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Project Likkutei Sichos — Vayeitzei 5781

Выпуск: Project Likkutei Sichos — Vayeitzei 5781. Темы: shabbat_laws, chassidus_hashkafa, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: шаббат, законы шаббата, melacha, hilchot shabbat, שבת, הלכות שבת, מלאכה, хасидут, хасидский взгляд, chassidus, hashkafa, חסידות, השקפה, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. A BOUNDLESS HERITAGE Regarding Hashem’s blessing to our forefather Yaakov,1 “You shall burst forth to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south,” our Sages teach:2 Whoever delights in the Shabbos is granted a boundless heritage, as it says,3 “{If you proclaim the Shabbos a delight…} then you will be granted pleasure with Hashem… and I will provide you with the heritage of your forefather Yaakov.” Your heritage will not be like that of Avraham… not like that of Yitzchak… but rather, like that of Yaakov, about whom it says, “You shall burst forth to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south.”4 As known,5 a mitzvah’s reward is measure-for-measure.6 We must therefore clarify: How is the mitzvah of (delighting in) Shabbos considered “boundless,” for which reason its reward is also “a boundless heritage”? Volume 15 | Vayetzei | Sichah 1 projectlikkuteisichos.org - page 2 walk in the land, to its length and to its breadth...” But Yaakov, regarding whom Scripture does mention Shabbos observance, as it says,10 “He encamped before the city” — he arrived right before sunset {late Friday afternoon} and established techumin11 while still daytime — inherited the world without measure, as it says,12 “Your offspring shall be as the dust of the earth….” The commentators13 explain that the meaning of the clause, “Avraham, about whom Scripture does not mention Shabbos observance” is (not that the Torah makes no mention at all that Avraham observed Shabbos — since the Torah does say about Avraham that “he kept My charge.”14 And our Sages expounded this as teaching as meaning that “Avraham was knew even the laws of eruv chatzeros”15 — but rather) that his Shabbos observance is neither mentioned “explicitly” nor “specifically.”16 It is said only as part of a general statement, and is included with {Avraham’s observance of} all the other Torah mitzvos. And stemming from this unique quality of his Shabbos observance, he merited to receive the blessing that “you shall burst forth.” We must also say that since of all the details of Yaakov’s S

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Project Likkutei Sichos

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11 ноября 2021 г.

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9

Темы: shabbat_laws, chassidus_hashkafa, parsha_commentary