OrthJBC - Mark - 12

12:1  And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach began to speak to them in meshalim. "A man, a Ba'al Bayit, planted a kerem (vineyard), and he put around [it] a fence and dug a pit for the yekev (winepress) and built a migdal (tower), and he leased it to koremim (vine-keepers) and then the man went on a journey. [Yeshayah 5:1-7]

12:2  "And the Ba'al Bayit sent to the tenants, the koremim, in the season [of Katsir] an eved in order that from the koremim he might receive from the perot of the kerem.

12:3  "But they seized the eved and they beat him and sent him away empty.

12:4  "And again the Ba'al Bayit sent to the tenants, the koremim, another eved; and that one they struck on the rosh and insulted.

12:5  "And the Ba'al Bayit sent another; and that one they killed, and many others, some beating, and others killing.

12:6  "Still he had one BEN AHUV [9:7]. Lemaskana (finally) the Ba'al Bayit sent him to them saying, `They will respect BENI.`

12:7  "But those koremim said to themselves, `This one is the Yoresh (Heir), the Bechor. Come, let us kill him, and the nachalah, the bechorah will be ours.`

12:8  "And having seized [him], they killed him and threw him out of the kerem.

12:9  "What then will the Ba'al Bayit of the kerem do? He will come and destroy the koremim and will give the kerem to others.

12:10  Have you not read this Kitvei Hakodesh? "EVEN MA'ASU HABONIM HAY'TAH LEROSH PINAH; MEI'ET HASHEM HAY'TAH ZOT, HI NIFLAT B'EINEINU ("The stone which the ones building rejected, this one has come to be for [the] capstone of [the] corner."

12:11  "From Adonoi this came to be and it is wonderful in [the] our eyes?" [Tehillim 118:22,23]

12:12  And they were seeking to seize him, and they were afraid of the multitude, for they knew that against them he told the mashal. And leaving him, they went away. REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH AND HIS GAINSAYERS: AN ATTEMPT TO ENTRAP REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH CONCERNING TAXES AND CAESAR (MT 22:15-22; MK 12:13-17; LK 20:20-26)

12:13  And they send to him some of the Perushim and the Herodians in order that they might catch him in a dvar.

12:14  And having come, they say to him, "Rabbi, we have da'as that you are an ish of Emes and you do not show deference toward anyone. Ki ein masso panim with you. but rather on the Derech Hashem you give Divrei Torah in Emes. Is it mutar (permissible) to give a poll tax to Caesar or not? Should we give or should we not give?"

12:15  But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, having seen their tzevi'ut (hypocrisy), said to them, "Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius that I may look [at it]."

12:16  And they brought [one]. And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to them, "Whose demut is this and whose inscription?" And they said to him, "Caesar's."

12:17  And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, "The things of Caesar, give to Caesar, and the things of Hashem [give] to Hashem." And they were amazed at Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach. THE SHEILAH (QUESTION) ABOUT THE TECHIYAS HAMESIM--A VAIN EFFORT TO CHALLENGE THE CHOCHMAH OF REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH; WHEN THE TZEDUKIM CALL HIM "RABBI" THEY INTEND IT AS A SHTOCH (MOCKING AND IRONIC JAB) (MT 22:23-33; MK 12:18-27; LK 20:27-40)

12:18  And [the] Tzedukim come to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, the ones who say that there is not to be a Techiyas HaMesim, and they were questioning him, saying,

12:19  "Rabbi, Moshe (Rabbeinu) wrote to us that if an ACH of someone should die and leave behind an isha UVEN EIN LO ("and there is no son to him") YEVAMAH YAVO ALEIHA ULEKAKHAH LO L'ISHA V'HAYAH HABECHOR ASHER TELED YAKUM AL SHEM ACHIV HAMET ("the brother of her husband must come to her and he must take her to him as wife and the Bechor she bears shall raise up the name of the dead brother." Devarim 25:5)

12:20  "Now there were shiva achim. And the first took a wife and, dying, did not leave a descendant.

12:21  "And the second took her and he died, not having left behind a descendant. And the third likewise.

12:22  "And the shiva did not leave a descendant.

12:23  "In the Techiyas HaMesim, when they are made to stand up alive, of which of them will she be [the] isha? For shiva had her [as] wife."

12:24  Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, said to them, "Is not this the reason you are in error, having da'as neither of the Kitvei Hakodesh nor of the gevurat Hashem?

12:25  "But concerning the Mesim that are made to stand up alive, they do not marry nor are they given in nissuin (marriage), but are like the malachim in Shomayim.

12:26  "But concerning the Mesim, that they are made to stand up alive, have you not read in the sefer of Moshe Rabbeinu at the bush, how Hashem spoke to him, saying, ANOCHI ELOHEI AVRAHAM ELOHEI YITZCHAK V'ELOHEI YA'AKOV ("I am the G-d of Avraham, the G-d of Yitzchak, and the G-d of Ya'akov," Shemot 3:6)

12:27  "Hashem is not the G-d of the Mesim but of the Chayyim. You are greatly mistaken." THE TALMID CHACHAM (BA'AL TORAH) ASKS REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH TO POINT TO THE GREATEST MITZVAH (MT 22:34-40; MK 12:28-34)

12:28  And one of the Sofrim (Scribes) approached and heard them debating, and seeing that Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach answered them well, asked him, "Which mitzvah is rishonah of all the mitzvot?"

12:29  Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach answered, "SHEMA YISROEL ADONOY ELOHEINU ADONOY ECHAD is harishonah.

12:30  "V'AHAVTA ES ADONOY ELOHECHA B'KHOL L'VAVCHA UVECHOL NAFSHECHA UVECHOL M'ODECHA. [Devarim 6:4,5]

12:31  "And the shneyah is this, V'AHAVTA L'RE'A'CHA KAMOCHA [Vayikra 19:18]. There is not another mitzvah greater than these."

12:32  And the Ba'al Torah said to him, "Well spoken, Rabbi, b'emes you have said that Hashem is ECHAD, and EIN OD ("one [Devarim 6:4] and there is no other" [Yeshayah 45:18] except him. [Devarim 4:35,39; Yeshayah 45:6,14; 46:9]

12:33  "and to have ahavah for himBECHOL L'VAVCHA ("with all your heart") and with all your binah U'VECHOL M'ODECHA ("with all your strength" Devarim 6:5) and L'RE'ACHA KAMOCHA ("your neighbor as yourself" Vayikra 19:18) is greater [than] all of the burnt offerings and sacrifices." [Shmuel Alef 15:22; Hoshea 6:6; Michoh 6:6-8]

12:34  And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, when he saw that this Torah teacher answered with chochmah said to him, "You are not far from the Malchut Hashem." And no one was daring to put a sh'eilah in front of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach again. REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH GIVES US THE TRUE DAAS TORAH INTERPRETATION OF TEHILLIM 110:1 (MT.22:41-46; MK 12:35-37; LK 20:41-44)

12:35  While Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was saying shiurim in the Beis Hamikdash, he was saying "How is it that the Sofrim (Scribes) say that Moshiach is [merely] ben Dovid?

12:36  "Dovid himself said by the Ruach Hakodesh, `NE'UM HASHEM L'ADONI: SHEV LIMINI, AD ASHIT OYVECHA HADOM L'RAGLECHA` ("Hashem said to my L-rd, Sit at the right of me, until I make your enemies a the footstool for your feet.") [Shmuel Bais 23:2; Tehillim 110:1]

12:37  "Dovid himself calls Moshiach `Adon;` how then is Moshiach [merely] ben Dovid?" And the large multitude found it a huge oneg to listen to him. REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH ATTACKS VAIN TRAPPINGS OF CHASHIVUT IN THE SHUL AS WELL AS ABUSES OF SAMCHUT (MK 12:38-40; LK 20:45-47)

12:38  And in his torah, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was saying, "Beware of the Sofrim (Scribes, Torah-teachers, rabbonim), the ones enamored of strutting about in extremely long kaftans and equally lengthy `Shalom' greetings in the marketplaces,

12:39  "and places of honor in the shuls and places of honor at the seudot (banquet dinners).

12:40  "Beware particularly of the ones devouring the batim (houses) of the almanot and making a grand show of davening long tefillos. Mishpat will fall more heavily on these." REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH COMMENTS ON THE ALMANAH AND HER TWO MITES (MK 12:41-44;LK 21:1-4)

12:41  And having sat [down] opposite the Beis Hamikdash Otzar (Treasury), Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was observing how the multitude throws copper [coins] into the Otzar. And many ashirim (rich people) were throwing [in] much. [Melachim Bais 12:9]

12:42  And a poor almanah came and threw [in] two leptas, which is a kodrantes.

12:43  And having summoned his talmidim, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, "Omein, I say to you that this poor almanah has put in more tzedakah than all those contributing to the Otzar,

12:44  "for everyone threw in from their abundance, but this almanah from her need has put in everything she had, all her michyah (subsistence)."