Weekly Torah Portion: Bo

A new world order. Sounds scary, but thats exactly what G-d established when he commanded Israel, saying, "This month shall be to you the head of the months; to you it shall be the first of the months of the year." (Exodus 12:2)

Bo (Exodus 10:1 13:16)
Parashat Bo is read on Shabbat:
Shvat 8, 5770/January 23, 2010

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[..]in 63 BC magi made a presentation to the Roman Senate. They described celestial portents indicating that a new ruler had been born. Evidently regretting that news, the Senate responded by ordering the death of baby boys in the candidate age range.

Sound familiar? It turns out that when Herod ordered the slaughter of children in Bethlehem he may have been following a sort of Roman precedent. That precedent may be one reason Jerusalem was troubled at the news the Wise Men brought. ASKELMcom

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There had been at least 1 precedent for the Star of Bethlehem event in secular history:

In De Vita Caesarum: Divus Vespasian, Suetonius records that "There had spread over all the Orient an old and established belief that it was fated at that time for men coming from Judaea to rule the world" [Cf. Daniel's prophecy & heathen prophet Balaam before]

Vespasian was so concerned w. the prophecy of Christ he attempted to exterminate the entire Davidic family line-even helpless old men were killed

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Caesar Augustus as Pontifex Maximus had Virgil pen the Latin National Epic from where Novus Ordo Seclorum derives; it took Messianic oracles Daniel (head of all magi, astronomers) gave in Babylon & applied them to a Roman ruler to bring global gov't. Roman puppet Herod massacred his Jewish people's babies b/c of this *extant* policy (i.e. $1USD) when the Magi came seeking the Jewish Messiah.

Today the pope holds the office of Pontifex Maximus, the high priest of pagandom: Mystery Babylon.

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B"H

Shalom Rabbi,

Well said. There's a difference between being the head and being first.