The word SHOFAR

The word Shofar in Hebrew shares the same root as the verb "Leshaper" which means to improve, to change, to renew.

The shofar is like an inner voice that leads us to sanctification.

The Great Shofar, according to Isaiah's prophecy, is a mystical sound that will mark the beginning of Redemption.

Isaiah 27:13 And it shall come to pass in that day that upon the sound of the great trumpet yitaka beshofar gadol יִתָּקַע בְּשׁוֹפָר גָּדוֹל; and those who perished in the land of Assyria (Ephraim), and the exiles out of the land of Egypt [Judah], shall come and worship before the LORD in the holy mountain in Jerusalem.

This prophecy is quoted in

Matthew 24:31 And he will send his angels with a trumpet grandson kol shofar gadol קוֹל שׁוֹפָר גָּדוֹל; and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other end.

When that time comes, “death will be swallowed up,” all separation and all evil and Satan himself will be gone.

1Cor. 15:51-55 Look, I will tell you a secret — not all of us will die! But we will all be changed! It will take but a moment, the blink of an eye, at the final shofar. For the shofar will sound, and the dead will be raised to live forever, and we too will be changed. For this material which can decay must be clothed with imperishability, this which is mortal must be clothed with immortality. When what decays puts on imperishability and what is mortal puts on immortality, then this passage in the Tanakh will be fulfilled: “Death is swallowed up in victory. “Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting?

An excerpt of our class on the Biblical Feasts- Rosh HaShana

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The Word BLESSING-BRACHA

The word “blessing bracha בְּרָכָה“spells like the word “pool, basin brecha בְּרֵכָה“and the Midrash says: “And be thou a blessing (bracha בְּרָכָה): this means, be thou a brecha בְּרָכָה (pool): just as a pool purifies the unclean, so do thou bring near [to Me] those who are afar.” Midrash Rabbah, Genesis XXXIX, 11

Avraham received the promise that all families would be blessed in him : “And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed nivrechu נִבְרְכוּ”.

The grammatical form used for this verb (reflexive form, niphal) caused many discussions and comments; we will keep the most striking one. The root means “blessing,” but except for our verse, it is not used anywhere else in this grammatical form. Nevertheless, this root forms another verb, frequently using this grammatical form: mavrich מבריך. It means “to mix, to graft.” The blessing given to Avraham would mean: “And in you all the families of the earth shall be grafted nivrechu נִבְרְכוּ”.

The Tradition teaches that the proselytes integrally make up part of the House of Israel. They are allowed to say that their ancestors crossed the Red Sea and that they are grafted in Avraham. This seed, this faithful and righteous ‘remnant,’ can be traced until the Messiah Yeshua who allowed the Gentiles to come or come back, to be grafted into Israel:

Romans 11:17 And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree.

This is  an exerpt of our class on Lech Lecha, Genesis Book: over 500 pages of unique revelations on the Presence of the Messiah Yeshua in the Torah

The word Tabernacle- MISHKAN

Exodus 25:8 And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell shachanti שָׁכַנְתִּי among them.

The word “I may dwell shachanti שָׁכַנְתִּי” comes from “shachan שכן” which means “dwell, abide, place, remain, rest.”

The word “Tabernacle Mishkan מִּשְׁכָּן” is built from this root. G-d seeks to dwell and fill a holy place, set apart for His holiness.

This root is also the base of the word “draw me away mashacheni מָשְׁכֵנִי” in the Songs of Solomon: it is the innate desire of man to be drawn by spirituality, by G-d.

Song of Songs 1:4 Draw me away mashacheni מָשְׁכֵנִי! We will run after you. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will remember your love more than wine. Rightly do they love you.

The word Shechina שְׁכִינָה, divine Presence is also formed from this root.

The Living Word came to dwell among us:

John 1:14 And the Word became flesh, and tabernacled yishkon יִּשְׁכֹּן with us: and we saw his glory, a glory as of the only begotten from the Father, that he was full of grace and truth.

Excerpt from our Book on Shemot: Messiah in the Book of Shemot