{"id":2611,"date":"2023-09-03T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T13:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2611"},"modified":"2023-09-03T07:00:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T13:00:57","slug":"parsha-ki-tavo-teaching-from-shabbat-shalom-mesa-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2611","title":{"rendered":"Parsha \u201cKi Tavo\u201d teaching from Shabbat Shalom Mesa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Parsha &#8220;Ki Tavo&#8221; (Deuteronomy 26:1 thru 29:8) is the most well-known collection of &#8220;blessings and cursings&#8221; in the Bible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is, of course, much more. But this year, there&#8217;s an additional twist as well. Having taught this for a number of years at this point, and noting just how relevant &#8211; and DESERVED &#8211; those curses are, it time for a different take. After all, if it&#8217;s not obvious by now how and why those curses apply, it&#8217;s fair to ask: Just what is it gonna take?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Erev Shabbat overview begins with something that might seem quite different from how this one ends\u2026what does &#8216;first fruits,&#8217; and things that have to with His appointed times, have to do with blessings and cursings?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it&#8217;s no coincidence this parsha coincides with the coming of the Fall Feasts, and all they represent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SSM-9-1-23-Ki-Tavo-teaching-podcast-xxx.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sabbath midrash is a look at the question that should especially resonate this year: The reasons for the curses should be obvious, but will not be to far too many. And Deuteronomy 27:26 is why! Doesn&#8217;t it tell those who deny His Word exactly what the consequences are?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The curses are deserved, arguably even overdue; but YHVH is patient, to give all who will a chance to &#8216;return&#8217; to Him. The question for those with <em>eyes to see<\/em> then becomes, what do we do <em>now<\/em>? And Mark Call, of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship, suggests the answer is in there, repeatedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It starts with &#8220;fear not!&#8221; &#8211; but it turns out that there is more than one Hebrew word for &#8220;fear,&#8221; and the difference is vital to the second part of the answer, especially for the time of Sukkot: REJOICE!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Ki Tavo: So &#8211; the Well-Deserved Curses are Here\u2026NOW What?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WT-CooH-9-2-23-Ki-Tavo-The-Curses-are-at-hand-so-NOW-what-podcast-xxx.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The combined two-part teaching is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/mark-call-parsha-ki-tavo-teaching-from-shabbat-shalom-mesa-5\/\" 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 2023 Torah-cycle teachings for parsha &#8220;Ki Tavo&#8221; (Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8) nad related Scripture (including Isaiah 60, Job 3:25, Psalm 27). <a href=\"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2611\">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":[30,5,69,35,31,9,11,12],"tags":[46,88,1882,63,1878,104,1881,1879,1880,318,101],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611"}],"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=2611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2613,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611\/revisions\/2613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}