Inheritance of Jacob

The Sabbath Keeper is promised to "feed on the heritage of Jacob your father" (Isaiah 58:14).

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D. T. Lancaster

D. T. Lancaster

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The Sabbath Keeper is promised to "feed on the heritage of Jacob your father" (Isaiah 58:14). What is the "heritage of Jacob" and what is the relationship to Sabbath keeping? This teaching, a discussion of Isaiah 58:13-14 from Shabbat Vayeitzei 5777, wanders like a strange dream in many directions.


 

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