Nitzavin

Parashas Nitzavim

Deuteronomy 29:9 – 30:20

Haftarah 

Isaiyah 61:1-63:9

Brit Chadasha 

Romans 9:30 –10:13

 

Please pray this prayer

before reading

Prayer

In the name of Yahushua

Our MessiYah,

I pray for the Spirit of Understanding

The Spirit of Knowledge and

The Spirit of Wisdom

As I read through this Parasha

That the Truth of Torah may

Come forth. Amen

Sometime  Torah cycle, Nitzavim, the fifty-first  ‘51’ Torah Portion reading, is read together with the next portion of Vayelech. As we saw in the portion of Ki Tetze, one of the most important support structures for our spiritual work is teshuveh, or repentance.

Most believers think that the process of teshuveh is just about saying I am sorry, it is more about changing our focus; by changing how we view others or even the circumstances in our lives, is even more important. When we focus only on ourselves, or satisfying our own Ego, it is not teshuvah.

Every year at this time we have the opportunity to undergone the process of teshuvah, we know we are not going to be able to cleanse ourselves of all our short comings at once. Each year if we still have baggage's from the last, then the full gamete of blessing in-store for us will not be given to us at Rosh Hashanac.

The way ABBA YAHVEH act with us is dependent on how we act with other people. How we look at, how we judge, and how we interact with other people is exactly how the CREATOR will look at us on Rosh Hashanah.

The slichot prayer that we recite every day in Elul say that one of the qualities of ABBA YAHVEH is ve’over al peshah,  which literally means that ABBA YAHVEH skips over anything negative acts that we have done.

How can ABBA YAHVEH skip over our negative actions, as if they did not exist? The answer lies in the fact that on Rosh Hashanah, ABBA YAHVEH does not judge us, HE look at the way we treat other who have acted negative against us, and treat us accordingly.

Cleaning up old negative traits is a three step process:

First, do not judge others, for passing judgment blocks our forgiveness. By having the consciousness of ve’over al peshah help keep our baggage from the past from wreaking havoc with our life today.

 Secondly, when we see someone doing something negative, we should try to help that person. 

Third, if we cannot help then pray for them.

Although it is important not to judge others, it is just as important to understand why. The message of the Sabbath of Nitzavim is that there are many reasons for this, including cleansing ourselves of the selfish acts we committed in the past incarnations. But the most important reason of all, as we approach Rosh Hashanah, is our awareness that as we act, so the CREATOR will Act towards us.   

Moses was about to deliver his final charge to the people, which take up most of the remainder of the Torah. He begins by putting the wilderness years into perspective. Only after forty years of miraculous survival and the beginning of a conquest that was clearly accomplished by Moses, he was about to deliver his final charge to the people, which take up most of the remainder of the Torah. 

Only now after forty years of miraculous survival and the beginning of a conquest that was clearly accomplished by יהוה, could the people fully appreciate the awesome degree of gratitude they owed Father יהוה. A child does not fully appreciate a parent until he is over forty.