NAILS

The nails represent the adoration and extension of her beauty and femininity. Trimming them would take away these identities, which would be from symbolically adorning herself as a bride for her nation, which is the symbolic world, and will grow them for the adoration of her Israelite husband, and for the nation of Israel, which is symbolic of the Kingdom of יהוה. This is also symbolic to us believers in the Messiah adorning ourselves with the Word of יהוה, and rehearsing His Shabbath, His Appointed Times and following His Torah, as well as following Yeshua.


CLOTHING OF CAPTIVITY

The woman's clothing of captivity symbolized the garment of her former identity with her nation and the world, When she replaces them with the clothing by her future Israelite husband, she bears the garment of a future Israelitess, as well as bearing a new identity.

Indirectly related, it can be compared to this example, which is noted in the Gospel of Mark

Mark 10:46 And they came to Jericho: and as He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great number of People, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging. 47 And when He heard that it was Yeshua of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Yeshua, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me. 48 And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me. 49 And Yeshua stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; He calleth thee. 50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Yeshua. 51 And Yeshua answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto Him, Lord, that I might receive my sight. 52 And Yeshua said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Yeshua in the way. 

Notice that the blind man left his old garment of his "old identity" of his life as a begger and being blind before he came to Yeshua to recieve his sight. This was a symbolic act of throwing away the blind life of the world as well as being blind to hwhy, and starting a new life in Yeshua.

The is another account of receiving a new garment, which is noted in the Gospel of Luke

Luke 8:26 And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee. 27 And when He went forth to land, there met Him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs. 28 When he saw Yeshua, he cried out, and fell down before Him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with Thee, Yeshua, Thou Son of El Elyon [El Most High]? I beseech Thee, torment me not. 29 (For He had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.) 30 And Yeshua asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him. 31 And they besought Him that He would not command them to go out into the deep. 32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought Him that He would suffer them to enter into them. And He suffered them. 33 Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked. 34 When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country. 35 Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Yeshua, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Yeshua, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. 36 They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed. 37 Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought Him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and He went up into the ship, and returned back again. 38 Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought Him that he might be with Him: but Yeshua sent him away, saying, 39 Return to thine own house, and shew how great things hwhy hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Yeshua had done unto him.

This man didn't have a garment on, but was completely "naked", which can be compared to Adam and Eve noticing their own nakedness after they partook of the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, which is noted in the Torah portion of B'reyshith, in the book of Genesis

Genesis 3:6 And the woman saw that the tree was good for food [(for goodness was the tree for food)], and that he was desirable (longing, lusting) to the eyes, and the tree was pleasant (delighting) to make one wise: and she took of his fruit, and she ate, and she gave also to her husband with her; and he ate. 7 And opened her, the eyes of both of them, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed leaves of the fig tree, and they made for themselves aprons (girdles).

Before יהוה casted them out of the Garden of Eden, which is today "Jerusalem", He killed an animal to make garments to cover their private parts

Genesis 3:21 And hwhy Elohim made coats (robes) of skins, for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them.

We as believers in Yeshua did the same thing by throwing away our own "spiritual garment" of the world and taking on the "new spiritual garment" as "Brides in Yeshua". We were also "naked" in our involvment with the world, but when we received Yeshua as our Messiah, and our Lord and Savior, we were sealed with the Ruakh HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit), which is symbolically our "Bride Garment", which is based in the apostle Paul's letter to the assembly in Ephesus

Ephesians 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of Him who worketh all things after the counsel of His own Will: 12 That we should be to the praise of His Glory, who first trusted in Messiah. 13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of Promise, 14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of His Glory.

Daniel Botkin of Gates of Eden ministries connected this point to this Scripture, which is noted by the apostle Paul in his letter to the assembly in Colossia

Colossians 3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; 10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: 11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Messiah is All, and in all. 12 Put on therefore, as the Elect of יהוה, Holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Messiah forgave you, so also do ye. 14 And above all these things put on unconditional love, which is the bond of perfectness. 15 And let the Peace of Elohim rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

Thank you Daniel.


IN THE HOUSE MOURNING FOR THIRTY DAYS

She was removed from the house of her parents and from the house of her old nation, both symbolized as "the House of the World", and moves into her new potential future married Israelite home, and her new identity as being part of the House of Israel, symbolized as "the House of the Kingdom of יהוה". We as believers also did that with our former spiritual identitiy as part of the House of the World when we received Yeshua, and became part of the House of Israel, as well as part of the House of the Kingdom of יהוה. Being part of the House of Israel is based in the example of being grafted into the Israelite branch, which is known as "the Olive Branch", which the apostle Paul noted in his letter to the assembly in Rome

Romans 11:11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? Not have been: but rather through their fall, salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. 12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? 13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: 14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them. 15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? 16 For if the firstfruit be Holy, the lump is also Holy: and if the root be Holy, so are the Branches. 17 And if some of the Branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the Root and fatness of the olive tree; 18 Boast not against the Branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the Root, but the Root thee. 19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. 20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: 21 For if יהוה spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. 22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of יהוה: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. 23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for the Lord is able to graff them in again. 24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?

Also in verse thirteen of this week's Torah portion passage, the number of days for her mourning was thirty days, which was the traditional and standard period of time that Israel mourned for one that had just died. Examples of this regarded Aaron and Moses, which is noted in the Torah portion of Khukath, in the book of Numbers, and in the Torah portion of V'Zoth Ha-Brakhah, in the book of Deuteronomy

AARON

Numbers 20:29 And all of the Congregation, they saw for Aaron had expired. And all of the House of Israel, they mourned יהוה Aaron thirty days.

MOSES

Deuteronomy 34:7 And Moses was a son of a hundred and twenty years in his death: his eye had not faint (dimmed), and the freshness (force, ?vigor?) had not fled. 8 And the Sons of Israel wailed (wept) of את-Moses in the going overs (plains) of Moab thirty days: and the days of weeping and mourning for Moses had ended.

When this period of mourning ended, they continued on with their lives, and so was the issue with the captive woman, when her period of mourning ended, the Israelite man took her to wife. When the Israelites settled in the land, the Israelites could have also mourned in an act of group support for those families for a member that passed away, and mourned with them for thirty days, whether in the congregations, villages, towns, cities, etc.

Various Biblical sources symbolizes the number thirty for divine and service, as compared to Yeshua who was thirty years old at the time of His Divine Service, but to me, it doesn't answer the basis of "Why does one need thirty days to grieve for the loss of a loved one, or of one people knew?". The best answer that I can find by far is by Arian De Bonvoison of First 30 Days, and she has an article titled "Lessons in Grieving". This is how she starts her article:

"During the first 30 days of grieving the loss of a loved one, you will experience your own version of the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Though this may be one of the most difficult times in your life, acknowledging your feelings and relying on support can help you face this journey and get through it, moment by moment and day by day".

Dealing with the Fog of Grieving

The death of a loved one is one of life’s biggest stressors: According to a stress scale created in 1967 by psychiatrists Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe, the death of a spouse ranks as the most stressful life event that one can experience, with the death of a close family member not far behind. 

Whether the death of a loved one was sudden or expected, you may feel like you're in a fog of grieving, unable to function cognitively or remember simple things. This is a common emotional response that helps you cope with the trauma of your loss.

“In the first 30 days, people are mostly in shock—their whole world has just crashed down,” says Jane Bissler, Ph.D., a licensed professional clinical counselor and certified fellow in thanatology (the study of death and grief) in Kent, OH. “At first, people think they’re losing their minds."
 

In my opinion, based on this notion in this article excerpt, this time is needed to go through the five stages of this grievous process, kind of comparable to our five senses, and if one doesn't take the time to go through this thirty day process of grieving, one will still be incomplete to fully function to one's full capacity internally, and emotionally in their lives. Given that one can continue to function in daily life, but I think that יהוה knew this from the beginning before anyone had this realization to go through this process. He wants us to experience this, so that we can express our five emotion process. In my opionion, it is never too late. When the People who mourned for Aaron and for Moses mourned together, it was an act of oneness and support not just for the direct family, but for each other, because they knew them. Also, It was most probable that Moses' Cushite wife was alive when he died as well. The only two people that broke this cycle was when Yeshua raised Eliezer (Lazarus in the Greek) from the dead after being dead for four days in the tomb, and Yeshua, Himself, who was resurrected from the dead after being in Joseph's tomb for three days, breaking Eliezer's sisters and Yeshua's disciples and family from grief into joy.

If anyone is interested one could read the rest of Ms. De Bonvoison's article by clicking on the link below.

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ARIANE DE BONVOISON

Lessons in Grieving

 

Verses fifteen through seventeen

15 If they shall be to a man two wives, the one loved and the one hated, and they have birthed to him sons, the loved one and the hated one; and shall be the son that was firstborn by the hated one: 16 and shall be in the day of the inheriting of him of את-his sons, את which belongs to him, shall not be able for the firstborn [(to have the firstborn)] of את-the son of the loved one being over (upon) the face of the son of the hated one of the firstborn [(that was firstborn)]: 17 for the firstborn, the son of the hated one, shall be respected (regarded) to be given to him the mouth of double in (among) all which shall be found to him: for he is the first of his vigor (strength, might, ability); to him is the justice (ordinance) of the firstborn.

18 If shall belong to a man a stubborn and rebellious son who shall not listen in the voice of his father and in the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and shall not listen to them: 19 and his father and his mother, they shall grab (lay hold) on him, and they shall bring him out to the Elders of his city and to the gate of his place; 20 And they shall say to the Elders of his city, This stubborn and rebellious son of ours does not listen in our voice; is a glutton and a drunkard. 21 And all of the men of his city, they shall stonecast (pilecast, pilestone, heapcast, stone) him on the stones, and shall die: and you shall consume (burn away, fuel away) the evil from your nearness; and all of Israel, they shall hear, and they shall revere (give awe, fear).

22 And if shall be against a man a sin of judgment (ordinance) of death, and will die [(shall be put to death)], and you shall hang him upon a tree: 23 You shall not have stay (leave) his flabby carcass (flabby corpse) upon the tree, for burying, you shall bury in that day; for is a despisement (accursed) of Elohim of a hanging; and you shall not defile (make unclean) את-your ground which יהוה, your Elohim, is giving to you of an inheritance.

This week's Torah portion passage was based on the lesson of Jacob and his two main firstborn sons: Reuben, the overall firstborn, son of Leah, whom Jacob hated, and Joseph, son of Rachel, who Jacob loved, which is noted in the Torah portion of Vay-Yeytsey, in the book of Genesis

Genesis 29:15 And Laban said to Jacob, That for you are my brother, and would you serve me free (at nothing)? Tell (Declare) her to me, what are your wages? 16 And to Laban were two daughters: the name of the greater (elder) was Leah, and the name of the smaller (younger) was Rachel. 17 And the eyes of Leah were tender (faintish soft, weak); and Rachel, she was beautiful (fair) of form and beautiful (fair) of appearance. 18 And Jacob loved את-Rachel; and said, I will serve you seven years on Rachel your daughter, the smaller (younger). 19 And Laban said, Is good (better) she be given of her to you than of me giving her to another man: Dwell with me. 20 And Jacob served on Rachel seven years; and they were in his eyes as ones of days in his loving her. 21 And Jacob said to Laban, Bring את-my woman (wife), for my days, they are fulfilled, and I may go to her. 22 And Laban gathered את-all of the men of the place, and did (made) a banquet. 23 And was in the mixing period (evening), and took את-Leah, his daughter, and brought her to him; and had gone to her. 24 And Laban gave to her, את-Zilpah, his female servant, to Leah, his daughter, of a female servant. 25 And was, in the breaking period (morning), and behold, she was Leah: and said to Laban, What is this you have done to me? That not I had served with you on Rachel? And to why did you deceived (betrayed, deluded) me? 26 And Laban said, Not is done thus in our place to give the younger (little) to the face of the firstborn. 27 Fulfill this week, and we will give her to you also את-this one in the service which you shall serve with me yet (still) another seven years. 28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled this week: and was given to him את-Rachel, his daughter, to him for a woman (wife). 29 And Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, את-Bilhah, his female servant, to her for a female servant. 30 And had gone also to Rachel, and loved also את-Rachel than Leah, and served with him yet (still) another seven years. 31 And יהוה saw for Leah was hated, and opened את-her womb (uterus, matrix): and Rachel was barren.

Reuben did things that caused him to lose his firstborn blessing and Jacob gave, in many ways, the firstborn blessing to Joseph instead, through the manifestation of giving him a long coat. Jacob did this, because he thought he was promised Rachel to him by Laban, but received Leah instead from the sneakiness of Laban, Jacob's father-in-law.

Monte Judah of Lion and Lamb Ministries noted that this could apply to a man who was divorced by his first wife and is currently married to another wife. The husband of the first wife that had children should get the same treatment from this week's Torah portion passage.

Also, Jacob recognized Reuben as his strength, which is noted in the Torah portion of Va-Y'khi, in the book of Genesis

Genesis 49:3 Reuben, you are my firstborn, my power, and the first of my might, the excellency (superiority, remainder) of dignity (exaltation), and the excellency (superiority, remainder) of strength:...



Verses eighteen through twenty-one

18 If shall belong to a man a stubborn and rebellious son who shall not listen in the voice of his father and in the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and shall not listen to them: 19 and his father and his mother, they shall grab (lay hold) on him, and they shall bring him out to the Elders of his city and to the gate of his place; 20 And they shall say to the Elders of his city, This stubborn and rebellious son of ours does not listen in our voice; is a glutton and a drunkard. 21 And all of the men of his city, they shall stonecast (pilecast, pilestone, heapcast, stone) him on the stones, and shall die: and you shall consume (burn away, fuel away) the evil from your nearness; and all of Israel, they shall hear, and they shall revere (give awe, fear).

Notice the emphasis is "listening to the parents", meaning to give weight and to submit to "the words" of the parents and doing the words of the parents. This is based on the Fifth Word (Commandment) of honoring one's parents, which is noted in the Torah portion of Yithro, in the book of Exodus

Exodus 20:12 Honor (Give weight) את-your father and את-your mother, by that, your days may be lengthened (long) upon the ground which יהוה, your Elohim, is giving to you.

The act of honoring one's parents includes "listening" to them.

Looking at today's generation in our society, there have been more and more children who are not listening to their parents, and becoming more rebellious against their parents than ever in any generation. This generation today is nicknamed "the Millenial Generation". This is what Yeshua noted regarding children acting against parents, which is noted in the Gospel of Matthew

Matthew10:21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

There are many factors for this cause in the rebellion of this generation, including the spiritual cause. Monte Judah of Lion and Lamb Ministries as well as other Hebriac Roots/Messianic teachers realized that based on these circumstances, we are "the Last Generation" before the Seven Years Tribulation occurs. We as believers are to also honor our parents by listening to their words as long as we live with them until we find a mate and get married and leave our parent's homes and have children. Those who have children are to have their children listen to them as well.

Indirectly related, Moses told the Israelites that if they listen to the Word of יהוה, they and their land would prosper, get the rains in their due times and receive the fruits of their obedience in their listening to the Word of יהוה. But throughout the Tanakh, since their settlement in the land, they disobeyed the Word of יהוה by not listening to the Words of יהוה. Judges and prophets have came and went confronting them to repent and follow the Words of יהוה again and again, and to listen to them as well.



Verses twenty two and twenty three

22 And if shall be against a man a sin of judgment (ordinance) of death, and will die [(shall be put to death)], and you shall hang him upon a tree: 23 You shall not have stay (leave) his flabby carcass (flabby corpse) upon the tree, for burying, you shall bury in that day; for is a despisement (accursed) of Elohim of a hanging; and you shall not defile (make unclean) את-your ground which יהוה, your Elohim, is giving to you of an inheritance.

Yeshua fulfilled this week's Torah portion passage, which is noted in the apostle Paul's letter to the assembly in Galatia

Galatians 3:13 Messiah hath redeemed us from the curse of the Torah, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

Yeshua was crucified on the day of Passover, on the fourteenth day on the month of Aviv/Nissan at 9 AM, and was taken down at 3 PM. The Pharisees were required to not keep the men on the crosses based on this week's Torah portion passage, which is noted of the Gospel of John

John 19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the Preparation [Passover], that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the Shabbath day, for that Shabbath day was an high day, [the first day of Unleavened Bread, the next day] besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away....38 And after this, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Yeshua, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the Body of Yeshua: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the Body of Yeshua. 39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Yeshua by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. 40 Then took they the Body of Yeshua, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. 41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. 42 There laid they Yeshua therefore because of the Jews' preparation day [Passover]; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

This Gospel of John passage occurred on the same day of Passover, which has now been revealed to be on Wednesday morning through the afternoon, because if they left Yeshua on the tree by sunset, which would be the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which was a high Shabbath, on Wednesday night, it would have nullified Yeshua to be the Messiah. Thus this Commandment in this week's Torah portion passage would have been violated. Also, Yeshua would not have been able to start the first day of his burial on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread for the next three days until the start of the fourth day, which occurred on Saturday at sundown for the first day of the fifty day count to the Feast of Shavuoth.

Also, as I noted earlier that the beginning of the decline of Adam and Khavah (Eve) was the result of partaking of the tree which they were not to eat that would result in their long term decline to their death. This could also relate to Yeshua being crucified on the tree to redeem what Adam and Khavah (Eve) did in eating from the wrong tree.