{"id":1292,"date":"2021-06-11T02:03:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T02:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/?p=1292"},"modified":"2021-06-11T04:32:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T04:32:47","slug":"understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/2021\/06\/11\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding “Chosen”ness – It’s NOT What TOO Many Think"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05a3\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b7\u05a4\u05dd \u05e7\u05b8\u05d3\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u0599 \u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u0594\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b7\u05bd\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9.. \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b6\u0591\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b0\u05da\u05b8\u059e \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d7\u05b7\u05a3\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9.. \u05dc\u05b4\u05bd\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05a5\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u0599 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05a3\u05dd \u05e1\u05b0\u05d2\u05bb\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u0594\u05d4 \u05de\u05b4\u05db\u05bc\u05b9\u05dc\u0599 \u05d4\u05b8\u05bd\u05e2\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u0594\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u0596\u05e8 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc\u05be\u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05a5\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b8\u05bd\u05d0\u05b2\u05d3\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05bd\u05d4:<\/div>\n

The concept of \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d7\u05b7\u05a3\u05e8 (being “chosen,” bach\u00e0r) is the idea that for the god-King YHWH to exist, YHWH god must have human subjects\/vassals to do his bidding! This is a matching microcosm of the earlier macrocosm of: In order for the creator god Elohim to exist, this Elohim high-god had to create light and, then, turn his watery abyss of a body into livable land and skies – filled with sentient life! Read the Torah correctly, folks! Through ANE (B.C.E.) henotheistic eyes, not Medieval period monotheistic eyes.<\/p>\n

“For you are \u05e2\u05b7\u05a4\u05dd \u05e7\u05b8\u05d3\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u0599 (a set-apart people\/nation, \u00e0m kad\u00f2sh) to YHWH your god, and YHWH has chosen you [the Jewish people] to be his \u05e2\u05b7\u05a3\u05dd \u05e1\u05b0\u05d2\u05bb\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u0594\u05d4 (personal-property people\/nation, \u00e0m segul\u00e0h) from all the nations that are on the face of the earth.” – D’varim 14.2<\/p>\n

“And I [the god-King of this portion of land, YHWH] will establish \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b4\u059c\u05d9 (my covenant, brit\u00ec) between me and you [the Jewish people of Judea-Israel] and your descendants after you in their generations, \u05dc\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05a3\u05d9\u05ea \u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u0591\u05dd (for an everlasting covenant, l’br\u00ect ol\u00e0m), to be \u05dc\u05b5\u05bd\u05d0\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u0594\u05d9\u05dd (a god, l’eloh\u00ecm) to you and your descendants after you.” – Bereishit 17.7″<\/p>\n

The Jewish concept of being a “chosen” people has been warped way out of context, thanks to the rise of modern monotheistic religions since the Medieval period – all three (Rabbinic Judaism, white Christianity, and Arabian Islam) perpetuated the monotheistic idea of ‘only one god exists, and all religious names in all religions reference this one god’ within this period of history. This concept of being a “chosen people” has been used by non-Jews to hate upon Jews and to target Jews for discrimination and violence, all for being “God’s” special people among the people. Among post-Medieval Jews, the concept has taken on a meaning of Jews being somehow a different people in heart\/soul from other peoples (gentiles are the “other”) through being bound to an everlasting covenant.<\/p>\n

Both of these views are just plain wrong, according to the written Torah itself! But, the out of context views have driven many liberal Jews – like Reform Judaism, Reconstructing Judaism, and Secular Humanistic Judaism – to seek to redefine the concept of “chosen people” into a “distinct people,” or outright abandon the idea of chosenness altogether. This is understandable, but this too is the wrong approach!<\/p>\n

The best approach towards the concept of being “chosen” in this modern science-enlightened age is to *teach* the Torah correctly – especially to *Jews* and, as well, to gentiles. In other words, teach this concept in context of ANE worldview and in Torah’s own words. Educate the masses, and we change the antisemitic narratives among gentiles!<\/p>\n

The concept of a “chosen” people in ANE Jewish Torah thought is directly connected to the “brit” – the covenant between the national god-King and “his” vassals\/”chosen”-subjects-of-the-land. You know, the ones who are obligated *as a People* to keep the Covenant alive, in exchange for a continued ethno-religious future upon the planet (the land)!<\/p>\n

It’s not that somehow you’re better or more special than other human beings, but that you are obligated by the national god to keep the Jewish ways-of-life and Jewish beliefs alive! This means, everyone of us “Jew”s is connected to every other Jew on this planet – no matter how much we *disagree* with other Jews’ beliefs and practices! This is our “chosen” brit (“covenanted”) state as a people\/nation!<\/p>\n

The Torah is very clear that our Elohim (high-)god created the land and skies out of an already existing formless earth, and then created all the peoples\/nations of the earth – except for one people\/nation. It was YHWH god, the god-King of his portion of the land, who then created the Jews and Arabs of the Levant, and established a brit with the Jews on his portion of the land that Elohim god had created.<\/p>\n

Hence, the other nations had their own national gods, so says Torah on its *own* terms, when read in the peshat in entirety. But, Torah also equates YHWH the national god-King with Elohim the high-god, who created all that we physically know out of his premordial unformed body. And, other peoples\/nations equated their national god-King to the Creator high-god, too, according to other ANE national myths.<\/p>\n

Let’s tackle one more point on which to finish this article: \u05e9\u05d1\u05e2 \u05de\u05e6\u05d5\u05d5\u05ea \u05d1\u05e0\u05d9 \u05e0\u05d7\u200e, Sheva Mitzvot B’nei Noach<\/p>\n

According to Torah, YHWH god didn’t create all the peoples of the earth, only the Jews and Arabs of the Levant. And, Elohim god didn’t create the Jewish and Arab people of the Levant, only all the other peoples\/nations upon the other parts (the rest) of the land. Through Cain’s expulsion from the Levant (YHWH’s land) for murdering his brother, Levantines intermingled and add-mixed with non-Levantine peoples. How all people of the planet are the same people from Adam and Chava (Eve) is through the Flood story, and the repopulation of the planet through specifically Noah’s clan\/family – at least, according to the Torah’s accounting of “history.” But, the “brit,” the covenant of obedience to the national god of Israel, still is between *Jews* and YHWH, as it has always been. Gentiles do not need to be envious of this “brit,” because they are *not* obligated to wrestle with the halacha (the mitzvot) of this “brit.” For *gentiles*, the covenant Elohim god made with Noah is fully and sufficiently enough!<\/p>\n

\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05a4\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd\u0599 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc\u05be\u05e0\u05b9\u0594\u05d7\u05b7 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05dc\u05be\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9\u05a5\u05d5 \u05d0\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u0596\u05d5\u05b9 \u05dc\u05b5\u05d0\u05de\u05bd\u05b9\u05e8:
\n\u05d5\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u0595\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b4\u05bd\u05e0\u05b0\u05e0\u05b4\u05a5\u05d9 \u05de\u05b5\u05e7\u05b4\u059b\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b4\u0596\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05db\u05b6\u0591\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05d6\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05e2\u05b2\u05db\u05b6\u0596\u05dd \u05d0\u05b7\u05bd\u05d7\u05b2\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05bd\u05dd:
\n\u05d5\u05b7\u05bd\u05d4\u05b2\u05e7\u05b4\u05bd\u05de\u05b9\u05ea\u05b4\u05a4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05be\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9\u0599 \u05d0\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05db\u05b6\u0594\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b9\u05bd\u05d0\u05be\u05d9\u05b4\u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8\u05b5\u05a7\u05ea \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc\u05be\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e9\u05c2\u05b8\u059b\u05e8 \u05e2\u0596\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3 \u05de\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b5\u05a3\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u0591\u05d5\u05bc\u05dc \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b9\u05d0\u05be\u05d9\u05b4\u05bd\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05b6\u05a5\u05d4 \u05e2\u059b\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3 \u05de\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u0596\u05d5\u05bc\u05dc \u05dc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05d7\u05b5\u05a5\u05ea \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05bd\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5:<\/div>\n

“And \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd\u0599 (Elohim god) said to Noah and to his sons with him, saying: “And I, behold I am setting up \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b4\u0596\u05d9 (my covenant, brit\u00ec) with you and with your descendants after you. And I will establish \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9\u0599 (my covenant, brit\u00ec) with you, and never again will all planetary-life be killed off by the flood waters, and there will never again be a flood to destroy the earth.”” – Bereishit 9.8-9,11<\/p>\n

————-<\/p>\n

For more study on “bachar” and “segulah,” theTorah dot com has an excellent article on this subject:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.thetorah.com\/article\/israel-gods-chosen-people<\/p>\n

Israel God’s Chosen People<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05a3\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b7\u05a4\u05dd \u05e7\u05b8\u05d3\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u0599 \u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u0594\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b7\u05bd\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9.. \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b6\u0591\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b0\u05da\u05b8\u059e \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d7\u05b7\u05a3\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9.. \u05dc\u05b4\u05bd\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05a5\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u0599 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05a3\u05dd \u05e1\u05b0\u05d2\u05bb\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u0594\u05d4 \u05de\u05b4\u05db\u05bc\u05b9\u05dc\u0599 \u05d4\u05b8\u05bd\u05e2\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u0594\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u0596\u05e8 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc\u05be\u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05a5\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b8\u05bd\u05d0\u05b2\u05d3\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05bd\u05d4: The concept of \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d7\u05b7\u05a3\u05e8 (being “chosen,” bach\u00e0r) is the idea that for the god-King YHWH to exist, YHWH god must have human subjects\/vassals to do his bidding! This is a matching microcosm […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[51,49,50,52,53,56,57,55],"class_list":["post-1292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-lech-lcha","tag-lech-lecha","tag-lekh-lekha","tag-parasha","tag-parashah","tag-parshah-noach","tag-parshat-lech-lecha","tag-parshat-reeh"],"yoast_head":"\nUnderstanding "Chosen"ness - It's NOT What TOO Many Think - Kehilat Khochmah v’Yedah<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/2021\/06\/11\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Understanding "Chosen"ness - It's NOT What TOO Many Think - Kehilat Khochmah v’Yedah\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05a3\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b7\u05a4\u05dd \u05e7\u05b8\u05d3\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u0599 \u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u0594\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b7\u05bd\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9.. \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b6\u0591\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b0\u05da\u05b8\u059e \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d7\u05b7\u05a3\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9.. \u05dc\u05b4\u05bd\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05a5\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u0599 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05a3\u05dd \u05e1\u05b0\u05d2\u05bb\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u0594\u05d4 \u05de\u05b4\u05db\u05bc\u05b9\u05dc\u0599 \u05d4\u05b8\u05bd\u05e2\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u0594\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u0596\u05e8 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc\u05be\u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05a5\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b8\u05bd\u05d0\u05b2\u05d3\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05bd\u05d4: The concept of \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d7\u05b7\u05a3\u05e8 (being “chosen,” bach\u00e0r) is the idea that for the god-King YHWH to exist, YHWH god must have human subjects\/vassals to do his bidding! This is a matching microcosm […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/2021\/06\/11\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kehilat Khochmah v’Yedah\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-11T02:03:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-06-11T04:32:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Polish_20210610_204945130-300x275.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"\u05d4\u05d7\u05db\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05e3 Chacham Yosef\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\u05d4\u05d7\u05db\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05e3 Chacham Yosef\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/aniyostsef.com\\\/kahal\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/11\\\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/aniyostsef.com\\\/kahal\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/11\\\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\u05d4\u05d7\u05db\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05e3 Chacham Yosef\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/aniyostsef.com\\\/kahal\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ede3d1a6b6da8acf8d22782d95fe8672\"},\"headline\":\"Understanding “Chosen”ness – It’s NOT What TOO Many Think\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-11T02:03:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-11T04:32:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/aniyostsef.com\\\/kahal\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/11\\\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1024,\"commentCount\":1,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/aniyostsef.com\\\/kahal\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/11\\\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.aniyostsef.com\\\/kahal\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/Polish_20210610_204945130-300x275.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Lech-L'cha\",\"Lech-Lecha\",\"Lekh-Lekha\",\"parasha\",\"parashah\",\"Parshah Noach\",\"Parshat Lech-Lecha\",\"Parshat Re'eh\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/aniyostsef.com\\\/kahal\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/11\\\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/aniyostsef.com\\\/kahal\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/11\\\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/aniyostsef.com\\\/kahal\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/11\\\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\\\/\",\"name\":\"Understanding \\\"Chosen\\\"ness - It's NOT What TOO Many Think - Kehilat Khochmah v’Yedah\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/aniyostsef.com\\\/kahal\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/aniyostsef.com\\\/kahal\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/11\\\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/aniyostsef.com\\\/kahal\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/11\\\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.aniyostsef.com\\\/kahal\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/Polish_20210610_204945130-300x275.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-11T02:03:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-11T04:32:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/aniyostsef.com\\\/kahal\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ede3d1a6b6da8acf8d22782d95fe8672\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/aniyostsef.com\\\/kahal\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/11\\\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/aniyostsef.com\\\/kahal\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/11\\\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/aniyostsef.com\\\/kahal\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/11\\\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.aniyostsef.com\\\/kahal\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/Polish_20210610_204945130-300x275.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.aniyostsef.com\\\/kahal\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/Polish_20210610_204945130-300x275.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/aniyostsef.com\\\/kahal\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/11\\\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/aniyostsef.com\\\/kahal\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Understanding “Chosen”ness – It’s NOT What TOO Many Think\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/aniyostsef.com\\\/kahal\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/aniyostsef.com\\\/kahal\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kehilat Khochmah v’Yedah\",\"description\":\"We are a secular humanistic Jewish chavurah deep in the heart of Texas!\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/aniyostsef.com\\\/kahal\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/aniyostsef.com\\\/kahal\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ede3d1a6b6da8acf8d22782d95fe8672\",\"name\":\"\u05d4\u05d7\u05db\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05e3 Chacham Yosef\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/16ab0ac426d7892cd368eb27a3164cc5cd775598ab9992c228eda14cf10ee664?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/16ab0ac426d7892cd368eb27a3164cc5cd775598ab9992c228eda14cf10ee664?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/16ab0ac426d7892cd368eb27a3164cc5cd775598ab9992c228eda14cf10ee664?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"\u05d4\u05d7\u05db\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05e3 Chacham Yosef\"},\"description\":\"Chacham Yosef is Joseph T Farkasdi, an accidental sage from too much studying. I am just a simple Jew who got his Jewish education in the most Jewishly inclusive esnoga probably on the planet. This kahal project is an effort to recreate this community experience here in the USA!\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/aniyostsef.com\\\/kahal\\\/author\\\/adminkahal\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Understanding \"Chosen\"ness - It's NOT What TOO Many Think - Kehilat Khochmah v’Yedah","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/2021\/06\/11\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Understanding \"Chosen\"ness - It's NOT What TOO Many Think - Kehilat Khochmah v’Yedah","og_description":"\u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05a3\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b7\u05a4\u05dd \u05e7\u05b8\u05d3\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u0599 \u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u0594\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b7\u05bd\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9.. \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b6\u0591\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b0\u05da\u05b8\u059e \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d7\u05b7\u05a3\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9.. \u05dc\u05b4\u05bd\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05a5\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u0599 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05a3\u05dd \u05e1\u05b0\u05d2\u05bb\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u0594\u05d4 \u05de\u05b4\u05db\u05bc\u05b9\u05dc\u0599 \u05d4\u05b8\u05bd\u05e2\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u0594\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u0596\u05e8 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc\u05be\u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05a5\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b8\u05bd\u05d0\u05b2\u05d3\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05bd\u05d4: The concept of \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d7\u05b7\u05a3\u05e8 (being “chosen,” bach\u00e0r) is the idea that for the god-King YHWH to exist, YHWH god must have human subjects\/vassals to do his bidding! This is a matching microcosm […]","og_url":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/2021\/06\/11\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\/","og_site_name":"Kehilat Khochmah v’Yedah","article_published_time":"2021-06-11T02:03:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-06-11T04:32:47+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Polish_20210610_204945130-300x275.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"\u05d4\u05d7\u05db\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05e3 Chacham Yosef","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"\u05d4\u05d7\u05db\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05e3 Chacham Yosef","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/2021\/06\/11\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/2021\/06\/11\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\/"},"author":{"name":"\u05d4\u05d7\u05db\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05e3 Chacham Yosef","@id":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/#\/schema\/person\/ede3d1a6b6da8acf8d22782d95fe8672"},"headline":"Understanding “Chosen”ness – It’s NOT What TOO Many Think","datePublished":"2021-06-11T02:03:07+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-11T04:32:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/2021\/06\/11\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\/"},"wordCount":1024,"commentCount":1,"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/2021\/06\/11\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Polish_20210610_204945130-300x275.png","keywords":["Lech-L'cha","Lech-Lecha","Lekh-Lekha","parasha","parashah","Parshah Noach","Parshat Lech-Lecha","Parshat Re'eh"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/2021\/06\/11\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/2021\/06\/11\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\/","url":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/2021\/06\/11\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\/","name":"Understanding \"Chosen\"ness - It's NOT What TOO Many Think - Kehilat Khochmah v’Yedah","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/2021\/06\/11\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/2021\/06\/11\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Polish_20210610_204945130-300x275.png","datePublished":"2021-06-11T02:03:07+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-11T04:32:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/#\/schema\/person\/ede3d1a6b6da8acf8d22782d95fe8672"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/2021\/06\/11\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/2021\/06\/11\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/2021\/06\/11\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Polish_20210610_204945130-300x275.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Polish_20210610_204945130-300x275.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/2021\/06\/11\/understanding-chosenness-its-not-what-too-many-think\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Understanding “Chosen”ness – It’s NOT What TOO Many Think"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/#website","url":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/","name":"Kehilat Khochmah v’Yedah","description":"We are a secular humanistic Jewish chavurah deep in the heart of Texas!","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/#\/schema\/person\/ede3d1a6b6da8acf8d22782d95fe8672","name":"\u05d4\u05d7\u05db\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05e3 Chacham Yosef","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/16ab0ac426d7892cd368eb27a3164cc5cd775598ab9992c228eda14cf10ee664?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/16ab0ac426d7892cd368eb27a3164cc5cd775598ab9992c228eda14cf10ee664?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/16ab0ac426d7892cd368eb27a3164cc5cd775598ab9992c228eda14cf10ee664?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"\u05d4\u05d7\u05db\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05e3 Chacham Yosef"},"description":"Chacham Yosef is Joseph T Farkasdi, an accidental sage from too much studying. I am just a simple Jew who got his Jewish education in the most Jewishly inclusive esnoga probably on the planet. This kahal project is an effort to recreate this community experience here in the USA!","url":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/author\/adminkahal\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75si3-kQ","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1292"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1301,"href":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1292\/revisions\/1301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}