{"id":2469,"date":"2022-08-21T07:43:39","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T13:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2469"},"modified":"2022-08-21T07:43:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T13:43:39","slug":"parsha-ekev-teaching-from-shabbat-shalom-mesa-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2469","title":{"rendered":"Parsha \u201cEkev\u201d teaching from Shabbat Shalom Mesa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship for a two-part study of parsha &#8220;Ekev,&#8221; (Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25) and ultimately, a look at &#8220;love&#8221; &#8211; what it was, what passes for it now, and why the difference is even more than just a matter of &#8216;life and death&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This one,too, includes more than one vitally-important command, which also turns out to be an undeniable &#8216;proof text&#8217; for why so many of us who seek to &#8220;come out of&#8221; the whore church (or synagogue!) and return to &#8216;the Way&#8217; want nothing to do with pagan, well, er, &#8216;crap&#8217;. Because He doesn&#8217;t just merely &#8216;hate&#8217; it\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, the Erev Shabbat reading and outline:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/SSM-8-19-22-Ekev-teaching-podcast-x.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sabbath teaching is addresses what certainly SEEM like a lot of contradictions. Between &#8216;judaism&#8217; and &#8216;xtianity&#8217;\u2026between &#8220;love&#8221; and &#8220;law&#8221;\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and what was supposed to be, and what instead IS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are warnings in this parsha that must not be overlooked, but have. The word &#8216;ekev&#8217; is often translated into English as &#8216;because&#8217;. And Mark suggests that &#8216;because&#8217; that is so true, much that is is now obvious followed. But there&#8217;s far more in here. Like the use of the word &#8220;AND&#8221; to describe His Covenant AND his <em>chesed <\/em>&#8211; &#8220;loving-kindness.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And THAT, as it turns out, makes all the difference!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Ekev: Brit AND Chesed &#8211; BOTH Covenant and Lovingkindness are Necessary&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WT-CooH-8-20-22-Ekev-Brit-AND-Chesed-both-necessary-podcast-xx.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The combined two-part podcast is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/mark-call-parsha-ekev-teaching-from-shabbat-shalom-mesa-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>, via Hebrew Nation Radio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa&#8217;s 2022 Torah-cycle teachings for parsha &#8220;Ekev&#8221; (Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25). <a href=\"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2469\">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":[19,5,1742,35,11,1698],"tags":[1745,1092,88,127,63,104,212,318,101],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469"}],"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=2469"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2470,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469\/revisions\/2470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}