Yom Kippurim and Yonah

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1 The Scroll of Yonah (Jonah) by Rabbi Simon Altaf Hakohen 22, Feb 2015 Torah These are the first five books in the Bible written by Moses (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Tanak (Scriptures from Beresheeth (Genesis) to Dibre Ha Yamim Bet (Second Chronicles) YHWH - The four letters of the sacred name of G-d. HTHS All quotes using the Hidden-Truths Hebraic Scrolls unless otherwise indicated, this can be acquired from Amazon. Note, we do not give the gentiles a right to translate and corrupt our scrolls that were given to us (True Y'sra'el). Christendom and their myriads of denominations for far too long have corrupted and misinterpreted our ordinances, commandments and statutes not differentiating between secular and sacred not separating the clean from the unclean. Woe onto them for worshipping G-d/man pagan theologies. We'Yikra (Lev) 10:10 And that you may distinguish between set-apart and not set-apart, and between clean and unclean Yom Kippurim and Yonah Jonah is mentioned in the books of the Kings. At the Yom Kippurim festival it is custom to read the book of Yonah (Jonah), we shall look at this and why it is so very important. Who was Yonah? Second Kings 14:25 He restored the coast of Y sra el from the entering of Hamath to the sea of the plain, according to the word of YHWH Elohim of Y sra el, which he spoke by the hand of his servant Yonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath-Khfar. So the story is from the period of Melek Yarob'am (Jeroboam) 200 years after the Temple of King Solomon was built. He was from the Northern Kingdom and would have known Elisha and Elijah the prophets. However it is attested in the midrash that Yonah could be the same boy that was raised by the prophet Elijah, the dead son of the widow in First Kings 17:74 however my opinion is that he was the son of the Shunamite woman which was raised by Elisha the prophet. Second Kings 4:8-9 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she insisted for him to eat Lakhem (bread). And so it 1

2 was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat Lakhem (bread). 9 And she said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a Set-Apart man of Elohim, which passes by us continually. The prophet Elisha passed through this region and this woman recognized him as a prophet while her husband paid little attention to things. Why did this woman recognized Elisha as a prophet and not her husband? This is because this woman it says was a great woman and was about to become even greater. She by feeding Elisha earned a mitsvoth of feeding a prophet of YHWH. He in turn wanting to do good, left her with an increase to have a child. It is this child that was anointed by Elisha to become Yonah the prophet. Many years ago I went to a woman's house who was a widow and at one time I was about to go visit her and Em Chokmah said to me ask the woman what she wants and whatever she asks she will receive. She was a poor widow. I asked her ask what you want today and G-d will give it to you. She just smiled at me and not asked for anything. I asked her but again she did not ask. She lost her chance and I left her home. This is how when a servant of YHWH asks you a question you must not just ignore it. YHWH was very displeased with this household afterwards as they had corruption in their midst and he had given them a chance through me to rescue themselves but alas that was that. Second Kings 4:19-20 And he said to his father, My head, my head. And he said to the lad, Carry him to his mother. 20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her lap till noon, and then died 26 Run now, I petition you, to meet her, and say to her, Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well. 27 And when she came to the man of Elohim to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of Elohim said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and YHWH has hid it from me, and has not told me. 29 Then he said to Gehazi, get ready, and take my staff in your hand, and go your way: if you meet any man, greet him not; and if any greet you, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child. 30 And the mother of the child said, As YHWH lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And he arose, and followed her. Note how the woman knows the prophet has the potential to bring her son back to life and she holds on the feet of Elisha. Do you see today many women shy away from even touching a man's feet but this woman knew that in this right-ruling man lay the answer to her son's life. The point being made even the feet of a right-ruling man are worthy. I have told you about holding or grabbing the tzitzits of a right-ruling man, they have power and carry the anointing of that man. Elisha had a staff which was probably given to him by Elijah on which the life story of the boy s miracle birth was inscribed, as in those days they wrote important incidents on the staff which was passed down generation after generation. 2

3 35 Then he returned, and walked in the house back and forth; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. 36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call the Shunammite. So he called her. And when she had come in to him, he said, Take up your son. This by the way is the child Yonah of the Shunammite. Since the Shunammite was a black woman so Yonah was a handsome black man. He grew up to be a prophet and was given prophecy. We are not told where Yonah received his first prophecy. Yon (Jon) 1:2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. YHWH had sent Yonah into do the job of asking the city to repent within forty days or it will be destroyed. Why pick Yonah, an unknown prophet versus a hard core known prophet like perhaps Elijah, Elisha or Isaiah? Why did Yonah run away? This is because the gift of Yonah was given to him through the prophet Elisha and YHWH wanted to teach Yonah that even gentile sinners can repent if given the chance. 3 But Yonah rose up to flee to Tarshish (Ivory Coast) from the presence of YHWH, and went down to Yawfo; and he found a ship going to Tarshish (Ivory Coast): so he paid the fare there, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish (Ivory Coast) from the presence of YHWH. YHWH had sent Yonah to Nineveh but Yonah ran away to Tarshish in south-western Africa. Why? Tarshish is in Africa in fact it is the area today known as the Ivory coast. It is not Spain and not Cyprus. So Yonah heads the wrong way. Could he seriously escape G-d? He tried but it is not possible as we shall see. One reason that Yonah could have run away is that Nineveh would be the same city that one day would invade Northern Israel and take the ten tribes to captivity so Yonah could have seen the future and thought why should I go there otherwise these same people will come and take my descendants to captivity. Another reason was that Yonah knew that YHWH had sent prophet after prophet to Judah but they were refusing to repent. Yonah knew that G-d is so merciful that the gentile people will repent and that would mean the tribes of Southern Israel will look so bad. He felt his loyalty to them. He did not wanted to shame them because if Nineveh will repent with an unknown prophet how bad will it look upon the Yahudim in Yahudah who refused to repent. Notice Yonah paid the fare to the ship before boarding. Yonah did not just pay his own fare but paid the fare of the whole ship and told the Captain to leave as soon as possible. So this means Yonah was no pauper but a man of means. In the ancient times it was custom to pay the fare at the end of the journey because you never knew if you will make it or not so if you came out alive at the other end you will pay the fare and if you did not and the ship sunk like the Titanic then there is no fare to pay but he had already paid. 3

4 This is why we have in the Torah what is called a Todah offering. This was part of the offering called the Zebakh Shlamim or the peace offering. This was offered when a person made it through a dangerous journey in the sea. They would bring forty loaves of bread ten of which were Chametz or with Yeast and the rest without. A part of this offering was given to the Kohenim, Lewite priests and the rest was given to the offerer's family and friends who would eat this with him. This was one sacrifice that could be eaten within the gates of the city of Jerusalem and not necessarily right inside the Temple. It is pretty certain to me that Yonah would have given this offering after he got back to Y'sra'el when the event happened to him with the ship and the large fish swallowed him. How is it that even though YHWH tells us not to bring Chametz into our houses he allowed Chametz into the kadosh ha kadoshim (the Most Set-Apart place) during Passover remember the same bread would go there? The answer is he did not. The bread was without chametz (leaven) and the area of the Temple was without Chemetz all year round except on two occasions. Can anyone tell me when? The Temple was without chametz (Leven) all year around except two times this was when a Todah offering was given for thanksgiving in which forty loves of bread were brought out of which ten were with chametz and the other thirty without chametz (No leaven). The only other time it was allowed to be chametz when two loaves were brought during Pentecost (Shavuot) and these two were allowed to be chametz. Why was Yonah picked to do the job? It is ascribed in the midrash that before this incident Yonah was sent to Jerusalem and told to go tell the people there that YHWH is going to destroy Jerusalem because of the transgressions of the Yahudim. The Yahudim subsequently did Teshuvah (repentance) and the decree made by YHWH was cancelled. When this happened the Yahudim called Yonah a false prophet. Yonah could have reasoned already my own people are calling me false prophet even though the repentance of the Yahudim was not extensive. So he thought if the gentiles repent then YHWH will forgive them and not destroy the city and what will they then think of me but a false prophet. So its one thing being called a false prophet by your own people but what about when strangers call you a false prophet. So he decided to flee instead. However he had got a bad rep from the Yahudim calling him a false prophet, they said he is a Atah Nabi Sheker (You are a false prophet). Yonah knew the Yahudim had maligned him after they were not destroyed and he reasoned why bother with the gentiles because G-d is so merciful, they will repent and so G-d will not destroy them but because of their idolatries G-d will eventually destroy them. My going there is of no real benefit. 4

5 Though Yonah was proved right that they were spared the decree but were later destroyed. They did repent then but it was not an inward repentance but only outward. They returned stolen stuff even if they stole a beam and had put it into their roof they even tore down their roofs and retuned those beams. While halaka was made that not to discourage thieves from returning stuff if a beam was stolen then as long as they returned the money value that would be acceptable. Note if a beam is fixed in a house and you do not return it then its a violation and if you are the thief you are not going to want to rip your roof apart but if you were offered to return the money value instead then you can keep the beam so this is what happened. Why forty days before the destruction and why do we speak about the story of Yonah during the period of Yom Kippurim? This is because when Yonah was told to go to Nineveh it was the first of the month of Elul the sixth Hebrew month so approximately 40 days later it will be Yom kippur in the month of Eytanim, which came to be known as Tishri. Tishri is a Babylonian name. Yonah (Jon) 1:4 But YHWH sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty storm in the sea, so that the ship was threatened to be broken. Now the sea started to roar and waves rushed but the storm by the way was not in all the sea as you shall shortly see. 5 Then the sailors were afraid, and cried every man to his elohim, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Yonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. While everyone was afraid Yonah had gone to sleep. He knew the storm was about him and so was not afraid while the sailors were afraid. The sailors knew about YHWH but the way they treated YHWH in way they thought he was unreachable and unapproachable. So they all petitioned to their lesser powers to protect them but the storm will not stop. What made them petition to know if the storm was from above and not just a normal phenomena? This was because the only ship that was tossing and turning was Yonah's one and there was no other storm in the rest of the sea. 6 So the ship captain came to him, and said to him, What are you doing, fast asleep? Arise, call upon Your POWER, if so be that Elohim will think upon us, that we perish not. 7 And they said everyone to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Yonah. When they cast lots they now realized it is because of Yonah this thing is happening. 8 They said then to him, Tell us, we petition you, for whose cause this evil is upon 5

6 us; who are you? And where do you come from? What is your country? And of what people are you from? Now they knew its because of Yonah they asked him who he was because the Hebrews and their G-d was well known. 9 And he said to them, I am an Abrahuan (Hebrew); and I fear YHWH, the Elohim of shamayim, which has made the sea and the dry land. 10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said to him, Why have you done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of YHWH, because he had told them. When he told them he is fleeing from YHWH the men knew and were afraid as they had heard of YHWH. 11 Then they said to him, What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us? For the storm was growing worse and worse. 12 And he said to them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm to you: for I know that for my sake this great storm is upon you. 13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring the ship into the land; but they could not: for the storm was severe. 14 Therefore they cried to YHWH, and said, We beseech you, O YHWH, we beseech you, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for you, O YHWH, have done as it pleased you. They did not want to cast Yonah overboard as he was their benefactor paying for all their fares so they tried very hard not to throw him overboard to see if the raging storm will stop. They also knew it was wrong for them to kill someone so they petitioned that they transgress not against YHWH. 15 So they took up Yonah, and threw him into the sea: and the sea calmed down. So what they did they thought we do not want to kill this man, they bound him to a rope and threw him overboard, as soon as he was in the sea the storm stopped so they pulled him out. Then he storm started again. They did the same thing again and the storm stopped but when they pulled him out it started again so Yonah told him to cut the rope and let him go. Reluctantly they did that and that is why they pray to the G-d of Israel to forgive them for this. 16 Then the men feared YHWH exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice to YHWH, and made vows. They offered guilt offerings as they knew what they had done was not right to take a man's life. These sailors were around seventy men and with this incident, all the men got rescued and they became followers of the G-d of Y'sra'el completely so even Yonah's disobedience saved these seventy souls. 17 Now YHWH had prepared a great fish to swallow up Yonah. And Yonah was in 6

7 the belly of the fish three days and three nights. 1 So Yonah started to drown and then this great big fish swallowed Yonah, this fish by the way was male. While he was inside this fish he was quite comfortable. There was plenty of room and he could have lived there forever or until he died and no one would know what happened to him. Then something interesting happened. There was not just one fish but two as there was the female large fish there as well. The male spit Jonah out and then the female swallowed him. We are told this in the Hebrew as the context switches from male to female. First it is Dag Gadolah then it is Dagah Gadolah, meaning large male fish and then large female fish. Yon 2:1 Then Yonah petitioned to YHWH his Elohim out of the fish's belly, (2:2) 2:1 Jon ויתפלל יונה אל יהוה אלהיו ממעי הדגה We'Yit palel Yonah Al YHWH Elohav memei Ha-Dagah (female fish) When Yonah was in this fish's belly it was not so easy as she was about to give birth and had all these eggs which were hatching with babies so Yonah was in the fish but in quite a tight place with all these eggs compared to the male fish earlier this was less roomy. Yonah also knew where he was as YHWH made him see out of the fish's eyes so he could tell where he was. The fish went right underneath the foundations of the Temple in Israel and it was when he got here he started to petition because he now knew that YHWH would hear his prayers there. Yon 2:2 And said, I cried by reason of my affliction to YHWH, and he heard me; out of the belly of She ol cried I, and you heard my voice. 2 Technically Yonah had died from drowning but he was revived as he had out of his body to see She'ol where only the dead could go but he was brought back after his cries and petitions. 1 First Yonah drowned and then he was swallowed up. 2 Technically Jonah was dead and in the belly of She ol and the illusion is now of hell. 7

8 Yon 2:4 Then I said, I am cast out of your sight; would I ever look again toward your Set-Apart Temple. So what is the miracle in Yonah's case? Think about it. Yon 2:5 The waters surrounded me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. The miracle is that he was dead and he was going to be brought back and this is the miracle pointing to Y'sra'el's ten tribes since Yonah was from the Ten tribes. The ten tribes will be brought back to life to reveal the power of the G-d of Y'sra'el. Hallel'lu'Yah. 6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me forever: yet have you brought up my life from corruption, O YHWH my POWER. Here Yonah described the prison chambers in She'ol the place for the wicked dead. Now remember the illusion of this book is to the scattered dispersed northern tribes of Y'sra'el. This shows something very interesting that the G-d of Y'sra'el will raise up dead Y'sra'elites and bring them back from She'ol. This is mentioned in Ezekiel 37 which is literal. Ezek 37:4-5 Again he said to me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say to them, O you dry bones, hear the word of YHWH. 5 Thus says Master YHWH to these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall have life: A literal resurrection of Northern Y'sra'el based on biology alone. 7 When my soul was departing within me I remembered YHWH: and my petition came in to you, into your Set-Apart Temple. The fish that Yonah was in was under the Temple in water so Yonah knows this is the Temple and he calls out. 9 But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed to you. 3 Rescue is of YHWH. Yonah made a vow to YHWH that if he is freed he will fulfil that vow upon his return which I explained to you earlier required going to the Temple. Vows are valid even today. So when you vow be careful this is why we do the annulling of vows at Yom kippurim. If you had vows and could not keep them then the time to ask for annulment is at Yom Kippurim. 10 And YHWH spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Yonah upon the dry land. 3 Jonah made a vow while dying that if he came out alive he will fulfill it and that is what he was declaring. 8

9 YHWH ordered the fish to vomit Yonah out and gave him new life. it is believed while he was in the fish's stomach. Note at this time he had been vomited out of the female fish's stomach and gone back into the male fish again. He was being tossed around so he could not have been comfortable. Yonah 3:1 And the word of YHWH came to Yonah the second time, saying, So here lies the allegory of the death and resurrection where he is removed from She'ol and from the fish's stomach. 3 So Yonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of YHWH. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days journey. So it takes him 3 days to get to Nineveh. 4 And Yonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. So after one day he entered the city parameters while the city was so large that it would have taken him another two days to get to the other end of the city. 5 So the people of Nineveh believed Elohim, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. 6 For word came to the Sovereign of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. How come the people believed Yonah and repented so quickly? This is because the king of Yonah was a descendant of the Pharaoh of Egypt the same pharaoh who was alive at the time of the Y'sra'el first exodus. The Pharaoh was thrown in the water at that time but he was left alive as a testimony to YHWH so his descendant know and this one descendant who was ruling in Nineveh heard about YHWH and he knew if we don't change big trouble is coming. So they claim repentance and remove idolatries at least temporarily. The fast is so complete that they even make the animals fast. We are actually not permitted to make the animals suffer. How did they get the cows who were milking to not give milk to the little calves? What they did they separated the cows from the little ones and bound them opposite so they could see the little ones and still call out. However if that was us we would not have done that. 9 Who can tell if Elohim will turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger that we may not perish? 10 And Elohim saw their works that they turned from their evil way; and Elohim relented of the disaster, that he had said that he would do to them; and he did it not do it. So there is a complete repentance and G-d of Y'sra'el forgives them. 9

10 If G-d had done justice then why did Yonah run away? And furthermore we read in verse 4:1 Yon 4:1 But it displeased Yonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. Yonah was very angry because he did not see justice done. Why? Yon 4:2 And he petitioned to YHWH, and said, I petition, O YHWH, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before to Tarshish (Ivory Coast): for I knew that you are a gracious El (Power), and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and relent of coming judgment. He quotes Exodus 34:6-7. Yonah says was this not the reason I ran away. Yonah quotes here verbatim the attributes of YHWH mentioned in Exodus 34:6, out of the 13 attribute he misses one, which one does Yonah miss? Emet. (Truth) Yonah is the son of Amitai, that has the root of Emet which means truth in the Hebrew so Yonah is the son of truth. He therefore challenges G-d that I am the son of truth and how can I come here when you just changed your mind and allowed these gentile people to live so what is my reputation now and what of my people who will not repent. So Yonah feels his reputation will be down on the ground and the Y'sra'elites will look really bad because the gentiles repented. Since Yonah loved his people he did not wanted to make them look bad. This is how Yonah reasons, G-d may think if gentiles are so willing to repent why do I need the chosen people. They might as well all die as they are stubborn and stiff-necked. This is what Yonah feared. Yonah says We'Nakham Harah. He changes it from Emet to this meaning that you change your mind or turn away from evil. This is why Yonah is angry that its been a waste of time for him but G-d is trying to teach Yonah an important lesson. Now do you think G-d was doing justice because of the repentance of the people? If you think someone has committed a murder or done some other bad thing like slander a Torah guarder, perhaps went and told falsehoods defaming someone do you think that person's reputation that was ruined can suddenly come back and does a murderer really deserve justice or can he just utter a few words and get away with the act. Maybe he has killed someone who had a lot of potential, perhaps a child was murdered who may have grown to be a great scientist or political leader but his potential has been taken away. The greatest lie that you have been told is that somehow a few words of repentance can change G-d's mind. This is not true because justice must be done. What happened cannot be changed, someone's ruined life cannot be just restored. So in a just world the guilty must be punished. This is why there is so much corruption and wickedness in many countries where Christianity exists as a religion because people think they can wrong each other and 10

11 just walk away. Then they can go on the suns days to the Church and ask for forgiveness and that's it. What of the man or woman they have wronged? Who is going to give them justice? This is why believing that a few words of repentance can just save you is the biggest lie taught to man through religion. So what causes YHWH to change his mind. Let us pursue this option. The answer will be in the bitter plant tree. Yonah wants to die because he says if there is no justice in the world why am I here. Strict justice Yon 4:6 And YHWH Elohim appointed a plant, and made it to come up over Yonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to rescue him from his grief. So Yonah was exceedingly glad of the plant. YHWH appointed a plant to make it come over Yonah. Yonah feels glad and happy that he is not going to get hurt by the beating sun. 7 But Elohim prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the plant that it withered. 8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that Elohim prepared a scorching east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Yonah, that he fainted, and wished for himself to die, and said, it is better for me to die than to live. So now G-d killed the plant via the worm so what is the worm representing here? Let me show you, when the plant just arises did Yonah do any planting of seed? No. Did he water it for several months so that it could become a tree? No. Then the plant in a world of pure justice could not just come up because plants are planted, nurtured and then grow to be what they are. So the worm in the plant's story is justice. Justice demanded that this plant was not planted by no one and it came up on someone's land without their permission so it must be removed. Here YHWH acted in strict justice. Why did G-d save Nineveh considering the same people only a short while later were back to the Avodah Zarah into their idolatries and the city was burned down. Was it strict justice, no, it was not strict justice but compassion. Justice demanded that Nineveh be destroyed as they had done many bad things but compassion required to let them off the hook. Yonah did not like that so when G-d showed Yonah compassion he did not agree for these bad guys being forgiven. Yonah was compassionate for did he not buy the tickets of all the people on the ship for all the sailors so what Yonah was expecting was strict justice. Then YHWH brings up the plant and then destroys it, in a strict justice manner and when that happened Yonah still says I want to die. He wanted to die before and he still wanted to die now. So what G-d showed Yonah that when G-d did compassion Yonah complained and when G-d did strict justice Yonah complained. 10 Then said YHWH, You have had pity on the plant, for which you have not laboured, neither made it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: 11

12 Then G-d asks Yonah you are so compassionate to the plant that you did not plant and it died and you are angry. Yonah 4:11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than one hundred twenty thousand people that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle? 4 So G-d says how can you Yonah feel sorry for a plant that you did not labour for yet you feel angry over all these people being rescued. What does G-d mean who know neither their left hand from right. Who were the 120,000 people? These were children who did not know their left to right, G-d is not willing to kill 120,000 children so if there are 120,000 children then those children also have parents and relatives. G-d showed Yonah and us by extension that his compassion is great. It was not the repentance of Nineveh that saved them because they deserved to be punished but it was G-d's compassion that would not eradicate them. G-d was telling Yonah if I kill these then what about these people's potential in the future. So when a person repents nothing changes in the past, the evil deeds that he did still stands but what does change? He changes his direction from where he was going to a new direction. So G-d looks at the potential of that person and forgiveness is always based on G-d's mercy. So we must understand and since the book leaves you with a question, its a question for us, what are we going to do with the people who are all around us and in other countries perishing. It requires a compassionate response from us even though we know there are many evil people out there. We went to Africa and we saw the wickedness and evil first hand but we must try to teach them the right way to live according to the Torah without our personal gain. The reason for this is simple that their lives may change and they could become better people. G-d stood upon his throne of judgment and sat on his throne of compassion. The interesting thing is as follows: G-d is very merciful. We first had Yom Terua which is midrashically believed to be the creation of the world or conceiving of the world. 4 The book ends with a question, which we also need to ask ourselves that what we are doing for the souls that are perishing daily. 12

13 Ok so from the moment the zygote reaches the womb to establishing as a foetus takes around 10 days. So this has connection with the conception of the world to the judgment. While people want to celebrate birthdays G-d judges us on our birthday. The word for womb in Hebrew is Rachem and for mercy is Rachem as well. So it has an interesting contrast. The bottom line we must be compassionate to all people's around us. May the El of Y'sra'el guide you and increase those of you who obey His Torah. Rabbi Simon Altaf Hakohen For groundbreaking articles TRUTH UNLEASHED BUT CAN YOU HANDLE IT? This article may be distributed freely without alteration and is copyright to African- Israel Union of International Qahalim. For further questions either call or write to africanysrael@yahoo.com. For USA; African-Israel,8111 Mainland, Suite , San Antonio, Texas, 78240, USA Tel For contact with Rebbe Simon Altaf Hakohen shimoun63@yahoo.com We hope this article has given you an increase. Please write to us and let us know if this has been a help to you and if you have any other questions or come and join us in our weekly Paltalk teachings every Shabbat 9am central time/3pm UK time. Send the mail to africanysrael@yahoo.com. For prophecy books and DVDs that will help many understand the Bible more. Visit or For youtube teachings please go to Our youtube channel: Paltalk: Israel in the nations, Guardians of Torah on Saturday 10am central time, 3pm UK time. For books

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19 Patriarchal Marriage, Y sra el's Right-Ruling Way of Life, Methods and Practice How did the Y sra elites live? What form of marriage did they practice and how did they practice it? This book is about to show you what was Elohim s design from the beginning and how the Y sra elites lived within Elohim s required parameters. Today these things appear mythological but here we show you the methods and ways of how this lifestyle was practiced and is being restored in these last days while the much touted monogamy is wrecking lives and destroying families and society around us. How many marriages are breaking down as a result of the wrong model and how many children are living fatherless lives while women live husbandless and unfulfilled lives. This book will show you why the Greek and Roman monogamy model with a husband and a wife and a bit on the side does not work. While Elohim s model of plural marriage with Biblical monogamy is an everlasting model that not only works but saves many children from losing their father s and women from losing good husbands. The Scroll of Yahubel (Jubilees) The information that is missing in the Torah has been put in here to aid us in understanding the book of Genesis more. There are gaps in Genesis with what happened with Noakh? What was going on in Moses's time? This scroll allows us to piece together that information that is so important for our understanding. True names edition with many corrections made. Who am I? A Children's book to help the black Hebrew children with identity and direction in life. Many Hebrew children while looking for identity easily stray. While they search for love they end up in gangs to prove themselves and search for that missing something. When they do not find love in their homes due to broken homes often venturing out with devastating consequences, getting involved in criminal activities to prove themselves ruining their lives. This book s purpose is to help these children and even adults find themselves to teach them who they are and to find sound direction in life to secure you to the Elohim of our ancestors where you belong. This will help change many lives. Paul of Tarsus - The Thirteenth Apostle We examine if Paul is an apostle and if Pauline epistles match teachings out of the Torah and with the sayings of the Messiah Yahushua. We also show you what the Catholic Church has been hiding from you. You may be surprised to learn that things are not what they seem and you may have been deceived all this time. It's time for the deception to lift and for you to return to the ancient paths. Hidden Truths Hebraic Scrolls Compendium Guide - For those who have the Hidden-Truths Hebraic Scrolls this is a must buy to give you a deeper understanding under the text and its meaning where the footnotes are expounded upon further in various books of the scrolls. Hebrew Characters, The Power to have prayers answered Have you ever tried praying and find that either your prayers take very long time to answer or they don't get answered at all? In frustration you ask other friends to pray for you in hope that you may get an answer from G-d soon. 19