Raize Guttman 01-22-23 (29 Teves 5783)

Chodesh Shvat
Parshat Vayishlach Ch 33  V 15-16

Esav returns alone to Sair.  The  Midrash says that his 400 men abandoned him because they saw him try to bite Yaakov on the neck, trying  to kill him.   Hashem saw this and years later, when King David was escaping from the Amalekites, Hashem paid him with 400 men.   Hashem sees past, present and future, and responds to man, “measure-for-measure” (Midda K'negged Midda)(מידה כנגד מידה).

Todays shiur is dedicated to Dovid Benjamin ben Avraham Elyah zt"l (Janet's brother), who would have celebrated his 70th birthday this past week.  May his soul have an elevation in Gan Eden.