{"id":2548,"date":"2023-03-19T07:22:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T13:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2548"},"modified":"2023-03-19T07:22:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T13:22:10","slug":"parsha-vayakhel-teaching-from-shabbat-shalom-mesa-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2548","title":{"rendered":"Parsha \u201cVayakhel\u201d teaching from Shabbat Shalom Mesa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This Torah portion begins, and is named for, the SECOND use of the word &#8220;Vayakhel&#8221; in Scripture. Except, this time it&#8217;s Moses that &#8220;gathers together&#8221; ALL of the assembly, not as a mob, but to hear, and do, what Yahuah commands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parsha Vayakhel (Exodus 35:1-38:20) returns to the topic of what those who have just escaped death should build together. And there seems to be a lot of emphasis in the text on their &#8216;heart condition&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps we should take note of what a &#8216;near death experience&#8217; can do for our perspective, especially if we end up with wise and willing hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Erev Shabbat overview of the whole parsha :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/SSM-3-17-23-Vayakhel-teaching-podcast-x-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sabbath day teaching this week beings right where He does. And where Mark suggests (again, because He does!) we should focus today, even though it might not &#8216;sit well&#8217; with our sun-god-day neighbors: His Sabbath. There&#8217;s a reason He set it off with the &#8216;torah-tag&#8217; equivalent of bright bold flashing text in the last parsha, and starts right there again after Moshe gathers them together THIS time for the right reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it&#8217;s the repeated references to the &#8216;wise-hearted&#8217; that should set the context. Is this society, too, on the brink of death &#8211; economic, spiritual, medical\/bio-weapon, and perhaps of even the fiery, nuclear form? True, most who have been dumbed-down into slavish complacency are oblivious to what is coming, but that doesn&#8217;t mean WE shouldn&#8217;t be ready for the time when THEY will panic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Vayakhel: In THIS God We Trust&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/SSM-3-17-23-Vayakhel-teaching-podcast-x.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<br>The combined two-part podcast is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/mark-call-parsha-vayakhel-teaching-from-shabbat-shalom-mesa-3\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/mark-call-parsha-vayakhel-teaching-from-shabbat-shalom-mesa-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa&#8217;s 2023 Torah-cycle teachings for parsha &#8220;Vayakhel,&#8221;  Exodus 35:1-38:20.  <a href=\"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2548\">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":[30,5,185,1665,1643,74,9,11],"tags":[28,88,1805,1806,104,1803,483,212,345,346,1198,318,101],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2548"}],"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=2548"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2549,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2548\/revisions\/2549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}