Prison Weekly PART 2 for Shabbat Nisan 3, 5769

OOPS! I made a mistake the portion for last week was a double portion so here is the second part...

Parshat Pekudei

The Talmudic phrase bitul Torah, literally the "cancellation of Torah," refers to the time one spends occupied with the world at large, away from Jewish text study. Chol, literally "profane," refers to the six days of the week before Shabbat. Such language suggests that religious life takes place only within the temporal boundaries of ritual. This notion is problematic and spiritually impoverished. Religious life is not a series of proscribed acts separated by spans of mundanity. To the deeply religious person, spiritual life is continuous. Moments of ritual dust off the soul and propel the individual into the following hours with renewed awareness and intention. Parshat Vayakhel reminds us that religiosity transcends ritual. Moses addresses the whole Israelite community for the first time since his dramatic return from Mt. Sinai.^{1 He briefly commands the nation to observe Shabbat2 and then launches into a long, detailed speech about the construction of the Mishkan. The rest of Parshat Vayakhel, and much of Parshat Pekudei, are devoted to this grand project and document the overwhelming generosity of the Israelite community to complete it. Moses's short instruction about the holy seventh day virtually dissolves in the details of construction—building, melting, welding and other acts that are forbidden on Shabbat. Just as the vast majority of life occurs outside of ritual acts, the vast majority of this parshah focuses on the activities of chol.
Moses suggests that our work in the world before and after Shabbat is no less important than Shabbat itself. "Six days you shall do work," he commands, "and on the seventh day you shall have a Shabbat of complete rest."3 Thus, the first mitzvah that Moses articulates after Mt. Sinai is that we should engage in work for six-sevenths of every week. Insofar as Shabbat is a call for rest on Saturdays, it is also a call for action on all other days. From this perspective, the true observance of Shabbat is an ever-flowing, lifelong affair that usually consists of working. This is not to say that Parshat Vayakhel disregards or undervalues religious ritual itself. Moses's few words about the observance of Shabbat could hardly be more emphatic. "Whoever does any work [melachah] on it [Shabbat] shall die,"4 he warns. According to the medieval commentator Rashi, Moses prefaces his speech about the Mishkan with a warning about Shabbat in order to remind the Israelites that the Mishkan does not supersede Shabbat.5
The construction of the Mishkan has traditionally been regarded as an illustration of what we should not do on Shabbat.6 Indeed, the Rabbis derived the 39 prohibited actions on Shabbat directly from the 39 acts of labor involved in the creation of the Mishkan.7 However, we can also view this principle from the opposite angle. While the construction of the Mishkan demonstrates inversely what Shabbat should not look like, it also reveals a direct prescription for our engagement during the rest of the week. According to midrash, the Mishkan is a microcosm of the whole world.8 Like the nation who built the Mishkan as a dwelling place for the Divine, we must work to make the world worthy of that Presence. The levels of scrutiny, care and "voluntary-heartedness"9} that define the building process in parshiyot Vayakhel and Pekudei beckon us to devote equally high levels of mindfulness and spirit to our own melachah (work) at all times. We must take our work during the week very seriously.
Every act of melachah—that which we do in homes and offices, public squares and private spaces—changes the world in a constructive or destructive way. When we purchase imported goods, what types of labor are we supporting overseas? For those of us employed outside our homes, how does our professional work—and that of our companies and organizations—hurt or help people globally? How do we use our money, time and physical selves to pursue justice in the world? When we speak with children, when we are at home and on our ways, when we lie down and when we rise up, do we ask ourselves which nails, knots, clasps and sheets we will contribute to the Mishkan of the world today? These day to day activities are what make our world a dwelling place for the Divine. Shabbat is important, yet our behavior during the other six days is no less a part of religious life. Shabbat is when we step back and appreciate the created world. Chol is when we step up and participate in creating that world. Piety is not only a reflection of what we observe, but also of what we build.

The Hebrew month is Now Nisan these Parshah's are for Shabbat Nisan 3, 5769

The Torah Parashah HaShavuah is Vayikra "And he called" Leviticus 1:1-6:7 Haftarah Isaiah 43:21-44:23 & Brit Hadashah Luke 1-3

Next Weeks Torah Tsav "Command" Leviticus 6:8-8:36 Haftorah Jeremiah 7:21-8:3 Brit Hadashah Hebrews 8:1-6
If his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, he shall choose his offering from turtledoves or pigeons. The priest shall bring it to the altar, pinch off its head, and turn it into smoke on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out against the side of the altar. He shall remove its crop with its contents, and cast it into the place of the ashes, at the east side of the altar. The priest shall tear it open by its wings, without severing it, and turn it into smoke on the altar, upon the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, of pleasing odor to the Lord. When a person presents an offering of meal to the Lord, his offering shall be of choice flour; he shall pour oil upon it, lay frankincense on it, and present it to Aaron's sons, the priests. The priest shall scoop out of it a handful of its choice flour and oil, as well as all of its frankincense; and this token portion he shall turn into smoke on the altar, as an offering by fire, of pleasing odor to the Lord. And the remainder of the meal offering shall be for Aaron and his sons, a most holy portion from the Lord's offerings by fire. When you present an offering of meal baked in the oven, [it shall be of] choice flour: unleavened cakes with oil mixed in, or unleavened wafers spread with oil. If your offering is a meal offering on a griddle, it shall be of choice flour with oil mixed in, unleavened. 6 Break it into bits and pour oil on it; it is a meal offering. If your offering is a meal offering in a pan, it shall be made of choice flour in oil. When you present to the Lord a meal offering that is made in any of these ways, it shall be brought to the priest who shall take it up to the altar. The priest shall remove the token portion from the meal offering and turn it into smoke on the altar as an offering by fire, of pleasing odor to the Lord. And the remainder of the meal offering shall be for Aaron and his sons, a most holy portion from the Lord's offerings by fire. No meal offering that you offer to the Lord shall be made with leaven, for no leaven or honey may be turned into smoke as an offering by fire to the Lord. You may bring them to the Lord as an offering of choice products; but they shall not be offered up on the altar for a pleasing odor. You shall season your every offering of meal with salt; you shall not omit from your meal offering the salt of your covenant with God; with all your offerings you must offer salt. If you bring a meal offering of first fruits to the Lord, you shall bring new ears parched with fire, grits of the fresh grain, as your meal offering of first fruits. You shall add oil to it and lay frankincense on it; it is a meal offering. And the priest shall turn a token portion of it into smoke: some of the grits and oil, with all of the frankincense, as an offering by fire to the Lord.
If his offering is a sacrifice of well-being-- If he offers of the herd, whether a male or a female, he shall bring before the Lord one without blemish. He shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering and slaughter it at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting; and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall dash the blood against all sides of the altar. He shall then present from the sacrifice of well-being, as an offering by fire to the Lord, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is about the entrails; the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, that is at the loins; and the protuberance on the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys. Aaron's sons shall turn these into smoke on the altar, with the burnt offering which is upon the wood that is on the fire, as an offering by fire, of pleasing odor to the Lord. And if his offering for a sacrifice of well-being to the Lord is from the flock, whether a male or a female, he shall offer one without blemish. If he presents a sheep as his offering, he shall bring it before the Lord and lay his hand upon the head of his offering. It shall be slaughtered before the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron's sons shall dash its blood against all sides of the altar. He shall then present, as an offering by fire to the Lord, the fat from the sacrifice of well-being: the whole broad tail, which shall be removed close to the backbone; the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is about the entrails; the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, that is at the loins; and the protuberance on the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys. The priest shall turn these into smoke on the altar as food, an offering by fire to the Lord. And if his offering is a goat, he shall bring it before the Lord and lay his hand upon its head. It shall be slaughtered before the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron's sons shall dash its blood against all sides of the altar. He shall then present as his offering from it, as an offering by fire to the Lord, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is about the entrails; the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, that is at the loins; and the protuberance on the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys. The priest shall turn these into smoke on the altar as food, an offering by fire, of pleasing odor. All fat is the Lord's. It is a law for all time throughout the ages, in all your settlements: you must not eat any fat or any blood. The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the Israelite people thus: When a person unwittingly incurs guilt in regard to any of the Lord's commandments about things not to be done, and does one of them--If it is the anointed priest who has incurred guilt, so that blame falls upon the people, he shall offer for the sin of which he is guilty a bull of the herd without blemish as a sin offering to the Lord. He shall bring the bull to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, before the Lord, and lay his hand upon the head of the bull. The bull shall be slaughtered before the Lord, and the anointed priest shall take some of the bull's blood and bring it into the Tent of Meeting.

The priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the Lord, in front of the curtain of the Shrine. The priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of aromatic incense, which is in the Tent of Meeting, before the Lord; and all the rest of the bull's blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. He shall remove all the fat from the bull of sin offering: the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is about the entrails; the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, that is at the loins; and the protuberance on the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys--just as it is removed from the ox of the sacrifice of well-being. The priest shall turn them into smoke on the altar of burnt offering. But the hide of the bull, and all its flesh, as well as its head and legs, its entrails and its dung--all the rest of the bull--he shall carry to a clean place outside the camp, to the ash heap, and burn it up in a wood fire; it shall be burned on the ash heap.
If it is the whole community of Israel that has erred and the matter escapes the notice of the congregation, so that they do any of the things which by the Lord's commandments ought not to be done, and they realize their guilt--when the sin through which they incurred guilt becomes known, the congregation shall offer a bull of the herd as a sin offering, and bring it before the Tent of Meeting. The elders of the community shall lay their hands upon the head of the bull before the Lord, and the bull shall be slaughtered before the Lord. The anointed priest shall bring some of the blood of the bull into the Tent of Meeting, and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle of it seven times before the Lord, in front of the curtain. Some of the blood he shall put on the horns of the altar which is before the Lord in the Tent of Meeting, and all the rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. He shall remove all its fat from it and turn it into smoke on the altar. He shall do with this bull just as is done with the [priest's] bull of sin offering; he shall do the same with it. Thus the priest shall make expiation for them, and they shall be forgiven. He shall carry the bull outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering of the congregation.

In case it is a chieftain who incurs guilt by doing unwittingly any of the things which by the commandment of the Lord his God ought not to be done, and he realizes his guilt--or the sin of which he is guilty is brought to his knowledge--he shall bring as his offering a male goat without blemish. He shall lay his hand upon the goat's head, and it shall be slaughtered at the spot where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the Lord; it is a sin offering. The priest shall take with his finger some of the blood of the sin offering and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering. All its fat he shall turn into smoke on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of well-being. Thus the priest shall make expiation on his behalf for his sin, and he shall be forgiven.And if his means do not suffice for two turtledoves or two pigeons, he shall bring as his offering for that of which he is guilty a tenth of an ephah of choice flour for a sin offering; he shall not add oil to it or lay frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering. He shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall scoop out of it a handful as a token portion of it and turn it into smoke on the altar, with the Lord's offerings by fire; it is a sin offering. Thus the priest shall make expiation on his behalf for whichever of these sins he is guilty, and he shall be forgiven. It shall belong to the priest, like the meal offering.
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: When a person commits a trespass, being unwittingly remiss about any of the Lord's sacred things, he shall bring as his penalty to the Lord a ram without blemish from the flock, convertible into payment in silver by the sanctuary weight, as a guilt offering. He shall make restitution for that wherein he was remiss about the sacred things, and he shall add a fifth part to it and give it to the priest. The priest shall make expiation on his behalf with the ram of the guilt offering, and he shall be forgiven. And when a person, without knowing it, sins in regard to any of the Lord's commandments about things not to be done, and then realizes his guilt, he shall be subject to punishment. He shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish from the flock, or the equivalent, as a guilt offering. The priest shall make expiation on his behalf for the error that he committed unwittingly, and he shall be forgiven. It is a guilt offering; he has incurred guilt before the Lord. The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: When a person sins and commits a trespass against the Lord by dealing deceitfully with his fellow in the matter of a deposit or a pledge, or through robbery, or by defrauding his fellow, or by finding something lost and lying about it; if he swears falsely regarding any one of the various things that one may do and sin thereby--when one has thus sinned and, realizing his guilt, would restore that which he got through robbery or fraud, or the deposit that was entrusted to him, or the lost thing that he found, or anything else about which he swore falsely, he shall repay the principal amount and add a fifth part to it. He shall pay it to its owner when he realizes his guilt. Then he shall bring to the priest, as his penalty to the Lord, a ram without blemish from the flock, or the equivalent, as a guilt offering. The priest shall make expiation on his behalf before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven for whatever he may have done to draw blame thereby.

From Parshat VaYikra. From THE TANAKH: The New JPS Translation According to the Traditional Hebrew Text. Copyright 1985 by the Jewish Publication Society. Used by permission

Mission Updates: Greetings Saints, Wall street rallied today as Obama said he would or rather we would buy up bad depts.. But is that good news for the workingman, not really, California, Nevada, and Oregon have 19% unemployment, which just happens to be at depression levels. It's going to get worse before it get's any better so you should store up food now! Could I be wrong yes, but if you decide not to store and I'm right and you are going to be very hungry. As for me if you are right and nothing happens I have food…where is the loss. By the way here is the link to join the group to get to know like-minded people ^{ETNH@yahoogroups.com} I have not yet placed it on my web site but it is slowly growing, I have some bugs still to work out. It is not a news list or a list in which we post what the latest word of knowledge or prophecy is but a group to help one another and here from one another. Right now it is on moderated but I will lift that as I see who the members are and what they post. It would be a good place to start for those on the list to say something about them selves.
Daily I thank Yahweh for allowing me to serve Him, without Him we can do nothing, and without you allowing Him to use you we would be at a stop.Right now the people coming for food are more everyday we are open. I think mom said she did 72 food boxes or sacks Tuesday and about the same on Friday. We stopped doing it on Friday as it was getting very late and made our family church service hard to do. So everyone should come tomorrow and I expect 150? That will take us from about 6 PM till 10PM plus…..This is how many people you are helping. Again without you allowing the Father to use you nothing would get done.We are in need of many thing one of which is Brakes for the bus, as it is I have to pump them and sooner or later……Yes have been receiving donations but remember when I said that is generally our best month for donations, so far I pray that is not the case for this year as it has been slow. I know many people are holding on to money they have, which is good but we are required to sow our seeds. Look you do not have to sow in our ministry just make sure people are getting help from your donations or just do it yourself. If you feel led then donate to this ministry. Luke 19:1111And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. 12He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. 13And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. 14But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. 15And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. 16Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. 17And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. 18And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. 19And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities. 20And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: 21For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. 22And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: 23Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? 24And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds. 25(And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) 26For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. 27But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me. If you sow your seed unto your Lord Yeshua and His work then your will reap a harvest, that is how he works, we sow what we are given by doing his work, the more we help people the more he gives us and so on. No we do not gain more, as I am a poor man, as I know most have figured out. Money to me is for helping others and or course needs. So that is how I look at things, money just passes from Him to you, to me, then to the people…..a cycle.
I have found if I write too much people do not read these, I will try and send pictures tomorrow. Lift us in prayer and help if you can as we do really need it.
Be Very blessed, Pastor Dan Catlin

Acts 2:38-39 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, [even] as many as the Lord our God shall call.

Shalom In Yeshua our Messiah,

I just want to cry I spent over an hour putting together my prison weekly and mission update then I cut it out of word to put into word pad to print and closed word then went to paste and nothing was there..... BOO HOO HOO HOO! Back to the keyboard again!

I am really amazed at the work Yahweh is doing through us He is so AWESOME! I have been learning from what we do and say an it is truely amazing. I now know not to say I am not going to do something because I find myself doing that very thing. I've learnt not to say "I don't have anything for food boxes cause Yahweh is the PROVIDER and HE always PROVIDES. He guides my mind and my hands and the boxes/bags go fro empty to full. I amaze myself at how I can make dinner for 70 people in 45 mins. or how I make 52 food bags when I thought I had nothing for them. We have stopped doing the boxes and went to bags becuse it was just to hard to find boxes in the quanity we needed. Pastor Dan discovered that we can buy 1000 bags from Sam's for just under 12.00 a box.

Last week I found a baby doll in the toys when I was cleaning house so i took it to the mission to give away. As i was entering into the building someone made a remark about the doll and I said this baby has an owner I don't know who that is but I know it belongs to some little girl. Low and behold later in the day when i went to fill the tea jug there stood a women holding a little girl that looked to be age 2-3. I said hey you stay right there Jesus has something for you. You should of seen the look on her face when I brought her the baby doll the whole room seemed to light up. I have started buying stuffed toys, sandles and what ever I can find to give to the children when they come.

I want to THANK all who have sent stamps they have been a GREAT BIG BLESSING!

Please pray about helping these works I won't go into all the NEEDS because they are ENDLESS. I will remind you that it is newsletter time again an the funding still needs to come in. Please add us to your prayers and ask if your to help then be lead by Him to do His will. Thanks again to all who do help we love you all

Shalom sisterlinda Mark 9:23,10:27 

Shalom B'Shem Yeshua HaMashiach

    Peace in the Name of Yeshua, the Messiah

" THE Truth will set you FREE"  Y