Can we do תפילות prayers for:
Ardelle and Cal
That also through them The האור Light, רפואה The Healing and The ואהבה Love of ישועת יהוה Yeshuath YHWH may come back to הארץ The Land of Israel?
Shalom chaverim!
I have been enjoying reading a new book by Ephraim and Rimona Frank called Firstborn Factor (In the Plan of Redemption). They follow the Almighty’s selected firstborns through the Bible and help you to understand the importance of this position in the Father’s plan of redemption. Here is a little snippet which sheds light on our Torah portion this week:
At Jacob’s directive, ten of his sons set out for Egypt to buy grain. Led by Reuben, they arrived at their destination and met Joseph who was attired in official Egyptian garments and was in charge of all sales. The brothers did not recognize him but he, on the other hand, identified them immediately. The surprise encounter evoked in Joseph his dreams of long ago and the memory of how his brothers had treated him. In the first dream that he had back then, the brothers appeared as sheaves of wheat bowing to his upright sheaf. Now, many years later, Joseph’s siblings were in that posture before their disguised brother and looking to buy…wheat.
Under these unique circumstances and being endowed by YHVH with wisdom, Joseph was in a position to judge his brothers’ past unrighteous behavior and to bring them to repentance. In this way, he was fulfilling another aspect of the redeemer’s responsibility. When he sent them on their way, it was upon the condition that should they want to buy more grain, they would have to return with their youngest brother. Simeon was kept in prison as a hostage to ensure their compliance with this requirement. Why was it Simeon and not Reuben or one of the others whom Joseph chose to keep? Here is another lesson about YHVH’s order of responsibility in the family. When the brothers had sold Joseph, Reuben was away and thus Simeon should have stepped into his older brother’s place, in order to preserve the life of the younger sibling. Since Simeon had failed to act according to redemption principles, Joseph had no other recourse but to now pronounce judgment upon him. This predicament also served to bring to the minds and consciences of the brothers their sin and guilt of long ago regarding Joseph: “Then they said to one another, ‘We are truly guilty concerning our brother, for we saw the anguish of his soul when he pleaded with us, and we would not hear; therefore this distress has come upon us’” (Genesis 42:21). Unknown to them, Joseph was privy to that exchange but was not about to let this process of repentance and of acknowledging that YHVH’s heavy hand was upon them come to a halt.
If you are interested in this book, probably the best way to buy it would be to contact the Frank’s at shevet@netvision.net.il.
Chag Sameach!
Ardelle
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