Parshat Vayishlach Ch 33 V 15-16
Jan 22, 2023
Raize Guttman 01-22-23 (29 Teves 5783)
Parshat Vayishlach Ch 33 V 15-16
Jan 15, 2023
Raize Guttman 01-15-23 (22 Teves 5783)
Parshat Vayishlach Ch 33 V 12-14
Esav is being very magnanimous says, "let us go and I will travel along side of you." Yaakov replies, "My Master knows, the children are very tender, and all my cattle and sheep depend on me, let my Master pass before me" In other words, "you first".
Important message that we can get along with people but this does not mean that we have to be their best friend, if they are not going to be a good influence on us. Make sure it is good for you and your spirituality. Yaakov knew who Esav was and always who he would be. A nice interaction and that is where it ended. Don't get into sucked into relationships that are not good for us, even if a family member
Raize Guttman 01-08-23 (15 Teves 5783)
Parshat Vayishlach Ch 33 V 8 - 11
The meeting between Yaakov and Esav, and the dialogue between the two. Esav says, "I have a lot," while Yaakov says "I have everything." This is the different philosophy between the Jew and the world out there.
Jan 1, 2023
Raize Guttman 01-01-23 (08 Teves 5783)
Parshat Vayishlach Ch 33 V 1-7
Yaakov was coming to Esav and he saw his wives and children and he set them up in a specific order. In the back he put Yosef and Rachel. We understand from this that Yaakov loved them so much, that GD forbid something would happen to them.
Rashi says that Yosef said my mother is a beautiful woman, maybe that Rasha is going to put his eyes on her and I am going to stand in front of her and prevent him from looking at her.
Yosef was a small child, how could he block a grown woman? Yosef did what he could and Hashem did the rest. The commentaries say that he actually grew.
Amazing concept, in Judaism reality is supernatural, because we are supernatural. Don't let the yetzer hara tell you that you can't. Don't say I can't, say I will try my best.