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Michal Horowitz - Shiurim & Classes — Vayishlach 5785

Выпуск: Michal Horowitz - Shiurim & Classes — Vayishlach 5785. Темы: shabbat_laws, family_education, relationships_shalom_bayit, health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: шаббат, законы шаббата, melacha, hilchot shabbat, שבת, הלכות שבת, מלאכה, воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, шалом байт, брак, отношения, shalom bayit, marriage. A Short Vort - Vayishlach 5785 (12.24) BS”D An Ancient Foe, The Long Night of Exile, & Our Spiritual Purity In this week’s parsha, Vayishlach, Yaakov Avinu - along with his large family, ocks, servants, maidservants, and vast wealth - is returning to Canaan, after twenty years of working for his father-in-law, Lavan. To prepare for this historic meeting, Yaakov (1) divides his family into two camps, so if one is stricken, the other will survive (32:8-9), (2) he davens to Hashem to save him from Eisav’s wrath and might (ibid., v.10-13), and (3) he sends the gift of hundreds of animals to appease Eisav (ibid., v.14-21). Since Yaakov only had one brother, Eisav, it would have been suf cient for him to say, “Save me from the hand of my brother,” or “Save me from the hand of Eisav.” Why does he specify BOTH ‘the hand of my brother,’ AND ‘the hand of Eisav,’ as his brother and Eisav are one and the same? We must certainly strive for respectful, harmonious coexistence and cooperation with our non- Jewish neighbors, we should certainly acknowledge and appreciate the speci c values and goals that we [may] share, but not at the expense of losing our uniqueness. The Beis Ha’Levi, Reb Yoshe Ber Ha’levi Soloveitchik of Brisk (1820–1892), zt’l, explains that ‘Eisav’ represents one kind of enemy of Am Yisrael, and ‘my brother,’ represents an entirely different enemy (Beis ha’Levi al ha’Torah, Vayishlach). We must remain proud Jews, distinct in our lifestyle, embracing our own mesorah, transmitting the truth of our Torah to the next generation, and ensuring that we remain separate and apart from the nations of the world. In his te la for Divine salvation and protection, Yaakov asks Hashem: ‫ מִּיַד‬,‫הַּצִילֵנִי נָא מִּיַד אָחִי‬ ‫עֵׂשָו‬, save me please from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Eisav (v.12). If we fail to recognize and be sensitive to these differences, if we fail to teach our children about these differences, then we run the real risk of assimilating, G-d forbid, into a culture not our own

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Michal Horowitz - Shiurim & Classes

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11 декабря 2024 г.

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Темы: shabbat_laws, family_education, relationships_shalom_bayit, health_mind, parsha_commentary