Ascending and Descending - Parashat Vayetzei

foreign [Music] verse 11. okay my child do not despise hashem's discipline and do not despise his reproof is rebuke for Hashem admonishes the one he loves and like a father he mollifies the child praiseworthy is a person who has found wisdom a person who can derive understanding from it and it continues and he talks about how don't get so offended by hearing musar that makes you question yourself don't get so offended and all bent out of shape if all of a sudden some young guy tells you hey by the way you're the equivalent of an idol worshiper if you drive to the beginning because I didn't write it don't get so offended if gazal tells you that any time somebody is angry they considered the equivalent of Abu dhab you have a man in Israel he doesn't get angry to be an Israeli one of the qualities is to be angry can't be an Israeli without being angry because that says you're not allowed so is not allowed what do you think they made it up they didn't make you laugh it's off myself what else is from a shame less yaakov Department it's this week's passionate Jacob is running away from itself the whole town is talking about it he stole his Blessing he stores right of the firstborn the whole town is talking about it he's in the news on CNN CNBC Bloomberg everyone's talking about it foreign [Music] for 14 years without sleeping Laurence Torah without sleeping 14 years we learned for 14 minutes he learned 14 years no sleep you learned a lot yes today 15 minutes wow well value would be proud that does no I learned a lot and I did a whole hour today 14 years jacovino 14 years without sleeping this is a different world might as well be a different species we're closer to a monkey than we are to the shoe not even to yaakov you know to the show of yaakovino 14 years without sleeping goes to Yeshiva but then it says something scary he goes to sleep after 14 years you get kind of tired said them not bad I'm tied up to 14 minutes he's tied up to 14 years it says here in verse 12 and he dreamed and behold a ladder was set Eastward uh was was said earthward and its top preached Heaven worth and behold angels of God were ascending and descending on it self ascending and descending now my whole life ever since I discovered that God was real when I was a little kid I remember in school we went to little religious school and he gave us a picture of you know taking a nap on this rock there used to be a few rocks that became one rock and there's like a ladder next to him there's a bunch of angels climbing and a bunch of angels going down ascending descending that's what I thought why they're sending this any who knows maybe they're playing I don't know having fun page 68 and also my secret Colleen both agree with each other says that if it wasn't written we wouldn't be allowed to say it what does it mean olympo ascending and descending the angels are going up they come down to see who this person is seems sleeping they go back upstairs Hashem we should kill him there's no sleeping yeah but he was sleeping he was awake for 14 years so what so what that he was awake for 14 years learning Torah that's what he was created for so what did you learn 15 minutes or 15 hours and you gave Saka and you kept Shabbat so what so you create it for eign means they are contemplating how to kill him they're coming to kill him and if it wasn't for the knife it wasn't for Hashem himself they would kill him yeah is being rebuked like this by the Angels I think we need to learn some Musa [Music] thank you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music]