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40 Days Of Teshuvah To Yom Kippur |
Create In Me A Clean Heart Oh Adonai and Renew a Right Spirit Within Me
Psalm 51
Read Psalm 27 Daily
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The Goal Of Al Chet Is To Get To The Root Of The Problem. To become more like Yeshua and to become conformed to His Image and Torah is a process, it does not happen over night. The key is never to give up, because He does not give up on us. We are all under construction and a work in process and this is the time to do spiritual house cleaning.
#27. For the sin we have sinned before You through interest and extortion.
What this refers to is selfishness and greed. The LOVE of money causes people to forget that Charity comes first. Money isn't evil, it is the attitude towards money that can be evil.
There is a Hebrew Idiom called the Evil Eye and Good Eye. What does that mean? It actually pertains to our attitude towards giving.
According to "Biblical Hebrew Made Easy"
Good eye (`ayîn tôwbh) / Evil eye
The literal Greek of Matthew 6:22 (ean oun ê ho ophthalmos sou haplous) "if therefore your eye is single" has been translated variously. The Greek word only occurs in this saying of Jesus and literally means 'single'.
"generous/selfish eye" (Moffatt, Barclay)For the phrase is indeed a Hebrew idiom for generosity as 'evil eye' is for 'selfishness'. The Hebrew phrase (tôwbh-`ayîn) 'good eye' is used in Proverbs 22:9 where it is sometimes translated "a generous man". A good eye 'sees' a need and meets it. In modern English idiom one might use "open handed" and "tight fisted".
Other Hebrew sources such as the Jewish Mishnah and Talmud speak of 'good, middling and evil' eyes. For example, in the offerings of the first fruits:
"'a good eye' gave the fortieth, the house Shammai say, the thirtieth part; a middling one, the fiftieth; and an evil one, the sixtieth part." (Mishnah, Trumot, 4.3)Upon which the Jewish commentators say, a 'good eye' means one that is liberal, and an 'evil eye' the contrary. Elsewhere one reads of 'trading, dedicating' and 'giving with a good' or 'an evil eye', that is, either generously, liberally, or in a niggardly and grudging manner.
"A good eye and a humble spirit and a lowly soul, those who have these are disciples of Abraham our Father" (Mishnah, Abôth, 5.19)Thus Jesus' meaning is that if a man is not covetous but is generous he will be blessed and righteous in all areas of life. "Your whole body" is simply a Hebrew metaphor for 'your whole person', 'you yourself'.
Deu 15:7 "If someone among you is needy, one of your brothers, in any of your towns in your land which Adonai your God is giving you, you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from giving to your needy brother.
Deu 15:8 No, you must open your hand to him and lend him enough to meet his need and enable him to obtain what he wants.
Deu 15:9 Guard yourself against allowing your heart to entertain the mean-spirited thought that because the seventh year, the year of sh'mittah is at hand, you would be stingy toward your needy brother and not give him anything; for then he may cry out to Adonai against you, and it will be your sin.
Deu 15:10 Rather, you must give to him; and you are not to be grudging when you give to him. If you do this, Adonai your God will bless you in all your work, in everything you undertake -
Deu 15:11 for there will always be poor people in the land. That is why I am giving you this order, 'You must open your hand to your poor and needy brother in your land.'
Deu 23:19(23:20) "You are not to lend at interest to your brother, no matter whether the loan is of money, food or anything else that can earn interest.
Luk 6:30 "If someone asks you for something, give it to him; if someone takes what belongs to you, don't demand it back.
Luk 6:31 "Treat other people as you would like them to treat you.
Luk 6:32 What credit is it to you if you love only those who love you? Why, even sinners love those who love them.
Luk 6:33 What credit is it to you if you do good only to those who do good to you? Even sinners do that.
Luk 6:34 What credit is it to you if you lend only to those who you expect will pay you back? Even sinners lend to each other, expecting to be repaid in full.
Luk 6:35 But love your enemies, do good, and lend expecting nothing back! Your reward will be great, and you will be children of Ha`Elyon; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.
Luk 6:36 Show compassion, just as your Father shows compassion.
27. For the mistakes we committed before You through interest and extortion. Gaining financial advantage because someone else is destitute shows poor character. That is why the Torah forbids loaning money to another Jew on interest.
Ask yourself:
Have I made a profit as a result of someone else's misfortune or downfall?
Am I greedy?
Am I stingy?
Do I feel responsible for helping to satisfy the needs of others?
Do I appreciate the Torah prohibition against charging interest -- and have I studied these laws?
Exploring the "Al Chet" Prayer by Rabbi Shraga Simmons (Aish Hatorah) |
