{"id":1736,"date":"2018-10-28T07:34:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T13:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=1736"},"modified":"2018-10-28T07:34:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T13:34:48","slug":"parsha-vayeira-teaching-from-shabbat-shalom-mesa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=1736","title":{"rendered":"Parsha \u201cVayeira\u201d\u2013 teaching from Shabbat Shalom Mesa\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The story of the life of the First Patriarch, Abraham, continues with what might be one of the most problematic, certainly contested, and perhaps even confusing portions in the Torah, &#8220;Vayeira,&#8221; Genesis chapters 18 through 22.<\/p>\n<p>During the Erev Shabbat teaching, Mark Call again looks at the entire parsha, from the arrival of the three &#8216;men&#8217; who come to Abraham&#8217;s tent in the heat of day, and the discussion that follows, through the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, and then the &#8220;akeida,&#8221; or binding of Isaac:<\/p>\n<p>Link via Hebrew Nation Radio:<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1736-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SSM-10-26-18-Vayeira-teaching-only-podcast-x.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SSM-10-26-18-Vayeira-teaching-only-podcast-x.mp3\">https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SSM-10-26-18-Vayeira-teaching-only-podcast-x.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>During the Sabbath Day teaching, Mark looks into those themes that both unite, and divide the &#8220;two houses,&#8221; that each see some, but only some, of the patterns that tie the plan of YHVH, literally &#8220;from the Beginning,&#8221; to what happened, more than once, on a mountain in what was then called Moriah.<\/p>\n<p>It involved a walk of faith, &#8216;chesed,&#8217; sometimes translated from Hebrew as &#8220;kindness,&#8221; and the continued concept of choice, or free will. It even has a lot to do with laughter.<\/p>\n<p>Vayeira: When the choice seems to hurt, do we laugh or cry?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Link via Hebrew Nation Radio:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1736-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/WT-CooH-10-27-18-Vayeira-Laughter-and-punchline-for-the-Akeida-podcast-xxx.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/WT-CooH-10-27-18-Vayeira-Laughter-and-punchline-for-the-Akeida-podcast-xxx.mp3\">https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/WT-CooH-10-27-18-Vayeira-Laughter-and-punchline-for-the-Akeida-podcast-xxx.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>The combined part 1 and 2 files for both sections are available <a href=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/mark-call-parsha-vayeira-teaching-from-shabbat-shalom-mesa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a> for download.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa&#8217;s 2018-2019 Torah cycle teachings for parsha &#8220;Vayeira&#8221; (Genesis chapters 18 through 22). <a href=\"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=1736\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,11,12],"tags":[147,475,476,157,473,104,722,212,114,303,101,723],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1736"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1736"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1738,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1736\/revisions\/1738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}