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Expository Glossary
of Terms Used in
Messianic Teaching (Part 11)
Copyright February 1998
Expository Glossary of Terms used in Messianic Teaching
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Preface
This Expository Glossary of Terms used in Messianic Teaching was
developed for a Messianic study group that has been meeting in the
Helderberg area of South Africa since mid-1995. We plan to publish
three studies on the Messiah, entitled:
King Messiah
The Coming of King Messiah
The Festivals of King Messiah.
The Expository Glossary of Terms used in Messianic Teaching explains
unfamiliar terms that talmidim (students) will encounter in their
studies.
Students are requested to notify us (in writing) of all difficult
terms used in the three monographs listed above, which have been left
out, ore are not adequately explained, in the Glossary.
Key
Entries followed by the symbol [G] are Greek terms.
Entries followed by the symbol [L] are Latin terms.
Entries followed by the symbol [A] are Aramaic terms.
Almost all other foreign-language entries are Hebrew.
(Part 11)
Mo'ed
An appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically a festival
and/or assembly of the kahal of Yisra'el. An assembly convened for a
definite purpose; technically the congregation; by extension, the
place of meeting; also a signal as appointed beforehand-appointed
(sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn)
feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn, synagogue, (set) time
(appointed). See Leviticus 23 for a listing of the mo'edim and their
dates.
Mohar
A bride-price.
Molad HaLevanah
The appearance of the new Moon.
Moreh Tzadekah
Teacher of Righteousness. A term for the Messiah. Based on Yo'el
2:23. Referred to in Mattatiyahu 26:18, Mark 14:14 and Yochanan
11:28.
Mori'el
Literally: "El is my teacher."
Moriyah
Name of Mountain in Yerushalayim. Literally: "Yah is my teacher."
Mosheh Rabbenu
Moses our teacher.
Moshe'im
Saviours (in Ovadiyah 21).
Motza'ei Shabbat
The night following the Sabbath.
Motzi
Literally: Who brings forth bread; blessing over bread; standard
blessing before meals at which bread is served.one of the fifteen
phases of the Seder ceremony.
Musaf
"Added" prayer service for Sabbaths and festivals, immediately
following morning prayer.the additional whole offering in the Temple
prescribed by the Torah for Sabbaths, Festivals and New Moons. The
Musaf service follows the regular daily service. The additional
sacrifices brought on specific festivals, e.g. the seventy bulls that
were sacrifices during Sukkot. Because there is no Temple today, no
additional sacrifices can be brought. Therefore additional prayers
are added on the above days.
Na'anu'im
The wavings of the four species on Sukkot.
Nacham
To sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication: to be sorry, i.e. (in
a favourable sense) to pity, console, or comfort, ease.
Nachem
A prayer for consolation.
Nachash
Serpent, snake. From a root that means "shining whisperer,
enchanter." The shining enchanter. Afrikaans: "glinsterende
verleier." In Exodus 7:9-15, nachash is parallel to the tanin-the sea
creatures of Genesis 1:21, and therefore also related to the liv'yatan
(cf. Yeshayahu 27:1), which is a tanin. The nachash-the shining
enchanter-misled Adam and Chawwah in Gan Eden. Properly Hebraised,
Revelation 20:2 reads:
Revelation 20:2
And [the malakh] seized the tanin, that old nachash, which is the
Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years.
Naga
To touch, i.e. lay the hand upon, draw near, reach, strike, touch.
Following His resurrection, Yeshua told Miriam not to naga Him-the
same word a (High) Priest would use while on his way to sprinkle
atoning blood on the altar.
Nasi
An exalted one. A king, governor, prince or president of the
Sanhedrin. The president or administrator of a synagogue. A title
for the Messiah in Yechezk'el 40-46.
Natzal
To snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense. Defend, deliver
(self), escape, without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue,
rid, save, spoil, strip, surely, take out. Deliverance, being
snatched away from danger; Greek: harpazo. Rapture.
Nazah
Besprinkle.
Ne'eilah
Literally: closing; concluding service of Yom Kippur.closing of the
gate. The concluding service on Yom Kippur, after which the Nicanor
gates of the Temple were closed (Winter, 1973: 72-73). At this
service, a sustained shofar blast was sounded. The Shofar haGadol
(great shofar), of which we read in Yesha'yahu 27:13 and Mattatiyahu
24:31, is blown with the Ne'eilah service, and marked the closing of
the Nikanor gates of the Temple. It is clear therefore, that both
Yesha'yahu 27:13 and Mattatiyahu 24:31 intimates that the triumphant
return of King Messiah will be on the mo'ed (appointed time) Yom
Kippur.
Nefesh chayyah
Living being. The animating life-force shared by humans and all
living, breathing creatures-Genesis 1:30. Essentially equivalent to
the nishmat chayyim (breath of life) mentioned in Genesis 2:7.
Neo-Marcionism
See: Marcion.
A loose term used to refer to the mindset that the Tanakh (Hebrew
Scriptures) is largely irrelevant and has been replaced by the Greek
New Testament Scriptures. In his book, Jesus the Jewish Theologian,
Professor Bradford Young laments the fact that large sections of
contemporary Christianity are infested with a subtle and pervasive
spirit of Neo-Marcionism.
Ner
Lamp.
Nesech
The libation of wine over the altar in the Temple, accompanying the
sacrifices.
Neshamah
Breath of life. Treated hypostatically in later rabbinic writings.
Nesi'im
Head of the people, a head of a Tribe, a Prince.
Nevi'im
The Prophets; second section of the Tanakh.
New Song
Hebrew: Shir Chadashah.
See: Harp.
Today, our music is set up on an eight-note scale called an octave.
This dates back to ancient times. In Scripture, there are references
to a song called the New Song. This song is understood as the song
that will be sung when Messiah comes. The commentaries of the sages
abound with tremendous revelation on the full implications of every
reference to the New Song. The sages teach that the New Song will be
sung on a new ten-note scale rather than our present eight-note
octave. They teach that the two additional notes are already present,
but that they can not be heard yet. Wherever we encounter the
expression, "sing to YHWH a new song" in Scripture, it indicates that
the passage will have its consummation at the time when King Messiah
will come, when we will be empowered by the Ruach HaKodesh to sing the
praises of YHWH in an extended musical scale, using ten-stringed
musical instruments.
Psalms 33, 40, 92, 93, 96, 98, 144, 149, Yesha'yahu 42:10-17, and also
Revelation 5:9 & 14:3 deal with this wonderful theme. Psalms 92, 93
are sung with Kabbalat Shabbat-the welcoming of the Sabbath. These
Tehillim speak prophetically of the Messianic Kingdom to Come, the
sabbatical millennium. The theme of these Psalms is that the
greatness of YHWH will be recognised by all in the Messianic Kingdom.
Rabbi Ya'akov Emden taught that Psalms 92 and 93 should be sung when
the Footsteps of the Shabbat was heard. We are the generation living
in Erev Shabbat-at the very threshold of the Messianic age of which
the shalom of the weekly Shabbat is a prophetic tafnit (pattern).
The sage Rashi taught that Psalm 92 was the Levite's song for the
Shabbat Temple service. According to the Artscroll Rosh HaShanah
Machzor (Scherman, 1985), Rashi taught that,
[Tehillim 92] refers to the World to Come [the Olam ha-ba], when man
will be given the spiritual perfection we only glimpse during the
Shabbat.
Commenting on the expression,
".upon 10-stringed instruments and lyre, with singing accompanied by a
harp."
the Artscroll Rosh HaShanah Machzor (Scherman, 1985: 47) states,
The sages teach that the lyre/harp of Messianic times will be
ten-stringed, representing a beautiful enhancement of music, which is
now limited to the octave of 8 notes. Every period in life calls for
its own unique expression of praise.The enhanced spirituality of
Messianic times will [be expressed in] a heightened form of song (Sfas
Emes; see Overview, Artscroll Tehillim).
In its commentary on the expression "10-stringed instrument" in Psalm
33, the Artscroll Rosh HaShanah Machzor (Scherman, 1985) calls it "a
celebration of the World to Come (the Olam ha-Ba)."
This recognition of the profound prophetic significance of the joyous
expression, "sing to YHWH a new song" enables us to understand
otherwise obscure passages in an entirely new light. Take, for
example,
Yesha'yahu 42:10-17
10Sing to YHWH a new song, his praise from the ends of the earth, you
who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all
who live in them.
11Let the desert and its towns raise their voices; let the settlements
where Kedar [i.e. Bedouin Arab believers] lives rejoice. Let the
people of Sela [Petra] sing for joy; let them shout from the
mountaintops.
12Let them give esteem to YHWH and proclaim his praise in the islands.
13YHWH will march out like a mighty man, like a warrior he will stir
up his zeal; with a shout he will raise the battle cry and will
triumph over his enemies.
14"For a long time I have kept silent, I have been quiet and held
myself back. But now, like a woman in childbirth, I cry out, I gasp
and pant.
15I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their
vegetation; I will turn rivers into islands and dry up the pools.
16I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar
paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before
them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do;
I will not forsake them.
17But those who trust in idols, who say to images, `You are our mighty
ones,' will be turned back in utter shame.
The understanding that the phrase, "sing to YHWH a new song" refers to
the empowerment of the faithful remnant for a wonderful new mode of
worship, at the revelation of King Messiah, enables us to identify
this passage as describing the triumphant revelation of the Messiah at
the end of the Chevlai Shel Mashiach-the Birthpangs of the Messiah,
i.e. the tribulation period. The faithful remnant of Yisra'el hiding
in Sela (Petra-cf. Yesha'yahu 16 and Revelation 12), Arab believers
(Kedar-cf. Yesha'yahu 16) and all the faithful in the earth ("the ends
of the earth") rejoice in His coming. Empowered by the Ruach
HaKodesh, they sing a New Song of praise to YHWH Elohim Tzva'ot, in an
extended musical scale, in the most joyous celebration.
Niddah
Ritually unclean woman.
Nikanor gate
One of the seven gates in the large hall of the Temple compound. This
gate was by the Ezrath Yisra'el (the Hall of Israel) to the east, to
the north of the altar.
Ninve
Nineveh.
Nirtzah
Acceptance, closing prayer.the last phase of the Seder ceremony.
Nisan (Aviv)
First (springtime) month of year, during which Passover falls. The
first month of the religious calender and the seventh on the civil
calender. In earlier texts, its name is Aviv. Under the influence of
the Assyrian culture, which impacted upon Yahudah during the
Babylonian captivity, the name later was changed to Nisan.
Nissi
Banner. A term for the Messiah in passages such as Yesha'yahu 11:10,
13:2 and 18:3.
Nissim
Miracles such as were performed by Messiah Yahushua, his Sh'liachim as
well as other 1st century Chassidics such as Choni the Circle-Drawer.
Yahushua's nissim had a uniquely messianic quality. The many
miraculous healings He performed on the seventh day-the Shabbat-are
acted prophecies that the great healing is coming on the seventh
day-Yom YHWH.
Nissuin
In ancient times, the formal wedding ceremony.
Nisuch Hamayim
The libation of water in the Temple during the Feast of Tabernacles.
Noach (No'ach)
Noah.
Noachide
One who follows the stipulations of the covenant made with Noach after
the Mabul (Flood).
Noachide laws
Commands originally given to Noach and therefore binding on both Jews
and non-Jews. The sages taught that there were seven such laws or
categories of rules. The Noachide laws later became recognised as the
basic commandments that a non-Jewish believer should observe to show
that he had withdrawn from idolatry, and serves only YHWH.
In Acts 15, the ruling council in Yerushalayim ruled that Gentile
believers should, as an entrance requirement for fellowship in the
Messianic assemblies, keep the Noachide covenantal obligations. This
special concession does not mean that the entire Torah is not binding
on Messianic Jews any more. Neither does iot mean that Gentile
believers should not voluntarily obey more of the Torah, in a gradual
growth-process. It is a halakhic ruling about entrance requirements
into the community of believers, the commonwealth of believing
Yisra'el.
Nomos [G]
The Greek term commonly mistranslated as Law. "Law" is a
mistranslation of the Hebrew term, Torah, which means teaching,
instruction, a showing of the way. The word Greek nomos was in turn
taken from Aramaic.
Ohel Mo'ed
The Tent of Meeting.
Oil in Israel
The following texts allude to finding massive oil reserves in Israel
in the acharit-yamim:
Genesis 49:1
"And Jacob (Israel) called for his sons and said, 'gather yourselves
together (around me) so that I may tell you what shall befall you in
the latter or last days"
Genesis 49:25
"By the Elohim of your Father who will help you, and by the Almighty
who will bless you ... blessings (oil) lying deep beneath (Beneath the
Dead Sea ---- lowest spot on earth, beneath the mantle of the earth)"
Isaiah 45:3 (conventional translation)
"I will give you the treasures of darkness (oil) riches stores in
secret places (oil traps) so that you will know that I am thy Lord thy
Elohim who calls you by name" (NIV)
Isaiah 45:3: (amplified, direct translation from Hebrew):
I will shoot (gush up) to you deposits that are stored in valuable
dungeon-type vaults or containers, so that you will know that I am
YHWH your Elohim who called you by name."
Deuteronomy 32:13
He (YHWH) made [Israel] ride on the heights of the land and fed him
(Israel) with the fruit of the fields.and with oil from the flinty
crag (rock).
The term crag denotes natural porosity as well as scondary (fractured)
porosity (where oil is stored)
Job 29:6
And the rock (flinty crag) poured out rivers of oil.
Job 28:3-4
"Man know how to put light into darkness so that a mine shaft can be
sunk (drilled) into the earth and all the earth searched and its deep
secrets explored (logging, sidewall care, cuttings and testings) into
the black rock"
Job 28:9-10
Man puts forth his hand upon the flinty rock: he overturns the
mountains by the roots [by fracturing]. He cuts out channels and
passages among the rocks and his eye sees every precious thing [by
well-logging]. Man binds the streams [by cementing the longstring] so
that they do not trickle [into the mine shaft] and the thing that is
hidden [petroleum rock oil be brings forth to light [the surface & the
world market]."
Deuteronomy 33:13, 16a, 19
"Blessed by the Lord be His land (Israel) with the precious gifts of
heaven from the dew and from the deep (rock oil - petroleum) that
couches beneath (the mantle of the earth) with the precious things
(rock oil - petroleum) of the earth and its fullness (natural gas) and
the favor and goodwill of Him (financial prosperity) for they shall
suck the abundance of the seas (rock oil-petroleum reservoirs) and the
treasures hid in the (rock oil-petroleum) sand"
Genesis 13:10
"Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan River
(Valley), well-watered everywhere ... (with petroleum wells also) ...
the whole sections was like the Garden of Eden ... before Sodom and
Gomorrah was destroyed" (TLB)
Genesis 14:10
"Now the Valley of Siddim before the Dead Sea existed was filled with
tar (asphalt, bitumen, slime, rock oil - petroleum) pits ... some of
the men (slipped) fell into them (rock oil - petroleum pits) and the
rest fled and escaped" (NIV)
Genesis 19:24, 25A, 28-29
"The Lord (exploded) rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire
(sulfur and flaming rock filled with oil) from the Lord out of the
heavens ... He overthrew, destroyed and ended those cities (by the
great oil reserves exploding) ... and he (Abraham) looked toward Sodom
and Gomorrah, and toward ALL the land of the valley, and saw, and
behold, the smoke of the COUNTRY went up like the smoke of a FURNACE
(a hole 60 KM long, 8-12 KM wide, and 16,000 feet deep; geologically
proven in 1992). When Elohim ravaged and destroyed the cities of the
plain (of Siddim) He (earnestly) remembered Abraham (imprinted and
fixed him indelibly on His mind) and He sent Lot out of the midst of
the overthrow when He overthrew the cities where Lot lived"
Isaiah 60:1, 4
"Arise (from the depression and prostration in which circumstances
have kept you: rise to a new life!) ... the glory of the Lord is risen
upon you! Lift up your eyes around about you and see! They
all come to you. Your sons shall come from afar and your daughters
shall be carried and nursed in the arms"
Isaiah 60:5
"Then you shall see and be radiant, your hearts shall thrill at the
glorious deliverance BECAUSE THE ABUNDANT (rock oil-petroleum wealth
of the dead) sea shall be turned (released) to YOU unto you shall the
nations (Gentiles) come to their TREASURES !!!! ($$$$$)"
Zechariah 14:14B
" ... and the wealth of all the nations around about shall be
gathered together .. gold and silver and apparel in great abundance"
Ezekiel 16:55
"And then ... Sodom and her daughters shall return to their former
estate (fertile plains like the Garden of Eden and filled with
rock-petroleum), then you (Israel) ... shall return to your former
estate (financial and spiritual prosperity land flowing with oil
equals milk and honey)"
Isaiah 35:1-2
"Even the wilderness (Jordan Rift Valley) and desert (Negev) will
rejoice in those days; the desert (Negev) will blossom with flowers.
Yes, there will be an abundance of flowers and singing and joy! The
deserts (Negev) will become green as the Lebanon mountains, as lovely
as Mt. Carmel's pastures and Sharon's meadows; (the fresh irrigation
water has already been found in abundance south of the Dead Sea) for
the Lord will display His glory there, the excellency of our Elohim
(because of financial and spiritual deliverance)" (TLB)
Jeremiah 33:6-7, 9
"Nevertheless, let them enjoy abundant peace and security. I will
bring Judah and Israel back from captivity and I will rebuild them as
they were before ... that (all nations on earth) will be in awe and
will tremble at the abundant (rock oil - petroleum) prosperity and
peace I provide for it (Israel)" (NIV)
Ezekiel 36:9, 30
"Prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and
to the hills and RAVINES and valley ... I (Elohim) am concerned for
you (Israel) and will look on you (Israel) with favor; you will be plowed
and sown, I (Elohim) shall increase the fruit of the trees and crops
of the (oil) fields so that you will no longer suffer (financial lack)
disgrace among the nations (Gentiles)" (NIV)
Ezekiel 37:7-10
"So I prophesied .. the bones came together (May 1948, Israel was
birthed) bone to bone ... tendons and flesh appeared on them (49
years of unheard of growth), skin covered them (when they became a
United Nations member) but there was no breath (the oil - economic
stability) ... breathe (oil, economic stability) into these slain
(economically unprosperous) that they (Israel) may live. So I
prophesied (drilled ELOHIM PAREZIM#1) and breath (oil - economic
stability entered them (Israel) and they (Israel) came to life and
stood upon their (Israel's) feet, a (mighty) vast army" NIV
(Economically and spiritually prosperous and stable)
Ezekiel 16:53
"I will restore them again from their captivity, restore the
fortunes (rock oil-petroleum, bitumen pits) of Sodom and her
daughters, and I will restore your (Israel's) own (rock
oil-petroleum) fortunes in the midst of them (in the day of the Lord)
..."
Isaiah 61:3
"to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty
for ashes, the OIL of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the
spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of
righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be GLORIFIED
(before the whole earth)" (KJV)
Zechariah 8:23
"Thus says the Lord of Hosts, in those (last) days, ten men out of
all languages of the (Genile) nations shall take hold of the robe of
him who is a Jew (Israeli) saying, let us go with you, for we have
heard (television and other news reports in the world about the
enormous oil discovery there) that Elohim is with you (because of the
end-time financial and spiritual deliverance)"
Olah
Burnt offering.
Olah
Burnt offering in Temple.
`Olam ha-Bah
The world to come (the renewed heavens and the renewed earth). The
New Yerushalayim. When a tzadik, i.e. one who has received UYUW gift
of imputed righteousness, passes through resurrection (or the
glorification of living believers) which will happen when Messiah
returns, the tzadik enters into the `Olam HaBah. After the Great
White Throne Judgement at the end of the Messianic Kingdom, all
tzadekim will be in the `Olam HaBah.
`Olam HaZeh
The present world of toil and turmoil. "This world." Not a place,
but the time interval between Adam's fall and the second coming of the
Messiah. According to respected rabbinic schools and reliable early
Christian sources, the `Olam HaZeh will endure for 6000 years. At
present, we are probably very close to the end of 6000 years since the
impartation of the neshamah to Adam.
Omer
Sheaf or bushel of grain.
Oneg Shabbat
Literally: joy of the Sabbath; reception after Friday night services,
which includes refreshments, socialising, and, sometimes, Israeli
dancing or a discussion.
Onkelos
An Aramaic paraphrase of the Torah. Onkelos was a proselyte to
Y'hudaism who translated the Chumash into Greek because the Septuagint
was not widely accepted. His Greek translation later became the basis
for a further Aramaic paraphrase, a work performed by others.
Oral Torah
The written Torah requires continual interpretation. Much of the
traditional interpretations of the sages are very valuable. However,
much of the Oral Torah binds an unnecessarily heavy burden on men.
A study of the Oral Torah is particularly valuable to the exegete of
the Messianic Scriptures.
Original knowledge
In many pagan cultures, a dilligent researcher may uncover remains of
original knowledge that there is One Almighty Elohim, that mankind was
judged in a great deluge and subsequently scattered accross the earth
after the confusion of languages. There are also evidence of original
knowledge of the fall of man and the promise of a coming saviour who
would redeem a faithful remnant of man.
Oseif
The gathering (of the nobles). The ingathering. Sukkot is the
chag-ha-Asif-the festival of ingathering.
Ot
Plural: Otot.
There are certain rituals in Judaism which are referred to in the
Torah as an "Ot"-a sign of the binding relationship between the Jew
and YHWH.
Examples of otot:
The Sabbath is called an "Ot;" circumcision is described as an "Ot";
the mitzvah (commandement) of tefillin is also an "Ot"-a sign.
According to Genesis 1:14, the sun, moon and stars are otot
ba'shamayim-signs in the heavens. The mark on Qayin (Cain) was an ot,
as is the rainbow in the sky after the mabul; (flood) in the days of
Noach. Covenental circumcision is an ot, as are miracles performed to
substantiate the truth of a claim. The blood of the pesach lambs on
the doorposts of the houses of the children of Yisra'el in Mitzrayim
were also otot.
Otot haMashiach
"Signs of the Messiah." The term ot means sign, and otot is the
plural of ot. Things the Messiah will do as well as events that will
precede and follow his footsteps. The major Otot haMashiach can be
ascertained from a very careful study of Scripture, paying specific
attention to the prophecies about the events of Yom YHWH. To seek and
teach what has not been revealed, however, becomes dangerously close
to divination. The secret things belong to YHWH our Elohim, while
that which has been revealed in Scripture has been given for us to
study and focus our hope upon. The teacher of Scripture should pray
not to fall into sensationalism.
Panim
Literally: faces. Always used in the plural. Presence.
The Messiah is the unique Malakh ha-Panin of YHWH-the Messenger of the
Face/Precence of YHWH (Yesha'yahu 63:9).
Parah Adumah
Red Heifer, a special sacrificial animal whose ashes was used in
cleansing ceremonies. A Parah Adamah has to be born and raised in
Eretz Yisrael before the continual altar service (the tamid) may
begin. There can only be a functioning priesthood in Israel once a
red heifer has been sacrificed and its ashes used for purification.
The priesthood can not function without the ceremony of the red
heifer's ashes mixed with water from the pool of Siloam being
sprinkled on each of the individual priests.
Paras
Persia.
Parasha
Plural: Parashiot.
The weekly Torah portion. The rabbis have divided the Torah into 54
portions which are read and studied each week for one year. In
ancient times, the Torah-reading cycle in Israel lasted 3 years. A
parasha (portion) is sometimes also called a sidra.
Pardes
Paradise.
An acronym formed by taking the first letter of each of the four
foundational categories of rabbinic exegesis used in the first
century. These methods were: P'SHAT: The simple, plain meaning of a
text. REMEZ: Hinting, alluding to. D'RASH: Complex; homiletical
application. SOD: Secret, mystery.
Parnasim
Almoners; deacons.
Members of an ancient synagogue whose responsibilities included caring
for the poor and distributing alms.
Parochet
The curtain separating the Kodesh HaKodeshim (most set-apart place)
from the HaKodesh (set-apart place). The layout of the parochet is
shown in the following diagram: KhKHK KhK denotes the Kodesh
HaKodeshim and HK denotes the HaKodesh. Note that the parochet
consisted of a double curtain with a narrow passageway along which the
High Priest walked during the Yom Kippur service. Every curtain was
about 4 inches thick. The faces of an ox, a man, a lion and an eagle
were embroidered on the curtain.
Pentateuch
The first five books of the Scriptures, the Five Books of Mosheh, i.e.
the Chumash or Torah.
Perat
Euphrates.
Pesach
Plural: Pesachim.
Passover.
Pesach Katan
The second offering of the Paschal Lamb on the 14th of Iyar.
Pesach Sheni
The 14th of Iyar, the offering of the Pesach Sacrifice by those who
were not able to do so on the 14th of Nisan.
In the time of the Birthpains, the False messiah will desecrate the
Mikdash on Aviv 10, exactly at the halfway mark of the last "seven"
decreed over Am Yisra'el (the people of Israel) and Yerushalayim
(Dani'el 9:24-27). Having corporately accepted Yahushua as the
Messiah 6 months before this event, Messianic Israel will therefore
have to celebrate Pesach in the wilderness on Iyar 14.
Peshat
Little meaning, literal meaning.
Pesikta
Book of Haggadic discourses for festivals and special Sabbaths.
Pharisees
See: P'rushim.
Religio-political faction in late Second Temple days that wanted to
develop Judaism through prayer, study of Torah, and midrashic
interpretations of Torah; forerunners of the rabbis.
Piku'ach Nefesh
The care for human life.
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