TORAH READING FOR OCTOBER 23, 2025 - THE TOWER OF BABEL
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๐ TORAH READING FOR OCTOBER 23, 2025
According to the Scriptures (ืืช Cepher)
Sunset to Sunset: October 22, 2025 – October 23, 2025
๐ PRIMARY READING — BERESHIYTH (GENESIS) 11:1–32
๐️ The Tower of Babel (Verses 1-9)
1. And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
2. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shin'ar; and they dwelt there.
3. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
4. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
5. And Yahuah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
6. And Yahuah said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
7. Go to, let Us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
8. So Yahuah scattered them abroad from there upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
9. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because Yahuah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Yahuah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
✨ The Generations of Shem to Avram (Verses 10-32)
10. These are the generations of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arpakshad two years after the flood.
11. And Shem lived after he begat Arpakshad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
(Generations continue through Arpakshad → Shelach → Eber → Peleg → Re'u → Serug → Nachor → Terach...)
26. And Terach lived seventy years, and begat Avram, Nachor, and Haran.
27. Now these are the generations of Terach: Terach begat Avram, Nachor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
28. And Haran died before his father Terach in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Kasdiym.
29. And Avram and Nachor took them women: the name of Avram's woman was Sarai; and the name of Nachor's woman, Milkah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milkah, and the father of Yiskah.
30. But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31. And Terach took Avram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Avram's woman; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Kasdiym, to go into the land of Kena'an; and they came unto Charan, and dwelt there.
32. And the days of Terach were two hundred and five years: and Terach died in Charan.
๐ SUPPORTING READING — TEHILLIYM (PSALM) 2:1–6
1. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2. The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yahuah, and against His Anointed, saying,
3. Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
4. He that sits in the heavens shall laugh: Yahuah shall have them in derision.
5. Then shall He speak unto them in His wrath, and vex them in His sore displeasure.
6. Yet have I set My King upon My holy hill of Tsiyon.
๐ MITZVOTH FOCUS
Exalt Yahuah's Name, Not Your Own.
(Compare Genesis 11:4 and Exodus 20:3.)
The people at Babel sought to make a name for themselves through unity and ambition — but their unity was rebellion, not righteousness.
The mitzvah teaches us that greatness comes not through self-exaltation, but through submission to Yahuah's will.
Every human attempt to "build upward" without the foundation of obedience will crumble under divine correction.
๐ THEME FOR TODAY
"The Spirit of Babel vs. the Call of Obedience."
The Tower of Babel represents mankind's pride — a unity that defied divine order.
Yahuah scattered their language to protect humanity from total corruption.
In contrast, Yahusha's Spirit later brought unity again — not through pride, but through truth and holiness (Acts 2).
Each of us faces the same decision daily:
Will we build a tower for our own name, or an altar for His?
True unity is found only in obedience to Yahuah's Word and the fear of His Name.
๐ SUPPORTIVE READINGS
Prophets: Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 14:12–15 — "How are you fallen from heaven, O Lucifer… for you have said in your heart, I will ascend above the heights of the clouds."
Brit Chadashah: Philippians 2:9–11 — "Wherefore Elohiym also has highly exalted Him, and given Him a Name which is above every name."
Cepher Additions: Yovheliym 10:22–27 — The account of the Tower of Babel and the scattering of the seventy nations.
๐ CLOSING PRAYER & REFLECTION
O Yahuah Elohiym,
Keep us from the pride of Babel, and from the desire to build apart from You.
May our hearts and hands be wholly devoted to Your Name alone.
Scatter every proud thought that rises against Your Word,
and gather us together in the unity of Your Ruach — the unity of truth and love.
Let our lives be living altars that exalt Your glory and not our own.
B'shem Yahusha Ha'Mashiach — Amein.
THE QUESTION THAT MATTERS:
Will you build a tower for your own name and glory, or will you build an altar for His Name alone?
The choice is yours. But remember—every act of pride leads to confusion, while every act of humility leads to blessing.
Choose well, brother or sister. Your legacy depends on it. Your unity with others demands it. And Yahuah is watching.
Ready to tear down your towers and build His altars?
True greatness comes through humility before the Most High.
May this word guide you from pride to humility in your walk with Yahusha.
Shalom and blessings from The FUNDamental Qahal of the Most High
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