Torah Study Tweets: Va-et'chanan

1. Shabbat Shalomabout 6 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
2. Understand powerlessness. In that day Israel will be a 3rd power...and God will say "Blessed be My people Egypt""about 6 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
3. Isaiah 19... Egypt pronouncement -- the oppressor becomes the victim.. It shall be drained of spirit..spirit of distortion..Nothing achievedabout 6 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
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4. When you own something- give it away!!! Since 1948 Israel has tried to control- don't become Egypt itself...about 6 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
5. It's not the helpful paycheck it's the pride of contributing to life/society that creates value, self worth, respect of others-dats Tzadakahabout 6 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
6. I'm trying to have a job!!! If you're not contributing to society you are not keeping sabbath. You have to work. Be enabled to be useful!!!about 7 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
7. What does word Shabbat mean? All seven days- it's all the time. Ethical/moral behavior at all time. Don't work on one day- but must 6!!about 7 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
8. 5:12 "observe the sabbath day and keep it holy...don't work- you, your son or daughter...your ox your ass...your female slave" - Everyone!!!about 7 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
9. If you leave the sheaf the poor can empower themselves. Jubilee year - you don't own the field... Makes powerless people visible.about 7 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
10. Chapter 24: 17-19 don't go back for the sheaf "leave it for the stranger, the fatherless, the widow." You were freed from Egypt to do this!!about 7 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
11. Israels statehood is more than justification Holocaust the reason for existence is much bigger? Can we mix religion& democracy? Theocracy??about 7 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
12. Sometime huge backlash!!! Like Holocaust. Victim to power? Oppression Egypt is mentioned 36 times in Torah- don't forget powerlessness...about 7 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
13. When has there been power? Entebbe, Six Day War, Hadassah hospital, after the Enlightenment prior to WWII when Jews culturally dominated?about 7 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
14. When have other nations ever looked to Israel??about 7 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
15. The IDF uses Torah to support their mission. Or justification??about 7 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
16. What happens when oral law is written? Better is remains liquid...or would it have diluted?? How can one not add or take away??about 7 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
17. Don't add to them and don't subtract from my laws. Don't try 2 one up God...(zealots/extremists) why were laws written down? Mishna oral...about 7 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
18. Torah means instruction... I have imparted laws and rules... Every nation will see you are wise and discerning. Is this true?about 7 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
19. There are clear laws and unclear ones. Are there negotiations or contradictions? Torah tells you to find out why if one doesn't know why...about 7 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
20. So what is a good Jew??about 7 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
21. Va-et'chanan Chapter 4... I've imparted laws & rules..."What great nation has this Teaching.." Follow my rules... Rules or laws???about 8 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
22. Power corrupts... Israel has power and biblical law.. Let's look at it's morality. Powerless people made powerful and powerless become powerabout 8 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
23. "When God brings you into the land you shall possess..." Basically beat the crap out of the others.. Ethics?? Morality of powerful nations..about 8 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
24. Torah Study- Deuteronomy 7:1 (@ Temple Israel)http://4sq.com/daF0uzabout 8 hours ago via foursquare