{"id":2375,"date":"2016-06-07T22:23:57","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T22:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=2375"},"modified":"2016-12-11T16:57:05","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T16:57:05","slug":"vayeilich-5760","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=2375","title":{"rendered":"VaYeilich (5760)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Drash Cards for VaYeilich (5760)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Marc Mangel<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 This parsha is read either on Shabbat Shuvah or the week before Rosh HaShannah (in which case it is read with Nitzavim).<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 In it, Moses announces his retirement, writes the Torah and gives it to the priests, and puts Joshua in charge. God then tells Moses what will happen (Ch 31, v 16-22) because the Israelites are not ready<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Why does God let them cross the Jordan if they are not ready?<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Here is a 2 sentence drash.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 1. \u00a0You can wander in the desert for 40 years and still not be ready to enter the promised land.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 2 \u00a0We cannot wait until we are &#8216;ready&#8217; to do Teshuvah because we will never be; rather we need to start now, regardless of our readiness.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 And here&#8217;s the practical tip: Have the wisdom to change your life from where you are. \u00a0Don&#8217;t find any reason to wait.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drash Cards for VaYeilich (5760) by Marc Mangel \u2022 This parsha is read either on Shabbat Shuvah or the week before Rosh HaShannah (in which case it is read with Nitzavim). \u2022 In it, Moses announces his retirement, writes the Torah and gives it to the priests, and puts Joshua in charge. God then tells &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=2375\">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-2375","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2375","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=2375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2376,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2375\/revisions\/2376"}],"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=2375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}