OrthJBC - Matthew - 15

15:1  Then Perushim and Sofrim (rabbonim) from Yerushalayim approach Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, saying,

15:2  "Why do your talmidim transgress the Masoret HaZekenim (the Tradition of the Elders)? For they do not do the netilat yadayim (ritual of the washing of the hands) before meals."

15:3  But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, in reply to them, said, "Why [do] also you transgress the mitzvat Hashem on account of your own masoret (tradition)? *

15:4  For Hashem has said, KABED ES AVICHA V'ES IMMECHA ("honor your father and your mother," SHEMOT 20:12; DEVARIM 5:16), and M'KALEL 'AVIV V'IMMO MOT YUMAT(literally, "the one cursing to die he must die, "SHEMOT 21:17; VAYIKRA 20:9).

15:5  But you say, `Whoever says to his father or his mother, whatever support you might have had from me, [it is] a gift [i.e. korban, dedicated to G-d],`

15:6  by no means does [anyone who says this] honor his father. And you nullify the Dvar Hashem on account of your masoret. REBBE,MELECH HAMOSHIACH REBUKES VAIN AVODAH AND POINTS TO THE SOURCE OF TIFLUT

15:7  You tzevu'im (hypocrites), well did Yeshayah make a nevu'ah (prophesy) concerning you, saying,

15:8  YA'AN KI NIGASH HAAM HAZEH BEFIV U'VISHFATAV KI-B'DUNI V'LIBO RICHAK MIMENI VA'TEHI YIRA'TAM OTI MITZVAT ANASHIM MELUMADAH ("This people with their lips honor Me, but their heart is far away from Me,

15:9  and in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the mitzvot of men," YESHAYAH 29:13.)"

15:10  And having summoned the multitude, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, "Listen and understand!

15:11  It is not the thing entering into the mouth that makes the man tameh (unclean), but the thing going out from the mouth--this makes the man tameh."

15:12  Then Moshiach's talmidim approached and say to him, "Do you know that the Perushim took offense when they heard [this] word?"

15:13  But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, in reply, said, "Every plant which Avi sh'baShomayim did not plant will be uprooted.

15:14  Leave them. They are blind morei derech (guides/teachers) of [the] blind. And if the ivver (blind man) leads the iverim (blind), both will fall into a pit."

15:15  And Kefa said in reply to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, "Explain to us the mashal."

15:16  And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, "Are you still devoid of binoh (understanding)?"

15:17  Do you not know that everything which enters into the mouth goes into the stomach and passes into a latrine?

15:18  But the things coming out from the mouth come out from the lev (heart), and that makes the man tameh (unclean).

15:19  For out of the lev comes evil makhshavot (thoughts): retzichot (murders), ni'ufim (adulteries), zenunim (fornications), genevot (thefts), eduyot sheker (false testimonies), giddufim (revilements).

15:20  These are the things making the man tameh, but eating with hands lacking the netilat yadayim (ritual of the washing of the hands--see Mt. 27:24), this does not make the man tameh." THE EMUNAH OF THE GOYIM IN SPITE OF THE MECHITZAH-SOREG BARRIER OF GENDER AND NATIONALITY SEPARATING THEM FROM REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH

15:21  And having gone from that place, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach withdrew into the districts of Tzor and Tzidon.

15:22  And--hinei--a woman from Canaan came out from those regions, and was shouting, "Have mercy on me, Adoni, Ben Dovid! my bat (daughter) is in torment possessed by shedim."

15:23  But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach did not answer her a word. And Moshiach's talmidim having approached, were asking him, saying, "Send her away, for she shouts after us."

15:24  But, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said in reply, "I was not sent except to the Seh Oveid HaBeth Yisroel (the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel)."

15:25  But she came and fell down before Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, saying, "Adoni, azreini"("L-rd, help me").

15:26  But, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said in reply, "It is not good to take the lechem of the Banim and throw it to the kelevim (dogs)."

15:27  But she said, "Ken, Adoni, but even the kelevim eat the crumbs falling from the tish (table) of their masters."

15:28  Then, in reply, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to her, "O woman, great [is] your emunah. Let it be done for you as you wish." And the bat (daughter) of her was given refu'ah (healing) at that very hour.

15:29  And having passed over from that place, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach came beside Lake Kinneret, and having gone up the mountain, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was sitting there.

15:30  And great multitudes approached Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, having with them pisechim (lame), iverim (blind), crippled, mute people, and many others, and they laid them at Moshiach's feet, and Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach gave the cholim refu'ah.

15:31  The result was that the multitude was astounded, witnessing mute people speaking, cripples made whole, the pisechim (lame) walking, and the iverim (blind people) seeing, and they gave kavod to Elohei Yisroel. REBBE MOSHIACH'S TISH AND THE "MANNA" FROM SHOMAYIM SERVED AT HIS SECOND FARBRENGEN

15:32  And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, having summoned his talmidim, said, "I have rachamanut (compassion) for the multitudes, for already shloshah yamim (three days) they remain with me and they do not have anything they may eat, and I do not want to send them away famished, lest they might faint on the way."

15:33  And Moshiach's talmidim say to him, "From where bamidbar (in the wilderness) is there enough lechem for us to feed such a vast multitude?"

15:34  And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to them, "How much lechem, how many loaves do you have?" And they said, "Sheva (seven), and a few dagim (fish)."

15:35  And when Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach gave the command for the multitude to recline on the ground,

15:36  Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach took the loaves numbering sheva and the dagim, and making a beracha, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach offered the betzi'at halechem (the breaking of the bread) and served them to the talmidim, and Moshiach's talmidim served them to the multitudes.

15:37  And everyone ate and they were satisfied, and the shirayim (leftovers) were numbering sheva baskets full.

15:38  And the ones eating were arba'at elafim (four thousand) men, not counting nashim and yeladim.

15:39  And having sent away the multitudes, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach embarked in the sirah (boat), and came to the region of Magadan.