{"id":2663,"date":"2023-11-16T19:16:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T19:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/?p=2663"},"modified":"2023-11-16T19:16:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T19:16:46","slug":"the-space-torah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/en\/2023\/11\/16\/the-space-torah\/","title":{"rendered":"The Space Torah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"277\" src=\"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4-1024x277.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4-1024x277.png 1024w, https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4-300x81.png 300w, https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4-768x207.png 768w, https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4.png 1122w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">1996-2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Torah portion Toldot (Genesis 25:19 to 28:9) recounts the birth of Esau and Jacob, Jacob&rsquo;s acquisition of the birthright, and the blessings bestowed upon him by his father Isaac. The portion consists of 106 verses, a number corresponding to the gematria of the word \u00ab\u00a0\u05e2\u05dc\u05d5\u00a0\u00bb which translates to \u00ab\u00a0they have risen\u00a0\u00bb <sup>(1)<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><strong>Genesis 26:4 <br>\u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05d1\u05b5\u05bc\u05d9\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d6\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05e2\u05b2\u05da\u05b8, \u05db\u05b0\u05bc\u05db\u05d5\u05b9\u05db\u05b0\u05d1\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e9\u05b8\u05bc\u05c1\u05de\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd, \u05d5\u05b0\u05e0\u05b8\u05ea\u05b7\u05ea\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d6\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05e2\u05b2\u05da\u05b8, \u05d0\u05b5\u05ea \u05db\u05b8\u05bc\u05dc-\u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b2\u05e8\u05b8\u05e6\u05b9\u05ea \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc; \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05bc\u05e8\u05b0\u05db\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05b0\u05d6\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05e2\u05b2\u05da\u05b8, \u05db\u05b9\u05bc\u05dc \u05d2\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d9\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5.<\/strong><br>I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven; I will give your descendants all these lands, and by your descendants, all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeffrey Hoffman&rsquo;s <sup>(2)<\/sup> last space mission took place aboard the space shuttle Columbia<sup>(3)<\/sup>. During this mission, he brought various Jewish items, including a spinning top and a small Sefer Torah. While in orbit, he read the book of Genesis. The documentary \u00ab\u00a0Space Torah\u00a0\u00bb <sup>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IR4UvDRXkSw&amp;ab_channel=BostonJewishFilm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click<\/a>)<\/sup>, aired in 2023, recounts this significant event in his career. Concurrently with the documentary, a traveling exhibition, \u00ab\u00a0The Space Torah Project,\u00a0\u00bb dedicated to celebrating the Jewish legacy in space, toured Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em><sup>(1) <\/sup>According to Rabbi David Feinstein Zt\u201dl, this alludes to the elevation of Isaac after his time in Gerar (Genesis 26:13), Jacob&rsquo;s elevation through the purchase of the birthright (Genesis 25:33), and the blessings bestowed by his father (Genesis 27:27-29 and 28:1-4). <br><sup>(2)<\/sup> Jeffrey Hoffman is an American astronaut born in 1944. He participated in five space missions with NASA, including spacewalks to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. <br><sup>(3)<\/sup> The STS-75 mission took place from February 22 to March 9, 1996. That year, Purim fell on February 25.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Torah portion Toldot (Genesis 25:19 to 28:9) recounts the birth of Esau and Jacob, Jacob&rsquo;s acquisition of the birthright, and the blessings bestowed upon him by his father Isaac. The portion consists of 106 verses, a number corresponding to the gematria of the word \u00ab\u00a0\u05e2\u05dc\u05d5\u00a0\u00bb which translates to \u00ab\u00a0they have risen\u00a0\u00bb (1). Genesis 26:4 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/en\/2023\/11\/16\/the-space-torah\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continuer la lecture de <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Space Torah<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2677],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2663"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2669,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2663\/revisions\/2669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}