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Our<\/span> chapter<\/span><\/a> is the beginning of what is identified as \u201cThird Isaiah\u201d (<\/span>Trito-Isaiah<\/span><\/a>), extending from Isaiah Chapter 56 to the end of the Book of Isaiah (Chapter 66). These chapters are a collection of oracles that presuppose a setting in the Land of Israel after the Return of the Babylonian Exiles to Judah after 539 BCE.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In<\/span> Isaiah 56:1-8<\/span><\/a>, the prophet proclaims that the covenant will be extended to all who obey God. In<\/span> verse 7<\/span><\/a>, God promises:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I will bring them to My sacred mount and let them rejoice in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices shall be welcome on My altar. For My House shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In<\/span> Talmud Bavli Berakhot<\/span><\/a>, Rabbi Yohanan asks from where do we learn that the Holy One, Blessed be He, prays? From the verse: \u201cI will bring them to My sacred mount and let them rejoice in My house of prayer\u2026For My House shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples\u201d. Note that Scripture here does not say \u201cthe house of their prayer\u201d, but rather, \u201cthe house of My prayer\u201d [<\/span>bet tefillati<\/span><\/em>]. From here we see that the Holy One, Blessed be He, prays. This leads to the question, just what does God pray?\u00a0 Rav Zutra bar Tovia said that Rav answers that God prays, May it be My will that My mercy will overcome My anger towards Israel for their transgressions. And may My mercy prevail over My other attributes through which Israel is punished. And may I conduct myself towards My children, Israel, with the attribute of mercy. And may I judge them not according to the letter of the law.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Gemara continues with an early Rabbinic story. Rabbi Yishmael ben Elisha, the High Priest, said: Once, on Yom Kippur, I entered the innermost sanctum, the Holy of Holies, to offer incense, and in a vision, I saw<\/span> Akatriel Ya<\/span><\/a> [one of the names of God], the Lord of Hosts, seated upon a high and exalted throne. And He said to me: Yishmael, My son, bless Me! I blessed Him with the prayer that God Himself prays, May it be Your will that Your mercy overcome Your anger. And may Your mercy prevail over Your other attributes. And may You act towards Your children with the attribute of mercy. And may You judge them not according to the letter of the law. The Holy One, Blessed be He, nodded His head and accepted the blessing.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The expression: \u201cFor My House shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples\u201d indicates that not only Israelites, but people from all the Nations of the World should be permitted to pray and offer sacrifices in the Jerusalem Temple (see<\/span> Talmud Bavli Menahot 73b<\/span><\/a> and<\/span> Maimonides Maaseh Hakorbanot<\/span><\/a>). 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If one were to survey the reasons why the Northern Kingdom was destroyed and now the Southern Kingdom is in jeopardy, worshiping idols would be number one with abuse of the poor a close second. The prophets in the book of Kings and Isaiah until this point focus almost exclusively on these issues. Wanton murder and other sins between people are sprinkled in as well. Chapter 56 is the first time that a prophet brings up the Shabbat:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Happy is the mortal who does this, the one who holds fast to it: Who keeps the sabbath and does not profane it, and holds back from doing any evil (verse 2)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

and\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

For thus said GOD: \u2018As for the eunuchs who keep My sabbaths, who have chosen what I desire and hold fast to My covenant\u2014 I will give them, in My House and within My walls, a monument and a name better than sons or daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that shall not perish' (verses 4-5).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

These verses prompt a famous statement from the Gemara:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rabbi Yo\u1e25anan said in the name of Rabbi Shimon ben Yo\u1e25ai: If only the Jewish people would keep two Shabbatot in accordance with their halakhot, they would be immediately redeemed\u201d (Shabbat 118b).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Why Shabbat? Why does the Gemara make such a pronouncement about a law that has not been the focus of the prophets or God until now? Perhaps the answer is that the Shabbat holds a special place in the relationship between God and the Israelites. Shabbat is unique to the Israelites. The idea of a day of rest was foreign to the ancient world. Shabbat also allows one to take an entire day out of one\u2019s workweek to focus on God.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Keeping Shabbat is also a way for the Israelites to acknowledge that God created the world (the reason given for Shabbat in the Exodus version of the Ten Commandments) and that God is the one who took the people out of Egypt (the reason in the Deuteronomy version of the Ten Commandments). All of these reasons combine to make keeping Shabbat a special way to show allegiance to God.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

By focusing on God and showing this allegiance to God, the people set themselves up to be able to right all the other wrongs- worshiping idols and treating others poorly. In this way, keeping the Shabbat can help reverse the punishments that led to exile.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Today\u2019s passage invites us to think about border crossings and radical acceptance. Being a good citizen seems easy at first glance: just follow the laws and be a mensch. But then it gets harder when Isaiah tells us to embrace those who are not like us in our communities.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Isaiah calls them foreigners \u201cwho attach themselves to God \u2026 who keep Shabbat.\u201d In this part of Isaiah, we read a lot about the second Exodus that will bring back the exiles to their ancestral customs and land. But this return is not the return to the past! Nothing will be as it once was (or as it is imagined to have been). This includes the people of Israel itself. Foreigners, we read, now form an integral part of God\u2019s plan for Israel.\u00a0 God Godself will guide them to God\u2019s sacred mount, and God\u2019s house now will be called \u201ca house of prayer for all people.\u201d The most precious gift is reserved for those who are childless, who must make a home in a strange place without the comfort of family. More than sons or daughters, God will give them a monument and a name\u2014<\/span>yad vashem<\/span><\/em>\u2014a name, furthermore, that will not perish.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I am in the process of becoming a US citizen, and much in this chapter feels very real. It is not enough for immigrants to assimilate, to learn the language, wear the right clothes, and acquire the customs and mores of our new home\u2014as if that was not hard enough! But if society does not actively welcome us, we are not at home, no matter how much we think we are like everybody else. Unfortunately, Isaiah does not tell us how we this should be done, but his message has implications for us.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Making space is an active process. A few days ago, in a controversial act that might be reversed in the future, New York became the thirteenth US state to allow undocumented immigrants to apply for driver\u2019s licenses that will allow them to drive legally and to get insurance, and it will make more than a legal difference. I vividly remember the moment, maybe three years ago, when I received my NY city ID, a local identity card. The card comes with many benefits (the guide to the same can be accessed in 29 languages!)\u2014from prescription drug discounts to discounted membership to museums. Like many of my friends, I signed up. I was surprised how real it felt to hold it in my hands. That little piece of plastic made me feel more secure, more of a New Yorker, more American. 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Isaiah 56 contains some of the most extreme statements of openness to \u201cothers\u201d in the Hebrew Bible: \u201cLet not the foreigner, who has attached himself to the Lord, say, \u2018The Lord will keep me apart from His people,\u2019 and let not the eunuch say, \u2018I am a withered tree\u2019.\u201d The foreigners and the eunuchs, each normally disenfranchised, are promised full membership in the community.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What challenge does each face? The foreigner\u2019s challenge is straightforward. As a recent immigrant, she has no roots in the land, no heritage, no network of friends and family to fall back on. But God promises her a place in the sanctuary, \u201cfor My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The eunuch faces a different challenge. Eunuchs were often quite influential people, serving royalty and wielding great authority. Their power cannot be passed on, however, and their accomplishments will die with them. The prophet offers them immortality of a different type, however \u2013 immortality of reputation: \u201cI will give them \u2026 a monument and a name, better than sons or daughters; I will give them an everlasting name which will not perish.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Chinese-American biblical scholar Gale Yee<\/span> draws attention<\/span><\/a> to the political resonances of this vision for today. Immigrants, foreigners, and sexual minorities deserve acceptance into the religious community. There is an important caveat, though: membership in the community does not come free of obligations. It is for \u201cthe eunuchs who keep My sabbaths, \u2026 who hold fast to My covenant.\u201d The covenantal community, the house of prayer, is open for anyone who wishes to be part of it, and fulfill its communal and religious obligations. 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In three verses of this brief chapter, 2, 4, and 6, Isaiah refers to Shabbat. Why was it chosen here for special mention?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Malbim* explained that it was singled out because it is \u201cthe foundation of our faith, for by means thereof one testifies to his belief in creation and Providence\u201d (4). However, it is Radak, on this occasion, who delivers a homily on the profound meaning of the day.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Part of the observance of Shabbat is its sanctification\u2026 and all sanctification means separation\u2026 It is kept separate from the other days of the week by means of food and drink and clean clothes\u2014in the physical realm, and, in the spiritual realm, by relinquishing from his soul all mundane concerns and preoccupying himself with Torah, wisdom, and inquiry into God\u2019s deeds.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

[Isaiah] mentioned Shabbat specifically at this point because he was calling upon the exiles to improve themselves in order to depart from their exile and [keeping] Shabbat was the best thing they could do since it was because of its violation that they were sent into exile, as the Sages said: Jerusalem was destroyed only because its inhabitants violated Shabbat, to wit: \u201dAnd they have closed their eyes to My Sabbaths; I am profaned in their midst\u201d (Ezekiel 22:26). They also said that if Israel were to keep two Sabbaths, they would be redeemed immediately because it states, \u201cwho keep My Sabbaths\u201d (here, v.4) and afterwards \u201cI will bring them to My sacred mount\u201d (7).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The reference to Shabbat applies to all other positive commandments, but it [alone] was mentioned because of its gravity. Although it also has prohibitions, the positive [commandments] are the totality of it, because if one rests, he will not be performing any [prohibited] labor.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

While Radak did not explain why Isaiah linked Sabbath observance specifically to eunuchs (4) and foreigners (6), Malbim explained that the foreign-born convert has no past and the eunuch has no future. Their observance of Shabbat, however, draws them into the embrace of the Jewish nation and ensures their immortality.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

*For the significance of Malbim\u2019s commentary to the Book of Isaiah,<\/span> see our introduction to chapter 1.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n

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One of the ways in which Judaism distinguishes itself from other religious communities is the important, perhaps even defining, role played by descent. Whereas the paradigmatic Bahai, Muslim, or Christian is one who has seen the light, the vast majority of Jews made no active choice to affiliate themselves with Judaism at all \u2014 they were simply born. The modern Jewish thinker who gave perhaps the most forceful and eloquent articulation of this aspect of Jewishness was Michael Wyschogrod. In <\/span>The Body of Faith<\/span><\/i>, he states that rather than using a \u201cspiritual criterion\u201d to determine the holy community, God chose \u201ca corporeal election\u201d \u2014 the \u201celection of the people of Israel as the people of God,\u201d Wyschogrod writes, \u201cconstitutes the sanctification of a natural family.\u201d The bodily existence of the Jewish people is the dwelling-place of God in the world. For Wyschogrod this does not mean that spiritual and theological matters are unimportant. On the contrary, what makes the Jewish body special is its unconditional sanctification to God. But it does mean that \u201cJudaism is not a set of ideas.\u201d Strikingly, Wyschogrod concludes that \u201cif anything, it is the Jewish people that is Judaism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

While Wyschogrod\u2019s formations are particularly stark, this understanding of what constitutes the Jewish people is historically fairly typical. Occasionally, though, we have seen indications of another approach to the covenant \u2014 one which focuses not on descent, but belief and practice. One of the earliest and most moving of these can be found in Isaiah 56. Here, the prophet addresses several communities which do not seem to fit into a familial definition of Jewishness. The \u201ceunuchs\u201d are not able to participate in the divine command to beget children, and the \u201cforeigners\u201d to whom the prophet speaks were apparently not seen as able to \u201cbecome Israelite\u201d in the sense in which we think of converts as capable of becoming Jewish today. The prophet declares that these apparently unassimilable bodies can still, through observance of the Sabbath and moral conduct, be attached to the Lord.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

He goes even further in his declaration that the Temple \u2014 which, as a place in which activity is restricted not only to Israelite men, but to the priestly caste, represents the most exclusivist idea of covenant \u2014 will become \u201ca house of prayer for all peoples.\u201d The \u201cLORD God,\u201d according to the prophet, \u201cwill gather still more to those already gathered\u201d \u2014 perhaps a vision of a time when the covenant will no longer be restricted to the Israelites at all, but expand until it includes all the families of the earth.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Moments like this are relatively rare in the history of Jewish thought; more common is the emphasis on descent represented by Wyschogrod. But, in an era in which Jewish identity is contested as perhaps never before, it is important that we attend to the minority reports as well. They may well provide voices which prove crucial to our attempt to live out the covenant in the years to come.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":"","post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"Many Bodies Of Faith","tile_main_caption":"Is the bodily existence of the Jewish people the dwelling-place of God in the world? Isaiah offers an alternative: a covenant open to all","tile_main_caption_size":"2","tile_sub_caption":"","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":"","tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Isaiah","chapter":"56","chapter_main_number":"390","date":"20270225","wall_id":"390"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"395","name":"Covenant","old_id":"795"},{"term_id":"598","name":"Israelites","old_id":"998"},{"term_id":"738","name":"Body","old_id":"1138"}]},{"order":9,"id":"68269","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Radical Inclusion ","post_title":"Radical Inclusion","slug":"radical-inclusion","old_id":"68269","type":"event","iframe":"","writer":{"id":54356,"post_title":"Robert Alter","slug":"robert-alter","old_id":"54356","first_name":"Robert ","last_name":"Alter","description":"Robert Alter is the Class of 1937 Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Berkeley, where he has taught since 1967. He has written over twenty books, focusing on such topics as the European novel from the 18th century to the present, contemporary American fiction, and modern Hebrew literature. He has also written extensively on the literary aspects of the Bible. His most recent work is his monumental three volume translation of the entire Hebrew Bible - The Hebrew Bible, W. W. Norton & Co., 2019 - from which the selections in 929 are taken. ","short_description":"Robert Alter is the Class of 1937 Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Berkeley, and author of the three-volume translation of the entire Hebrew Bible - The Hebrew Bible, W. W. Norton & Co., 2019.","credit":"","image_url":"","hide_writer":false,"link_for_pay":false,"image":{"id":54357,"alt":"","title":"robert alter","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/robert-alter.jpg","width":184,"height":275,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/robert-alter-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/robert-alter.jpg","medium-width":184,"medium-height":275,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/robert-alter.jpg","medium_large-width":184,"medium_large-height":275,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/robert-alter.jpg","large-width":184,"large-height":275,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/robert-alter.jpg","1536x1536-width":184,"1536x1536-height":275,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/robert-alter.jpg","2048x2048-width":184,"2048x2048-height":275,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/robert-alter.jpg","post_full_size-width":184,"post_full_size-height":275,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/robert-alter.jpg","home_baner-width":184,"home_baner-height":275}},"tags":false},"related_cahpter":"390","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content_description":"A promise of continuity and permanence even without biological offspring\r\n\r\n","post_main_content_content":"

56:3 \u201cAnd let not the foreigner say, who joins the LORD, saying, \u201cThe LORD has kept me apart from His people,\u201d nor let the eunuch say, \u201cWhy, I am a withered tree.\u201d\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This declaration extends the prophet\u2019s program of inclusion. Eunuchs and men otherwise sexually maimed were prohibited from participation in the Temple cult. One therefore may infer that the \u201cjoining\u201d the LORD envisaged here is not limited to the cultic (although sacrifices are mentioned in verse 7) but involves entering a community of observance--in particular, observance of the sabbath. The eunuch can produce no biological offspring, but in adhering to the covenant, he becomes part of a community vouchsafed the covenantal promise of a destiny to be as multitudinous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the shore. This notion is spelled out in verse 5, \u201cI will give them in My house and within my walls \/ a marker and a name better than sons and daughters.\u201d Offspring means permanence; here permanence is being part of the covenanted people.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

From: Robert Alter, <\/span>The Hebrew Bible<\/span><\/em>, vol. 2: Prophets, W. W. Norton & Co., 2019, ad loc. 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\u201cBiblical Sources about Shabbat\u201d<\/a> by Lev Israel: Explore what the Tanakh has to say about the Sabbath.<\/p>","post_main_content_image":"","post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"Go deeper into the chapter....","tile_main_caption":"Source Sheets - Isaiah 56","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Links to learning resources","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":42232,"alt":"","title":"sefaria-words-sunburst","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","width":608,"height":395,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst-300x195.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":195,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","medium_large-width":608,"medium_large-height":395,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","large-width":608,"large-height":395,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","1536x1536-width":608,"1536x1536-height":395,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","2048x2048-width":608,"2048x2048-height":395,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","post_full_size-width":608,"post_full_size-height":395,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","home_baner-width":608,"home_baner-height":395}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"Sefaria word sunburst visualization","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","links":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Isaiah","chapter":"56","chapter_main_number":"390","date":"20270225","wall_id":"390"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":11,"id":"68267","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Points to Ponder - Isaiah 56 ","post_title":"Points to Ponder - Isaiah 56","slug":"points-to-ponder-isaiah-56","old_id":"68267","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":38102,"post_title":"929-English","slug":"929-english","old_id":"38102","first_name":"","last_name":"929-English","description":"","short_description":"","credit":"","image_url":"","hide_writer":false,"link_for_pay":false,"image":{"id":38333,"alt":"","title":"\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5.png","width":1513,"height":860,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-300x171.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":171,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-768x437.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":437,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-1024x582.png","large-width":1024,"large-height":582,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5.png","1536x1536-width":1513,"1536x1536-height":860,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5.png","2048x2048-width":1513,"2048x2048-height":860,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-1200x682.png","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":682,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-739x420.png","home_baner-width":739,"home_baner-height":420}},"tags":false},"related_cahpter":"390","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content_description":"","post_main_content_content":"

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  1. Shabbat.<\/em> Shabbat takes center stage in this chapter. It defines the boundaries of the covenant, who is in and who is out. This may be because Shabbat is not dependent on territory, and so became a recognizable feature of the Babylonian exiles, some of whom are now returning to Zion.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Welcome, all you joiner uppers!<\/em> The prophecy relates, that the movement of <\/span>Shivat Tzion<\/span><\/em>, \u201cthe returners to Zion,\u201d coming to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem, will also touch the hearts of foreigners who want to be a part. The prophecy opens that door. Not just the covenant, but also the Temple itself, thus transforming the Temple for a Jewish national institution, to a universal one: \u201cMy House shall be called A house of prayer for all peoples\u201d (verse 7).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Apart, or a part? That\u2019s the question<\/em>. The question of the distinctiveness of the people of Israel and the relationship with foreign cultures and peoples was one of the most salient issues of the period of the Return to Zion. In addition to the very open, inviting position of the prophet - there were other approaches. In another 464 chapters we\u2019ll read how the leader of those who returned, Zerubavel, rejects the Samaritans, who ask to be allowed to rebuild the Temple together with the Israelites returning from exile: \u201c\u201cIt is not for you and us to build a House to our God, but we alone will build it to the LORD God of Israel\u201d (Ezra 4:3). Ezra and Nehemiah themselves only a few years (and chapters) later, will actively work to banish foreign women.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. Yad Vashem - A monument and a name<\/em>. What is left of a person after their death? What perpetuates their memory? Of course, sons and daughters do, for those who have them. And for those who don\u2019t? According to Isaiah here, those who join the covenant will merit a special remembrance in the world: \u201cI will give them, in My House And within My walls, A monument and a name Better than sons or daughters. I will give them an everlasting name Which shall not perish\u201d (verse 5).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  5. Taking care of #1<\/em>. Those who were supposed to be concerned with national security and welfare, are busy taking care of their own affairs: getting enough sleep: \u201cThey lie sprawling, They love to drowse.\u201d (verse 10), and enough to drink: \u201cEveryone has turned his own way, Every last one seeks his own advantage; \u2018Come, I\u2019ll get some wine; Let us swill liquor. And tomorrow will be just the same, Or even much grander!\u2019\u201d (verses 11-12). <\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","post_main_content_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"Isaiah 56","tile_main_caption":"Points to Ponder","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Insights and questions for personal reflection and group discussion","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Isaiah","chapter":"56","chapter_main_number":"390","date":"20270225","wall_id":"390"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall\/67754"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wall"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}