, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of the authority? Then do what is good and you will receive its approval,
4 for the authority is G-d’s servant for your good. But if you do evil, be afraid, for it does not bear the sword in vain. For it is the servant of G-d, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.
5 Therefore one must be in subjection—not only to avoid wrath, but also for the sake of conscience.
6 For the same reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of G-d, attending to this very thing.
7 Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.
8 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the Torah.
9 For the commandments—”You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet”—and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the keeping of the Torah.
11 Besides this, you know the time: it is the hour for you to wake from sleep, for salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.
12 The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.
13 Let us walk properly as in the daytime—not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in quarreling and jealousy.
14 But put on the Master Yeshua the Messiah, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
Chapter 14
1 As for the one who is weak in faithfulness, welcome him without quarreling over opinions.
2 One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables.
3 Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for G-d has welcomed him.
4 Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the L-rd is able to make him stand.
5 One person esteems one day above another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.
6 The one who observes the day, observes it to the L-rd. The one who eats, eats to the L-rd, for he gives thanks to G-d; while the one who abstains, abstains to the L-rd and gives thanks to G-d.
7 For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself.
8 For if we live, we live to the L-rd; and if we die, we die to the L-rd. So whether we live or die, we are the L-rd’s.
9 For to this end the Messiah died and lived again, that he might be Master both of the dead and of the living.
Shabbat (7):
Romans 14:10 → Romans 15:6 (20)
10 Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of G-d;
11 for it is written: “As I live, says the L-rd, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall give praise to G-d.”
12 So then each of us will give an account of himself to G-d.
13 Therefore let us no longer pass judgment on one another, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother or sister.
14 I know and am persuaded in the Master Yeshua that nothing is profane in and of itself, but it is profane for anyone who thinks it profane.
15 For if your brother or sister is grieved by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not by your eating destroy the one for whom the Messiah died.
16 So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil.
17 For the kingdom of G-d is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Spirit of Holiness.
18 Whoever serves the Messiah in this way is acceptable to G-d and approved by people.
19 So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.
20 Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of G-d. Everything is indeed pure, but it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats.
21 It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother or sister to stumble.
22 The faithfulness that you have, keep between yourself and G-d. Blessed is the one who has no reason to judge himself for what he approves.
23 But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faithfulness. For whatever does not come from faithfulness is sin.
Chapter 15
1 We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
3 For the Messiah did not please himself, but as it is written: “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.”
4 For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Writings we might have hope.
5 May the G-d of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Messiah Yeshua,
6 so that together you may with one voice glorify the G-d and Father of our Master Yeshua the Messiah.
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