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~1963 \/ 1973<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Vayishla\u1e25 (\u05d5\u05d9\u05e9\u05dc\u05d7 \u2013 \u201cAnd he sent\u201d)<\/strong>
Bereshit \/ Genesis 32:4\u201336:43 \u2013 Obadiah 1:1\u201321 (Sephardic) & Hoshea \/ Hosea 11:7\u201312:12 (Ashkenazic)<\/sup><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The parasha Vayishla\u1e25<\/em> recounts Ya\u2018aqov\u2019s return to the Holy Land after twenty years in the house of Lavan. The messengers sent to \u2018Esav return with troubling news: \u2018Esav is coming to meet him with 400 men. Fearing confrontation, Ya\u2018aqov divides his camp, prays, and sends gifts. At night, he wrestles with a mysterious being who wounds him but blesses him, giving him the name Israel<\/em>. The reunion with \u2018Esav ultimately unfolds peacefully, each brother going his own way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Shekhem, the abduction of Dinah leads to the massacre of the inhabitants by Shim\u2018on and Levi, forcing Ya\u2018aqov to leave the city in haste. At Beit-El, God confirms his new name; on the road to Efrat, Ra\u1e25el dies giving birth to Binyamin; Yitz\u1e25aq passes away in \u1e24evron, where he is buried by his sons. The genealogy of \u2018Esav is then established.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sephardic haftara<\/em> from Obadiah announces the downfall of Edom, descendant of \u2018Esav, and Israel\u2019s ultimate victory, while the Ashkenazic haftara<\/em> from Hosea recalls Ya\u2018aqov\u2019s struggle with the angel and calls Israel to return to God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bereshit \/ Genesis 32:27<\/strong>
\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b9\u05bc\u05d0\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05b7\u05c1\u05dc\u05b5\u05bc\u05d7\u05b2\u05da\u05b8, \u05db\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05d1\u05b5\u05bc\u05e8\u05b7\u05db\u05b0\u05ea\u05b8\u05bc\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9
<\/strong>And he said, \u201cI will not let you go, unless you bless me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the central hall of the Marc Chagall National Museum<\/strong> [1]<\/sup> in Nice, the cycle The Biblical Message<\/em><\/strong> <\/strong>[2]<\/sup> is displayed. Among the twelve monumental canvases, Jacob Wrestling with the Angel<\/strong><\/em> illustrates the narrative of Genesis chapter 32 (verses 25\u201333). The blues and violets convey the inner intensity of the struggle, the diagonals of the bodies express dramatic tension, and the angel\u2019s gesture touching Ya\u2018aqov\u2019s forehead evokes both combat and blessing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the right edge of the painting appear: Ya\u2018aqov and Ra\u1e25el meeting at the well (love and divine providence, Genesis 29:1\u201312<\/em>); Yosef stripped by his brothers and cast into a pit (jealousy, Genesis 37:23\u201324); and below, Ya\u2018aqov weeping over Yosef\u2019s tunic (grief, Genesis 37:31\u201335). In the background, Chagall inserts elements of his personal universe, notably his native village of Vitebsk, thus intertwining his individual memory with that of the Jewish people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The museum was inaugurated in 1973, at the initiative of Andr\u00e9 Malraux [3] and with the participation of Marc Chagall. It was the first national museum dedicated to a living artist, and today houses nearly one thousand works, combining paintings, stained glass, and mosaics in a space conceived by Chagall himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[1] Marc Chagall<\/strong> (1887\u20131985) actively contributed to the design of the museum, adding stained glass, mosaics, and an auditorium, and was present at the inauguration in 1973.
[2] The twelve monumental canvases of The Biblical Message<\/strong> include: Abraham and the Three Angels and The Sacrifice of Yitz\u1e25aq (linked to parasha Vayera); Ya\u2018aqov and the Angel (linked to Vayishla\u1e25); Moshe and the Burning Bush (linked to Shemot); The Crossing of the Red Sea (linked to Beshalach); Moshe Receiving the Tablets of the Law (linked to Yitro); The Prophet Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah) (read in the haftarot of the \u201cThree Weeks\u201d around Tisha Be-Av); David and Bat-Sheva (from II Samuel); King David and His Harp (inspired by Psalms); Eliyahu (Elijah) Taken Up to Heaven (from II Kings); and finally two canvases devoted to Shir HaShirim (Song of Songs), traditionally read on Shabbat.
[3] Andr\u00e9 Malraux <\/strong>(1901\u20131976), Minister of Culture, encouraged the creation of the museum and supported the donation of the Biblical Message cycle to the French State.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vayishla\u1e25 (\u05d5\u05d9\u05e9\u05dc\u05d7 \u2013 \u201cAnd he sent\u201d)Bereshit \/ Genesis 32:4\u201336:43 \u2013 Obadiah 1:1\u201321 (Sephardic) & Hoshea \/ Hosea 11:7\u201312:12 (Ashkenazic) The parasha Vayishla\u1e25 recounts Ya\u2018aqov\u2019s return to the Holy Land after twenty years in the house of Lavan. The messengers sent to \u2018Esav return with troubling news: \u2018Esav is coming to meet him with 400 men. … Continuer la lecture de Marc Chagall Museum, Nice<\/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-5483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5483","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=5483"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5491,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5483\/revisions\/5491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdosyna.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}