D'var Adonai Fellowship/Living WORD of God

03/28/2026

Our Broken Matzah...
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During the Passover Seder, three matzahs are placed on the table, said to represent Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, respectively. During the “Yachatz” step of the seder, the middle matzah (representing Isaac) will be broken to recall how Isaac was sacrificed in obedience to his father, foreshadowing the sacrifice of Yeshua by God the Father. Indeed, the Talmud states, "We break the middle matzah in tribute to Yitzchak (Isaac), who accepted the sins of the people upon himself” (Shabbos 89b). The smaller half of this broken matzah will be eaten later during the Motzi Matzah step, while the larger half will be eaten during the “Afikomen” step, near the end of the night...

In Hebrew, the middle of something is it's heart - the heart of the heavens, the heart of the earth, the heart of the sea, the heart of a person... Since the offering of Isaac by Abraham foretold of the greater offering of Yeshua by God Himself, when we break the middle matzah, then, we recall the broken heart of God over the pain Yeshua endured by taking our sins upon Him at the cross....“For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God" (2 Cor. 5:21).

During his Passover seder with his disciples, Yeshua “took matzah, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body" (Matt. 26:26). Since Yeshua did this while they were eating dinner, the matzah he broke would have been the Afikomen, thereby making the connection between the hidden bread (lechem ha-nistar) that would be broken given for our deliverance. The matzah we eat during Passover is called lechem oni (לֶחֶם ענִי) - "the bread of [His] suffering" - and eating the Bread of Life that was “broken for us” remembers ish makhovot, the man of sorrows, the suffering of our LORD...
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[ Hebrew for Christians ]
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Deut. 16:3b reading:
https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/deut16-3b-jjp.mp3

Hebrew study page:
https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/deut16-3b-lesson.pdf
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03/26/2026

The Sabbath before Passover...
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The Sabbath that immediately precedes the holiday of Passover is called the “Great Sabbath” (i.e., Shabbat HaGadol: שבת הגדול), in honor of the time when the Israelites set aside the lamb for the Passover Sacrifice (i.e., korban Pesach: קרבן פסח).

During the time of the Temple it was customary to obtain the Korban Pesach (i.e., Passover lamb) four days before Passover so that worshipers could make sure that their lambs had no blemishes which would preclude them from being offered as sacrifices. This was done to fulfill the instructions given in Exodus 12 that the lamb for Passover be “without spot or blemish.”

Interestingly, this period of time allowed time for each family to become personally attached to their lamb so that it would no longer simply be “a lamb” (Exod. 12:3) but rather *their lamb” (Exod. 12:5). Indeed the Torah refers to "the" Lamb of God, as if there was only one: "You shall keep it [i.e., the Passover lamb] until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall slaughter him (אתוֹ) at twilight (Exod. 12:6). Note that the direct object "him" (i.e., oto) can be read as Aleph-Tav (את) combined with the letter Vav (ו), signifying the Son of Man who is First and Last.

Shabbat HaGadol foreshadowed the offering of Yeshua as the “Lamb of God” who takes away the sins of the world. The New Testament notes that it was a few days before Passover when Yeshua made His triumphant entry into Jerusalem riding on a donkey signifying His Messiahship, in fulfillment of the prophecy of Zechariah: “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a c**t, the foal of a donkey” (Matt. 21:1–11; Zech. 9:9). During this time, when the pilgrims had come to select the lamb for the Passover sacrifice, they saw Yeshua and cried out: "hoshiah na" (הושׁיעה נא), meaning "please save" or "save now" (in English this phrase was translated from the Latin to form "Hosanna!"). The people spontaneously began singing Psalm 118:25-26 in anticipation of the fulfillment of the great Messianic hope.
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[ Hebrew for Christians ]
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Psalm 118:25-25 reading:
https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/psalm118-25-26-jjp.mp3

Hebrew study page:
https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/psalm118-25-26.pdf
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More about Shabbat HaGadol:
https://hebrew4christians.com/Holidays/Spring_Holidays/Shabbat_HaGadol/shabbat_hagadol.html
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03/21/2026

This weeks Torah Portion

The first Torah portion for the new Biblical New year is parashat Vayikra ("and he called"), the very first section from the Book of Leviticus (ספר ויקרא). In Jewish tradition, Leviticus is sometimes called the "Book of Sacrifices" (i.e., sefer ha’zevachim: ספר הזבחים) since it de...

02/15/2026

This message really spoke to my heart. Let it speak to yours and then share here how it impacted you.

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02/10/2026

Honoring our Boundaries...
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The Eighth Commandment against stealing (לא תגנב, Exod. 20:15) corresponds to the third commandment not to profane God's name. Stealing, in the sense of the Hebrew word ganav (גנב), refers to both the act of carrying off by stealth that which is not one's own (i.e., theft), but also to the deceptive inner disposition that accompanies the action (genevat da’at: גְנֵבַת דַעַת). And ultimately that deceptive inner disposition is a form of self-deception. After all, none of us categorically "owns" anything, since God alone is the Creator and Giver of all of life. Stealing arrogantly (and vainly) attempts to seize some "thing" and to claim it for oneself - blindly disregarding the fact that "in Him we live and move and have our being" (Acts 17:28).
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[ Hebrew for Christians ]
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Exodus 20:15 commentary (13 min):
https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/exod20-15-jjp.mp3

Hebrew study page:
https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/exod20-15-lesson.pdf
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01/19/2026

Join us tonight at 5pm to celebrate Rosh Chodesh Sh'Vat with shofars, pizza, and fun family games!

09/14/2025

So during the month of ELUL is the time that we look inward to see what areas in our lives that do not represent the Messiah. This is a time of repentance, a time of making good for anything bad you may have done to others or to G-d.

It could be an offense that you may have caused or maybe someone felt like you didn’t acknowledge them or you may have said something that hurt someone’s feelings.

This is the time of year we look back and try to identify those sins or offenses and come before God to repent (turn from).

Now keep in mind; if there are things that we have done to someone or towards others and there’s a way we can go and make it right, we are to reconcile with them first before we reachout to God for repentance.

Now we can go to God with repentance during the 10 days of awe (Repentance) and then the observant of Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement).

This is an important time of the year for all of us who follow our Jewish Messiah. These are not commanded for the Gentile Believers but I challenge you to give them a try and see if you can see a benefit in your walk in Jesus.

09/04/2025

Thus says ADONAI Elohim to these bones: “Behold, I will cause Ruach to enter you, so you will live.

06/21/2025

A great teaching for this weekend. Shabbat Shalom!!!

A quick summary of Parashat Korach.

06/07/2025

CURRENT TORAh PORTION

Nasso

TORAH NUMBERS 4:21-7:89
PROPHETS JUDGES 13:2-25
GOSPEL LUKE 1:11-20; Acts 21:17-26

Our Torah portion for this week (i.e., parashat Naso) includes the famous blessing that Aaron and his sons (i.e., the priests) were instructed to recite over the people of Israel: “The LORD bless you and guard you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up [...

05/31/2025

Torah Portion: Numbers 1:1-4:20
Haftarah: Hosea 2:1-23
Brit Chadashah: Matthew 4:1-17; Romans 9:22-33; Luke 24:50-51; Acts 1:9-11

A Quick Summary of Parashat BaMidbar.

05/23/2025

Deliverance from Fear...
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Many of us need to grow up and take responsibility for our lives. Often we are full of anger and inner conflict. We rage at life and are quick to blame others, but inwardly we are really afraid, for our “outrage” is just a disguised form of fear. And yet fear itself ultimately arises from unbelief, or rather from the faith that either God doesn’t exist or doesn’t care for us, and therefore the voice of fear seduces us to feel alone, victimized, insecure and afraid (if you verbalize what you are afraid of, eventually you will hear yourself questioning whether God is in control or whether he is there for you).

Tragically, the more we cling to our fear, believing that it will somehow “protect us,” the more we become fearful (and angry) people. To worry is to “practice the absence” of God instead of practicing his presence, and the longer we practice that kind of “faith,” the more we will experience exile. We must decide to renounce our fears by trusting in the LORD our God and relying on his promises.

Refuse, therefore, those anxious thoughts that weigh in upon you, creating pressure and “dis-ease” (Psalm 139:23-24). Seek the LORD for deliverance in the midst of your storm. Be still and know that God is real; quiet your heart and listen for the holy whisper: “It is I; do not be afraid...” There is no fear in God’s love. As the Spirit says, “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength” (Isa. 30:15). The truth of God sets you free indeed (John 8:32).
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Shabbat Shalom chaverim...
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[ Hebrew for Christians ]
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Psalm 97:11 reading:
https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/psalm34-4-jjp.mp3

Hebrew page:
https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/psalm34-4-lesson.pdf
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