{"id":2237,"date":"2020-12-27T07:22:57","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T14:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2237"},"modified":"2020-12-27T07:22:57","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T14:22:57","slug":"parsha-vayigash-teaching-from-shabbat-shalom-mesa-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2237","title":{"rendered":"Parsha \u201cVayigash\u201d teaching from Shabbat Shalom Mesa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Parsha &#8220;Vayigash&#8221; (Genesis 44:18-47:27) begins with the &#8216;cliffhangar&#8217; that ended the previous parsha, when &#8220;Judah comes near&#8221; to the man he does not YET realize is his brother Joseph, and gives the most important speech of his life,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Erev Shabbat (Friday evening) study picks it up there:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2237-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/hebrewnation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/26152258\/SSM-12-25-20-Vayigash-teaching-podcast-xx.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/hebrewnation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/26152258\/SSM-12-25-20-Vayigash-teaching-podcast-xx.mp3\">https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/hebrewnation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/26152258\/SSM-12-25-20-Vayigash-teaching-podcast-xx.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the time, when we take a deeper look at this parsha, the focus is on the central figures: Judah, who becomes the first &#8220;penitent&#8221; in Scripture, admits his serious mistake, and &#8220;mans up&#8221; to take responibility for, and the place of, his youngest brother, Benyamin. And Yosef, who becomes the first human to forgive another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But there&#8217;s another element this year, in &#8220;such a time as this,&#8221; which merits our attention, too. When the people of Mitzraim (Egypt) finally run out of silver (aka, &#8220;money&#8221;), they first sell all their livestock, then finally their land, and even themselves, into bondage, in exchange for food to live. And Joseph imposes a feudal duty on them: a full fifth, or 20%, of their produce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Would it be wonderful if modern Big Brother Pharoah was even half so benevolent!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you compare Joseph&#8217;s Pharoah to the modern, and &#8216;evolving,&#8217; Beast &#8212; a different picture emerges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join Mark Call as he takes a look at prophecies we&#8217;ve all heard about, and been watching for, as we head into\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cVayigash: Joseph&#8217;s Pharoah vs &#8216;the Beast&#8217; &#8212; By Their Masks Ye Shall Know Them!&#8221;<\/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\/26154729\/WT-CooH-12-26-20-Vayigash-Pharoah-v-the-Beast-by-their-Mask-ye-shall-know-them-podcast-xx.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The combined two-part teaching is <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/mark-call-parsha-vayigash-teaching-from-shabbat-shalom-mesa-3\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>:, via Hebrew Nation Radio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa&#8217;s 2020\/2021 Torah cycle teachings for parsha &#8220;Vayigash&#8221; (Genesis\/Bereshiet 44:18-47:27). <a href=\"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2237\">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":[5,886,9,11],"tags":[1362,88,497,311,312,104,1363,498,310,318,1123],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237"}],"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=2237"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2239,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237\/revisions\/2239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}