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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 also 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):
2 Corinthians 13:1 → Galatians 1:5 (19)
Chapter 13
1 This is the third time I am coming to you. “By the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every word be established.” 2 I have said before, and I say beforehand as though present the second time—though being absent—to those who sinned before and to all the rest: if I come again I will not spare, 3 since you seek proof that the Messiah speaks in me—he is not weak toward you but is powerful in you. 4 For he was crucified from weakness, yet he lives from the power of G-d. For we also are weak in him, yet we shall live with him from the power of G-d toward you. 5 Test yourselves, whether you are in the faith; prove yourselves. Or do you not know yourselves, that Yeshua the Messiah is in you—unless you fail the test? 6 But I hope that you will know that we do not fail the test. 7 Now I pray to G-d that you do no evil—not that we may appear approved, but that you may do what is honorable, even though we may appear as those who fail the test. 8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but only for the truth. 9 For we rejoice when we are weak but you are strong. This we also pray for—your maturity. 10 For this reason I write these things while absent, that when present I may not have to act sharply in accordance with the authority which the Master gave me—for building up and not for tearing down. 11 Finally, brothers, rejoice! Be restored, be comforted, be of the same mind, be at peace—and the G-d of love and peace will be with you. 12 Greet one another with a holy kiss. 13 All the holy ones greet you. 14 The grace of the Master Yeshua the Messiah, and the love of G-d, and the sharing in the holy spirit be with you all.
THE LETTER TO THE GALATIANS
Chapter 1
1 Shaul, a Shaliach—not from men nor through human authorities, but through Yeshua the Messiah and G-d the Father who raised him from the dead— 2 and all the brothers who are with me, to the assemblies of Galatia: 3 Grace to you and peace from G-d our Father and the Master Yeshua the Messiah, 4 who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our G-d and Father, 5 to whom be the glory unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Monday (2):
Galatians 1:6 → Galatians 2:5 (24)
6 I marvel that you are so quickly deserting the One who called you in the grace of the Messiah for a different good news— 7 which is not another; only there are some who are troubling you and wishing to pervert the Good News of the Messiah. 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should proclaim to you a good news other than what we proclaimed to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, and now I say again: if anyone proclaims to you a good news other than what you received, let him be accursed. 10 For am I now persuading men, or G-d? Or am I seeking to please men? If I were still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of the Messiah. 11 For I make known to you, brothers, that the Good News proclaimed by me is not according to man. 12 For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but through a revelation of Yeshua the Messiah. 13 For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism: that I was persecuting the assembly of G-d beyond measure and was trying to destroy it. 14 And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my countrymen, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers. 15 But when G-d, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, was pleased 16 to reveal His son in me that I might proclaim him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood, 17 nor did I go up to Yerushalayim to those who were shluchim before me; but I went away into Arabia, and again returned to Damascus. 18 Then after three years I went up to Yerushalayim to visit Kefa, and remained with him fifteen days. 19 But I did not see any of the other shluchim except Ya’akov, the brother of the Master. 20 Now in what I am writing to you, behold, before G-d—I am not lying. 21 Then I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. 22 And I was unknown by face to the assemblies of Judea which are in the Messiah; 23 but they only kept hearing: “The one who formerly persecuted us is now proclaiming the faith which he once tried to destroy.” 24 And they were glorifying G-d because of me.
Chapter 2
1 Then after fourteen years I went up again to Yerushalayim with Bar-Nabba, taking Titus along also. 2 And I went up by revelation; and I laid before them the Good News which I proclaim among the Gentiles—but privately before those of repute—lest somehow I might be running, or had run, in vain. 3 But not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, though he was a Greek. 4 But because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy out our freedom which we have in Messiah Yeshua, that they might bring us into bondage— 5 to them we did not yield in subjection even for an hour, so that the truth of the Good News might continue with you.
Tuesday (3):
Galatians 2:6 → Galatians 3:7 (23)
6 But from those who were reputed to be something—whatever they were makes no difference to me; G-d does not accept the face of man—for those of repute added nothing to me. 7 But on the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the Good News for the uncircumcision, just as Kefa for the circumcision 8 (for He who worked for Kefa in the Shlichut of the circumcision worked also for me toward the Gentiles), 9 and recognizing the grace given to me, Ya’akov and Kefa and Yochanan—those reputed to be pillars—gave to me and Bar-Nabba the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcision. 10 Only they requested that we remember the poor—the very thing I was also eager to do. 11 But when Kefa came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain ones came from Ya’akov, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came, he began to draw back and separate himself, fearing those of the circumcision. 13 And the rest of the Jews also played the hypocrite with him, so that even Bar-Nabba was carried away with their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that they were not walking uprightly in accordance with the truth of the Good News, I said to Kefa before them all: “If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles and not as the Jews, how can you compel the Gentiles to live as Jews?” 15 We are Jews by nature and not sinners from the Gentiles; 16 yet knowing that a man is not justified by works of legalism but through the faithfulness of Yeshua the Messiah, even we believed in Messiah Yeshua, that we might be justified by the faithfulness of the Messiah and not by works of legalism, because by works of legalism no flesh shall be justified. 17 But if, while seeking to be justified in the Messiah, we ourselves also were found sinners, is then the Messiah a minister of sin? May it never be! 18 For if I build again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself to be a transgressor. 19 For through Torah I died to legalism, that I might live to G-d. 20 I have been crucified with the Messiah; and it is no longer I who live, but the Messiah lives in me. And the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faithfulness—the faithfulness of the son of G-d, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do not set aside the grace of G-d; for if righteousness comes through legalism, then the Messiah died for nothing.
Chapter 3
1 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Yeshua the Messiah was publicly portrayed as crucified? 2 This only I want to learn from you: did you receive the Spirit from works of legalism or from hearing of faithfulness? 3 Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made complete in the flesh? 4 Did you suffer so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? 5 He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you and works powers among you—does He do it from works of legalism or from hearing of faithfulness? 6 Just as Avraham “believed G-d, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.” 7 Know therefore that those who are of faithfulness—these are sons of Avraham.
Wednesday (4):
Galatians 3:8 → Galatians 3:29 (22)
8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that G-d would justify the Gentiles by faithfulness, proclaimed the Good News beforehand to Avraham: “In you shall all the nations be blessed.” 9 So then, those who are of faithfulness are blessed with the faithful Avraham. 10 For as many as are of works of legalism are under a curse; for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things written in the scroll of the Law, to do them.” 11 Now that no one is justified before G-d by law is evident, because “the righteous one shall live by faithfulness.” 12 And the Law is not of faithfulness; rather, “the one who does them shall live in them.” 13 The Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”— 14 so that in the Messiah Yeshua the blessing of Avraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faithfulness. 15 Brothers, I speak in human terms: even a man’s covenant, once ratified, no one annuls or adds to. 16 Now the promises were spoken to Avraham and to his seed. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of one: “And to your seed,” who is the Messiah. 17 And this I say: the covenant previously ratified by G-d, the Torah, which came four hundred and thirty years later, does not annul, so as to abolish the promise. 18 For if the inheritance is of law, it is no longer of promise; but G-d has graciously given it to Avraham through promise. 19 Why then the Law? It was added because of transgressions, until the Seed should come to whom the promise had been made, being ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator. 20 Now a mediator is not of one, but G-d is One. 21 Is the Torah then against the promises of G-d? May it never be! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, indeed righteousness would have been from Torah. 22 But the Scripture has shut up all under sin, so that the promise through the faithfulness of Yeshua the Messiah might be given to the faithful. 23 But before faithfulness came, we were being disciplined under legalism, being shut up unto the faithfulness about to be revealed. 24 So then legalism has been our disciplinarian unto the Messiah, that we might be justified by faithfulness. 25 But now that faithfulness has come, we are no longer under a disciplinarian. 26 For you are all sons of G-d through the faithfulness of Messiah Yeshua. 27 For as many of you as were immersed into the Messiah have clothed yourselves with the Messiah. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Messiah Yeshua. 29 And if you are of the Messiah, then you are seed of Avraham and heirs according to promise.
Thursday (5):
Galatians 4:1 → Galatians 4:20 (20)
Chapter 4
1 But I say, for as long as the heir is a child, he does not differ from a slave, though he is master of all, 2 but is under disciplinarians and stewards until the appointed time of the father. 3 So also we, when we were children, were enslaved under the materialism of the world. 4 But when the fullness of the time came, G-d sent forth His son, born of a woman, born under legalism, 5 so that he might redeem those under legalism, that we might receive the adoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, G-d sent forth the Spirit of His son into our hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!” 7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son; and if a son, also an heir through G-d. 8 But at that time, not knowing G-d, you were enslaved to those which by nature are not gods. 9 But now, having known G-d—or rather having been known by G-d—how is it that you are turning back again to the weak and poor materialism, to which you desire to be enslaved again anew? 10 You watch days and months and seasons and years. 11 I fear for you, lest somehow I have labored in vain for you. 12 I beg of you, brothers, become as I am, for I also became as you are. You did me no wrong. 13 But you know that because of weakness of the flesh I proclaimed the Good News to you at the first; 14 and that which was a trial to you in my flesh you did not despise or reject, but you received me as an angel of G-d, as Messiah Yeshua. 15 Where then is your blessing? For I testify of you that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me. 16 Have I therefore become your enemy by telling you the truth? 17 They zealously court you for no good; they wish to shut you out, that you might zealously pursue them. 18 But it is good to be zealously pursued in a good thing always, and not only when I am present with you. 19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until the Messiah be formed in you, 20 I could wish to be present with you now and to change my tone, because I am perplexed about you.
Friday (6):
Galatians 4:21 → Galatians 5:6 (17)
21 Tell me, you who desire to be under legalism—do you not hear the Law? 22 For it is written that Avraham had two sons, one from the maidservant and one from the free woman. 23 But the one from the maidservant was born according to the flesh, and the one from the free woman through promise. 24 Which things are allegorically spoken; for these women are two covenants: one from Mount Sinai, which births children for slavery—this is Hagar. 25 Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to the present Yerushalayim, for she is in slavery with her children. 26 But the Yerushalayim above is free—she is our mother. 27 For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and shout, you who are not in labor! For the children of the desolate one are more numerous than those of the one who has a husband.” 28 And you, brothers, like Yitz’chak, are children of promise. 29 But as then the one born according to the flesh persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, so also now. 30 But what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the maidservant and her son, for the son of the maidservant shall by no means inherit with the son of the free woman.” 31 Therefore, brothers, we are not children of a maidservant but of the free woman.
Chapter 5
1 For freedom the Messiah set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. 2 Behold, I, Shaul, say to you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, the Messiah will be of no benefit to you. 3 And I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole Torah. 4 You have been severed from the Messiah, you who are being justified by legalism; you have fallen from grace. 5 For we through the Spirit, from faithfulness, eagerly await the hope of righteousness. 6 For in Messiah Yeshua neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any power, but faithfulness working through love.
“It is in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Yehoshua, as it is taught in a baraita that Rabbi Eliezer says: It is written: “The wicked shall be turned back to the netherworld, all the nations that forget God” (Psalms 9:18). “The wicked shall be turned back to the netherworld”; these are the sinners of the Jewish people, as only the sinners are sentenced to the netherworld. “All the gentiles that forget God”; these are the sinners of the gentiles. From the fact that it is written: “All the gentiles,” it is apparent that none of the gentiles have a share in the World-to-Come. This is the statement of Rabbi Eliezer. Rabbi Yehoshua said to him: But is it stated in the verse that the sinners of the Jewish people will be like all of the gentiles? It is stated only: “All the gentiles that forget God.” Rather, the wicked shall be turned back to the netherworld, and who are they? They are all the gentiles that forget God. Gentiles who fear God do have a share in the World-to-Come.”
-Talmud Bavli, Sanhedrin 105a:11
Shabbat (7):
Galatians 5:7 → Galatians 5:26 (20)
7 You were running well—who hindered you from obeying the truth? 8 This persuasion did not come from the One who calls you. 9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump. 10 I have confidence toward you in the Master that you will be of no other mind; but the one who is troubling you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is. 11 But I, brothers, if I still proclaim circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been abolished. 12 I wish that those who are disturbing you would even mutilate themselves. 13 For you were called for freedom, brothers; only do not use the freedom for an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For the whole Torah is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another. 16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will by no means carry out the desire of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, so that you may not do the things you wish. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under legalism. 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, licentiousness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, wraths, rivalries, dissensions, factions, 21 envyings, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these—of which I forewarn you, just as I forewarned you, that those who practice such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of G-d. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Torah is not against such things. 24 And those who belong to the Messiah Yeshua have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. 26 Let us not become boastful, provoking one another, envying one another.
Love – Chochmah
Joy – Binah
Peace – Daat
Kindness – Chesed
Longsuffering – Gevurah
Goodness – Tiferet
Faithfulness – Netzach
Gentleness – Hod
Self-control – Yesod
“Torah is not against such things” – Malchut
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