{"id":1014,"date":"2015-02-12T01:14:31","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T01:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=1014"},"modified":"2015-02-12T01:14:31","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T01:14:31","slug":"toldot-5772","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=1014","title":{"rendered":"Toldot (5772)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drash Cards for Toldot (5772)<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Marc Mangel<\/p>\n

\u2022 This drash could also be given on VaYechi. \u00a0We do not say “May God make you like Esau and Jacob” but “like Ephraim and Menashe.<\/p>\n

\u2022 I will offer classical, kabbalistic, and Zionist explanations.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Classical: Ephraim and Menashe are the first brothers not to fight.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Kabbalastic: \u00a0Abraham represents chesed, Isaac represents gevurah, which are opposite traits battling each other.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The chain Abraham to Isaac to Jacob to Joseph to Ephraim and Menashe shows that it takes a long time for the sefirot to balance each other in harmony.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Back to the classical: In contrast to each of Jacob’s sons, the traits of Ephraim and Menahse are not clearly defined, they are successfully blended.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Zionist: \u00a0Ephraim and Menashe grew up in assimilated Egyptian society. The blessing is asking God to make them Jews\/Israelites<\/p>\n

\u2022 My father, who came from an assimilated family in Vienna, would marvel when in Israel, looking around and saying “They are all Jews”<\/p>\n

\u2022 Next time in Israel, go to be big mall like the Grand Kenyon in Haifa or the Malka in Jerusalem. Sit, drink a cup of coffee or a glass of wine and look around. \u00a0“They are all Jews” \u00a0– that’s why we bless to be like Ephraim and Menashe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Drash Cards for Toldot (5772) by Marc Mangel \u2022 This drash could also be given on VaYechi. \u00a0We do not say “May God make you like Esau and Jacob” but “like Ephraim and Menashe. \u2022 I will offer classical, kabbalistic, and Zionist explanations. \u2022 Classical: Ephraim and Menashe are the first brothers not to fight. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":51,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1014","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1015,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1014\/revisions\/1015"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}