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Welcome to Parasha Vayigash (Then He Drew Near), this week’s Torah Portion.
We know you will be blessed as you follow along with us in this
portion of Torah that will be read in synagogues around the world
during the Shabbat (Saturday) service. Enjoy !
In last week’s Torah portion, Pharaoh appointed Joseph administrator over all of Egypt in order to save the people of the nation from the coming famine. That famine affected much of the region and because of Joseph's wise stewardship, the nations looked to Egypt as a source of food.
This week, Parasha Vayigash begins with a plea from Judah, brother of Joseph, on behalf of his younger half-brother, Benjamin. A silver cup had been deliberately planted in Benjamin’s bag by Joseph, causing Benjamin to be in danger of having to remain a slave in Egypt.
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Weekly Torah Portion: Vayigash
To be in the moment, to live life in its fullest at any given moment one must recognize G-d's presence in every moment.
When Yosef and Binyamin wept on one another's necks they were living in the moment with G-d, even as their thoughts
were traversing the generations.
Vayigash (Genesis 44:18 - 47:27)
Parashat Vayigash is read on Shabbat:
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Ivanka, president elect Donald Trump’s Jewish daughter, was a high-profile part of her father’s campaign, and her choice of home and synagogue near the White House are a hint that this will be a meaningful part of his presidency. It was announced earlier this week that Ivanka and Jared Kushner purchased a $5.5 million dollar home in Washington’s Kalorama neighborhood and will attend the Chabad synagogue, a seven-minute walk from their new home. This is an important consideration as the Kushners are Sabbath observant and do not drive from sundown Friday until sundown Saturday. The Chabad Shul is informal, not having formal memberships, and not charging for High-Holiday services. Sabbath prayers attract a modest 40-50 people. Its rabbi, Rabbi Levi Shemtov, made headlines two weeks ago at an official Menorah lighting ceremony when he criticized President Barack Obama for allowing an anti-Israel resolution to pass a United Nations Security Council vote un-vetoed. [...]
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Almost 100 years ago, a world-famous Polish rabbi named Rabbi Israel Meir Kagan made a prediction that could result in the War of Gog and Magog, and the revelation of Moshiach (messiah), in 2017. Rabbi Kagan, popularly known as the Chafetz Chaim, after the title of his most famous book, died in 1933. Before his death, he revealed that the War of Gog and Magog would be fought in three stages. The first stage was WWI, which began in 1914. The Chafetz Chaim predicted that the second stage of Gog and Magog would occur 25 years after WWI, and that it would be much more brutal than the first stage. True to his prediction, WWII began in 1939, exactly 25 years later. [...]
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Perhaps the most shameful act of President Obama’s long, sordid presidency may have been among his last. As the voraciously anti-Western wolves of the United Nations prepared to take a vote on a measure condemning Israel, one nation stood in the way — the United States, supposedly the greatest ally of the Jewish state. The U.S. ambassador to the U.N. could cast a veto, condemning the resolution. It didn’t happen, thanks to the Obama administration. Conservatives are furious, and none more so than Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. In a scorching statement issued by the one-time Republican presidential contender, he excoriated the President Obama and his regime for its cowardice and proposed a unique retribution for the U.N. once President-elect Donald Trump takes office. [...]
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Then Judah came near [Vayigash וַיִּגַּשׁ] unto him and said, ‘Pardon your servant, my lord, let me speak a word to my lord.
Do not be angry with your servant, though you are equal to Pharaoh himself.’
Genesis 44:18
Shabbat Shalom - Parasha Vayigash - God's Prophetic Plan and Seasons of Trials !!!
Shabbat Shalom
Welcome to this week’s Parasha (Torah Portion), which is
called Vayigash (Then
He Drew Near).
We know you will be blessed as you study with us this
portion that will be read in synagogues around the world on
this Shabbat (Saturday). Enjoy!
VAYIGASH (Then He Drew
Near)
Genesis 44:18–47:27; Ezekiel 37:15–28; Ephesians
2:1–22
“Then Judah came near
[Vayigash וַיִּגַּשׁ] unto him and said, ‘Pardon your
servant, my lord, let me speak a word to my lord. Do not be
angry with your servant, though you are equal to Pharaoh
himself.’” (Genesis 44:18)
In last week’s Torah portion, Pharaoh appointed Joseph
administrator over all of Egypt in order to save the people of
the nation from the coming famine. That famine affected much
of the region and because of Joseph's wise stewardship, the
nations looked to Egypt as a source of food.
When Jacob sent his sons to Egypt for grain, Joseph
recognized them, but did not reveal himself right away. He
wisely tested their integrity through a series of character
challenges.
Joseph's Brothers Find the Silver Goblet in Benjamin's Pack, by
Alexander Ivanov
Judah Reveals His True
Character
This week, Parasha Vayigash begins with a plea from Judah,
brother of Joseph, on behalf of his younger half-brother,
Benjamin. A silver cup had been deliberately planted
in Benjamin’s bag by Joseph, causing Benjamin to be in
danger of having to remain a slave in Egypt.
Judah can't bear to return to his father without his
youngest brother, Benjamin. He knows that the grief his
father will endure for doing so will probably kill him.
He, therefore, pleads with Joseph, saying, “Please let your servant remain
instead of the lad as a slave to my lord, and let the lad go
up with his brothers. For how shall I go up to my father if
the lad is not with me, lest perhaps I see the evil
that would come upon my father?”
(Genesis 44:33–34)
(Genesis 44:33–34)
Judah seems to realize that his family's situation is
related to the evil behavior of his brothers in selling
Joseph, and he doesn't want such evil to befall them again if
Benjamin is now lost in Egypt.
This confession of sin
accompanied by sincere remorse and turning from sin
fulfills the Torah’s requirements for true repentance (teshuvah).
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Wall in Jerusalem.
Judah approaches Joseph privately and explains how it was
difficult to bring Benjamin with him to Egypt since he is the
only surviving son of Rachel, and his father is very attached
to him. He explains that he guaranteed the boy’s
safety and is desperate to take his place as a slave.
Joseph, no longer able to control his emotions after seeing
his brothers’ repentance, cries out for everyone to leave
except his brothers. He wants to be alone with them when he
reveals his true identity.
“Then Joseph could not
restrain himself before all those who stood by him, and he
cried out, ‘Make everyone go out from me!’ So no one stood
with him while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.
And he wept aloud, and the Egyptians and the house of
Pharaoh heard it.’” (Genesis 45:1–2)
As Joseph reveals
himself to his brothers, he comforts them:
“I am Joseph your brother, whom
you sold into Egypt. But now, do not therefore be grieved
or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; for God
sent me before you to preserve life.” (Genesis 45:5)
The Recognition of Joseph by His Brothers, by Peter Von Cornelius
God’s Sovereign Plan
of Salvation Cannot Be Broken
In placing Joseph in charge of Egypt’s food supply, God
wanted to do more than preserve the lives of the Egyptians
and the nearby world from starvation due to a present
famine.
By installing Joseph in a position of power to
save his own family, God preserved the promise He made
to Abraham, which included Israel being a blessing to
the nations:
“And
I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and
make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I
will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I
will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall
be blessed.” (Genesis 12:2–3)
Specifically, this promise would be passed down through
Isaac, not his brother Ishmael (Genesis 26:3–5);
through Jacob, not his brother Esau (Genesis 28:14–15);
and the promise of the Messiah would exclusively come through
the line of Judah, not his other 11 brothers:
“The scepter will not depart
from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from his descendants,
until the coming of the one to whom it belongs, the one whom
all nations will honor.” (Genesis 49:10)
The one to whom the
sovereign staff of rule belongs is the Messiah.
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Wall in Jerusalem.
God sovereignly chose Joseph to ensure that His
promises to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (not only of land but
also of being a blessing to all nations through the Messiah)
would be fulfilled through the line of Jacob’s son, Judah.
Why did God choose Judah?
Perhaps because he is the only brother who showed
compassion toward Joseph, saving his life when his brothers
wanted to kill him (Genesis 37:26–27). And as we
saw earlier, he showed even more compassion toward Benjamin,
offering to become a slave in his place.
Both of Judah's acts foreshadowed
what Yeshua (Jesus) would do for all of us spiritually.
“By this we know what love is:
Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down
our lives for our brothers.” (1 John 3:16)
In the end, neither envy, nor jealousy, nor murderous plots
against Joseph in his early years could derail God’s love and
plan of salvation for us—and the hatred against the Jewish
People today still can’t derail it.
Torah scroll
Jacob
Reunites with Joseph
“And they told him, saying,
‘Joseph is still alive, and he is governor over all the
land of Egypt.’ And Jacob’s heart stood still, because he
did not believe them.” (Genesis 45:26)
In this Parasha Jacob is reunited with his beloved son
Joseph.
Imagine hearing that your favorite child, whom
you thought had been killed many years ago, is actually a
governor of the nation next door!
This perhaps reminds many of us of the shock that
Yeshua’s disciples experienced when they were told that
Yeshua was not dead, but alive.
They had seen Him
die and witnessed His burial; yet, here He was alive and
well, walking about because death was unable to hold
Him.
“When they heard that Yeshua
was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe
it.” (Mark 16:11)
The empty tomb
Joseph invited his father and all of his brothers into
exile in Egypt to save them from the famine in Israel.
Leaving the Promised Land was not easy. God,
however, assured Jacob that it was right to accept his
offer, even though it would begin 400 years of brutal
slavery for Jacob’s descendants.
“Then
God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said,
‘Jacob, Jacob!’ And he said, ‘Here I am.’ So He said, ‘I
am God, the God of your father; do not fear to go down to
Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there. I
will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely
bring you up again; and Joseph will put his hand on your
eyes.’” (Genesis 46:2–4)
During a previous famine, God instructed Jacob’s father,
Isaac, to stay in the land, but in this instance God told
Jacob to leave.
This shows us how important it is to listen for God’s voice and obey
rather than simply go with whatever decisions seem right
to us, or rely on solutions that worked in the past.
“Trust in the LORD with all
your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all
your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your
paths.” (Proverbs 3:5–6)
Jewish boys pray at the Western (Wailing) Wall in Jerusalem.
Joseph was not only a powerful man; he was also an
excellent provider. He brought his father and all of his
brothers to Egypt where he made sure they were well looked
after.
“Then Joseph provided his
father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with
bread, according to the number in their families.”
(Genesis 47:12)
(Genesis 47:12)
Again, we can draw a parallel to Yeshua—the living bread (lechem chayim)
who was born in Beit-Lechem
(Bethlehem), the house of bread.
The bread that Joseph provided for his brothers sustained
them during their lifetime, but the bread that Yeshua gives
us sustains life eternally.
“I am the living bread that
came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live
forever. This bread is My flesh, which I will give for
the life of the world.” (John 6:51)
On Friday night just before sundown, Jewish families mark the Shabbat
with a special candle-lighting ceremony. Following that, most families
recite prayers over wine and challah (braided egg bread).
Israel
Reunites with Judah
The theme of this wonderful story of Joseph’s
reconciliation with his brothers, after so many years of
being separated, continues in the Haftarah (prophetic
reading), with the reunion of the northern and southern
tribes of Israel upon their return from exile.
How did this split between the tribes of Israel happen?
After the reign of
King Solomon, the nation of Israel split into the
Southern Kingdom (represented by the tribe of Judah
& Benjamin) and the Northern Kingdom (represented by
the ten other tribes, which are collectively called
Joseph, Ephraim, or simply Israel).
While both kingdoms sinned, Judah (Yehudah) returned from
exile and still exists today as the Yehudim (Hebrew
word for Jews). The
ten northern tribes went into the nations and became “lost,”
although some members of those tribes have returned.
Because of their idolatry, God broke the bonds of
brotherhood between Judah and Joseph (Ephraim and Israel):
“Then I cut in two My other
staff, bonds, that I might break the brotherhood between
Judah and Israel.” (Zechariah 11:14)
Jewish boys prepare to read the Torah.
According to Jewish thought, the animosity between Joseph
and his brothers (all children of Jacob) foreshadows this
later split between Judah and Benjamin with the other tribes
of Israel (all children of God).
In an amazing prophecy, however, God promises that one
day there will again be unity between them.
“Surely
I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of
Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I
will join them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make
them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.”’ (Ezekiel
37:19)
To make sure there is no misunderstanding, God plainly
explains this prophetic symbolism:
“Behold,
I will take the people of Israel from the nations among
which they have gone, and will gather them from all
around, and bring them to their own land. And I will make
them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel.”
(Ezekiel 37:21–22)
Of course, there is another reconciliation that God has
brought about. Through Yeshua’s sacrificial death on the
Roman execution stake—the dividing wall between Jew and
Gentile has also been destroyed,
resulting in “one new man” out of the two.
An Arab and a Jewish child walk together in friendship.
Though divisions still do exist, God’s purposes are to
reconcile us to Himself and to one another.
“For
He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has
broken down the middle wall of separation, having
abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of
commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in
Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, and
that He might reconcile them both to God in one body
through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity.” (Ephesians
2:14–16)
There is an even greater reconciliation to come. If we
look prophetically at this story of Joseph, we may see that
just as Joseph said, “Ani Yoseph: I am Joseph, your
brother,” likewise,
Yeshua one day will say, “Ani Yeshua: I am your
salvation, your brother and your Messiah.”
Halleluyah!
When the Jewish people recognize Yeshua as their Messiah,
there will also be a great reconciliation that will bring
about life-giving change all over the world. How we long
for that great day!
“For if their being cast
away is the reconciling of the world, what will their
acceptance be but life from the dead?” (Romans 11:15)
A rabbi tends to a beautifully covered Torah scroll.
It is exciting to live in a day when we can see prophecy
fulfilled before our very eyes as the Jewish people return
home from all four corners of the earth. So few Jews,
however, realize that Yeshua is the Messiah of whom the
prophecies in the Tanakh (Old Testament) foretell.
You can make a difference by standing united with Bibles For
Israel as we proclaim the Messiah in these last days before
He returns.
Shabbat
Shalom from all of the Bibles For Israel
family!
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