Scroll to Scroll: Todays Parsha #26: Shemini (The 8th day)

PART 1: THE LAST AND CURRENT TORAH PORTIONS

SPECIAL NOTE: Revised Torah Portion Schedule! Some of you have asked me about the listings on my calendar and how it relates to the Torah portions we actually do. My calculations for the sun, moon and stars on the calendar are the main focus and are very intensive; the Torah readings, while usually correct, are put as a guideline only. When double portions begin hitting, as they do at this time of year and Great Feasts like Pesach also intervene, I sometimes reserve for myself a bit of flexibility to slightly modify the schedule due to a variety of factors. Regardless of those factors however, my goal is always to keep people fundamentally on time and in unity with Jewish worship as much as possible even if sometimes my double portions are a little different, they all catch up in the end. So here is the revised schedule for the next month or so March 23rd: Tzav March 30th: Shabbat in the Middle of Pesach (Pesach Special) April 6th: Shemini April 13th: Tazria/Metzora April 20th: Acharei Mot/Kedoshim April 27th: Emor May 4th: BeHar/BeChukkotai Please also note that there are some format changes with Double Portions. Because two portions go up at the same time,
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generally speaking I have one set of Study Questions and one Torah Thought for the Week to cover both parts. Otherwise, no one can get a week to work out the answers to the issues raised. I will be reproducing these notes throughout this period of time, but if you have any questions, please ask! Todah! Andrew PS-The Special Moedim Teaching, or Pesach Special, does not have a Torah 101 version. All Great Feast teachings are free and open to everyone.
ANSWERS TO STUDY QUESTIONS FROM PREVIOUS PORTION (Tzav) 1) How do some very recent current events and the book of Romans itself, part of which was our NT portion, combine to threaten some key tenets of the Roman Catholic faith? This past month or so witnessed the resignation of one pope and the installation of his replacement. Francis the First was only officially inaugurated this past Tuesday. The papacy of course derives its authority as coming from the apostle Keefa or Peter. The story is that Peter ministered in Rome shortly before his being crucified upside down, dismembered and having his body parts buried in the fill of some Roman stairs. Of course, for Peter to have been the first pope, the church would have to prove he went to Rome in the first place and, unfortunately for them, the evidence that such happened is scant to non-existent. In fact, archaeology in Israel seems to prove that Peter died in Jerusalem after returning from decades of ministry success in the Middle East, including Babylon (1 Peter 5:13, Galatians 2:7-10). You can find out more about Peters Tomb here: http://www.biblelight.net/peters-jerusalem-tomb.htm But to really answer this question, lets get back to the NT itself. The NT tells us clearly that, considering Peter and Paul, it was Paul who had the strong presence in Rome. It was Paul, not Peter, who was a Roman citizen (Acts 22:28) who could travel freely to the Italian capital back and forth at a time when Jews were expelled from that same place (Acts 18:2), so Peter would not have been welcome there. It was Paul and not Peter that wrote 2 letters at least to these same people (Romans, Philemon) and it was Paul and not Peter that we know with 100% certainty was even imprisoned in Rome towards the end of his life (Acts 24 and 28)! 2|Page

So if anyone had a claim to be the first Christian leader of the Roman See, it was Paul and not Peter. (Rom 1:13) And I wish you to know, my brothers, that I have many times wanted to come to you, but was prevented up until now, that I might bear some fruit among you also; even as among other Gentiles, (Rom 1:14) Greeks and barbarians, the wise and the unwise: for to every man I am required to preach. (Rom 1:15) And so, I am eager to preach to you also who are at Rome. 2) If we could go back in time to the middle of the first century when Paul traveled there, what would be the most surprising thing we would see about this original Roman assembly of believers when compared to Catholic tradition about their own origins? While there is no question the overall majority of the population in Rome was pagan, for the small group of rebels Paul is addressing, they were Torah observant. Such is evident not just in Hebraic expressions like good and acceptable sacrifices but interestingly enough from the words of Constantine himself. In the famous Edict of Milan, Constantine forbad Torah observance throughout his Empire and was targeting specifically Christians. This proves many of them were observing Torah then, or there would be no need for Constantine to ban what they were doing. One need only consider the centurion Cornelius who built a synagogue and was learning Torah in synagogue alongside the Jewish believers. 3) What does the prophet Yiremyahu (Jeremiah) have in common with a major debate recorded in the Book of Acts? Jeremiah, though not in the portion of him that we read today, came to the same conclusion about circumcision that the elders did in Acts 15
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'Look, the days are coming, Yahweh declares, when I shall punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh: 25 Egypt, Judah, Edom, the Ammonites, Moab, and all the men with shaven temples who live in the desert. For all those nations, and the whole House of Israel too, are uncircumcised at heart.' (Jeremiah 9:24-25 NJB) In other words, circumcising because its your culture isnt good enough. Egypt and Moab do that, but are still wicked pagans. It is only when we do circumcision after Torah study and understanding it as a command from YHWH that it is acceptable. That is why Paul argued for and won with the idea of the Gentiles not being counted as saved only upon circumcision, but to study first and then do it when convicted by the Ruach. 4) Where in this Torah portion do we see a veiled reference to Yshuas arrest? 3|Page

(Leviticus 8:23) = He slaughtered it, and Moses took some of its blood and placed it on Aaron's right ear lobe, on his right thumb, and on his right big toe. Remember also that Peter cut off the right ear of MALKA (name means KING) the servant of the High Priest. This may be a veiled threat to the sons of Aaron giving way to Yshua as high priest. 5) Where in this Torah portion do we get a detail that helps solve a so-called discrepancy in the nativity accounts in Matthew and Luke? KOL ZACHAR (6:11) = every male. The terms covers of course males of all ages. The same is used with respect to circumcision. While the Torah enjoins infants at 8 days old get circumcised, it also makes allowances for the fact that others come to faith later in lifelike Abraham getting circumcised at age 99 for exampleso males covers that. It may also explain something with respect to the Gospel texts describing Yshua as an infant and as a child in varying Nativity accounts. The word ZAKAR (and its Aramaic equivalent TALIA) covers both and the one time a baby is considered a man (in a broader sense) is when he has been circumcised. What this means in my chronology is that the shepherds came BEFORE Yshua was circumcised and the Magi came AFTER this, thus explaining Yshua being called by the other term. 1) Meaning of this weeks Torah portion and summary of contents: Shemini means on the 8th day deals with the end of the priests consecration period. After this period, they can then make expiation for all of Israel. Unfortunately however, two of Aarons sons pay the ultimate price for not ministering properly to the people. The portion then ends with the kosher list of what can and cannot be eaten, a perfect segue into our Renewed Covenant reading which also discusses kosher food. 1) Read Parsha (English-Leviticus 9:1-11:47). This week, we will read the entire portion together. 2) Play by Play commentary where appropriate. 3) Point out key Hebrew words/terms. Color Commentary: VAYEHI BAYOM HASHMINI HARA MOSEH LE-AHARON ULEVANAV ULEZIKNEY YISRAEL (9:1) = On the 8th day, Moshe summoned Aaron, his sons and the elders of Israel. Some Rabbinic authorities think these Eldersan early form of the Sanhedrinwere called because they had the sole power to appoint the High Priest. However, Torah strongly implies that YHWH appointed Aaron directly. More than likely, the Elders had to be consulted in these critical matters so they could carry the word back to the rest of the nation.

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VAYOMER MOSHE EL-AHARON KRAV EL-HAMIZBEACH VAASEH ETCHATATCHA VEET OLATECHA VECHAPER BAADCHA UVEAD HAAM VECHAPER BAADAM KAASHER TSIVAH YAHWEH (9:7) = Moses then said to Aaron, Come near the altar, and prepare your sin offering and burnt offering, thus atoning for you and the people. Then prepare the peoples offering to atone for them as Yahweh has commanded. QARAB and QEREB = Throughout these recent portions we have seen the word QARAB meaning to draw near at the root level as well as deriving the word QORBAN = offering. In this portion though we have another interesting derivation of this same root, QEREB or entrails. The idea is these entrails are the near-most or inner most parts of the animal being sacrificed, and this is yet another bit of imagery that uses the body to show spiritual or emotional states. Last week we saw how ETZEM (bones) could be associated with emotion or intimacy, but another application is with the word for bowels in the NT where you get odd phrases like be refreshed in your own bowels in KJV. Thats because in Hebrew and Aramaic, tender emotions are associatedbelieve it or notwith this part of the body. The processing of clean things being separated from unclean ones is part of the overall cleansing and sacrificial order. As such even putting the ENTRAILS (qereb) in their proper place helps you DRAW NEAR (qarab) with your OFFERING (qorban)! VAYISA AHARON ET-YADAV EL-HAAM VAYEVARECHEM (9:22) = Aaron lifted up his hands towards the people and blessed them. This tells us exactly how the priests did the famous Blessing of the Cohenim, which is clearly uttered in this case, though its exact words are recorded later in the Torah, in Bamidbar (Numbers) 6:22-27. VAYIKCHU VENEY-AHARON NADAV VAAVIHU ISH MACHTATO VAYITNU VEHEN SESH VAYASIMU ALEYHA KETORET VAYAKRIVU LIFNEY YAHWEH ESH ZARA ASHER LO TSIVAH OTAM (10:1) = Aarons sons Nadav and Abihu each took his fire pan, placed fire on it and then incense. They offered it before Yahweh as strange fire which He had not instructed them to offer. One Rabbinic opinion is interesting in that they supposed this was the PREVIOUS procedure i.e. one done by the Patriarchs before Moshethat they reverted to. However, because the details of Patriarchal ritual are sketchy, there is no way to know what the actual offense was. Others supposed they were drunk and simply had no respect for their office. My personal opinion is that they wanted to have status apart from YHWH and simply offered fire up on a day and time He didnt sanction. That would be very interesting if true, because other sources think they died on Yom Kippur! However, this opinion, while tempting, is not probable in terms of chronology. We know that Moshe built the Tabernacle and began ordaining the priests on 1 Abib (Exodus 40:17). We also know that the ordination lasted 8 days, which is exactly where this parsha picks up the story (Leviticus 9:1). The death of Aarons two sons seems to be happening shortly after this timing in the following chapter since Leviticus 9 indicates no break in time from the 10th chapter and concerns itself only with these details on that day. Therefore, Aarons two sons most likely died just before the start of Pesach.

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MISHAEL...ELZAPHANUZZIEL (10:4) = These three names have very interesting meanings. MishaelWho is what El is? ElzapahanEl has protected. UzzielMy strength is El. Sentence: Who is what El is (whom) El has protected (for) El is my strength! VAYOMER MOSHE EL-AHARON ULE-ELAZAR ULEITAMAR BANAV RASHEYCHEM (10:6) = Moshe said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar: Do not bare your heads/go without a haircut. Rabbinic opinion seems very united on the general principle that priests could not let their hair grow free for more than a month. Other details though are in dispute. UMIPETACH OHEL MOED LO TETSUPEN-TAMATU KI-SHEMEN MISHCHAT YAHWEH ALEYCHEM (10:7) = Do not leave the entrance of the Tent of Meeting lest you die, because YHWHs anointing oil is still upon you. Some rabbis think the use of anointing oil would therefore prevent all future generations of priests from leaving the Tabernacle or Temple even to mourn immediate family. Others think this was a harsh lesson for Aarons surviving sonsthat they had to focus on their duties so they did not fall into the sin of their dead brothers. VEET HA-SHAPHAN (11:5) = and of the hyrax (or daman). This is one of the most mysterious animals to be prohibited as un-kosher. Some would translate the word as rock badger and others rabbit, but it seems to have been a local creature to the Negev, as bible.ort.org explains: Hyrax syriacus or Procavia capens syriaca. Shafan in Hebrew; chiorogryllios in Greek, (Septuagint); tafan in Arabic. The hyrax is a small mammal, around 20 inches long, living in the Negev mountains. It has short feet, covered with elastic, a flexible tail-less body, and pads. It nests in the clefts of rocks (Psalms 104:18), and lives in small groups (Proverbs 30:26). Since it has a maw like a ruminant, it is considered to 'bring up its cud.' ARNEVETH (11:7) = another more general species of rabbit that is also un-kosher. UN-KOSHER BIRDS 11:12-20, from Bible.ort.org: Eagle Nesher in Hebrew;aetos in Greek (Septuagint); aigle in French (Chizzkuni). It is described as having large wings and long pinions (Ezekiel 17:2,3) and living long (Psalms 103:5). Some sources, however, point out that the eagle does not fit the description of the nesher given in the Talmud (Tosafoth, Chullin 63a, s.v.Netz). Moreover, the nesher is described in scripture as bald (Micah 1:16), and as a carrion-eating bird (Job 39:27-30). Therefore, some identify the nesher as the griffin vulture (Gyps fulvus), the largest carnivorous bird in Israel, with a wing span that often reaches as much as 10 feet. ACH MAYAN UVOR MIKVEH MAYIM (11:36) = a spring or a cistern collecting water shall be clean. The word to collect is MIKVEH, from where we get immersionbaptism. The first MIKVEH however was in Genesis 1:9 when the waters above the firmament were gathered into one place! Bonus Linguistics QATAR and KETER = We saw previously that sometimes the substitution of two letters that sound alike lead to deeper relationships between words. Example: aleph-waw-resh (AUR) is light but substitute with an AYIN as the first letter and it means blind. In this case though TWO letters are substituted with similar 6|Page

sounds. QATAR (smoke) is spelled qoph-teth-resh whereas KETER (crown) is spelled kaph-taw-resh. To my mind this is a hint that to do these sacrifices correctly, to have them accepted by YHWH as SMOKE leads to being given a CROWN of righteousness. To me this imagery makes perfect sense because the sacrifice itself goes through a transformation from one form to another, literally to be TURNED INTO SMOKE in the Hebrew and therefore it is CHANGED into a CROWN, our reward! KAVOD (glory) = Very special word! It can mean or suggest shining or renown. YHWHs very name is said to be a name of KAVOD (Ps. 72:19) which then fills the entire earth. Most interesting though is the reference that KAVOD is where Mashiyach rests (Isaiah 11:10). The Aramaic cognate, SHUBKHA, is used in the NT to designate that the Son came from the same GLORY and resting place of the Father (John 1:14). ZUR (strange as in strange fire in 10:1) = literally does mean foreign in Hebrew. It is strange because it was fire NOT commanded by YHWH! Therefore, even fire can be sinful is a sense. If we offer our fire where it is not commanded, we become strangers as well, and these two strangers died, so we better be careful! YARA (teach) = technically derived from a root that means to bring out, bring forth or even to hurl, throw. Its as if the teaching were a physical thing that needed to be brought out, made to appear, and spread out before Israel! It is also from where we get descriptions of the moon (yareach) which had been brought forth and also the city of Jericho derived from that word for the moon. Of course we also know well that YARA has a synonym SHALIA (to send out, teach) from which we get SHLICHIM (apostles)! Torah Question of the Week: What part of the Kosher Laws was not confirmed by science until the middle of the 20th century?

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PART 2: THE HAFTORAH What part of the Kosher Laws was not confirmed by science until the middle of the 20th century? Many of the commandments focus on not having any fish that does not have both fins and scales, but perhaps Moshe didnt realize why this commandment was given from his own experience. Many of the worst and least healthy animals like shrimp, squid and so on, live at the bottom of the ocean, and some of the deepest parts of the ocean were not explored at all until the early 1960s. When they were explored, scientists found that carcasses decomposed more slowly on the ocean floor and that all the ukkosher sea animals fed on said carcasses, thus justifying their nickname as the garbage trucks of the ocean, or the vultures of the sea. 1) Haftorah portion (English- 2 Samuel 6:1-7:17) and discuss common themes with the Torah portion. 2) Our linguistic commentary house of Abinadab = in addition to being a proper name, means in Hebrew my father is noblevery appropriate considering the Ark is housed there! NATAH (stretched out) = We saw this last week with the meaning of incline your ear/listen. Here is its other meaning, to stretch out a tent. In this case though the tent is stretched out due to HEARING the commandments of YHWH! RAAH (shepherd, one who feeds) = In 2 Samuel 7:8 "Now therefore, thus you shall say to a My servant David, 'Thus says YHWH of hosts, " I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel. Notice that David is TAKEN from being a shepherd in order to lead. The shepherd is actually following after the sheep as if to suggest he isnt even really in charge of thema humbling image indeed for those who think shepherds are always in high authority as pastors!
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3) Renewed Covenant portion: (English) Mark 7:1-23 (all the way through with applicable footnotes.) 4) Highlight common themes in Aramaic: 7:5- MESHELMANOTA DQASHISHEH (traditions of the elders) = Yshua is asked why his disciples dont walk (halakh) according tonot the Torahbut the TRADITIONS of the elders or Oral Law. Whats interesting about the Aramaic though is it is NOT a cognate of what we might expect in HebrewMEZORA (traditions). Instead, the word MESHELMANOTA (literally completions) is derived from the root that means to fill 8|Page

up, perfect, complete, so what this is actually saying is that the traditions complete the Torah, as if to suggest Torah by itself was incomplete. In Hebrew, these things become a technical term, TAKANOT (literally, repairs) meant to FIX the Word. 7:5-The term QASHISHA or elders is a nice term for rabbis used because they know Yshua will chide them for being great ones (Matthew 23:8). 7:7-YULPANEH DPOQDANEH DBANAY ANASHA (teachings of the commandments of the son of men) = Very strong language indicating the traditions Yshua is talking about in this instance have NO BASIS in Scripture even though other practices of the Pharisees clearly do (Matthew 23:1). This is the opposite actually of what Rav Shaul says about his own assembly. Whereas here Yshua says they ABANDONED Torah to REPLACE it with un scriptural traditions, in Romans 3:31 Rav Shaul says, Do we nullify the Torah by faith? Never! We ESTABLISH the Torah! The same word for ESTABLISH in Romans 3:31 is used here to ESTABLISH traditions instead of Torah. Thats tough love folks! Also should point out that the root of establish is QM, from which we get QUM/QUMI (arise) and QYAM (resurrection)! In fact resurrection day in Aramaic is called QYAMTEH DMARAN (resurrection of our Master) by the Church of the East. 7:8-9- Yshua still turns the discussion back from elders to rabbis with the contrasting of the SINGULAR Commandment of Elohim (POQDANA DALAHA) being left behind for the PLURAL commandments of men again with the Aramaic term for TAKANOT (MESHELMANOTA). 7:9, 16- HEAR ME/HE WHO HAS EARS LET HIM HEAR = again SHEMA means also to do, perform so Yshua is issuing a COMMAND not a plea to the Pharisees. 7:21- LEBA DBANAY ANASHA = heart of the sons of men. Yshua did not have to use this precise phrase but did so to make a very cutting insult. LEBA DBANAY, heart of the sons, can also remind them of the converse, SONS OF THE HEART, or in Hebrew LEVI (my heart, so sons of the heart, LEVITES), so this is a clear shot against the power of the priests and Levites and look what he says comes out of those hearts!
5) Apply these themes/issues to modern issues in the Netzari faith. (Understanding what strangled meat meant in the book of Acts, how it related to the early believers and how it relates to Biblical vs glatt kosher today. The core requirement: Drain the blood from the animal and pour it on the ground!)

6) Relate to all or part of an Appendix portion of AENT or footnotes from a portion. (Unity vs. Hierarchy, p. 1008-1010). STUDY QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED FOR NEXT WEEK 1) What detail in this Haftorah portion helps us know when the Ark was still in Jerusalem and points to when it might have been taken out of there? 9|Page

2) How is a commandment given in Leviticus 10 directly related to an event in Yochanan chapter 4? 3) What are three modern considerations for justifying the ban on eating pork? 4) If you know the answer to #3, then how does one of these considerations also apply to some of our most beloved pets? 5) What is one modern consideration for not eating rabbits? (No, please dont tell me its to keep our fine American magicians employed by pulling them out of a hat.)

Torah Thought for the Week: My Adventure at the Hidden Mountain (Los Lunas, NM)

For many years I have listened to claims of various Paleo-Hebrew inscriptions throughout the United States. The Bat Creek stone was sometimes brought up for example as proofs of Mormon claims of Yshua ministering to Native Americans. And there are about half a dozen other places I have heard of graced with Paleo inscriptions alongside petroglyphs scratched into the rock by sharpened flint. Of all of these places, by far the one that generated the most interest was Los Lunas, NM at the Hidden Mountain. I was very honored to be allowed to fellowship with Dr. Denis Otero of Olive Tree Ministries out in Albuquerquee. And I had been given some high resolution PDF pictures of the writing about a month earlier from my friend Jesse Running Bear, a Native American believer who is trying to bring the Hebraic Roots to First Nations people I promised Jesse that I would reserve final judgment on the inscriptions until I got there and saw them in person. At first, there was some intriguing evidence about these writings that piqued my interest. I had heard that Michael Rood and Nehemiah Gordon both thought they were ancient. I had also known that a professor of Semitic Studies at Harvard, a guy named Dr. Barry Fell, thought the same thing. Now one of the things that archaeologists do when assessing the age of a site is to look at the other evidence of age around the whole area. To be sure, the petro-glyphs near this rock were most certainly very oldno one is sure exactly how old---but lets say in the ball park of about 1500 years at least.. If it turned out to be significantly more than that I would not be surprised. That fact at least makes an ancient claim to the inscription near it plausible to be sure. There was something else also that caught my attention there at Hidden Mountain. According to Jesse and others who are experts on the petro glyphs, there were constellation markings there as well and an inscription that talked of a solar eclipse in the area in September of 107 BCE. This at least I was able to look into though without being 10 | P a g e

conversant in the languages I had to rely on the interpretation of others for that date. When I ran that date through a Rabbinic calculator it yielded a date of Tishri 3. But when I recalculated based on the dark moon, the Wheel of Stars system, it was Tishri 1, or Yom Teruah, and I found that extremely interesting, even if not authoritative to speaking to a Hebrew influence on these people at such an early date, but that still would not prove the inscription ancient. One of the first things that leapt out at me when viewing the pictures was that there were a bunch of Greek letters mixed in with the text. There were also a fair amount of Samaritan letters mixed in with the Paleo, and no one has ever attempted to explain why. To me this was a critical matter, because a Set-Apart language like Hebrew, regardless as to the style of script it was in, could NOT be mixed with pagan lettersever! It would be one thing to show Greek copies of the Ten Commandmentsbut only if it all was in Greek. Otherwise it looks like a pagan invasion of the Hebrew. I pointed this out to a Paleo Hebrew expert and he agreed it was problematic. At first he suggested these were Northern Israelites, who were certainly more pro-pagan, but that didnt mean they would mix Hebrew and Greek, which was a separate issue. The use of later letters that dont belong in the script, i.e. Samaritan that was from a different time and place from the Paleo, also was a problem. Then, at the top part of the rock, there was a place where the scribe crossed out a letter and made a notation of the error and correction, continuing on. Most of you know well that a Hebrew scribe (sofer) would NEVER write a Paleo Decalogue that had spelling errors in it that he/she clearly caught and tried to correct. It would have been the process in 100% of these situations to obliterate the inscription and start over until all the letters were perfect. After all this, Dr. Otero also showed the smoking gunthe scribe had SIGNED his work in a rock below the inscription and it read clearly HOBI ENEVA 1930. The same person also signed the inscription at the top that said Yahweh Elohaynu. The letters themselves were cut very deep into the rock, probably with an iron or steel chisel, and this was also in marked contrast to the thin line flint scratches of the petro glyphs. All of this screamed MODERN to me, and theres a lot of other technical stuff I could offer on patina and other matters that also scream MODERN. Dr. Otero also told me that every HR or Christian teacher that came out to the Hidden Mountain in recent decades went there with him and that in every case he gave a 30 minute talk on why the inscription was modern, and yet almost everyone continued to talk about it as an ancient mystery. But just because the inscription is modern, does that mean it has no value at all? No, I wouldnt go that far. I was looking at a mostly accurate Paleo Ten Commandments stone on Resurrection Day. It was situated next to a beautiful Spanish acacia tree, reminding me of the wood that was used for the Ark of the Covenant.

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To see any inscription of the Ten Commandments on rock is a very moving experience and I dont care who did it, why they did it or when they did it. It stands as a beautiful testimony of faith to flourish literally out in the most remote and arid regions you could imagine in New Mexico. For all those things, I remain grateful to whoever Hobi Eneva was (no one knows his/her real name). Thank you Hobi for putting in the rock a testimony to the truth of Yahs law that will last a very, very long time. Im Andrew Gabriel Roth and thats your Torah Thought for the Week! Next week, we will be exploring a DOUBLE portion or Tazria-Metzora, or Leviticus 12:1-15:32, our Haftorah Readings will be 2 Kings 4:42-5:19 and 2 Kings 7:3-20 and our Renewed Covenant Reads will be Matthew 8:1-4, Luke 17:11-19 and Mark 5:24-34. Stay tuned!

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