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TORAH WEEK 49 KI TETZE

49 - Torah Week: Ki Tetze ("When You Go") כִּי־תֵצֵא

Portion Summary

In this forty-ninth Torah portion, Ki Tetze (כִּי־תֵצֵא), means "when you go," taken from (Deuteronomy 21:10): "When you go out to battle against your enemies." This reading focuses on various laws given to Israel as part of the covenantal code. Unlike legal texts alone, these laws are covenantal expectations and instructions for daily life in alignment with YHVH's standards of justice, compassion, and holiness.

This portion includes laws on ethical treatment of captives, property restoration, fair labor, family relationships, and more. Through this reading, the Israelites are reminded of their identity as YHVH's people, obligated to uphold justice and integrity in all aspects of their lives.

TORAH:
Deuteronomy 21:10-23: Laws about war captives, respecting property, family dynamics, and justice in criminal cases.
Deuteronomy 22:1-30: Instructions on returning lost items, proper conduct, and marriage laws.
Deuteronomy 23:1-25: Guidelines for community purity and integrity in various social aspects.
Deuteronomy 24:1-22: Rules on divorce, social responsibility, and kindness to the vulnerable.
Deuteronomy 25:1-10: Justice, fair punishment, and continuation of family lineage.
Deuteronomy 8:5: "Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so YHVH your God disciplines you.
Leviticus 19:19: "You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind. You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor shall you wear a garment of cloth made of two kinds of material"
Numbers 15:37-41: "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'Throughout the generations to come you are to make tassels on the corners of your garments, with a blue cord on each tassel. You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember all the commands of YHVH, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by chasing after the lusts of your own hearts and eyes."

WRITINGS:
Proverbs 23:13-14: "Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die. Punish them with the rod and save them from death."
Proverbs 13:24: "Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them."
Proverbs 22:15: "Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away."
Proverbs 29:15: "The rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.

NEVI'EM :
Isaiah 54:1-10; 5:1-4: Prophecies on YHVH's everlasting covenant of shalom and justice.
Jeremiah 30:11-15: Assurance of YHVH's faithfulness despite Israel's challenges.
Isaiah 56:1-8: Emphasis on inclusion, justice, and righteousness.

GOSPELS AND EPISTLES:
Matthew 24:29-42: "Immediately after the distress of those days... they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the firmament, with power and great glory... Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your King will return."
Galatians 3:13: "Y'shua redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.'"
John 15:1-8: "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener... If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me, you can do nothing."
Matthew 13:24-30: "The kingdom of shamayim is like a man who sowed good seed in his field... Let both grow together until the harvest."
2 Corinthians 6:14: "Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?"
Matthew 9:20: "Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak."
John 8:1-11: "Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her... Then neither do I condemn you, Y'shua declared. Go now and leave your life of sin."
Acts 15:20: "Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood."
Hebrews 4:16: "Let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need."
Matthew 5:43-48: "But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you... Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect."