Jejum e oração
Jejum e oração são disciplinas espirituais que andam juntas. Jesus jejuou, os apóstolos jejuaram, e a Bíblia ensina que o jejum fortalece a oração e nos aproxima do coração de Deus.
O exemplo de Jesus
Jesus jejuou quarenta dias no deserto antes de iniciar seu ministério. Ele ensinou que certas coisas só acontecem com oração e jejum.
Then Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was led up into the midbar by the Ruach Hakodesh of Hashem to undergo nisyonos (temptations) by HaSatan. And, having undergone a tzom (fast) for arba’im yom varbaim lailah (forty days and forty nights), afterward Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was famished.
And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, On account of your little emunah, for, omein, I say to you, if you have emunah as a mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Move from here, and it shall be moved; and nothing shall be impossible for you. But this kind do not come out except by tefillah and tzom.
And whenever you undergo a tzom (fast), don’t be like the sullen tzevuim (hypocrites), for they disfigure their faces to parade their tzom (fast). Omein, truly I say to you, they have received their sachar (reward). But when you undergo a tzom, anoint your rosh with shemen and wash your face, so that your tzom is concealed from Bnei Adam but not from your Av Asher b’Seter (Father Who is in Secret). And your Av HaRoeh b’seter (Father the One seeing in secret) will give you sachar.
And whenever you undergo a tzom (fast), don’t be like the sullen tzevuim (hypocrites), for they disfigure their faces to parade their tzom (fast). Omein, truly I say to you, they have received their sachar (reward).
But when you undergo a tzom, anoint your rosh with shemen and wash your face, so that your tzom is concealed from Bnei Adam but not from your Av Asher b’Seter (Father Who is in Secret). And your Av HaRoeh b’seter (Father the One seeing in secret) will give you sachar.
Where for ARBA’IM YOM Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was undergoing nisayon by HaSatan. And he had no okhel in those yamim. And when the yamim had been completed, he was famished.
O jejum nas Escrituras
Ao longo da Bíblia, grandes homens e mulheres de fé jejuaram em momentos decisivos — buscando a Deus com urgência e devoção.
And he was there with Hashem arba’im yom and arba’im lailah; he did neither eat lechem, nor drink mayim. And he wrote upon the Luchot the Divrei HaBrit (Words of the Covenant), the Aseres Hadevarim (Ten Commandments).
And I set my face unto Adonoi HaElohim, to plead by tefillah and tachanunim (supplications), with a tzom, and sackcloth, and ashes;
Choice lechem I did not eat, neither came basar nor yayin into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, until the completing of the full shloshet shavu’im.
Choice lechem I did not eat, neither came basar nor yayin into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, until the completing of the full shloshet shavu’im.
Go, gather together kol HaYehudim that are found in Shushan, and declare ye a tzom for me, and neither eat nor drink shloshet yamim, lailah vayom. I also and my na’arot will undergo a tzom likewise; and so will I go in unto HaMelech, though it is not according to the dat; and if I perish, I perish.
And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for several yamim, and did a tzom, and davened before Elohei HaShomayim,
Then I proclaimed a tzom there, at the Ahava River, that we might afflict ourselves before Eloheinu, to seek of Him a derech yesharah for us, and for our little ones, and for all our possessions.
So we did a tzom and besought Eloheinu for this, and He was entreated of us.
So we did a tzom and besought Eloheinu for this, and He was entreated of us.
Dovid therefore pleaded with HaElohim for the na’ar; and Dovid did a tzom, and went in, and lay all night upon ha’aretz.
So the people of Nineveh had emunah in Elohim, and proclaimed a tzom, and put on sackcloth, from their gedolim even to their ketanim. For word came unto HaMelech of Nineveh, and he arose from his kisse, and he laid aside his royal robe, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of HaMelech and his gedolim, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing; let them not eat, nor drink mayim; But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto Elohim; yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the chamas that is in their hands. Who can tell if HaElohim will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, that we perish not?
And HaElohim saw their ma’asim, that they shavu (turned) from their derech hara’ah; and HaElohim relented of hara’ah, that He had said that He would do unto them; and He did it not.
O jejum que Deus escolheu
Isaías revela o jejum que agrada a Deus: soltar as cadeias da injustiça, libertar os oprimidos e repartir o pão com o faminto.
Why have we done a tzom, say they, and Thou seest not?
Why have we afflicted nafsheinu, and Thou takest no notice?
See, in your yom tzom ye find chefetz (pleasure, personal advantage)
and exploit all your toilers.
See, ye undergo a tzom for grievance and strife,
and to strike with the fist of resha;
ye shall not do a tzom as ye do today,
to make your voice to be heard on marom.
Is such as this a tzom that I have chosen?
Merely for adam to afflict his nefesh?
To bow down his rosh like a bulrush,
and to spread sackcloth and efer (ashes) under him?
Wilt thou call this a tzom,
and a yom ratzon (a day of acceptance, an acceptable day) unto Hashem?
Is not this the tzom that I have chosen?
To loose the chartzubbot resha (chains of wickedness, injustice),
to undo the aguddot motah (bindings of the yoke bar),
and to let the retzutzim (oppressed ones) go as chafeshim (free ones),
and that ye break kol motah (every yoke of oppression)?
Is not this the tzom that I have chosen?
To loose the chartzubbot resha (chains of wickedness, injustice),
to undo the aguddot motah (bindings of the yoke bar),
and to let the retzutzim (oppressed ones) go as chafeshim (free ones),
and that ye break kol motah (every yoke of oppression)?
Therefore also now, saith Hashem,
turn ye back to Me with all your lev,
and with tzom, and with weeping, and with mourning;
Therefore also now, saith Hashem,
turn ye back to Me with all your lev,
and with tzom, and with weeping, and with mourning;
Sanctify ye a tzom (fast), call an atzarah (solemn assembly),
gather the zekenim and all the yoshvei ha’aretz
into the Beis Hashem Eloheichem,
and cry unto Hashem.
A igreja primitiva
Os apóstolos jejuavam antes de decisões importantes. O jejum acompanhava a consagração de líderes e o envio de missionários.
They were ministering to Adonoi and under a tzom when the Ruach Hakodesh said to them, Set apart for Me Bar-Nabba and Sha’ul for the avodas kodesh ministry to which I have called them.
They were ministering to Adonoi and under a tzom when the Ruach Hakodesh said to them, Set apart for Me Bar-Nabba and Sha’ul for the avodas kodesh ministry to which I have called them.
They were ministering to Adonoi and under a tzom when the Ruach Hakodesh said to them, Set apart for Me Bar-Nabba and Sha’ul for the avodas kodesh ministry to which I have called them. Then, having continued the tzom and having davened and having laid their hands upon them, they sent them off.
Then, having continued the tzom and having davened and having laid their hands upon them, they sent them off.
Then, having continued the tzom and having davened and having laid their hands upon them, they sent them off.
And having chosen for messianic s’michah Zekenim to be installed in every one of Moshiachʼs Kehillot, and having davened with tzomot, the Moshiachʼs Shlichim commended them to Adoneinu in whom they had emunah.
Praticando o jejum
Quando jejuares, unge a cabeça e lava o rosto. O jejum é entre você e Deus — não para impressionar os homens, mas para buscar ao Senhor.
And then to the age of eighty-four she had lived as an almanah (widow) who was not departing from the Beis HaMikdash, serving yomam valailah (day and night) with tzomot (fastings) and tefillos.
But they said to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, Yochananʼs talmidim undergo tzomot (fasts) often and offer tefillos; likewise also the ones of the Perushim; but your talmidim eat and drink. But Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach said to them, You are not able to make the Bnei haChuppah undergo tzomot while the Choson is with them, are you? But yamim will come when the Choson is taken away from them; then, in those yamim, they will undergo tzomot.
And, having entered into a bais, his talmidim began questioning Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach in a yechidus: Why were we not able to perform the gerush shedim (exorcism)? And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, This kind of gerush shedim is accomplished only by davening with tzomot.
And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, This kind of gerush shedim is accomplished only by davening with tzomot.
In labor and toil, in watchings, often in famine and thirst, in tzomot often, in cold and nakedness;
But as for me, when they were choleh (ill),
my clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled my nefesh with tzom (fasting);
and my tefillah (prayer) turned back on mine own kheyk (bosom).