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Parsha Plus — t Vayislach — Vayishlach 5784

Выпуск: Parsha Plus — t Vayislach — Vayishlach 5784. Темы: family_education, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. Nevertheless, I kept the 613 commandments because I am in truth an Erliche Yid.” 5 “That is why I rightfully deserve the bechora and not you, and therefore don’t hate me!” As Much as We May Be Oppressed, We Will Never Be Eradicated This week’s parsha contains the prohibition of eating the gid ha’nashe (the sciatic nerve) of an animal as a result of the Angel of Eisav attacking Yaakov Avinu and wounding him in his thigh. Rashi famously comments that the Hebrew word garti (I dwelt) equals 613 in gematria, as if to tell Eisav, “even though I lived with the wicked Lavan, I kept the 613 commandments there and did not learn from his evil ways.” Yaakov telegraphs a message to his brother, “You should know, I was living with uncle Lavan. Therefore, he thinks to himself “What I do, I always do for a buck, therefore what you do, you also likely only do for a buck.” The first thing that comes to the mind of the Shamash is “You must be doing this for money, therefore do something once in your life not for money.” The world has a well-known expression that sums up this idea: What Peter says about Paul says more about Peter than it does about Paul.” Here too—what the Shamash (Peter) says about Rav Mordechai Druk (Paul) says more about the Shamash than it says about Rav Mordechai Druk. The Sefer HaChinuch writes that the reason for this mitzvah is to provide a hint to Bnai Yisroel that even though they experience many troubles in their exile at the hands of the non-Jewish nations, they should confidently remember that they will not be eradicated. At the end, there will be salvation just as there was with Yaakov, as it says “the sun shone for him.” I would like to tell a very interesting story I saw 6 about Rav Matisyahu Solomon, which was written up by Rav Mordechai Finkel: Rav Matisyahu learned in Gateshead (England) many years ago when it was still a very small Yeshiva. 8 Know With Whom You Are Dealing Parshas Vayishlach Rabbi Yissocher Frand At the beginning of Parshas Vayishlach [Bereishis 32:5], Yaakov sends Eisav the message (according to the Medrashic interpretation) that I have resided with Lavan (im Lavan garti) and nevertheless I have fulf

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Parsha Plus

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1 декабря 2023 г.

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Темы: family_education, parsha_commentary