Toldos - 6th Portion

Join me in learning kitas for the sixth day for Friday paras told us the sixth Torah reading of paras told us today's class is fua shalma for a speedy recovery of a beng gilka chapter 27 28 yesterday we learned how Jacob was told by his mother as she made him special food to go in wearing the special here skin to goat skin and get the blessings from Yeitzk. While Yitzk wanted to bless as Rifka made sure that Yakov would get the blessings. Today we begin with the blessings that Yitzk gave Yakov. Verse 28. And may God grant you from the doom of the heaven from the fat of the land an abundance of grain and wine. Why does it say and? Usually you don't begin a sentence with and he's beginning his blessing and that this blessing of giving she should give and continue to give without any stop. And according to the simple interpretation, this is going back to the last verse that we finished off saying that he smelled his garments and it smelled like the uh the garden that Hashem blessed. Not only did God bless you that you should smell like an apple orchard or like the garden of Eden, God should also continue to give you from the D of the heaven as he continues to give him the blessings from the D of the heaven like a simple interpretation that the blessings should be like the D of the heaven and so too your crops and fruits should continue to grow. be upon him and the medish has many different explanations about it. When he uses the terminology, generally the word elohim, God's name alim is used in judgment. Why then does he use the name elokim when he's blessing? Why is he use the name elim when usually this is done in their judgment? So he's telling him that these blessings should happen if you are worthy that you are deservant of it. If you're worthy to get these blessings then he'll give it to you. But if but if you're not worthy of these blessings he will not give them to you. But by as he doesn't mention the name Omar he just says from the fat of the land shall be the place of where you stay whether you're righteous or not God should give it to you and from when he made the holy temple so he made the order of the prayers that he put in front of God in a way Israel And he made the difference between the prayers between the Jew and the non-Jew. A person who believes in God and therefore even if his prayers and even if his prayers are not heard upon him, he still says, "Well, the reason why God didn't listen to my prayers is because maybe I did something wrong." is not going to have any complaints about God that maybe his prayers weren't accepted. Therefore, he says you will give you give to man and each person who knows your heart. But because the gentile may be lacking faith and therefore he will not justify any when he does not have his prayers answered, he will all of a sudden say maybe things which are inappropriate about God. Therefore, he says, "And you that here in heaven will do everything like the Gentile calls upon you whether he's worthy or not or not." You're going to give it to them because you shouldn't say God doesn't listen to his prayers and therefore there's nothing worth and nothing worth about the holy temple. And therefore, when it comes to a Jew, he it's only if he's deservant because if the Jew doesn't get what he requested, then he looks at himself to self-reflection all the Gentile will say, "Well, God wasn't listening to my prayers." Verse 30, I'm verse 29. May people serve you. And may nations bow down to you. May you be a master over your brothers. May your mother's sons prostrate themselves. Those that curse you will be cursed. And those that bless you will be blessed. Why does he say the children of your motherhood? When Yakov blesses his sons, he says to Yehuda, the children of your father. Because Jacob had many sons from many different mothers. But over here only married one wife. Therefore, he says, "May bow down from those of your mother." Meaning, when he had multiple wives, so therefore to be more specific, which father over here that there was only one father, one mother. Therefore, he says, "The ones of your mother, those that curse you and should be curses or bless you should be blessed." First puts the curse before the blessing. But by first puts the blessing and then the curse. And the Rashi explains the reason is because the righteous they might go through some pain and suffering in the beginning but that at the end they have tranquility and peace. However, those that curse them and give them problems get that before their blessings. Therefore, he first puts the cursing to those that curse before those that bless because and blesses him according to the way that however the evil people first have some tranquility. But their end is full of pain and suffering. So blessed like the evil people puts the blessing before the curse. There is an aman that asks about this uh he how is it that by god blessing a he put the blessing before the curse. The difference is because when it comes to god it's all good that he was giving him the greatest blessings and aman goes into an explanation about it of how is it because he was also talking about other people blessing a and other people cursing a and therefore he puts it that way and the blessing was coming directly from God. has a different avenue and a different method and a different way of looking at it. The Torah now continues in verse 30 and it was when there finished blessing and just as Jacob was was leaving his father's presence before his father and at that moment came back from his game. Why is a double terminology because Jacob is leaving and this one was coming. Verse 31 also made delicacies love him brought it to his father and he said to his father may father get up may father arise and eat from the game of his son so I'll be able to get your soul's blessings. Verse 32 his father said who are you said I am your firstborn I'm your firstborn Asaf verse 33 shuddered a great bewilderment a very great one and he said he asked who then was it who brought game brought it to me at think before I before your arrival and I blessed him may he be blessed as well. So he should be indeed blessed. Verse 33 what is the word over here means he dreaded like the says was wondering what's going on over here. He was bewildered. The medra says purgatory open beneath him and he realized that this was an evil man and he was completely bewildered by it. The word means we so towards himself meaning it has many different interpretations and over here it's coming to clarify of what's going on and he's saying who is the one that brought this game another explanation is that's here means we're in the short who is the one that is here who is the one and who is the one that's here that brought that brought the What does it mean that he ate from everything? Meaning that the blessing of God was in all the food that he brought and therefore he says of all the different delicacies that he brought to taste, I tasted from it. He should also be blessed. Meaning even though now I understand that the one that came before was not as was one shouldn't say said if wouldn't have cho cheated his father he would have not gotten the blessings therefore says no no no no he says even though he tricked me and even though I didn't know who he was still I give him those blessings verse 3 verse 34 when as heard the words of his father and he yelled out a very big cry a very great and bitter cry and he told his father please bless me my two my father verse 35 and his father responded your brother came when trickery and he took your blessing what does it mean in a sly way. He says in a great wisdom, a great trick way, in with great intelligence, not in a bad way, but in a smart way, he came to get it. Verse 36. And he said, Asov says, "And as said, is that the reason why you gave him the name? He ensmeared me twice. He took from me the ver the birthright and now he took my blessing. But he tells his father then haven't you saved? Haven't you reserved for me a blessing? Let's see. Rashi verse 36. The word means is a question. Are you my brother? Is this the reason why you called him? Because of what's going to happen later on that he's going to cheat me says why did have such a bewilderment? Why was he so concerned? He said maybe I have a sin that I bless the younger one instead of the older one and therefore I changed the whole way of one should relate that the older one should get the blessing. But when started screaming all of a sudden as started screaming [snorts] that cheated him twice his father tells him what did he do to you? How did he cheat you? He said he just took my birthright. So all of a sudden said in his heart said himself I was a worried maybe I didn't act appropriately and that I gave the blessing to the young one instead of the older one. Now that I know that bought the first right that you gave it away. Now really who did I bless the firstborn? that of course he should get the blessing because I did the right thing. You gave away the birthright. He was the firstborn and he really deserved the blessing. What is the word? So the says that means he took it like a trickery way like in the words you outsmarted me. What does the word mean? He reserved that he reserved on the side. Verse 37 answered and he told I have made him a master over you and all those brothers I gave to them for servants and I gave him grain and wine. I have sustained him with grain and wine. And now what then? What can I do for you my son? Rashi verse 37. This blessing that he gave to Yakov that he would be a master shi was number seven in the blessings because he gave seven different blessings to of Yak to Yak to Yakov. number one. Number two, number three and seven was and what is he doing? What is he's calling it the first? Hello. He told what purpose tells what purpose is he going to have with this blessing? If you're going to buy items, it's going to belong to whatever the servant has the master has. So what what's it going to help for me to give you a blessing? Any blessing I give you, whatever you're going to get is going to belong to Jacob anyways because I made him a master. So what's it going to help? What? How? Where? What can I do for you? What am I going to give you? Verse 38. So tells his father, "Do you only have one blessing? Bless me too that picked up his voice, raised his voice and wept. Verse 38, the word before the word in this case is like in a question. For example, we have it later on in the book of numbers. Do they live in cities that have walls or there's a fatted and so on in other places? Verse 39 answered his father answered and he said love to him that your dwelling place will be with the fat of the land and with the dw from the heavens above. What's he referring to? Zoo Italia Shalovan. Yavan. This place, where place are you going to be? Italia. This is the Italy of Greece that eventually was conquered by the people of Edom, which is a very good fatty land. As you know, your extravirgin olive oil coming from Italy. Verse 40. The next thing that he blesses him with. And you will live by your sword. And you will serve your brother. However, you will be permitted to throw his yoke off your neck. But when Yakov are agrieved, then you will be permitted to throw his yoke off your neck. What does this mean? So Rashi explains as follows. text Rashi verse 40 meaning with your sword that's going to be your way of being victorious in war many times the word could be instead of the letter B means in this case with your sword on their army with their army what does it a sign of pain like David says in Psalm 55, I will go down in my sorrow. meaning to say that when the Jewish people don't observe the Torah appropriately, then you will have an opening to go back to feel sorry about the blessings that he took from you and then you will have the ability to be on charge of him and remove his yoke. Throw off the yoke off their neck and not allow him to be your master. Verse 41. Al and Asov harbored hatred towards Jacob because the blessing that his father gave him and Asov said in his heart said to himself the days of my days of mourning for my father will soon be here and I will kill Jacob my son my brother simply I don't want to kill him while my father's alive. I don't want to bring pain to my father seeing that I will kill his son. The medish has many different explanations for it. Verse 42 and was told to Rifka the words of Asa, her older son. And she sent and called Jacob her younger son. And she said to him of your brother is planning to kill you. He regrets being your brother and therefore he plans to kill you. Know about it. Who told her? She was told by divine intuition of what was thinking about. What does it mean? means regret. He regrets about the love was between the two brothers and therefore he has other thoughts to look at you as a stranger as a gentile to kill you and the mush explains the word meaning is ready is planning I am comforting because it's as if you're already dead in his eyes and he had already drank a cup of mourers. like the mourers drink a cup of mourning according to simple interpretation. It also means consoling. He's he's upset about the blessings that you took from him and therefore he wants to kill you as revenge. Verse 43. Now my son listen to what I have to tell you and run away to love my brother in the city of verse 44 remain with him a while a few days until the rage of your brother will be subsided. What is the word? A few days a small amount of time. Verse 45. until their brother's rage against you has abaded forget what you did to him and I will send you and I will bring you from there why should I berieve of both of you why should I be bererieved of both of you in one day explains what does it mean I will be bererieved from the both of you this teaches that one who buries his children in his lifetime he's called that when Yseph was taken from him and then they wanted to take Shim away from him he used this terminology as well that he was bereaved and the terminology shaky as well come from the word eshkal as well verse 46 Sixka and Rifka said to her husband, "I am disgusted with my life from the daughters of takes a woman from the daughters of like those of those local girls that were here. Why should I even have a living?" What does the word says? I am disgusted with my life if you [clears throat] should take these women like Asov did. Therefore, verse chapter 28 verse1 is then calls in his son Jacobs and he blesses him and he commands him and he tells him, "Do not take a woman from these Canananite people. Verse two, go to the city. Go to the home of Bul the father of your mother. And you will take for yourself from there is woman from the daughters of your father, the brother of your mother. Rashi, what does it mean with the he at the end? to the house of to the house of any verb that usually has in the beginning will have a hey a at the end and that will give it the same translation. So if you're going it means to verse three and God will then bless you and you'll make you fruitful numerous and you'll become a community of peoples what is he telling us mean the one that has plenty of blessings will continue to bless you nothing is missing by him will bless you as well verse Four and he will give you the blessings of you to your children that you should be that through you and your and through you through for yourself and your descendants as you will take possession of the land which you have been living in that God gave to Abra as a why does he meaning what is he telling him about the blessings of that God told will make you into a great nation that your nation their children will be blessed by you. Let those blessings be because of you, for you and they should be from you and not from as that great nation that God blessed should come from you and they should be the ones the children that will be blessed. This concludes the sixto reading of parishes told