1. What will happen is, when you enter the land which God, your God is giving you as an inheritance, you should take possession of it and settle in it.
2. Then (when the land is fully settled) you should take some of the first (to ripen) from every fruit of the ground, which you gather in from your land, that God, your God is giving you. You should put it into a basket and go to the place which God, your God, will choose to make His Name rest there.
3. You should come to the Cohen who is present in (your times, whatever caliber he may be), and say to him: "I am declaring today to God, your God, that I have come to the land which God swore to our fathers to give us."
4. The Cohen will take the basket from your hand (and wave it together with you). He will then place it before the Altar of God, your God.
5. You should (hold the basket and) say out loud before God, your God:
"An Aramean (Lavan) wanted to destroy my father (Ya'akov and his sorrows did not stop there, because) he went down to Egypt and lived there in a small (family) group (of seventy souls). But he became a great, powerful and populous nation there."
6. "The Egyptians treated us cruelly and afflicted us, and they imposed hard labor on us."
7. "We cried out to God, God of our fathers, and God heard our voice and saw our affliction, our toil and our oppression."
8. "God brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm, with great awe, and with signs and wonders."
9. "He brought us to this site (of the Holy Temple), and He gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey."
10. "I have now brought here the first fruit of the ground which you, God, have given to me."
You should (wave the basket once again, and) place it before God, your God. Then prostrate yourself before God, your God.
11. Then you will rejoice with all the good that God, your God, has granted you and your household - (both) you, the Levite, and the convert who is among you.
(Devarim Chap 26)
========================
Wishing a joyous and meaningful Shavouth to all !
1 comment:
Nowhere God told you to punish children and their parents. You and i are told to worship our God and to forward his message. How can you tell your fellow citizens that it's ok ok to ban the palestinians right to live a decent life?
Post a Comment