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Praise is the Foundation

An Exposition of the Copper Scroll

A Tzaddokite Pesher

of Lamentation and Hope

Mordechai Ezra de Hurst

Hurst Publishing,

Jerusalem, Israel.

In Memory of Rabbi Yonah Tzvi Geller, ztl.;

and Yaacov Menachem ben Yochanan

(Note: This !"osition has been s#bmitted for Revie$, %ritie and %omment to Rabbi 'rth#r #c)erman, %antor 'aron *itells, and +r.

teven %arver of %on-re-ation haarie Torah, ortland, /re-on, 0'. 'll Ri-hts Reserved. No %o"yin-, #blication or +istrib#tion by

1ritten or lectronic 2ormat shall be made, e!ce"t for brief revie$, comment or critie in an /n34ine or 1ritten 2ormat in a Ne$s3"a"er or

Ma-azine $itho#t !"ress 1ritten ermission of the '#thor, $ho may be contacted at: shomerbaithch#r5yahoo.com, or

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Table of Contents

' %oncealed Pesher8 9

The %onversive *av 3 The Vav-Ha-Hippux refi! #ffi! Tenses

Tem"le Treas#res of

ro"hesy of echariah 9=.9>: 9>

*erses of r#nin- 9?

olomon@s rayer: 9 Ain-s B.B3=K, =93=. 9B

Gates of Ri-hteo#sness 9B

Messianic esher 9B

Aaraite esher 9B

' Maccabean %onnection8 9L

The Messianic +octrine EK

my 4ord '+/NI EE

Fahem@s romise to +avid E=

*alley of 'chor EJ

The tron- Fand of Fahem E?

Fahem ends an vil "irit EB


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The Redeemer of Israel EL

Raisin- 0" +avid K

Talm#d Y@r#shalaymi 3 roblem of Interection 9

+avid 3 ar Faarim 3 rince of rinces E

A Heart for the Prince 33

Praise Shall Go Up First! 35

C#mran crolls and the 2#ll "ellin- of /lamD/lamim J

' 4amentation of Fo"e J

'""endi! '

'""endi!

'""eandi! %

'""endi! +

'""endi!

'""endi! 2

iblio-ra"hy


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' %oncealed Pesher8

9 %hronicles E.E?

Me-illat ha@Nechoshet, (The %o""er croll7 has intri-#ed scholars and laymen ali)e for it@s content,

myth, le-ends, and "otential disclos#re of an immense amo#nt of $ealth seemin- to have been enscribed

thereon.

o, $hat is the %o""er croll8 Is is a treas#re ma" or #st a hoa!8 Is it a reli-io#s doc#ment and not

an administrative 3 asi civil doc#ment of the econd Tem"le era8 If it is an administrative doc#ment then the

reader mi-ht as $ell it readin- ri-ht no$ and "#t this aside and find somethin- else to read. If it is a reli-io#s

doc#ment $hich com"orts $ith the "ractice of the C#mran %omm#nities adherence to sh#nnin- $ealth then the

%o""er croll sho#ld be -iven serio#s consideration by scholars as to $hy and ho$ it fits into the C#mran

%omm#nities theolo-y and end times o#t3loo) #"on their immediate circ#mstances $ithin that econd Tem"le

era.

Given that the a#thor "osits that the %o""er croll is a "esher, the tas) of "roovin- the scroll is s#ch a

reli-io#s doc#ment "resents the a#thor $ith a seemin-ly ins#rmo#ntable challen-e in ma)in- o#t s#ch a case.

1hile it is nearly im"ossible to "rovide any date of com"osition, a#thor3shi" or e!act "#r"ose of $ritin-

the scroll $ith s"ecific certainty, $hat $e do )no$ abo#t the scroll is that it is most "robably $ritten in an early

form of Mishnaic Febre$ and therefore $e can say $ith certainty that it falls $ithin a certain cate-ory of $ritin-s:

the a#thor and the a#dience, Febre$ s"ea)in- to be certain. Most li)ely


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The Tana) relates that am#el $as a member of the -#ild of "ro"hets, that the "eo"le reected Fahem

as their immediate leader and desired a )in- li)e all other nations to -o in and o#t to $ar $ith them. am#el

$as instr#cted by Fahem to anoint a#l and the Tana) relates that then the "eo"le as)ed, Is a#l amon- the

school of ro"hets8

This leads #s to another estion of im"ort concernin- C#mran: 1as C#mran the "lace of the chool of

ro"hets8 Given that the C#mran antiities contain diverse antities of scrolls, it has been ass#med that the

"#r"ose for C#mran $as as a re"ository of or a -enizah for #sed scrolls no lon-er fit for "#blic #se or it $as the

Tem"le library or the library of the Fo#se of +avid, a sort of s#mmer "alace $here the Ain- may $ithdra$ and

st#dy for his ann#al National 'ddress as reired by halachah.

That "ractical )abbalah is "raiseO

The reader may as), is the %o""er croll a ty"e ofpesher "revio#sly #n)no$n to scholars and laymen

ali)e8 %ertain indicators or cl#es in the te!t of the %o""er croll $arrent re3e!aminin- of this scroll by scholars

and inisitive readers ali)e beca#se some estions remain #nans$ered and the indicators fo#nd therein direct

the reader of the te!t to somethin- other than a list of treas#ries as $ill be demonstrated belo$.

Pesher (Pesherim, "l#ral7 is a form of inter"retation and commentary on iblical te!ts; $here a verse or

verses is oted and an inter"retation by commentary is -iven. Thesepesherim may be of t$o ty"es $hich

concern mainly ro"hetic boo)s of the ible, s#ch as the oft oted C#mran Pesher on the oo) of Faba))#),

or, thepesher on the oo) of salms.

The first ty"e is a r#nnin- commentary $hich follo$s the order of the boo)s of the ible, verse by verse

then -ivin- the inter"retation. The second )ind ofpesher is the otation of a small n#mber of verses not

necessarily in order b#t $hich connects seemin-ly #nrelated verses to the end of days. The #nie form of

inter"retation bypesher(im7 $ithin the C#mran comm#nity and then later on in the Messianic 9st %ent#ry


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ed#cated in the r#les of Febre$ -rammar.

The vav $as #sed in the Masoretic version of the Torah as $ell as the Rabbinical $ritin-s (esachim

JKa; cf. Aidd#shin, oncino ress, "". >9 n.>7 for the "#r"oses of concealment of the N'M and M'NING of

the Tetra-rammaton (the acred Name of G3+7.

In the seminal boo), Sefer Yetzirah (oo) of 2ormation7 $e find that the vav r#les over tho#-ht. The

vav is also symbolic for a nail or "in. (e.-. zra L.B7 %o""er $as #sed in the constr#ction of the Tabernacle for

the: razen 'ltar, (!od#s B.=7, foot of the altar (B.B7, rin-s (E?.=7, "ins (E?.9L7 and soc)ets (B.9K7; 's $ell,

the %o""er er"ent (N#mbers E9.>3L7 $as a healin- a-ent for those $ho loo)ed #"on it. Feze)iah cr#shed the

%o""er er"ent (Mishneh esachim =.>7 and hid the oo) of Remedies (M.esachim =.>7. In short, it is the

base of or fo#ndation necessary for b#rnt offerin-s. %o""er, "recio#s as -old $as $ei-hed by zra, the

riests, as $ell as the 4evites (zra B.E?7, $ho $rote all the $ei-ht of the free3$ill offerin- to the 43R+. (B.=7

Rashi relates that the vav conversive (vav-ha-hippux prefix tense7 at the be-innin- of a $ord chan-es

the meanin- of the conte!t "ast tense to "resent tense beca#se there is no tense in the Febre$ verb.

%ontin#in-, he relates that $here the vav conversive is at the end of a $ord, the vav conversive chan-es

the f#t#re tense to "resent tense. +r. 'vi-dor onche), 1hat@s otherin- Rashi, Retrieved from:

Phttp://wwwshea"israelcoilQ

Tem"le Treas#res of


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veterans. More to the "oint, co""er and bronze $ere common media of choice for the archival records of

tem"les in the Roman "eriod. 'ccordin- to .LK3L97. (Wise, "". 9LK3L97

The si! locations (listed in the %o""er croll "ossessin- Gree) letters7 are tho#-ht to be by some

scholars to re"resent the antities of treas#re b#ried at the site. /r, 'nother recent s#--estion is that they are

abbreviations of names of "riestly families res"onsible for the treas#re at that "artic#lar site. 's $ell, Meir ar

Ilan@s "a"er (Phttp$%%facult&iuacil%)arilm%coppertx*htmlQ7, The rocess of 1ritin- the %o""er croll

references Talm#d and indicates as a "ossible, b#t not necessarily the s"ecific "lace mentioned in Tractate

Aidd#shin >>a for the -eo-ra"hic location +achlit $hile ass#min- that is not the case. Meir ar Ilan, in

"ersonal corres"ondence to this a#thor states, (referencin- he)alim .E7 that the Gree) letters $ere #sed as

"rivate si-ns. Fo$ever, this ishneh states first, thatleph, .et, /immel $ere the siman (or si-ns7 #sed for

the half-she0el lev& im"osed on the "#blic; $hereas the Gree) letters,lpha, .eta, /amma, a""ear in the

ishneh only as a secondary o"inion (of Rabbi Ishmael7. In Rabbi Ishmael@s r#les of hermen#etics, he&1esh 3

com"arison, the matter of $hether Febre$ or Gree) characters $ere #sed for desi-nation of the re-istrant $ho

had "aid the treas#rer the Tem"le ta! (she)el7 im"osed #"on them is resolved beca#se $hen one com"ares the

Febre$ to the Gree), the characters only ma)e sense in Febre$ as a statute related to the vo"s of the

communit&. /ne m#st remember that Febre$ did not have $ritten vo$el ("oints7 in this era of (iblical7 the

historical develo"ment as a literary lan-#a-e, and th#s, ahlit may alternatively be read or "rono#nced, ohilit,

or ahilat( 'ssembly of the %omm#nity7.

1ith this in mind, one m#st as): 1hy do the Gree) letters not a""ear on the croll al"ha3betically in

the order of the she)el levy enacted #"on each re-istrant to $hom the levy $as d#e8 2irst, lets loo) at 4!"#

Fra$ment %& Column ! '()*: tat#tes for Ta)in- /aths 3 *o$ notH byleph v'2amedh nor & leph Daleth.

Instead, vo$ by the !iddur (oath7 of they $ho $illin-ly enter for the %ovenant of *o$s. (ara"hrased from The

Dead Sea Scrolls, "".>J7.

erha"s they have a si-nificance as the con-re-ational res"onse to the chantin- of the %o""er croll,

as an affirmation and "lea that Fahem establish #))ot and the nation be anointed as one $ith the s"irit of

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The #se of abbreviated letters for the acred Name (hereafter, S.N. or D.N.# in$icates the

sacre$ness with which the %&ran Co&nit" &se$ the S' ( f&ll" written o&t) so as to

not coit heres" or i$olatr" *a+aco, al -ir.isani the 0th cent&r" -araite historian relates the

opinion of the 1th cent&r" -araite sage) 2aniel al -&isi 4pistle to the 2iaspora) 'eo" e$ pp0(

3# which follows the %&ran &sage of abbre,iations for the S' ( ,i6Aleph Daleth. Aleph Lamedh

an$Aleph Daleth are abbre,iations as well as sian signs or in$ications# for the S' as &se$ b" those

who 7prohibite$7 the pron&nciation of the 2' an$ instea$ s&bstit&te$Alohim and Adonai for the

Tetragraaton S'# in response to the restoration of the spo.en an$ written &se of the 2'

following theHasmonean $efeat of the Sel&ci$ S"rian# ( Gree.s who banne$ it The S'# fro being

spo.en The Pharasees banne$ it+s &se in contracts) 7beca&se once a contract was f&llfille$) the written

contract wo&l$ be thrown in the garbage heap7 Th&s) the s&bstit&tion ofAleph Lamedh and Aleph

Daleth for the S' in$irectl" iplies a$herence to the S"rian ( Gree. ban on the pron&nciation of the

2' irregar$less of the reasoning behin$ it+s ban# b" the Pharasees

tat#te of the Tzaddo)ite riesthood stablished by Mele) +avid

's the croll first indicates by the transliterated Gree) into Febre$: 3!, The Aehilat (%omm#nity7

res"ondin- to the Aohenim@s riestly lessin-, (.irchat ohenim7 for their "etition to be -ranted. The second

indicator is the 4H/, 2estival (bein- favorably established7. The third, H3!, They or Their (festival in their7

T'H (riest@s %hambers or ooths of #))ot7 $hich is DY (no#-h thro#-h7 TPH (Tambo#rines of raise7

S55 ($hich isH 'nointin-7. The i!ty 2o#r (or i!ty7 locations: This is the S5D (secret7 of the oo, the

Statute of the Tzaddo0ite Priesthood estalished & ele0 David6 %f. ( Chronicles ()+ ((3!,

(('nd +avid called for -adok and 'biathar the "riests, and for the 4evites, for 0riel, 'saiah, and


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father


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considerable technical reli-io#s terminolo-y from the Talm#d. 2or e!am"le, the term 0li dema@, ..., refers to

vessels of terumah,+ a "ortion of Tem"le sacrifices -iven to the "riests,.... 'nother term, ma'aser sheni, refers to

the second tithe; still another, herem, refers to consecrated offerin-. (9L=3LJ7. (The Meanin- and Mystery of

the +ead ea crolls, Fershel han)s, %o"yri-ht 9LLB iblical 'rcheolo-y ociety, Random Fo#se, NY, NY

9LLB7.

' third indicator that the croll is a Pesher is the thirty3ninth and fo#rtieth caches, the #se of the "hrase:

*alley of haveh $hich may be a veiled reference to the descent (she'me1 shin, et, a&in, mem, 1uf 3 lit.

valle&7 thro#-h falsehood (shaveh7 salms 9==.B, !od#s E.9, +e#t. J.EK. haveh may be read hevah (even

oathsH or eventy 3 %f. +aniel L.E=3E?7 since there $ere no vo$el "oints in iblical Febre$. Fence, In, $ith, or

for, the descent of oaths.... (The bet can be read, in, $ith, or for. Th#s, an oath m#st be -iven concernin- the

ma'aser sheni 3 second tithe 3 ishneh She0alim E.97 's $ell, shev can mean to sit in #d-ementH or d$ell

settle as an immi-rantH or to $ait. .-. +e#t. 9.> Yo# have d$elt lon- eno#-h in this Mo#tain (Hore7.

1isdom of Torah, Nevi@im, Aet#vim

(4hochmah, .inah, V'Daath 2'HaTorah7

' best ed#cated -#ess accordin- to this a#thor@s )no$led-e in C#mran (Tzaddo)ite7 reli-io#s tho#-ht,

the si! locations refer neither to treas#re or abbreviations of the names of "riestly families; b#t s#--ests that

this $or) is an early form of ishnaic Here" in the form of a concealed "esher as a lamentation of ho"e (e.-.

Tehillim =L.9?7 by the scribal school of Tzaddo0 of the descent (&arad, &ordan7, as o""osed to the ascent

(li&ah7 of the Tribe of "".EJ93JE7: Then he -ave me the blessin-s of the riesthood.... %onsider, my sons, my brother


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them, and if they seize the $ealth of the lands and nations, "l#nderin- everythin- in them, they still co#ld not

"l#nder the storeho#ses of $isdom, nor co#ld they find its hidden riches. 4!(0 Fra$+ .1" (1ise EJ?7

#t $hen those of them $ho $ere left held firm to the commandments mitzvothH of G3+ Fe instit#ted

Fis covenant $ith Israel forever, revealin- to them thin-s hidden, in $hich all Israel had -one $ron-: Fis holy

abbaths, Fis -lorio#s festivals.... (1ise "". J=7.

;umran ;oheleth

Teacher ('ssembler, reacher of the Talm#dim FaTzi&im7

The ;oo tat#te or /rdinance of the ;ahillah Shalosh

Third 'ssembly of the YearH7

!aminin- the ni-matic Gree) 4etters of the %o""er croll 3Q15 as transliterated into Febre$.

'n !am"le of the Pesher Method of Inter"retin- cri"t#ral Te!ts

Y'rushah .at Tzado0

22 325S ()+00

KE ((Y'Hi


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The +ead ea crolls, 2o#rty3ninth cache "". 9L>H; Ganat Tzaddok - Gimmel,Nun, Thav; Tzaddi,

Daleth, VAV,Quf - Garden of Tzaddok( Wise) ibi$ fift"(fifth cache) pp189 fro there) 7And the

alle" of Achor is a $oor of hope; an$ she shall ret&rn respon$ fa,orabl"# there) as in the $a"s of her

"o&th) as in the $a" when < bro&ght her =>hen She 2welt in ?ooths9 &p o&t of the lan$ of 4g"pt7

Hoshea @8

#H"$ (2estival7 The Third 'liyah of the Year 4ha7 Su00ot 4ha7 Simcha (2estival of Reoicin- in

Tabernacles7: 2or the mo#nd of the assembly3Genesis 9.=>3JE,

This verse can be inter"reted as the se"aration of the riests by their o$n "#rification.

&"' (no#-h is their 2estival of #))otH hmot >.J. .'vor Sh'ne7ed HaShaar Haizrachi (+>n the

fountain facin7 the 3astern /ate @for PraiseA+=

'nd a -reat army of 'ssyriah cam"ed at a field $here the cloth $as bleached near the cond#it of the


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#""er "ool. (E Ain-@s 9B.9?7

Feze)iah@s history and his -reat deeds and the cond#it $hich he made and the $ater $hich he bro#-ht

into the %ity (of


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Israel. (Nehemiah B.97

The first verse can be inter"reted as the River of 4ove of the ro"hets, (e.-. ze)iel =?.B3L7

assemblin- all the "eo"le of Israel for ('liya or Immi-ration7 the hearin- of the sense of the 4a$; or, the love of

Israel that lasts for three days.

The second verse can be inter"reted as the %ommand of the 43R+ is to be follo$ed accordin- to the

rec)onin- of their (Israel@s7 -enealo-y as "ro"hesied by ze)iel. (ze)iel =J thro#-h =B7

The third verse can be inter"reted as the $illin-ness of the Nation of Israel to ta)e the 4a$ of the 43R+

and assemble for the 2east of Tabernacles after the readin- of the 4a$ of Moses.

'll of these verses relate to the Febre$ $ords $hich have been transliterated from the Gree) characters

fo#nd on the %o""er croll $hich a""ear in the si! locations or meas#res, viz: deeds or 4ove for the 43R+ of

the eo"le of Israel concealed in the %o""er croll, even as the "ro"hesy of +aniel $as sealed #" #ntil the end

of daysO In other $ords, the si! locations, (names, "laces and thin-s or items7 listed in the %o""er croll,

to-ether $ith the Febre$ $ords transliterated from the Gree) characters are a sealed #" Pesher of

4amentation and Fo"e.

%oncealin- the C#mran Tzaddo)ite (oeticDro"hetic7 esher

The conversive vav bein- a unique scribal signatureof the Tzaddo)ite 2amily of cribes belon-in- to

the riestly chool of ro"hets (in-ers of Tehillim7 indicates they follo$ed after the 4a$ of Moshe; for $here3

ever one finds the conversive vav in the Torah there yo# $ill find oshe,aron and Hur (the #ilders of the

Ain-dom of riests, an Foly Nation M#ltit#deH, the %hildren ofvinu vrahamB beca#se .E, J, ? of (()

evidences the scribal tradition not to conceal 2'5lam @His !ame is indnessA +Praise H> ?5!D!3SS 3!DC


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#bstit#tions for the +ivine Name

#bstit#tion ofdonai for the +.N. $as considered heresy and idolatry; not beca#se this $o#ld have

been seen as ta)in- a$ay from the Torah in violation of the "rece"t: Yo# shall not add to or ta)e a$ay from

the $ord that I command yo#.... yo# shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it. Devarim (+e#teronomy7 =.E;

9E.E; b#t beca#se it ma)es the +.N. or, the She0inah as "ersonal "ossessive, rather than collective nationalH

cohesion (the Shema 3loha&nu (lit. /#r GV+; +evarim >.=,7.

#bstit#tion ofdonai for the +. N. still follo$s the harisaic tradition in the asoretic te!t to conceal the

+. N., as the cholam (vav7 is concealed in the Name, EdonaiF of the asoretic te!t b#t not in the C#mran

crolls. ('""endi! 7

!aminin- the ni-matic Gree) 4etters of the %o""er croll 3Q15

The sod or concealed val#e of the Gree) letters transliterated into Febre$ and the #se of Gematria (The

Fidden 1isdom, the Febraic *al#es of the 'le"h 3 et:

the 9? talents of silver

the =E talents of silver

the 9K talents of silver

the =K talents of silver

The 9? talents of silver (+0esef silver talents can be #nderstood as the Talm#dim (t#dents of the Torah

cholars7 $ho reoice in the Ne$ Moon and at the 2estival of #))ot;zahav the -old can be #nderstood as the

Tzaddo)ite riesthood scholars versed in the hidden $isdom of the "ro"hetsH $ho shine li)e the s#n@s rays

#"on the Far"s, %ymbals, and; as $ell, their +a#-hters@ of Tzion as it $ere, the +a#-hters of Yar#shahH

Tambo#rines Malachai =.E.7 (Note: Malachai .E 3 'nd he the Messen-er of the %ovenantH $ill sit li)e a

refiner and "#rifier of )esef silverH: and the Messen-er $ill "#rify the sons of 4evi, and "#r-e them li)e silver and

-old, that the& offer to Fahem offerin-s of ri-hteo#sness. The 4a$ of Yo#r Mo#th is better to me than

tho#sands of silver and -oldO salms 99L.?E7

These talents (monitary meas#res Smiddah 0'ne7ed middah middotH are the eivalent of 9E C#"h

(W9KK7; Ahaf (WEK e.-. the %ro$n3Aeter7; Gimmel (W camel; to bear a b#rden7. The %on#nctive and %onversive

(%oncealin-7 *av and, that is, the IX locations of the %o""er croll Treas#riespossessin7 Gree) 4etters in


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this 2amentation of HopeH; +a+ havin- the val#e of si! in Gematria; or the #se of the vav as the con#nctive for

the tambo#rines of the Coo) tat#te of #))ot. (Note: echa)ah amech, )af, )af, ale"hH can be read or

"rono#nced #))ah: oth


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!"'nd +avid $as clothed $ith a robe of fine linen, and all the 4evites that bore the ar), and the sin-ers,and %henaniah the master of the sin-ers in the son-; and +avid had #"on him an e"hod of linen!, Th#s all Israel bro#-ht #" the ar) of the covenant of the 4/R+ $ith sho#tin-, and $ith so#nd of thehorn, and $ith tr#m"ets, and $ith cymbals, so#ndin- alo#d $ith "salteries and har"s.9 %hronicles 9>.!" Fono#r and maesty are before Fim; stren-th and -ladness are in Fis "lace.9 %hronicles 9>.0)'nd say ye: @ave #s, / God of o#r salvation, and -ather #s to-ether and deliver #sfrom the nations, that $e may -ive than)s #nto Thy holy name, that $e may tri#m"h in Thy "raise.@

raise 4eads to ro"hesy ('nointin-7 and anctification

's can be easily determined from 9 %hronicles EJ.93, "raise of Fahem leads the $orshi"er to

"ro"hesyin- in the sense of "ersonal anointin- and event#al sanctification thro#-h obedience to the

%ommandments of Fahem.

9 %hronicles EJ.93

Moreover +avid and the ca"tains of the host se"arated for the service certain of the sons of 'sa"h, andof Feman, and of


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echariah 9=.9=, etc.7 $hich come a-ainst Y'rushala&im shall "resent tense 3 observe the command to ma)e

'liya; that is, theyH (*av conversive rather than and beca#se in this conte!t, all the Nations incl#des the Nation

of ; cf. E %hronicles .939H&in, 2amed, Shuroo07 (or "resent tense7 -o #" to

Y'rushala&im year after year to $orshi" the ternal Ain-, the 43R+ Tza&va'ot, and (ve@al# can be read, vo@al#, as

before, $ith the $ord, vo@yahi, they observe, "resent tense, beca#se the y#d at the be-innin- of a $ord s"ea)s

of the "ersonal, "resent tense7 to observe #))ot (the 2east of Tabernacles7.

+e"endin- on the R/FTI% conte!t of thepassu0 in estion, $here the conversive vav a""ears in

the middle of a $ord, the "ro"hetic consealed tense as"ect of the verb chan-es the "ast tense and f#t#re

tense into "erfect, "resent tense beca#se, "ro"hetically s"ea)in-, the "ast or f#t#re is '41'Y "resent, (viz,

4H'SHV7; that is, ri-ht no$ in the mind of the "ro"het $hen in that state of tho#-ht; re-ardless of $hether the

passu0 is read in thepeshat ("lain, literal7 sense of the verse, the remez, drash, or the sod, that is, in the Pardes

Shel Torah (Garden of the Torah7. 1hat this introd#ces to #s is another (ancient7 form of readin- the T!;

the Pesher, a sixth method of inter"retin- the Febre$ ible (T!7 and a ne", as it $ere, r#le of Febre$

Grammar. 2or, raz and "esher -ive the reader the entire sense of Tana) as the first sta-e of "ro"hesy is raz and

the revelation or sense (inter"retation7 of the ro"hesy ($here theTana) is, in it@s entirety raz7 is the esher.

Th#s, thepassu0 (verse7 in the Pesher inter"retation #sin- the conversive vav $o#ld read: 'liya

('scendin- or mmi-ration for the 2estival of Tabernacles7 is observed by all Nations the remnant that en-a-ed

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olomon@s rayer: 9 Ain-s B.B3=K, =93=.

Z[ gg j[ k gZ

Tho# art enthroned #"on the raises of Israel. (salms EE.=7

Gates of Ri-hteo#sness

salms 99B.9L 33 EK, EE, etc.

/"en for me the -ates of ri-hteo#sness: I $ill -o into them , I $ill raise HaShem: This is the -ate of

HaShem, into $hich the ri-hteo#s shall enter.

The stone $hich the b#ilders reected is become the head3stone of the corner. Isaiah >E.>3? I have set

$atchmen on thy $alls...and till I ma)e 7 ... ehold, I lay in ion a %hief %ornerstone....

(L7 ... that ye sho#ld she$ forth the "raises of him $ho hath called thee o#t of dar)ness into his

marvello#s li-ht:.

Aaraite esher

In e!aminin- Yefet en 3li's Aaraite method of inter"retin- "ro"hesy, one finds the same ty"e of

"ro-nostic e!e-esis ("resent tense e!"o#ndin-, rather than the historical, limited time3line peshatH e!"osition7

of the ro"hetic boo)s of the ible, $hether +aniel, Nehemiah, echariah or the salms as that ty"e or method

of the C#mran ect or those of J39>>, and notes; 3 1here 4ies

the esher. (Retrieved:Phtt":DD$$$.bi#.ac.ilD


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vis "ro"hetic "resent -eneration.Pollia.) pp5() an$ notes; ( Where Lies the Pesher


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a man, 'vin# 'vraham first and then Fahem. @rashith (Genesis7 9=.9L, h@mot (!od#s7 9L.>, @midbar

(N#mbers7 .9E.

Th#s, $e can #se the analo-y of the above e!am"les of "enalties to set forth a case for the "enalty of

#s#r"ation of the Throne of +avid (


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was prophes"ing abo&t the oshiach in Tehilli 0

This assertion is an erroneo&s &n$erstan$ing of the Tehilli in D&estion beca&se it has a ore

literal) basic fo&n$ational# or ling&istic &n$erstan$ing than the essianic or "stical an$ prophetic

interpretation gi,en b" *esh.i an$ his tal&$i

or$ =ass&rance or testion"9 of

HaShe) to 2a,i$# " Mor$) Sit at " Eight) till LK#

Accor$ing to atthew @@N(N#) *esh.i es&s# D&ote$ this ,erse) alleging:

J>hile the Pharisees were gathere$ together) es&s as.e$ the)

Sa"ing) J>hat thin. "e of ChristO whose son is heO

The" sa" &nto hi) =The son9 Jof 2a,i$K

He saith &nto the)

JHow then $oth 2a,i$ in spiritcall hi Mor$) sa"ing)K

JTH4 ME2 sai$ &nto " Mor$) Sit THU ' *

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$ea$; this is apassu,erse# ta.en copletel" o&t of contet

For two or ore reasons we sho&l$ ephaticall" reect an" &$eo(Christian essianic#

teaching regar$ing Tehillim0:

Eabbi !ishmaelsr&les pertinent to heeshcoparison =of ,erses9# in the Psals show &s

thepeshatplain) literal sense of Tehillim0; an$) e,en tho&gh"ashian$ the Sages

eplain the eaning of the pass&. to refer toAvinu AvrahamJ" aster) who the worl$

calle$L)K etc#; as < will caref&ll" eplain thro&gh heesh) the pass&. refers toMele

David; altho&gh this eplanation presents no $iffic&lt" with respect to whether it refers to

Avraham) 2a,i$) or theMoshiachin another generation Chronicles @5) @3; Since

2a,i$ reigne$ o,er all of 4ret6 *israel) e,en fro the $istant pro,inces) =eg S"ria) o$ern

2a"


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ling&istic e,i$ence that the essiah is 'T 2eit"!

As we .now) the ewish ?ible was written in Hebrew) an$ was orall" transitte$ in the Hebrew)

Araaic an$ Gree. lang&ages Therefore we &st in the first instance go to the Hebrew lang&age an$

fin$ the wor$s lor$ in Hebrew) an$ then we can properl" anal"6e an$ ore f&ll" &n$erstan$ the ,erse


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beca&se the wor$Adonaiis also &se$ for en as well!

The fact that the writer &se$ the ter of honor =Adoni9 for the essiah is a clear in$ication that

2a,i$+s Psalist $i$ not belie,e that the essiah was G(2) as the wor$Adoniis ne,er &se$ for G(2)

b&t rather for lea$ers an$ &$ges Th&s) neither the Psalist nor 2a,i$ belie,e$ that the essiah was

G(2; rather the" belie,e$ that the essiah was a lea$er) a righteo&s ser,ant an$ prophet ofG(2

This is also $hy the faithf#l


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see.ing of HaShe an$ 2a,i$ their -ing;7 in the latter $a"s) we can sa" with confi$ence) now the

chil$ren of


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o&nt $&ring the Feast of Tabernacles ( S&..ot

Fro a "stical %&ran Pesher(interpretation of the Copper Scroll) the 4n$ is in the

?eginning


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treats it+s $ea$ The first is how we recor$ their place of b&rial ews .now where *oseph was b&rie$

The" tr&thf&ll" recor$e$ that place an$ th&s the" bear tr&th

Those who neither honor the $ea$ nor bear the tr&th abo&t the $ee$s of the $ea$ an$ where their

$ea$ are b&rie$ is a societ" which $oes not respect the li,ing!


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footstool!!!7 Th&s we see that HaShe shall $efeat the eneies of 72a,i$;7 here) 2a,i$ is an e&phis

for hile 2a,i$

$i$ r&le o,er all


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2 Samuel 6:14 A!d Da#d da!$ed %e&ore '(e LO)D *#'( all (#+ m#,('- a!d Da#d *a+ ,#rded *#'(

a l#!e! e.(od

21An$ 2a,i$ sai$ &nto ichal: +?efore the ME2) who chose e abo,e th" father) an$ abo,e all his

ho&se) to appoint eprinceo,er the people of the ME2) o,er


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flesh an$ bloo$) an$ "o&r lea$ers were en) here to$a") toorrow in the gra,e; therefore "o&r

re$eption has been a re$eption for a space ?&t in the tie to coe

< "self will re$ee "o&; hat

Co&nter(proofs can be ?ro&ghtO 8N

Eaising Up 2a,i$

ereiah 301 "?&t the" shall ser,e the ME2 their Go$) an$ 2a,i$ their .ing) who < will

raise &p &nto the7 2a,i$ an$ not another 2a,i$

2aleth a, 2alet! &$ge of &$ges!!! 7Eab

&$ah sai$ in Eab+s nae: The Hol" ne) blesse$ be He) will raise &p another 2a,i$ for &s)35 as it is

written)$ut the# shall serve the Lord their %od, and David their in&, whom ' will raise up unto

them:3 not +< raise$ &p+) b&t (' will raise up(is sai$7 E Papa sai$ to Aba"e: ?&t it is written)And m#

servant David shall )e their prince=nasi9 for e,erO38 4g) an eperor an$ a ,icero"3B

35 Mit) +for the+

3 ereiah ) 138 46e.


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?" interecting the wor$ another Eab&$ah ta.es ereiah+s prophes" o&t of contet

/erem#a( 0217An$ their prince shall be of thesel,es) an$ their r&ler shall procee$ fro the

i$st of the; an$ < will ca&se hi to $raw near) an$ he shall approach &nto e; for who is he that

hath ple$ge$ his heart to approach &nto eO saith the ME27

Tal&$ *+r&shala"i ( A Proble of hose aster" of song was his first lo,e while ten$ing

sheep His tr&e lo,e was HaShe while ten$ing his floc.) the sheep of HaShe) the people of hat Co&nter(proofs can be ?ro&ghtO 85

A proble presents itself with the D&ote concerning 7The -ing oshiach!7 4ach person

epressing an opinion concerning oshiach in the abo,e reference$ wor.s referrs to oshiach as -ing

when HaShe referrs to 2a,i$) " Ser,ant the Prince! 'either HaShe nor 2a,i$ referre$ to 2a,i$


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as -ing ecept in Chronicles EB.=where 2a,i$ referrs to hiself as chosen b" HaShe to be -ing

o,er all eiss) Abegg) Coo.

HarperSanFrancisco @005 A.o$ry.(al P+alm+ o& Da#d) 583

ereiah 30@ sa"s) 7fro within hi7 ipl"ing fro within 2a,i$ hiself) that is) the

essence of 2a,i$ rises fro the $ea$

f recent archeological $isco,eries fo&n$ in what has been ass&e$ to be or$an aro&n$ 11B


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an$ $escribe$ b" scholars as a %&ran Sect +a$$itional $ea$ sea scroll+ referre$ to as the 7Gabriel+s

ision Stone7 references sar hasarin) the 7Prince of Princes7 who shall rise fro the $ea$ after

three $a"s

A Heart for the Prince

f note is the fact that both the M&ba,itcher+s an$ ?resla,er Chassi$i clai their Eebbe is

oshiach >hile this a&thor will not attept to ref&te the clais a$e b" those sects as that has been

$one b" others ore D&alifie$ to a$$ress the atter) the a&thor cae across this recent coent which

he iea$iatel" note$ for it+s significance: 7< will gi,e "o& a heart of flesh) Me ?aSaE7 46e.iel

3:@# Eea$ the wor$ not as ?aSaE b&t as ?oSeE) 7gla$7 i$rash# 4,er"one will be gla$ at their

frien$s+ goo$ fort&ne The letters of the wor$s Me ?oSeE) a gla$ heart) spell o&t the wor$ ?EeSMo

Cha"e" oharan Y3317

>h" &st we rea$ the wor$ ?asar as +a heart of flesh or a heart of gla$ness+ =O9 when it can &st

as easil" be rea$: + a heart for the Prince)+ the prefi) )etcan ean) +in) with) or) for!+

>hile the concept of a rec&rrecte$ prince of princes after three $a"s is $ebate$ as to whether

this is theolog" o&tsi$e the contet of ainstrea ewish tho&ght) the eact wor$ing an$ eaning of

the tet bears f&rther eaination within the frae(wor. of %&ran e+$(a'olo,y

2oes the tet ean after three $a"s) or $oes it ean on the thir$ $a" as in oseph $rea

interpretation of Pharoah an$ the en$ ties Pesher interpretation etho$ of eplaining ?+rashit

Genesis# N0@) 3 an$ N@8) BO


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r&le o,er his brothers as tribal princes bears reflection on the midda ene&ed middaeas&re for

eas&re# acc&sations the" a$e aongst thesel,es that he cae to sp" o&t their acti,ities which le$

to oseph+s being sol$ an$ his later acc&sations of the ten brothers) foreign princes being spies coe to

search o&t the lan$ which le$ the to be p&t in Pharoah+s 7ail7 as a craft" plan to $eli,er the people of


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Praise Shall Go Up First!

The i$ea of &$ah+s tribal r&le as prince iplies the wor$ praise) when e,er" person stan$s

aongst all the failies of the earth) tribe b" tribe) fail" b" fail") as eD&als to be &$ge$ an$ gi,en

an inheritance as HaShe+s chil$ren Then shall Praise 7go &p first7 foreost# aongst all the

offerings to HaShe

Here the rea$er is $irecte$ to conteplating Psals N1 where the princes of the earth are

bro&ght before HaShe in chains to be &$ge$!

C#mran crolls and the 2#ll "ellin- of /lamD/lamim

The +amasc#s +oc#ment (a-e T$o, Man#scri"t ' of the %airo +amasc#s +oc#ment7 evidences the

#se of the vav (as a %holam7 in the $ord /lam ('yin *av 4amed Mem ofit7, line ("ass#)7 ?; /lamim ('yin *av

4amed Mem Y#d Mem ofit7 line ("ass#)7 9K; as does the 1ar croll (%ol#mn 9E, line /lamim (end of

"ass#)7, %ol#mn 9 line B, $ord E or , line B or L, $ord 9E, see also col#mn 9 line 9>(87, $ord =(87; and the

salms croll, (4@/lam7 col#mn , line one, $ords E, and L (a otation from Tehillim 9>7.

It sho#ld not come as a s#r"rise that the Messianic %omm#nity of Israel ($hether main3stream


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"assed over in the first assover, b#t those $ho entered into the ho#ses of the %hildren of Ya@acov; the mi!ed

m#ltit#de $ho $ent o#t of Mitzraim (-y"t7 $ere "assed over from the , .E, Genesis ?.9?3EB.

In concl#sion, let #s all ta)e the admonition of the reacher, The ma)in- of many boo)s there is no end.


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4et #s hear the concl#sion of the $hole matter la$H; 2ear HaShem, and observe FI %ommandments (#))ot,

etc.; rather than the commandments of men $hich add to or ta)e a$ay from the raise and Fonor d#e

HaShem.7.


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iblio-ra"hy and References

+avies, hili" R.; Geor-e J39>>, and notes.

C#mran croll References:

The %o""er croll 3Q15

11Q5 Apocryphal Psalms of a!idMe-illat FaNechoshet 3 Meir ar Ilan 3 (Retrieved from:Phtt":DDfac#lty.bi#.ac.ilDbarilmDco"ert!E.htmlQ74!(0 Fra$+ .1"4!"# Fra$ment %& Column ! '()*: tat#tes for Ta)in- /aths40",/"%'"ocry"hon of E7. This article is "rovided as"art of hema Yisrael Torah Net$or):ermission is -ranted to redistrib#te electronically or on "a"er,"rovided that this notice is incl#ded intact.Retrieved from: Phtt":DD$$$.shemayisrael.co.ilQ

Can the Eebbe be oshiachO Cop"right Q @00@ Gil St&$ent R wwwoshiachTal.co Chapter 5:

>hat Co&nter(proofs can be ?ro&ghtO 8N

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