Category: Kedoshim
Under the Sukkah of David
Tags: King, messianic era, sukkah, tabernacle of David
Vayikra (Leviticus) 19:1-20:27 | Amos 9:7-15
According to the Stone Edition Chumash note on haftarat Acharei, this week's reading from Amos (9:7-15) is originally supposed to be read with parashat Acharei Mot while last week's Haftarah (Ezekiel 22:1-19) was meant to be the reading accompanying parashat Kedoshim. How did they become reversed? In non-leap years Acharei Mot and Kedoshim are read together as a double portion. Because of the long-standing tradition of ending the Haftarah on a note of hope, the more hopeful reading from Amos was read after the dire and bleak prophecy from Ezekiel. Thus they were printed in reverse order in early chumashim. As a result, when read in non-leap years, the two readings from the prophets were read with the opposite portion. Some lection schedules have now corrected the error.
For believers, this portion of Amos is of great interest because it is quoted by Yaakov the brother of the Master as the proof-text which validates the inclusion of the Gentiles. This corresponds to the passage from Kedoshim that says, "The stranger (ger) who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were aliens (gerim) in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God." (Leviticus 19:34)
The Fallen Sukkah Rebuilt
In Acts 15, Yaakov the brother of the Master quotes from the following passage to validate the inclusion of the Gentiles.
"In that day I will raise up the fallen booth of David, and wall up its breaches; I will also raise up its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old. That they may possess the remnant of Edom And all the nations who are called by My name," declares the Lord who does this. (Amos 9:11-12)
The first part of verse twelve presents us with a translation problem. The NAS renders it, "...that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by My Name." T...
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