Apropos our slavery in Egypt
The road to good places
Leads through tight spaces.
G-d puts us through paces,
Increasing our strength.
When things do go south,
Or we find ourselves at bay,
“G-d will be with our mouth
And teach us what to say.”
12. Bereishit - Vayehi (And he Lived)
in which Jacob is preparing to die after 17 years in Egypt and in the 148th year of his life, makes Joseph swear to bury him in Israel, blesses Efraim and Manasseh, Joseph"s sons, as his own and tasks them, especially Efraim, with carrying the Jewish tradition forward, promises that Israel will use their names blessing children, May you be like Ephraim and Manasseh, then calls in his sons, tells them their future, predicting a particularly glorious one for Joseph and giving him a special blessing, and then dies. Joseph embalms Jacob according to the Egyptian custom, and then buries him in Makhpelah Field, bordering Mamre, as Jacob requested, comes back to Egypt, fully reconciles with his brothers and lives to be 110.
Apropos our slavery in Egypt
The road to good places
Leads through tight spaces.
G-d puts us through paces,
Increasing our strength.
When things do go south,
Or we find ourselves at bay,
“G-d will be with our mouth
And teach us what to say.”
Apropos our slavery in Egypt
The road to good places
Leads through tight spaces.
G-d puts us through paces,
Increasing our strength.
When things do go south,
Or we find ourselves at bay,
“G-d will be with our mouth
And teach us what to say.”