Return to Zion - Blog

  Sincerely, Leon Mazin Translation result The Lord chooses a man named Abram. And tells him to become a tool to correct the corrupted world. The first Jew. (Abram in Hebrew means "passed over.") God says to Abram, “Go! Let's start moving." As we know, he left with his whole family, and with his nephew Lot, for whom he had paternal feelings - the 75-year-old Abram did not yet have his own children. After long wanderings, friction began to occur between the two relatives: So Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives. 9 Is not the whole land before you? Let’s part company. If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right; if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.” 10 Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan toward Zoar was well watered, like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) Genesis 13:8-10 NIV...

So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and then went into the tent. Moses told his father-in-law about everything the Lord had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake and about all the hardships they had met along the way and how the Lord had saved them. Jethro was delighted to hear about all the good things the Lord had done for Israel in rescuing them from the hand of the Egyptians. Exodus 18:7-9 NIV Whatever one may say, Jethro was a pagan. Perhaps he had exploits towards the truth, but as he was the “Priest of Midian” he remained so. Undoubtedly, as the Jewish tradition says, “nitsei ohr – sparks of LIGHT” were distributed to different people, while Israel retained the main source. If we were to speak today's economic language, then in the Shares of the "Corporation of Truth" Israel owned a "controlling stake." But there was no reason not to listen to those other "owners of the Trut...

And Israel said, “I’m convinced! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.” Genesis 45:28 NIV Father's joy. He really wanted to see his son, and then such sudden news and an offer come. Of course, much is not clear. It is not clear why Yosef offered the Father and his brothers to go up to Egypt at all? He himself says that Egypt is below (you came down to me) and Eretz Avot/Land of the Fathers is above (go up to my father). Such a powerful man as he could completely feed his father's family in the promised land. Today, a lot of people receive support from their loved ones where they live, and everything is fine. Later, as the Midrash says, Joseph's grandson, Yair, even made conquests in distant Canaan... And everything was successful at a distance. Maybe, as the commentators say, Joseph wanted to build a “new society” in Egypt. But in this case, anyway, why take the family (representatives of the old society) to yourself? What would they interfere wi...

Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom. He instructed them: “This is what you are to say to my lord Esau: ‘Your servant Jacob says, I have been staying with Laban and have remained there till now. Genesis 32:3-4 NIV We see Jacob returning from Haran. He has wives, children, and property. He had just held the last negotiations with Laban and made peace with him. And here are new expectations, and the incomprehensible participation of ANGELS in the communication of two quarreling brothers - Jacob and Esau. What kind of level of spirituality (positive and negative) do the brothers have such that Angels are sent to communicate between the two, in Hebrew, it is written that these Angels are Jacobs messengers?! And then we see the reconciliation of both. And they cried on each other's shoulders, hugging each other. Lesson. In the end, earthly affairs are decided by people, not by angels... We also read a similar statement in the bo...

  Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran. When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. Genesis 28:10-11 NIV   Lesson 1. Speak to me, God of my Father! It is difficult to understand where Jacob came to. It is traditionally believed that he went north from Beer Sheva, and having reached the place that today is called “Beit El”, he spent the night and saw angels ascending and descending from a ladder, and the Lord God stood at the top... In 1994, I happened to serve a short time in the Israeli army, in this very settlement (Beit El). It is located near Ramallah. In general, the heavens are open there and praying at night is very spiritual. Another opinion says that he reached the place where his father Yitzhak once lay on the altar. Quite possibly, in frustrated feelings, because of the events that happened (and through his fault), he had to hastily retreat f...

1 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2 “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” Genesis 12:1-3 NIV How many Avraham’s (including my father) left their familiar world and went to new lands... Countless amounts! Too many to name! They were tired of what was around them - the political situation was changing, or financial need was driving them. But you and I know - GOD STANDS behind it all! Ultimately, only He is the Lord and Leader of everything. That is, those who trusted this calling, it does not mean that they always did everything accordingly, but, nevertheless, they WENT, went where they did not quite imagine - they won the VICTORY and received their reward! I suspect that most of us are presented w...

 Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old. She died at Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her. Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites. He said, “I am a foreigner and stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead.” The Hittites replied to Abraham, “Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb for burying your dead.” Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites. He said to them, “If you are willing to let me bury my dead, then listen to me and intercede with Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf 9so he will sell me the cave of Machpelah, which belongs to him and is at the end of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price as a burial site among you.” Genesis 23:1-9 NIV Until now, Abraham and his clan wan...