orthjbc - Luke:2:25-52

orthjbc@Luke:2:25 @ And--hinei--there was an ish in Yerushalayim whose shem was Shim'on, a tzaddik, a chasid, awaiting the Nechamat Yisroel, and the Ruach Hakodesh was upon him. [Yeshayah strkjv@52:9]

orthjbc@Luke:2:26 @ And it had been revealed to him by the Ruach Hakodesh that he was not to see mavet until he had seen Hashem's Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach.

orthjbc@Luke:2:27 @ And Shim'on came in the Ruach Hakodesh into the courts of the Beis HaMikdash; and when the horim (note:)parents(:note) brought in the yeled, Yehoshua, to do concerning him the customary mitzva of the Torah,

orthjbc@Luke:2:28 @ then Shim'on took him into his arms, saying "Baruch Hashem," and the following,

orthjbc@Luke:2:29 @ "And now, Adonoi, dismiss your eved in shalom, according to your dvar;

orthjbc@Luke:2:30 @ "because my eynayim have beheld the Yeshu'at Eloheinu, [Yeshayah strkjv@40:5; strkjv@52:10]

orthjbc@Luke:2:31 @ "which you prepared in the presence of kol ha'ammim,

orthjbc@Luke:2:32 @ "an Ohr to give hitgalut (note:)revelation(:note) to the Nations and the kavod of your Am, Yisroel." [Yeshayah strkjv@42:6; strkjv@49:6]

orthjbc@Luke:2:33 @ And the av v'em of the yeled were amazed at the things being spoken about him.

orthjbc@Luke:2:34 @ And Shim'on said a berakhah over them and said to Miryam his em, "Hinei--this one is destined for the michshol (note:)stumbling(:note) and tekumah revival of RABBIM [Yeshayah strkjv@53:11-12] in Yisroel and for an Ot that will be opposed against which there will be mitnaggedim, opponents. [Yeshayah strkjv@8:14; strkjv@53:3]

orthjbc@Luke:2:35 @ "and a cherev will pierce the neshamah of you yourself also so that the machshavot of many levavot will be revealed." CHANAH THE TZADDEKES (note:)PIOUS AND RIGHTEOUS WOMAN(:note)

orthjbc@Luke:2:36 @ And there was a ne'viah (note:)prophetess(:note) named Chanah Bat-P'nu'el, of the shevet tribe of Asher. This isha was advanced in age, having lived with her ba'al sheva shanim from her betulim virginity,

orthjbc@Luke:2:37 @ and then to the age of eighty-four she had lived as an almanah who was not departing from the Beis HaMikdash, serving yomam valailah with tzomot (note:)fastings(:note) and tefillos.

orthjbc@Luke:2:38 @ And at that very moment she came and stood nearby, exclaiming, "Baruch Hashem," and she continued speaking about him to all the ones anticipating the Geulah of Yerushalayim. [Yeshayah strkjv@40:2; strkjv@52:9]

orthjbc@Luke:2:39 @ And when they had been shomer mitzvot and completed everything according to the Torat Hashem, they returned to the Galil and to their own shtetl of Natzeret. THE BAL KISHRON REBBE MELECH HAMOSHIACH, ON THE THRESHOLD OF ADULT LIFE, WITH THE RABBONIM IN THE COURTS OF THE BEIS HAMIKDASH, LIKE A BOCHUR BEING PREPARED FOR HIS ENTRY INTO THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY, WHICH TOOK PLACE WHEN HE BECAME BAR MITZVAH AT THIRTEEN (note:)P. ABOTH strkjv@5:21(:note); REBBE MELECH HAMOSHIACH THE YESHIVA BOCHUR IN THE BEIS HAMIKDASH, AWARE OF HIS AV SH'BASHOMAYIM

orthjbc@Luke:2:40 @ And the yeled continued growing and was given chozek (note:)strength(:note), being filled with chochmah, and the Chen v'Chesed Hashem was upon him.

orthjbc@Luke:2:41 @ And his horim used to make aliyah leregel to Yerushalayim shanah b'shanah for Chag HaPesach (note:)the Feast of Pesach(:note). [Shemot strkjv@23:15; Devarim strkjv@16:1-8]

orthjbc@Luke:2:42 @ And when he became a bochur of sheteym esreh shanim, they made aliyah leregel, as usual according to the mitzva and minhag of the Chag;

orthjbc@Luke:2:43 @ and as they were returning, having fulfilled the prescribed number of yamim, the bochur Yehoshua stayed behind in Yerushalayim. And his horim did not have da'as of this,

orthjbc@Luke:2:44 @ but supposed him to be in the caravan, and went a day's journey; and they began looking for him among the kroivim (note:)relatives(:note) and acquaintances.

orthjbc@Luke:2:45 @ And, not having found him, they returned to Yerushalayim, looking for him.

orthjbc@Luke:2:46 @ And it came about, that after shelosha yamim they found him in the courts of the Beis HaMikdash, sitting in the midst of the rabbis, both listening to them and asking them she'elot (note:)kashes, questions(:note).

orthjbc@Luke:2:47 @ And all the ones listening to him where amazed at his binah and at his teshuvot.

orthjbc@Luke:2:48 @ And when his horim saw him, they were astounded, and his em (note:)mother(:note) said to him, "Beni, why did you do thus to us? Hinei-- your abba and I were anxiously looking for you."

orthjbc@Luke:2:49 @ And he said to them, "Why is it that you were looking for me? Did you not have da'as that I must be in the Beis Avi?"

orthjbc@Luke:2:50 @ And they did not have binah (note:)understanding(:note) of the dvar which he spoke to them.

orthjbc@Luke:2:51 @ And he went down with them, and they came to Natzeret; and he continued in mishma'at to his horim. And his em (note:)mother(:note) was treasuring all these things in her lev heart.

orthjbc@Luke:2:52 @ And Yehoshua kept increasing in chochmah V'GADEL VATOV GAM IM HASHEM V'GAM IM ANASHIM (note:)"and stature and favor with Hashem and men" Shmuel Alef strkjv@2:26(:note).