Pt2 Rastafari Sabbath Naso Rss#35 | Nasso Lift The RAS! | #BlackJews @LOJSociety

This Week's Portion #35

Nasso | ??? | " Lift up!/Take up" ??? | w’ssed [wissed]
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1. Torah Reading

Numbers 4:21-7:89

• 1.1 First reading — Numbers 4:21–37
• 1.2 Second reading — Numbers 4:38–49
• 1.3 Third reading — Numbers 5:1–10
• 1.4 Fourth reading — Numbers 5:11–6:27
• 1.5 Fifth reading — Numbers 7:1–41
• 1.6 Sixth reading — Numbers 7:42–71
• 1.7 Seventh reading — Numbers 7:72–89

2. Prophets Reading

Judges 13:2-25

3. New Testament Reading

Acts 21:17-26

Portion Summary

The second reading from the book of Numbers and the thirty-fifth reading from the Torah is called Nasso (???), a word that literally means “lift up.” It comes from the first word of the second verse in Hebrew, which could literally be translated to say, “Lift up the heads of the sons of Gershon,” an idiomatic way of saying, “Make an accounting of the sons of Gershon.” This Torah portion finishes up the census of the Levites that was under way at the end of the last Torah portion, before going on to discuss the purification of the camp, the ritual for a woman suspected of adultery, the laws of the Nazirite vow, the priestly benediction and the gifts the heads of the twelve tribes brought for the dedication of the altar.