{"id":2032,"date":"2015-12-04T01:41:05","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T01:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=2032"},"modified":"2015-12-04T01:41:05","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T01:41:05","slug":"vayeira-5763","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=2032","title":{"rendered":"VaYeira (5763)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drash Cards for VaYeira (5763)<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Marc Mangel<\/p>\n

\u2022 We have the first 7 plagues, a big build up, short even as a prelude to the exodus itself. \u00a0My question: \u00a0what 400 yrs in Egypt (or any other time period)?<\/p>\n

\u2022 The classic commentators say that there is some fault of the people and that God did not respond until now.<\/p>\n

\u2022 An alternative: the time was needed for evolution from tribes to a nation. \u00a0400 years ~ 20 generations, which we know is enough for evolution.<\/p>\n

\u2022 In Ch 6, v3, God says “I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as El Shaddai”.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Fox says \u00a0that the Hebrew is obscure and that the ‘Almighty’ in Genesis is the name most often attached to human fertility.<\/p>\n

\u2022 For the patriarchs, fertility is the key. For Moses and afterward, there is a different kind of relationship with God.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Ch 6, v3: They did not know the name Yud-Hey-Vav-Hey, v 4: V’gam can mean ‘and also’ or ‘in spite of’. In spite of this, God made the convenient.<\/p>\n

\u2022 As we know from the Hagaddah, in verses 6 and 7 four different words for redemption are used .<\/p>\n

\u2022 Coming out of slavery is a stage-wise process.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Pinchas Peli says that even though the situation is intolerable, mental freedom is a pre-requisite for physical freedom. \u00a0One has to be self-reliant and independent to be redeemed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Drash Cards for VaYeira (5763) by Marc Mangel \u2022 We have the first 7 plagues, a big build up, short even as a prelude to the exodus itself. \u00a0My question: \u00a0what 400 yrs in Egypt (or any other time period)? \u2022 The classic commentators say that there is some fault of the people and that … Continue reading →<\/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-2032","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2032","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=2032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2033,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2032\/revisions\/2033"}],"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=2032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}