*Laws # 92-95 ~ BOOK THREE: THE BOOK OF SEASONS (Laws of the Day of Atonement Rest)

Law #92 To rest on Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement  #93 Not to do prohibited labor on Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement

Lev. 23:32 “...shall be unto you a Sabbath of rest...”

According to Maimonides, Lev. 23:32 commands us to rest on the Day of Atonement, which the Jewish call Yom Kippur.  In the rest, we are also prohibited from doing certain activities in Law #93.  We see both a positive command/to do something (rest) and a negative command/not to do something (prohibited labor). 

Please remember the purpose behind the Day of Atonement:   It is a day to remember the fall of the Israelite nation (golden calf) and the Most High’s forgiveness towards them.  Remember His restoration towards you.  Let's be reminded of our need to avoid lawlessness.  While the Most High’s mercies are new every morning, we are still held accountable to obedience to His Commands.  We will always need atonement for our shortcomings.  We fast in remembrance of this and with great gratitude for the Most High’s forgiveness and restoration in our lives.

Law #94 To afflict yourself on Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement

Lev. 16:29 “And this shall be a statute forever unto you: that [on the Day of Atonement], you shall afflict you souls, and do no work at all…” Also see Lev. 23:32

The command here is to fast on the Day of Atonement. 

Law #95 Not to eat or drink on Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement

Lev. 23:29 “For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day (Day of Atonement), he shall be cut off from among his people.”

We have already been commanded the positive command to fast on the Day of Atonement.  Now we see a negative command, telling us further what to avoid, which is food and drink, as we fast.

*Laws # 87-91 ~ BOOK THREE: THE BOOK OF SEASONS (Law of Sabbath)

Law #87 To rest on the seventh day

Ex. 23:12 “Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.”

We are commanded to Keep the Sabbath, from sun down Friday evening to sun down Saturday evening. The purpose of the Sabbath is to rest and to sanctify the day. The Most High created heaven and earth in 6 days and rested on the 7th. In doing so He blessed it and sanctified it. The Israelite nation is also commanded to rest and sanctify the 7th day. Lev. 23:3 confirms that the 7th day is a day of rest and a convocation (assembly). Which means we are to assemble together but do no work outside of that assembly. Ex. 20:8 confirms the Sabbath to be a sanctified day, set apart from the other 6 days of the week. Lev. 23:3 “[Even these are my feasts] Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of rest, a holy convocation (assembly); ye shall do no work therein: it is the Sabbath of the Most High in all your dwellings.” Ex. 20:8 says we are to remember the Sabbath and keep it sanctified. Isn’t the Sunday Sabbath in honor of the Risen Messiah? The determination to change Saturday 7th day Sabbath to Sunday 1st day Sabbath was not based on the Messiah being resurrected on a Sunday, because he was not. The decision was originally made by Roman Emperor Constantine in the religion of Christianity. He decided this in honor of the sun god he worshiped, not the resurrection of the risen Messiah.

Daniel warned us that a persecuting power would come and change the Laws. Daniel 7:25 “And he shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.”

"But the Sabbath is not always on Saturday"... There are some who say the Sabbath day changes from month to month, according to the Benedictine Perpetual Calendar, and will not always fall on a Saturday. In order to determine rather or not the present day calendar is accurate enough to sufficiently tell the days, months and seasons, we would have to do extensive research. While doing extensive research, are we keeping the Commanded Sabbath? We as a nation can spend the next 10 years trying to figure out if the 7th day is really the 7th day or we can keep the Sabbath on what has been deemed as the 7th day. The choice is yours. Remember, the spirit of confusion is always at work, and not always to resolve issues but to create issues and divide. The more issues arise, the more confusion. The more confusion, the less we are willing to attempt to keep the Sabbath.

"It doesn’t matter when we keep the Sabbath"... Some argue that the day we keep the Sabbath is of no importance at all, as long as we keep it. But remember the command specifically states to keep the Sabbath on the 7th day.

"We don’t need to keep the Sabbath"... Others say as long as you do everything to the glory of the Most High, the Sabbath is as good as kept. They claim, since Ex. 20:8 says, “Remember the Sabbath…” we don’t really need to keep it, only remember it. The word “remember” implies the Most High knew a day would come when we would forget the Law. Ex. 23:12 tells us to keep the Sabbath, not to just remember it. Since the Law defines sin, the Sabbath Law is one of the laws which define what sin is and not keeping the Sabbath is willful lawlessness.

Isaiah 58:13-14 “If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a DELIGHT, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shall honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shall you delight thyself in the LORD...”

Exodus 31:13-17 “Speak you also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my Sabbaths you shall keep: for it is a SIGN between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am the LORD that does SANCTIFY you. … 15 Six days may work be done; but in the Seventh is the Sabbath of rest, Holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. 16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a PERPETUAL covenant. 17 It is a SIGN between me and the children of Israel FOR EVER: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the Seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.”

Ezekiel 20:20 “…Hallow my Sabbaths; and they shall be a SIGN between me and you, that you may know that I AM THE MOST HIGH YOUR GOD.” By rejecting the Sabbath we are rejecting the Most High and his covenant with us.

**Law #88 Not to do prohibited labor on the seventh day (per Judaism)

Ex. 20:10 “But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Most High: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, thy son, thy daughter, thy manservant, thy maid, thy cattle, thy stranger within thy gates.”

An extension of Law #87, found in Ex. 23:12, this Law specifies exactly who is to keep the Sabbath with us; neither you, your kids, your butler, your maid (your assistants), your farm animals or the strangers that live with you are to do work on this day but treat it as it is; a sanctified and blessed day of rest according to the everlasting covenant. ** have been placed by this Command because it needs to be changed.  Per Maimonides' the Law is not to work on the seventh day (this was stated in #87).  The Law here according to the scripture should be: Not to allow members of your household to work on the seventh day.

**Law #89 The court must not inflict punishment on Shabbat (per Judaism)

Ex. 35:3 “You shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the Sabbath day.”

Per Judaism, the command is that the court must not inflict punishment on the Sabbath.  Ex. 35:3 says we should not start a fire on the Sabbath.  This is the actual command.  This Law in today’s context points mainly to wives/ladies/cooks and how we should be cooking and cleaning around the Sabbath instead of on the Sabbath. In the biblical days, fire was generally used to cook food and to warm up the house. Maintaining such fire and putting it out was and is classified as work.  The Law says not to start a fire on the Sabbath. 

But cooking is a little different today.  Yes a stove is easy to turn on, no wood burning involved. because it also involves cleaning up the kitchen after a meal. Once a meal is eaten on the Sabbath, should we be doing dishes that night or cleaning the kitchen? Per this command, the answer is no. We should try our best to clean as much as possible on Friday afternoon so you’re not left with too big of a mess on Saturday because doing any work (even that pertaining to fire/cooking) on the Sabbath is breaking the Sabbath.

***Law #90 Not to walk outside the city boundary on Shabbat

Ex. 16:29 “…Abide ye every man in his place, let no man GO OUT of his place on the seventh day.”

The verse says, “let no man GO OUT of his place on the 7^th day.”  We know that we are commanded to assemble together if possible on the Sabbath, so this is why the interpretation of this Command is not to leave the city boundary.  We must leave our home but not travel outside of the city.  Ultimately, we’re commanded to assemble but to rest outside of that assembly.  Once you’ve assembled, go back to your resting place.  

This Law can no longer be kept by scattered Israel today because they no longer have a city boundary to remain within the Sabbath.  They are no longer in the land.

Law #91 To sanctify the day with Kiddush and Havdallah

Ex. 20:8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.”

Per Judaism, Ex. 20:8 is commanding us to sanctify the day with Kiddush (a wine blessing) and Havdallah (a candle blessing). However, Ex. 20:8 does not command this. The command is to remember the Sabbath and keep it sanctified. That being said, this command has already been stated in Law #87 & #88. It does not need to be repeated. Judaists created this law to include their traditions of Kiddush and Havdallah and then based those traditions on Ex. 20:8. Therefore, this law has been omitted.

*Law # 86 ~ BOOK TWO: THE BOOK OF LOVE OF THE MOST HIGH (Law of Circumcision)

Law #86 To circumcise all males on the eighth day after their birth

Lev. 12:3 “And in the eighth day (after giving birth to a male child), the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.” This is more than a Law. It was a part of the Covenant established with Abraham in Gen. 17:10, generations before Moses was born. We were instructed to circumcise our male child before a Law was ever given. Why? Gen. 17:11 says, “It shall be a token of the Covenant between Me and you.” We were sanctified as His people before the Law. Before there was a standard of righteousness to abide by, we were still His chosen. This is His mercy & grace because even if you are not aware of His Laws, you are still His chosen, although ignorant of the fact.

*Law # 85 ~ BOOK TWO: THE BOOK OF LOVE OF THE MOST HIGH (Law of Blessings)

Law #85 To bless the Almighty after eating

Deut. 8:10 “When thou has eaten and are full, then thou shalt bless the Most High for the good land which He has given you. “ We were commanded to bless the Most High after every meal in a time when the Israelites expected to soon enter into the land. They were also told not to forget His Commands in doing so. Blessing the Most High after eating is not just about the food but about remembering everything the He has provided for His people. When you bless Him after eating, make certain to remember the same.

*Law # 84 ~ BOOK TWO: THE BOOK OF LOVE OF THE MOST HIGH (Law of Tzitzit/Fringes)

Law #84 To have tzitzit on four-cornered garments 

Num. 15:38-40 [Speak unto the children of Israel, and tell them to make fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and put upon the fringe of the borders a ribbon of blue… that you may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Most High, and do them; and that you seek not after your own heart and your own eyes…and be sanctified unto Me.]

Similar to Law #26, The Israelite nation is commanded to make tassels with a blue thread and put them on the corners of their garments throughout their generations. The tassel has 4 purposes: So when we look upon it we’re reminded to remember the Commandments, to do the Commandments, not to put our will before the Most High’s will and to differentiate us from the world. The tassels on our garments are a sign that we are a nation different from any other nation.

*Law # 79 thru 83 ~ BOOK TWO: THE BOOK OF LOVE OF THE MOST HIGH (Laws of Tefillin, Mezuza and Sefer Torah)

**Law #79 To wear Tefillin on the head

Deut. 6:8 "And thou shalt bind them (the Law) for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes."

We must pay close attention to this Commandment. Judaists take this scripture literally, strapping big black pouches/boxes to their foreheads with portions of the Law in them. The scripture specifically says to "bind them for a sign upon thine HAND." Then it says, "they shall be AS frontlets between thine eyes." It doesn't say they shall be frontlets, but AS frontlets. Anything that is AS a frontlet is as visible as something on your forehead, in plain site or obvious for others to see. We are not being commanded to strap a big black box to our foreheads, as the Judaists have done. We are being commanded to bind the law upon our hand, as we would a bracelet. The purpose of this is so it shall be "as frontlets between our eyes," meaning, as visible as something between our eyes. NOT literally between our eyes. That being said, true Israel is being outdone by false Judaists. At least they are attempting to keep this Command. We must find a way honor this Command and honor it correctly. For those of you who design ornaments or pouch bracelets, any suggestions?

*Law #80 To bind Tefillin on the arm

Deut. 6:8 "And thou shalt bind them (the Law) for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes."

Law #79 is based on Deut. 6:8 but Judaists have also added an 80th Law based on the same scripture to "bind tefillin (pouch) to the arm." This is something Judaists created and ordained for males who have reached the age of 13. It is a cultural practice created by man, not by the Most High. It is not commanded that we bind tefillin to our arm but to bind the Law to our hand. Big difference. Another reason we must study for ourselves and not follow the ways of Judaism as we seek out the truth. This command is a repeat of Law #79 and should be omitted.

Law #81 To put a mezuzah on each door post

Deut. 6:9 "And thou shalt write them (the Law) upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates."

The Commandment here is to have the Law posted upon our homes and our gates. Most commonly used for this Commandment is a Mezuzah; a small protective box containing a parchment with portions of the Torah written upon it. This is to distinguish the home of an Israelite among his community.

**Law #82 Each male must write a Sefer Torah

Deut. 31:19 “Now therefore write this song for you, and teach it to the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.”

Moses was commanded to write this song for us. In turn, we’re commanded to hear it. The Most High knew the day would come when we would turn to other gods. The purpose of this song is to remind us to keep the covenant He’s made with us. This song can be found in Deut. 32:1-43. Please read -it periodically, as it is the Most High’s will for us to remember it and be reminded of His everlasting covenant with us.


The command in Deut. 31:19 is for us to know and acknowledge this song of Moses.  But according to Judaism, the command is for each male to write a Sefer Torah which is a Torah scroll.  That is not the command.  The command is not to write a Sefer Torah, it is to know the song of Moses.  This Law needs to be changed to fit the scripture.

***Law #83 The king must have a separate Sefer Torah for himself

Deut. 17:18 “And it shall be when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this Law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites.”

This Law can no longer be kept, as Israel is living scattered, outside of their land. The nation no longer functions as a kingdom but as the governments of the land in which they reside see fit.

*Laws #77 thru 78 ~ BOOK TWO: THE BOOK OF THE LOVE OF THE MOST HIGH (Laws of Prayer and Blessings)

Aaron is the brother of Moses and his sons are considered the priests of Israel, this is part of their everlasting covenant.  Before the temple was built they performed their duties in the wilderness, in the portable tabernacle.  Their jobs included offering daily prayers for the nation.

Law #77 To serve the Almighty with prayer daily

Ex. 23:25 “And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee."

We are commanded to serve the Most High. However, unlike popular Christian belief, this service is not contingent upon being blessed or being healthy. We are to serve him in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. If this is the vow you make to your spouse, this should be the vow you make to the Most High. Per Judaism, Law #77 commands us to serve the Most High “with daily prayer.” 

Law #78 The Kohanim must bless the Israelite Nation daily

Num. 6:23 "Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons (the Priests), saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, The Most High 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. And they shall put My name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them."

There was a time when the Priests of Israel were commanded to pray over the Israelite nation and cover them in prayer. Unfortunately, the nation has been stripped of its identity and the Levitical lineage is unknown within the nation. For this reason, we must all act like Priests and cover one another with prayer and bless one another as the sons of Aaron did to the nation back in the day. Let no unfortunate circumstance keep us from being covered by the blessings ordained for us as a nation.