The Word KORBAN- Sacrifice

The word "korban קָרְבָּן" comes from the root "keirev קרב" which means "to approach, near, to come closer ". From this root are taken the words "relatives, close": it is about approaching HaShem in the right way.

The service of the korbanot brings together man and his Creator. Sin divides and disunites.

The korban unites and brings about reconciliation. On the other hand, whenever the Torah mentions a sacrifice, it does not say "a sacrifice for Elohim אֱלֹהִים" but "a sacrifice for Hashem יְהוָה". The sacred Tetragrammaton YHVH יְהוָה expresses the measure of grace, midat rechamim. The korbanot are an expression of grace! It is out of compassion that HaShem accepts the sinner's act of reconciliation and He offered His Son for this reconciliation:

Romans 5: 9-10 Much rather then, having now been justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath by him. For if, being enemies, we have been reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much rather, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

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The word SHOFAR

The word Shofar in Hebrew shares the same root as the verb "Leshaper" which means to improve, to change, to renew.

The shofar is like an inner voice that leads us to sanctification.

The Great Shofar, according to Isaiah's prophecy, is a mystical sound that will mark the beginning of Redemption.

Isaiah 27:13 And it shall come to pass in that day that upon the sound of the great trumpet yitaka beshofar gadol יִתָּקַע בְּשׁוֹפָר גָּדוֹל; and those who perished in the land of Assyria (Ephraim), and the exiles out of the land of Egypt [Judah], shall come and worship before the LORD in the holy mountain in Jerusalem.

This prophecy is quoted in

Matthew 24:31 And he will send his angels with a trumpet grandson kol shofar gadol קוֹל שׁוֹפָר גָּדוֹל; and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other end.

When that time comes, “death will be swallowed up,” all separation and all evil and Satan himself will be gone.

1Cor. 15:51-55 Look, I will tell you a secret — not all of us will die! But we will all be changed! It will take but a moment, the blink of an eye, at the final shofar. For the shofar will sound, and the dead will be raised to live forever, and we too will be changed. For this material which can decay must be clothed with imperishability, this which is mortal must be clothed with immortality. When what decays puts on imperishability and what is mortal puts on immortality, then this passage in the Tanakh will be fulfilled: “Death is swallowed up in victory. “Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting?

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The Word BLESSING-BRACHA

The word “blessing bracha בְּרָכָה“spells like the word “pool, basin brecha בְּרֵכָה“and the Midrash says: “And be thou a blessing (bracha בְּרָכָה): this means, be thou a brecha בְּרָכָה (pool): just as a pool purifies the unclean, so do thou bring near [to Me] those who are afar.” Midrash Rabbah, Genesis XXXIX, 11

Avraham received the promise that all families would be blessed in him : “And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed nivrechu נִבְרְכוּ”.

The grammatical form used for this verb (reflexive form, niphal) caused many discussions and comments; we will keep the most striking one. The root means “blessing,” but except for our verse, it is not used anywhere else in this grammatical form. Nevertheless, this root forms another verb, frequently using this grammatical form: mavrich מבריך. It means “to mix, to graft.” The blessing given to Avraham would mean: “And in you all the families of the earth shall be grafted nivrechu נִבְרְכוּ”.

The Tradition teaches that the proselytes integrally make up part of the House of Israel. They are allowed to say that their ancestors crossed the Red Sea and that they are grafted in Avraham. This seed, this faithful and righteous ‘remnant,’ can be traced until the Messiah Yeshua who allowed the Gentiles to come or come back, to be grafted into Israel:

Romans 11:17 And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree.

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