Parshas Vayishlach 5786           This encounter that Yaakov has with Eisav encompasses the way of interacting in this last long galus. Eisav comes with intention to kill, Yaakov prepares with prayers , gifts and bribes toward merit,  appeasement and war.  Eisav in this moment is appeased.  The last step he offers to walk together, and Yaakov answers, you go on ahead, the children are young and the animals, it will take us a long time. We will make our way slowly.  Choosing f

Hatachas Elokim Anochi? Am I in the place of G-d? Yaakov Avinu replies to Rachels pain with anger.  He is faulted for this response, because it goes against what each partner in a relationship is able  to do.  The holiness and bond of marriage is based on the power of the male and female combining, to create something exponentially greater than its parts. When a wife believes in her husband, she creates for him (through her hope) the space for him to grow as big as she

We have been living in an Eisav world over 2000 years.  Rome intended to unite its empire ideology through one religion, forced upon its conquered nations, or die.  Over time and societies, the methods of spreading the ideology has become more veneer civilized and refined,. The last method Eisav tries, when he came to kill Yakov Avinu with 400 men, is through apparent kindness, and surface friendliness, because it suited the moment.      What is the ideology?  Might makes rig

From the beginning of the 10 tests that Avraham Avinu went through, the end of the test is the hardest part, because it doesn't end with confetti and whistles, but always some doubt.. After Avraham finds Hashem, he gets thrown into the fire. He survives but his brother does not. He is then told to go to the land of Cannan, He listens and there’s a famine.  He has to go down to Mitzrayim where he is tested further. That is how it ends, he believes he is right and intuits G-ds

Vayra 5786 Hashem appears to Avraham after he had done the bris mila, teaching us about visiting the sick. Rabbi Akiva visited his student, when he was sick, swept the floor and cared for him, this saves a life, reducing a persons anguish and loneliness in their difficulty, giving them hope, and the possibility of getting better. When the sick are consistently told all worst case scenarios, they often lose hope. This reverses it. Why was Avraham so far out in the desert? If

Lech Lecha Go forth from your land, from your place of birth, and from your father’s house. After Dor Haflaga, where Nimrod, the first person to assert himself as Ruler over others by killing dissenters, becomes the first tyrant in charge. How did he get all the people to get in line with him? The same way its done until today. Create a unified message that offers people what they are convinced they need, usually strength , protection and “building a progressively new world”

This one will give us rest and comfort. Noach created several farm implements to ease the work of mankind, after the earth had been cursed. Despite this debt of gratitude owed him, and sufficient respect for his thoughts and skill, when he started to build the Teyva, on dry land, as Hashem had commanded him, not only did the people not take the time to listen and evaluate, they mocked him. They could not hear what he was saying, and had to destroy him, to unheed, the message.

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