פרשת השבוע Parasha of the Week

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ויצא

Vayeitzei

"And he went out"

סולם לשמים

Stairway to Heaven

בראשית כח:י - לב:ג

Genesis 28:10 - 32:3

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On way from Beer Sheva to Haran Yaakov dreams of angels ascending & descending on a ladder, God confirms continuation of covenant of land & seed with Yaakov who then calls the place Beit El (Oral Torah teaches that this place is Mount Moriah where Avaraham bound Yitzhak and where the Temple would later stand), Yaakov sets up the stone he rested his head on as a pillar to become a house of God and promises to tithe a tenth of whatever God blesses him with, Yaakov meets Rachel at a well in Haran and falls in love at first sight, Yaakov works 7 years to earn Rachel, Lavan substitutes Leah for Rachel, Yaakov works another 7 years to earn Rachel, Leah bears 4 sons (Reuven & Shimon & Levi & Judah), Rachel does not conceive so gives her maidservant Bilhah to Yaakov, Bilhah bears Dan & Naftali, Leah sees that she has stopped having children and gives her maidservant Zilpah to Yaakov, Zilpah bears Gad & Asher, Leah again conceives and bears Issakhar & Zevulun & Dina, Rachel conceives and bears Yosef, Yaakov prepares to return home and enters into a contract with Lavan then prospers with spotted & speckled sheep, Yaakov flees with his wives & children & livestock, Lavan pursues and Yaakov inadvertently invites Rachel's death because he does not know that she took her father's terafim/idols, Lavan and Yaakov agree to a boundary at Galaed, Lavan kisses & blesses & departs, angels of God encounter Yaakov as he goes on his way at Machanaim

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 וַיַּחֲלֹם

וְהִנֵּה סֻלָּם מֻצָּב אַרְצָה

 וְרֹאשׁוֹ מַגִּיעַ הַשָּׁמָיְמָה

וְהִנֵּה מַלְאֲכֵי אֱלֹהִים

עֹלִים וְיֹרְדִים בּוֹ

 בראשית כח:יב

"And he dreamed,

and behold a ladder set up on the earth,

and the top of it reached to heaven;

and behold the angels of God

ascending and descending on it."

Genesis 28:12

חושע יא:ז - יב:יד

Hosea 11:7 - 12:14

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God loves and calls Israel as a son, Ephraim became arrogant and spurned God while Judah remained loyal, Yaakov guarded sheep and God guarded Israel

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וְאַתָּה בֵּאלֹהֶיךָ תָשׁוּב

חֶסֶד וּמִשְׁפָּט שְׁמֹר

וְקַוֵּה אֶל-אֱלֹהֶיךָ תָּמִיד

חושע יב:ז

"Therefore return to your God;

keep loving kindness and judgment,

and hope in your God always."

Hosea 12:7

הכרזת מתי יב:א-נ

Matthew 12:1-50

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Yeshua is Lord of Shabbat, God's chosen servant, drives out demons, prioritizes Ruach HaKodesh, likens words from a person to fruit from a tree, relates self to Jonah and Solomon, shows true family to be those who do will of his Father in heaven

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 וְאִלּוּ יְדַעְתֶּם מַהוּ

חֶסֶד חָפַצְתִּי

וְלֹא זֶבַח

לֹא הֱיִיתֶם מַרְשִׁיעִים

אֶת אֵלֶּה שֶׁאֵין בָּהֶם אָשָׁם

הכרזת מתי יב:ז

"But if only you had known what was meant by,

 'I desire mercy,

and not sacrifice,'

you would not have condemned

those that are without blame."

Matthew 12:7

here Yeshua quotes from:

כִּי חֶסֶד חָפַצְתִּי וְלֹא-זָבַח

 וְדַעַת אֱלֹהִים מֵעֹלוֹת

חושע ו:ו

 "For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice;

and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings."

Hosea 6:6

הכרזת יוחנן א:מג-נא

John 1:43-51

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Yeshua calls Philip then Philip finds Natanel, Yeshua recognizes Natanel, Natanel declares Yeshua Son of God and King of Israel, Yeshua is at both top and bottom of the ladder in Yaakov's dream

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 אָמַר לוֹ יֵשׁוּעַ:

אָמֵן אָמֵן אוֹמֵר אֲנִי לָכֶם

מֵעַתָּה תִּרְאוּ

אֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם פְּתוּחִים

וּמַלְאֲכֵי אֱלֹהִים

עוֹלִים וְיוֹרְדִים

אֶל בֶּן-הָאָדָם.

הכרזת יוחנן א:נא

"Yeshua said to him,

'Truly I say to you,

from now on you will see

the heavens opened

and the angels of God

ascending and descending

to the Son of man.'"

John 1:51