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Welcome to Vayechi (And He Lived), this week’s Parasha (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 study, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers and invited them,
as well as his father, to live in Egypt in order to provide for them during the famine.
Joseph, his brothers, and his father were joyfully reunited and reconciled.
This week’s Torah portion, Parasha Vayechi (and he lived), is the final Shabbat reading
from the book of Genesis (Bereisheet). Parasha Vayechi ends the first book of the Bible
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Weekly Torah Portion: Vayechi
Sometimes G-d speaks to us in the thunder, sometimes in a 'still small voice.'
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of darkness and disconnect, and sometimes G-d answers us through the united hearts and voice of our children.
Vayechi (Genesis 47:28 - 50:26)
Parashat Vayechi is read on Shabbat:
Tevet 16, 5777 / January 14, 2017
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And Jacob lived (Vayechi Yaacov) in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so the days of Jacob, the years of his life,
were a hundred forty and seven years.
Genesis 47:28
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Welcome to Vayechi
(And He Lived), this week’s Parasha (Torah
Portion).
May you be richly blessed as you study with us the
portion of Scripture that will be read during this Shabbat’s
(Saturday) morning service in synagogues throughout the
world.
Vayechi (And He Lived)
Genesis 47:28–50:26; 1 Kings 2:1–12; John 10:1–21
“And Jacob lived (Vayechi
Yaacov) in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so the days
of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred forty and
seven years.” (Genesis 47:28)
This week’s Torah portion, Parasha Vayechi (and he
lived), is the final Shabbat reading from the book
of Genesis (Bereisheet).
In last week’s study, Joseph revealed his identity to his
brothers and invited them, as well as his father, to live in
Egypt in order to provide for them during the famine.
Joseph, his brothers, and his father were joyfully reunited
and reconciled.
Parasha Vayechi ends
the first book of the Bible with the death of Jacob as
well as that of Joseph.
Reading the Torah during a Shabbat service
Jewish Longing for
the Promised Land
In this Parasha, Jacob compelled Joseph to vow
that he would carry his body out of Egypt and back to the
Land of his Fathers and bury him there. Joseph
agreed to his dying father’s request.
(Genesis 47:29–30)
(Genesis 47:29–30)
Although Jacob had lived the last 17 years of his life in
Egypt, he never forgot the Land God had promised him by
divine Covenant.
Likewise, ever since God called Abraham out of Ur, the
Jewish People have not lost sight of the Promised Land given
to them through Isaac and Jacob. Even when Nebuchadnezzar
took the people of Israel captive, they sat by the rivers of
Babylon weeping and remembering Zion, vowing to never forget
her.
“If I forget you, O
Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill! If I do
not remember you, let my tongue cling to the roof of my
mouth — If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.” (Psalm
137:5–6)
We must understand
this eternal longing planted in the Jewish soul to
comprehend the fierce determination of the people of
Israel to remain in the Land that God
promised us through our forefathers, Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob. Many maintain a strong emotional tie to the Land of
Israel even while living in exile among the nations of the
world.
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Jacob Blesses
Ephraim and Manasseh
As Jacob neared his death, Joseph brought his two sons
before his father for a blessing. Jacob asked who the two
boys were and Joseph answered, “They
are my sons, whom God has given me in this place [Egypt].”
(Genesis 48:9)
When he saw Joseph’s sons, he thought only of the
goodness of God. Jacob said to Joseph, “I had not thought to see your
face; but in fact, God has also shown me your offspring!”
(Genesis 48:11)
At the end of his life, Jacob praised the Lord for His
exceedingly abundant goodness, despite having experienced
many difficulties and trials.
God’s goodness not only met, but also exceeded his
expectations.
“Glory belongs to God, whose
power is at work in us. By this power He can do
infinitely more than we can ask or imagine.” (Ephesians
3:20)
Jacob blessed Joseph’s sons Ephraim and Manasseh;
however, in a surprise move, he put his right hand on
Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left on Manasseh, who
was the firstborn and should have rightfully received the
primary blessing.
“So he blessed them that
day, saying, ‘By you Israel will bless, saying, “May God
make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh!”’ And thus he set
Ephraim before Manasseh.” (Genesis 48:20)
Jacob
Blessing Ephraim and Manasseh, by Benjamin
West
Even today, many Jewish fathers will bless their sons on
Friday evening when families usher in the Sabbath (Shabbat),
saying, “May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh
(Ye’simchs Elohim ke’Efrayim ve’khe-Menasheh).”
But why would we bless our sons to be like Ephraim and
Manasseh? What was so special about these young men?
Although they were
born into the pagan, idolatrous culture in Egypt, they
remained faithful to the worship of the God of Israel.
This is what we desire for our children—that despite
being surrounded by a sea of questionable ethics and
morality, they will grow up to be of good character, holding
onto faith in the One True God, worshiping Him in spirit and
in truth, keeping the Torah that has been written on the
hearts of those who follow Yeshua (Jesus).
When we bless our children to be like Ephraim and
Manasseh, we are exhorting them to resist the negative peer
pressure and immorality of the society in which they live,
and instead hold true to the values we have taught them from
God’s Word.
“And do not be conformed to
this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your
mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that
which is good and acceptable and perfect.” (Romans
12:2)
Through his blessing, Jacob elevated these two grandsons
to be on an equal level with his own sons. Manasseh and
Ephraim became leaders of their own tribes, representing the
House of Joseph, receiving their own portion of land, and
waving their own flags.
A father and son prepare to
pray at the Western (Wailing) Wall.
Jacob’s Prophetic
Blessings over the 12 Tribes
“Jacob called his sons, and
he said: ‘Come together that I may tell you what is to
befall you in the end of days. Assemble and listen, O
sons of Jacob, and listen to Israel [Jacob], your
father.’” (Genesis
49:1–2)
Jacob, of course, did not only bless his grandsons,
Ephraim and Manasseh. He also called all of his
sons together to bless and prophesy over them on his
deathbed. All of them were blessed in that they
would all enter the Promised Land and receive an inheritance
there.
The blessings were carefully constructed and appropriate
to the individual. They were often based on past behavior
that was projected beyond the life of these sons to their
descendants.
When Jacob blessed his firstborn son, Reuben, he did not
give him the double portion or preeminence usually reserved
for firstborn sons. Because of Reuben’s instability, the
double portion was given to Joseph and preeminence was given
to Judah.
He did this because Reuben slept with Jacob’s concubine,
Bilhah, which revealed his lust for power over the family. In other words, when Reuben
took possession of his father’s harem, it revealed an
attempt to usurp his authority. For this reason, Jacob
resisted giving Reuben a position of preeminence.
Jewish woman prays at the Kotel (Wailing Wall)
When Jacob blessed Simeon and Levi, he cursed their anger
for their role in the massacre on Shechem after
Jacob’s daughter Dinah was raped.
Though anger was a fitting response, it was not a
righteous anger or indignation. They tricked the men of
Shechem into a false peace agreement and used it as a trap
to kill them.
Their violence was
so excessive that they even hamstrung the oxen.
Other sons were blessed with beauty and fertility
(Joseph); swiftness of a deer (Naphtali); ferociousness of a
wolf (Benjamin); scholarship (Issachar); military might
(Gad); and so on.
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Jacob Proclaims
Judah the Leader of the Tribes of Israel
“Judah, you are he whom your
brothers shall praise; your hand shall be on the neck of
your enemies; your father’s children shall bow down before
you.” (Genesis 49:8)
When the people of Israel came out of slavery in Egypt,
Judah became God’s “holy ones”:
“When Israel came forth out
of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange
language; Judah became His sanctuary [kadosho], Israel His
dominion [memshalah].” (Psalm 114:1–2)
The word translated sanctuary
is kadosho
(קָדְשׁוֹ), meaning holiness or holy portion. It comes from
the word kadosh (קדוש),
which means holy or
set apart.
An Orthodox Jewish man prays at the Western (Wailing) Wall using a
siddur (Jewish prayer book). The box and black straps are tefillin
(phylacteries), which are put on during morning prayer.
In Judah, we see the call to holiness.
Although he showed lapses of holiness and good judgment at
times, he saved Joseph’s life from his brother's wrath after
they threw him in a pit. And, later, Judah was the only
brother willing to enslave his own life in order to free his
brother Benjamin.
These actions revealed character traits similar to our
Messiah—the One who saves us from spiritual death and
releases us from spiritual enslavement.
When we are not sure
what to be thankful for, we can praise and thank Him for
these gifts of freedom. In fact, the
Hebrew word for Jew comes from Judah
(Yehudah יהודה), from the root YDH—yadah (ידה), which
means to thank.
Leah, Jacob’s wife, used a play on words in naming her
last son Judah (Yehuda), saying that now she would praise
(yadah—thank) the Lord (Genesis 29:35).
And the apostle Paul said that a true Jew, inwardly, is
one who praises (thanks) the Lord, whether Jewish or Gentile
(Romans 2:28–29).
Orthodox siblings play at the Lions Fountain in Jerusalem
Jacob also likens Judah to a lion cub; therefore, the
tribe of Judah is known as Gur
Ariyeh (lion cub).
“Judah is a lion’s whelp
[Gur Ariyeh]; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He
bows down, he lies down as a lion; and as a lion, who
shall rouse him?” (Genesis 49:9)
Indeed, from the royal tribe of Judah came forth kings,
legislators, and the promised Redeemer—Messiah, the anointed
King of Israel—Yeshua HaMashiach!
As prophesied, one day, the dominion of His
authority will extend to the entire world. To
Him, every knee shall bow and every tongue confess He is
King of Kings and Lord of Lords (Philippians 2:10).
A statue of the Lion of the Tribe of Judah at an
American synagogue.
Jacob Prophesies the
Coming of Messiah
“The scepter shall not
depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet,
until Shiloh comes; and to Him shall be the obedience of
the people.” (Genesis 49:10)
The meaning of the word Shiloh
as it is used in this verse literally
means that is his or he whose it is. This word
is also considered to be a synonym for Messiah, even by ancient
Jewish scholars and Rabbis.
We see this understanding in the Aramaic paraphrase of
the Torah called the Targum Jonathan, which was written
around 30 BC. This common language explanation of the verse
clearly defines who Shiloh is:
"Kings shall not cease, nor
rulers from the house of Judah, nor sopherim teaching the
lawfrom his seed, till the time that King
Messiah shall come, who will
arise from Judah."
Just as this verse prophesied, the Messiah did
come and, at the same time, the scepter departed from
Judah.
The Talmud (Oral law) teaches that in AD 30, the high
court of Jewish law, the Sanhedrin, lost their sovereign
right to enforce capital punishment—legally take a life (Sanhedrin
41a). That right went to Rome.
This is around the same time that Yeshua stood trial,
died, and took His seat at the right hand of the Father.
Then, in AD 70, Rome destroyed the Temple and essentially
exiled Judah. After that, the scepter fully departed from
Judah and their sovereignty over Israel ended.
Yeshua
on Trial before the Sanhedrin, by William
Hole
We find a fascinating fact in Jacob’s prophecy—the
scepter shall not depart from Judah. It contains every
letter of the Hebrew alphabet except one—the letter zayin (ז), which
represents the Hebrew word for weapon.
This, perhaps,
indicates that when the Messiah would come the first
time, He would not come with physical weapons.
Indeed, Yeshua held the sovereign staff of God Himself,
releasing spiritual oppression and setting the captives free
through God’s Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh).
With God’s staff in hand, Yeshua came as the suffering
servant
(Mashiach ben Josef).
(Mashiach ben Josef).
The Jewish leadership of Yeshua’s day, however, were looking
for a scepter to be raised by a military leader who would
conquer the Roman oppressors with weapons and force
(Mashiach ben David).
As a result, many completely missed their Messiah.
Jewish man
worships at the Western (Wailing) Wall
Over time, as Christianity developed and Christians
persecuted Jews in the name of the Messiah, a majority of
the Jewish People came to define themselves as people who
reject any claim that Yeshua is the Messiah.
Yet there have
always been Jewish Believers. Today many Messianic
Believers remain true to Jewish culture and traditions,
standing strong against the pull of assimilation.
According to Rabbinic Jewish commentators in the Talmud,
Jacob wanted to reveal the Messiah’s coming at the end of
days but was prevented by the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit).
“Jacob wished to reveal to his sons the end of days [ketz
ha-yomin], whereupon the divine presence
departed from him.”
(Talmud Pesachim 56a)
(Talmud Pesachim 56a)
In His sovereignty, the Ruach has revealed those end days
through Yeshua’s many teachings (Matthew 24; Mark 13;
Luke 21) and the vision of the apostle John in the
book of Revelation, as well as other Bible prophecies.
Yeshua Speaks Near the Treasury, by James Tissot
Further signifying Judah’s prophetic call as God’s “holy
ones,” the name Judah uses all four letters of the proper
name of God, YHVH (יהוה) with the addition of one Hebrew
letter dalet (ד),
which stands for delet
or door.
Yeshua, who died in the Land of Judah on the Roman
execution stake, rose again and became the door to
salvation.
“I am the door. If anyone
enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and
find pasture.” (John 10:9)
Yeshua HaMashiach is the One His Jewish brothers will one
day praise and thank.
“In this way, all Israel
will be saved, as it is written, ‘The Deliverer will come
from Zion, He will banish ungodliness from Jacob.’”
(Romans 11:26; Isaiah 59:20)
(Romans 11:26; Isaiah 59:20)
In these Last Days, as we wait for the return of Yeshua
in a display of might and power, please pray for the
salvation of the Jewish People and help us bring the Good
News to the Holy Land and the nations.
“Hear the word of the LORD, you
nations; proclaim it in distant coastlands: ‘He who
scattered Israel will gather them and will watch over
His flock like a shepherd.’” (Jeremiah 31:10)
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