Birkat-Kohanim - The
Priestly Blessing
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Note: On this site I will show the four letter
blessed *“Memorial Name” of
the Almighty in Ivrit - 
- Y-H-V-H, which we usually pronounce as “Adonai” or
“HaShem”.
*“This is My Name forever, and this is My
memorial to all generations.” Shemot - Exodus 3:15.
On this site I
will mostly use a version based on the “Jewish Publication Society”
(The
Priestly Blessing)
We all know well the “Birkat
Kohanim”, the “Priestly blessing”, which is found in Be’midbar - Numbers chapter 6, verses 24 to 26, But
there is a very powerful verse that follows these three verses in verse 27,
which is sadly completely ignored, and it contains a powerful instruction from
Elohim, blessed be He!
The question is what was that instruction, in
order that Elohim would bless us? Well I will come to that shortly, but it is
all to do what priests and rabbis so long ago have abolished for reasons that
go against everything we have been told by our beloved Creator, and that is why
you will see His most beloved four letter Name in Ivrit on these pages, as well
I refuse to use the page word and name of god. And give it redid, by adding
that g-d bit. You need to know and
understand that our beloved Elohim and that particular word is NOT a name, but
an attribute, and a title, and it tell us what and who He is! Whilst YAH - 
or YHVH - is His
actual Name, blessed be His Sanctified Name! See the Link at the bottom of the
Page re a comprehensive Torah based study on this matter!
Did you note that each verse, No’s 24,
25 and 26 commences with - YHVH and there must be an obvious reason for
this. The truth is that NOTHING is written without a
specific reason in our beloved Torah, and Our beloved
Elohim, blessed be He gave these wonderful Word to Moshe Rabbeinu in this
manner for a specific reason!
And when we come to that final verse, No 27, we will understand what it is all about, for it is about placing His Name upon us, in order for us to be blessed! However, sadly due to the rabbis of old, we are no longer being blessed by the Name of our beloved Elohim, but as you will come to know instead it is by the name of a pagan god. It very clearly stated in Yeshayahu - Isaiah 65:11 …
“But you are those who forsake ,
who forget My holy mountain, who prepare a table for Gad (the Syrio-Babylonian god of fortune), and who furnish a
drink offering for Meni (the god
of destiny)” Yeshayahu - Isaiah 65:11.
Strangely enough the JPS version of the Tanakh translates it a little differently.
“But ye that forsake
,
that forget My holy mountain, that prepare a table for Fortune (in
Ivrit - Hebrew it is written as: ‘Gad’), and that offer
mingled wine in full measure unto Destiny (again in Ivrit it is:
‘Meni’)” Yeshayahu - Isaiah 65:11 (JPS Tanakh version).
But, do you not think it is very strange that the name “Gad” or “Fortune” was for a strange reason written with a capital ‘F’ and “Meni” or “Destiny” with a capital ‘D’, I found this very puzzling.
The words of the prophet Yeshayahu - Isaiah demonstrated
very clearly the widespread worship of that false deity whose name was
“Gad,” which
The evil name of “Baal-gad” is
also mentioned in Yahushua - Joshua 11:17 as well as in other
books. This Syrian idol Gad was considered to be a very powerful deity who was
supposed to control the planet Jupiter, which was a part of ancient Semitic
worship and it was later embraced by many successive nations, including Greece,
as well as in Rome, for in Roman mythology, Jupiter is the ruler of all the
gods, the son of the god Saturn, whom he overthrew. Thus in
“And (YHVH)
spoke unto Moshe - Moses, saying:
‘Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons,
saying: On this wise ye shall bless the children of
bless
thee, and keep thee;
make
His face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee;
lift
up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
So shall they put My Name upon the children of
Be’midbar - Numbers 6: 22 - 27 (Jewish Publication Society - JPS version).
“My Memorial unto all generations”:
“And Elohim said moreover unto Moshe:
‘Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel: , the Elohim of your fathers, the
Elohim of Avraham, the Elohim of Yitzchak, and the Elohim of
Ya’akov, hath sent me unto you; this is My Name forever - 
, and this is My memorial unto all generations” Shemot - Exodus 3:15.
The Ivrit word “Le’olam” - “Forever”
The rabbis have said that the Name had to be
concealed on the basis that the word “forever,” which in Ivrit
(Hebrew) is “le’olam” they say is
written defective, for they claim that it is written without the letter
“Vav” - 
.
Does this argument stand up against the other writings in the Tanakh? No
it certainly does not. The following verses are just a few examples, where the
word “le’olam” does not have the
letter “Vav,” between the letter ayin 
and the lamed - 
yet it
clearly means “forever” - “eternal”.
“Remember Avraham, Yitzchak, and
Yisroel, Thy servants, to whom Thou didst swear by thine own
self, and saidst unto them: I will multiply
your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will
I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it forever - (Heb: Le’olam - )” Shemot - Exodus 32:13
(JPS).
“For I lift My hand to heaven, and say,
‘As I live forever - (Heb: Le’olam
- )’” Davarim -
Deuteronomy 32:40 (JPS).
“He shall build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever (Heb: le’olam).” 2 Shmuel - 2 Samuel 7:13.
“But Thou, O (Y-H-V-H), art on high for
evermore - (Heb: Le’olam )” Tehillim - Psalms 92:8
“This is My Name forever”
(Shemot - Exodus 3:15), means exactly what it says “FOREVER - Eternally!”
How do we know this? Check the next statement by the Almighty, “this is My remembrance (Heb: zichri/zecher)
from generation to generation.” As the Torah says that we are to “remember (the
Name) … from generation to generation.”
- Eternal” (Shemot
- Exodus 3:15 - JPS).
your Elohim which I command you” Davarim -
Deuteronomy 4:2 - JPS.
“Ye shall observe to do therefore
as your
Elohim hath commanded you; ye shall not turn
aside to the right hand or to the left. Ye shall walk in all the way
which your
Elohim hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that
it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land
which ye shall possess” Davarim - Deuteronomy 5:28-29 -
JPS. (verses 32-33 in other non Jewish editions).
It could well be asked, due to men, be they priests or rabbis. having made massive changes to the most sacred word of Elohim, His Torah, and it did not go well with us, in addition we were scattered to the four corners of the earth due to them changing His Torah, and later by almost hiding the genuine Torah Mitzvah’s with thousands of man-made laws which have no value whatsoever, just the folly of overzealous men.
The most important of Elohim’s Names is
the four-letter Name represented by the Hebrew letters Yod - Heh - Vav - Heh (Y-H-V-H).
It is often referred to as the ineffable Name, the unutterable Name, or the
distinctive Name. Linguistically, it is related to the Hebrew root Heh-Yod-Heh (to be), and reflects the fact that
Elohim’s existence is eternal.
In the Tanakh, this Name is used when
discussing Elohim’s relation with human beings, and when emphasizing His
qualities of loving-kindness and mercy. It is frequently shortened
to “Yah” , or “Yahu”,
etc, especially when used in combination with names or phrases, as in “Yahoshua”, being the Hebrew
for “Joshua”. His name means. “YaH - is my
Salvation,” Eliyahu, Elijah, means “my Elohim is YaH - , and HalleluYah is “praise YaH - .”
Interestingly the Hebrew number 15, which in
Hebrew is based on the Alphabet and Aleph = 1. Beth = 2, etc, but 15 is written
officially as “Yud-Heh” (being 10 and 5 =
15), however ultra orthodox Jews write it as “Tet-Vav” (9 + 6 =
15), because Yud-Heh is part of the Holy
Name of Elohim (Yah - ), blessed be His Sanctified Name.
“And thou shalt love thy Elohim with all thy heart, and with all
thy soul, and with all thy might” Devarim - Deuteronomy 6:5 (JPS).
“But whoso hearkeneth unto Me shall dwell securely, and shall be quiet without fear of evil” Mashley Shlomo - Proverbs 1:33 (JPS).
As you go forth in your life, may the Spirit
of Elohim, blessed be His Sanctified, touch and
change your life abundantly, and may your life be full of everything that is
good!
In conclusion I pray that this study has blessed you with some clarification of what His Torah and the whole of the Tanakh has for us, for remember what Elohim says is not meant to be difficult, it is in fact far more simple than what it is made out to be, and thus it is also more beautiful and be assured it is full of wonderful treasures!
May …
bless
thee, and keep thee;
make
His face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee;
lift
up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
Elohim, blessed be His Sanctified Name, is the
one who gave us Life!”
Rabbi Reuven Ben-Avraham.
Please
Read the following Study …
- Y-H-V-H, which we Jews usually pronounce as
“HaShem” or “Adonai”.
*“This is My Name forever,
and this is My memorial to all generations.”
Shemot - Exodus 3:15.
