Vayerah:Lost
The vision of Vayerah is that people are lost in Gd’s plan.
A year before the birth of Yitzchok, Gd announces that Avrham will spawn a great nation because he will “command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of the LRD, to do righteousness and justice” This is the reason that Gd reveals to Avraham that Sodom ( the 5 towns) may be destroyed. This information becomes an opportunity for Avraham to explore and invoke Gd’s mercy. Avraham is lost, he does not know what to do with the information. He makes a decision and he is fearful (yirah) of the consequences of his decision to negotiate with Gd for the lives of the people in Sodom, etc.
Lot is not sure of how to protect the (angelic) strangers that come to visit him. His appropach is so befuddled that the guests are forced to rescue Lot from the mob. Lot cannot find his way through the forest of choices. He settled in the wrong place He had not learned the lesson of Lech Lecha.
Hagar cannot see the well that is in front her until the angel points it out; even though she seems to have been there (15 years) earlier. Her approach to euthanasia is interesting. She wants to spare herself the sight of her beloved son dying. Consider the Power of Attorney!
Finally Gd asks Avraham to do (yet) another bizarre thing. Gd will show Avraham a place where he will offer his son as a burnt offering. Damned if you do; damned if you don’t. Avraham and Gd and the angels find a solution. Avraham proves his loyalty and a ram replaces Yitzchok as the burnt offering: Deus ex machina. It is surprising how often this really is the solution. Enough faith to do the absurd can lead to a vision of the haven.
Do rightousness and justice.
The vision of Vayerah is that people are lost in Gd’s plan.
A year before the birth of Yitzchok, Gd announces that Avrham will spawn a great nation because he will “command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of the LRD, to do righteousness and justice” This is the reason that Gd reveals to Avraham that Sodom ( the 5 towns) may be destroyed. This information becomes an opportunity for Avraham to explore and invoke Gd’s mercy. Avraham is lost, he does not know what to do with the information. He makes a decision and he is fearful (yirah) of the consequences of his decision to negotiate with Gd for the lives of the people in Sodom, etc.
Lot is not sure of how to protect the (angelic) strangers that come to visit him. His appropach is so befuddled that the guests are forced to rescue Lot from the mob. Lot cannot find his way through the forest of choices. He settled in the wrong place He had not learned the lesson of Lech Lecha.
Hagar cannot see the well that is in front her until the angel points it out; even though she seems to have been there (15 years) earlier. Her approach to euthanasia is interesting. She wants to spare herself the sight of her beloved son dying. Consider the Power of Attorney!
Finally Gd asks Avraham to do (yet) another bizarre thing. Gd will show Avraham a place where he will offer his son as a burnt offering. Damned if you do; damned if you don’t. Avraham and Gd and the angels find a solution. Avraham proves his loyalty and a ram replaces Yitzchok as the burnt offering: Deus ex machina. It is surprising how often this really is the solution. Enough faith to do the absurd can lead to a vision of the haven.
Do rightousness and justice.
posted by Sheldon Goldberg at 8:24 AM
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