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Shabbat Vayishlach: And He sent

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 Shabbat Shalom! PARASHA VAYISHLACH (And He Sent) Genesis 32:4 (v. 3 in Hebrew Bibles)–36:43; Obadiah 1:1–21 “And Jacob sent [vayishlach וַיִּשְׁלַח] messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.” (Genesis 32:4 [Hebrew Bibles: v. 3]) Haftarah Vayishlach: Hoshea (Hosea) 11:7–12:12(11) (A); ‘Ovadyah (Obadiah) 1–21 (S) Hosea 11 7 My people are hanging in suspense about returning to me; and though they call them upwards, nobody makes a move. 8 Efrayim, how can I give you up, or surrender you, Isra’el? How could I treat you like Admah or make you like Tzvoyim? My heart recoils at the idea, as compassion warms within me. 9 I will not give vent to the fierceness of my rage, I will not return to destroy Efrayim; for I am God, not a human being, the Holy One among you; so I will not come in fury. 10 They will go after Adonai, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west. 11 They will tremble like a...

Shabbat Vayetzei (And he went out)

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Shabbat Shalom!  Vayetzei: Jacob Receives His Inheritance Vayetzei (And He went out)5783 Genesis 28:10–32:2[3]; Hosea 12:13–14:9[10]; John 4:1–26 “And Jacob went out from Beersheba.” (Genesis 28:10)  Genesis 31:43-32:2 (vii) 43  Lavan answered Ya‘akov, “The daughters are mine, the children are mine, the flocks are mine, and everything you see is mine! But what can I do today about these daughters of mine or the children they have borne? 44  So now, come, let’s make a covenant, I and you; and let it stand as a testimony between me and you.” 45  Ya‘akov took a stone and set it upright as a standing-stone. 46  Then Ya‘akov said to his kinsmen, “Gather some stones”; and they took stones, made a pile of them and ate there by the pile of stones. 47  Lavan called it Y’gar-Sahaduta [“pile of witness” in Aramaic], while Ya‘akov called it Gal-‘Ed [“pile of witness” in Hebrew]. 48  Lavan said, “This pile witnesses between me and you today.” Thi...