{"id":1886,"date":"2015-10-28T00:33:37","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T00:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=1886"},"modified":"2015-10-28T00:33:37","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T00:33:37","slug":"bechukotai-5763","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=1886","title":{"rendered":"Bechukotai (5763)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dash\u00a0Cards for Bechukotai (5763)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Marc Mangel<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 This is the second half of the last chapter of VaYikra &#8212; the end of the holiness code, an epilogue, and closes with funding. \u00a0It is the only part of VaYirka that is not religious law or description of ritual.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022It&#8217;s structure is 11 verses of blessings, \u00a030 verses of admonitions\/warnings, and 34 verses of concluding material.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The blessings: Ch 26, v 4-5: fruitfulness of the land, v6: peace, 7-8: victory over external enemies; 9-10: providence of God for the people and economic prosperity; 11-12: dwelling of the Divine Presence in the land.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Otherwise: there are no boundaries to God&#8217;s goodness.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The admonitions have three parts and then a conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 First, very specific about the severity of God&#8217;s judgment. \u00a0Second, points about superstitions (leaven in the synagogue, why we read in a low tone). \u00a0About the third part, the Chofetz Chaim said regarding a person on a dangerous path &#8220;Don&#8217;t wear a blindfold&#8221;. The Torah is there to help us.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The conclusion, Ch 46, v 44-45: God will not forsake us.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 This is a warning and a plea: use your free will properly!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dash\u00a0Cards for Bechukotai (5763) by Marc Mangel \u2022 This is the second half of the last chapter of VaYikra &#8212; the end of the holiness code, an epilogue, and closes with funding. \u00a0It is the only part of VaYirka that is not religious law or description of ritual. \u2022It&#8217;s structure is 11 verses of blessings, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=1886\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":51,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1886","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1886","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=1886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1887,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1886\/revisions\/1887"}],"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=1886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}