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Yochanan 6:22-59

Yochanan 6:22-59 TOJB2011

On the next day the multitude that had stayed on the other side of Lake Kinneret saw that there had been only one sirah with which to cross the sea. They knew that Yehoshua had not embarked with his talmidim in that sirah, but that his talmidim had departed by themselves. Then some sirot (boats) came ashore from Tiberias and landed near the area where they ate the lechem after Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu had made the bracha. Therefore, when the multitude saw Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach is not there, nor his talmidim, they embarked into the sirot and came to K'far-Nachum, seeking Yehoshua. And having found him across the sea, they said to him, Rebbe, when did you come here? In reply, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, Omein, omein, I say to you, you are seeking me not because you saw otot (miraculous signs), but because you ate of the loaves and were glutted. Do not work for the okhel that is perishing, but for the okhel remaining to Chayyei Olam, which the Bar Enosh will give to you, for Elohim HaAv has set His chotam (seal) on this one. Therefore, they said to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, What may we do that we may work the pe'ulot HASHEM? In reply, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, This is the mitzvah of HASHEM, that you may believe in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach whom HASHEM has sent. They said, therefore, to him, What ot (sign) then do you perform that we may see and may have emunah in you? What work do you do? Avoteinu ate the manna in the wilderness, as it has been written, LECHEM from SHOMAYIM he gave them to eat. Therefore, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Omein, omein, I say to you, it was not Moshe who has given you the lechem out of Shomayim, but HaAv of me gives you the lechem ha'amitti (the true bread) out of Shomayim. For the lechem of HASHEM is that which comes down out of Shomayim and giving Chayyim (Life) to HaOlam. Therefore, they said to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, Adoni, always give us this lechem. Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Ani Hu the lechem haChayyim; the one coming to me never hungers, and the one with emunah in me will never thirst again. But I said to you that you have seen me and yet you do not have bitachon, you lack emunah. All which HaAv gives to me will come to me, and the one coming to me I will never turn away. For I have come down from Shomayim not that I may do my ratzon, but the ratzon of the One having sent me. Now this is the ratzon of the One Who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all which He has given me, but I will raise him up on the Yom HaAcharon (Last Day). For this is the ratzon of Avi: that everyone seeing the Ben and believing in him may have Chayyei Olam, and on Yom HaAcharon I will raise him up. Therefore, those of Yehudah were murmuring about Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, because he said, Ani Hu the lechem having come down out of Shomayim. And they were saying, Is this man not Yehoshua Ben Yosef, and do we not know his Av and his Em? Now how does he say, Out of Shomayim I have come down. Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach answered and said to them, Do not grumble among yourselves. No one is able to come to me unless HaAv Who sent me should draw him, and I will raise him up on the Yom HaAcharon. It has been written in the Nevi'im, V'CHOL they LIMUDI HASHEM (They shall all be taught of G-d). Everyone having heard from HaAv and having learned comes to me. Not that anyone has seen HaAv except the one being sent from HASHEM; this one has seen HaAv. Omein, omein, I say to you, the one having emunah has Chayyei Olam. Ani Hu the lechem haChayyim. Your Avot ate in the wilderness the manna and died. This is the lechem coming down out of Shomayim, so that anyone may eat of it and not die. Ani hu the lechem haChai (the living bread) having come down out of Shomayim. If anyone eats of this lechem he will live l'olam v'ed. And, indeed, the lechem which I will give on behalf of the Chayyim (life) of HaOlam is the basar of me. Therefore, those of Yehudah were arguing with one another, saying, How is this man able to give us the basar of him to eat? Therefore, he said to them, Omein, omein, I say to you, unless you eat the basar of the Bar Enosh and drink his dahm, you do not have Chayyim (Life) in yourselves. The one feeding on my basar and drinking dahmi has Chayyei Olam and I will raise him up on the Yom HaAcharon. For my basar is okhel emes (true food) and dahmi is shikuy emes (true drink). The one feeding on my basar and drinking dahmi abides in, dwells in me and I in him. As HaAv HaChai sent me and I live because of HaAv, so also whoever is feeding on me even that one will live because of me. This is the lechem out of Shomayim having come down, not as the Avot ate and died; the one feeding on this lechem will live l'olam v'ed. These things he said in a shul while teaching in K'far-Nachum.

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