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Parshas Vayigash: The Promise of Unity in a Divided World

Parshas Vayigash: The Promise of Unity in a Divided World

The story of Jacob demonstrates that positive participation in public life and God centered religious personal observance are the two keys to Jewish survival in a spiritually unfinished world.

In this week’s Torah portion, Vayigash: Bereishit (Genesis) 44:18 - 47:27, Jacob reunites with his son, Joseph, and relocates his 70 family members to Egypt. Jacob has concerns that his family’s monotheistic integrity will suffer among pagan Egyptian society. At the oasis of Be’er Sheva on his way to Egypt, God appears to Jacob saying, “I am the Lord, the God of your father; fear not to go down to Egypt, for I will there make of you a great nation. I will go down with you into Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again.” With this reassurance, Jacob establishes a spiritual refuge in Egyptian pagan society. Over time, his family increases in number and wealth. They prosper under the patronage of a Pharaoh appreciative of Joseph’s contribution to the health and welfare of the Egyptian state. They remain dedicated to the God of Abraham and to the holy lifestyle demanded of this commitment. 

The story of Jacob demonstrates that positive participation in public life and God centered religious personal observance are the two keys to Jewish survival in a spiritually unfinished world. When Jewish public servants endorse policies that increase the health and welfare of a nation, public approval of Jews increases. When Jewish policy makers endorse policies that undermine the health and welfare of the nation, animosity towards Jews rises. When Jews maintain personal allegiance to God’s ways we enjoy His protection and care. When Jews abandon personal allegiance to God’s ways in favor of fashionable alternatives, we lose His protection and care in a hostile world.

Ezekiel confirms this binary approach in Jewish experience and goes beyond it in our Haftarah portion this week, Yechezkel (Ezekiel) 37:15-28. The prophet explains that the Kingdom of Judah and the Kingdom of Ephraim will ultimately merge into one Kingdom of Israel in which politics will cease and a united revelation of God’s presence will transform the world.

What a relief that will be! 

Political posturing and policy plotting drive media narratives, lucrative advertising contracts and non-profit business fundraising. While these self serving activities go on and on, the suffering souls of trafficked women and children and the lost lives of pre-born human beings are forgotten. I saw this first hand at the TPUSA America Fest event celebrating the excellent efforts of patriots who worked hard for positive political change in America. The event agenda featured many of our most popular conservative voices, but not once did I hear a speech that mentioned the over 1 million babies tortured to death in the womb in America in 2023, nor the morally depraved enslaving exploitation of women and children, or the causes of these cancers infecting our nation.

At the Jewish Pro-Life Foundation, we will never abandon the voices of the most vulnerable human beings in the womb, who cannot platform themselves with votes, ad revenue or donations. They remain the key to our survival and the spiritual salvation for all of us.

Please share this post on your social media to amplify our message in this troubled world. Thank you.

Cecily Routman

May there be abundant peace from Heaven, and good life upon us and upon all Israel. Amen.

Cecily Routman is the founder and president of the Jewish Pro-Life Foundation. She is against abortion homicide in general and among Jews in particular and laments secular policy making in Israel that results in loss of Jewish life and delays the messianic redemption. She envisions a Torah based holy Land of Israel and a world that respects the life of every human being.

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