{"id":2228,"date":"2020-12-06T07:13:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T14:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2228"},"modified":"2020-12-06T07:13:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T14:13:27","slug":"parsha-vayishlach-teaching-from-shabbat-shalom-mesa-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2228","title":{"rendered":"Parsha \u201cVayishlach\u201d teaching from Shabbat Shalom Mesa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa Fellowship for the two-part study of the life of Yakov, or Jacob, as he now returns to the land, both of his birth AND the promise, for the long-awaited encounter with his brother, Esau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is he still murderously angry, two decades later? Is it &#8220;kill or be killed&#8221;?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parsha &#8220;Vayetze&#8221; (Genesis chapters 32:3 through all of 36) addresses the issue of &#8220;brother against brother,&#8221; and the possibility of reconciliation, and restoration of &#8216;right relationship&#8217;. It&#8217;s also about faith, and promises, and even &#8220;how to pray&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Erev Shabbat (Friday evening) overview and intro:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/hebrewnation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/05172540\/SSM-12-4-20-Vayishlach-teaching-podcast-x.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The fact that internal strife, not just in the no-longer-very-united States seems almost inevitable makes the confrontation between the two brothers &#8212; which did NOT end, at least immediately, in bloodshed &#8212; seem more relevant than ever. But there is a related question that also figures prominently in this parsha: Just WHO is Esau?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cVayishlach: Brother vs Brother&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/hebrewnation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/05174943\/WT-CooH-12-5-20-Vayishlach-Who-is-Edom-and-what-about-Brother-vs-Brother-war-edited-xx.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The combined two-part teaching is <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/mark-call-parsha-vayishlach-teaching-from-shabbat-shalom-mesa-3\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>, via Hebrew Nation Radio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa&#8217;s 2020\/21 Torah cycle teachings for parsha &#8220;Vayishlach&#8221; (Genesis\/Bereshiet 32:3-36:43) <a href=\"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2228\">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":[5,35,11,12],"tags":[1350,737,1170,1348,1347,1339,1349,739,51,318,204],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228"}],"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=2228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2229,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228\/revisions\/2229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}