Parashat Vayeshev 5767/2006
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The weekly reading for the week of 25 Kislev, 5767 - December 16, 2006 Parashah: Vayeshev Genesis 37:1 to 40:23; the regular Haftarah: of Amos 2:6 to 3:8 is replaced by Shabbat Chanukah of Zechariah 2:14-4:7; Maftir: Numbers 1:1-17; Mei Kituvim: Job 23:1-17; Brit Chadashah: Acts 22:1-29
Chanukah Night Two - Second Candle in the evening. Happy Chanukah!
Parashah Lite Edition (Focuses on one verse or idea anywhere in the readings.)
The Bagel: Quiet Please!
"Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling" (Zechariah 2:17(13)).
Sometimes it is good just to be quiet. There is need in our day of rush, rush, rush, to take time to be holy. It is interesting in this text that G-d is stirred up and we should be quiet in the midst of this arousal. The expression "holy dwelling" only occurs in one other text of Deuteronomy 26:15 where it refers to heaven. Holiness and quietness sometimes run together. Much like Elijah and the "sound of a low whisper" because of the arrival of the Holy Presence of G-d (1 Kings 19:12). So during the noise of the holiday season: Quiet Please! Take time to think of all that Yeshua has done to bring redemption. For a day is coming when He will rouse "himself from his holy dwelling" and return from heaven.
Cream Cheese: Silence is also godly.
Unless noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV). Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers.
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