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Ari Goldwag - Vayishlach - Intrinsic Greatness
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What is the concept of Yaakov being ‘left alone’ to battle the angel? What is the idea of Hashem being ‘alone’ when Moshiach comes? How does this parallel Yaakov being alone? How do we understand the idea of evil existing in the world if Hashem is Good? Who is truly wise, rich, powerful and honored? How does one acquire intrinsic greatness? Find out in this week's Parsha Podcast.
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this week's partial partial Ashlock and
I'd like to share with you a four-time
Freelander once again and he discusses
something very interesting in regards to
the towards description when Yakov
Aveeno is coming back to the land of
eretz yisrael American on the land of
the Jewish people and he's about to have
an encounter with ace of his brother the
Torah tells us that he brings his entire
family over the Jordan River and he goes
back from the pokken katana messages
tell us he goes back for some small jugs
that he had left behind
and there he faces off with the mala
with the angel of Asaph now the Torah
tells us via Vassar Yahoo Nevada we felt
by a vague ischaemic in Genesis chapter
32 verse 24 the Torah tells us that
Jacob was left alone and he had a battle
with a man and our Savior cells of this
man as we find in other places that the
term refers to an angel has a man here -
it's an angel now I'd like to read to
you inside whatever plan feliner says
very very very interesting with
prosciutto shall make revived Wasser
Levada when the verse tells us that he
was left alone he was there alone by
himself who beat a imma be a HOSA the
simple understanding the versa is that
it indicates that he was in a state of
weakness he was he was prone to
something happening shame autumn bud
Collyer sur la harvick it's easier to
fight it's easier to have a wrestling
match with someone who's by himself in
London Kazami con and indeed our sages
tell us that we learned from here
already a swag Meccano Tom harshly it's
a m'lila
music says that we learn from here that
a Torah scholar should not go alone at
night shouldn't go alone he shouldn't be
going anywhere alone Sharia could
initially if he D be whose oak because
Jacob had been left alone he was by
himself and as a result he was damaged
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we also find very interestingly that our
hazael say in a different vein and a
deeper on a date as a deeper
understanding of it our sages tell us
that the word Levada the word he was
there alone is indicative of a certain
advantage of certain greatness of Jacob
you sure - gossip Asik as our sages say
in the verse inform Deuteronomy chapter
33 verse 26 and KLU shirin there's no
one as powerful as gesture on my breath
leave a chamois persimmon armor armor
nkl meänkieli oshrin is from Sabah
this is a reference who's your Shirin
who's your Shirin so jess iran is
Reventon to jewish people who is that a
reference to its reference this well
Saba ours grandfather Israel which is
which is a one way referring to Jacob
mark of the sparkle cost oh boy just
like in regards to God this is our
empower that gesture enhance the certain
power the people of Israel has a certain
power that Yaakov you know that Jacob
had what is that power what is that that
amazing characteristic just like a
shaman says vinicio hashem live a day
that in the end that the verse in Isaiah
tells us that in the end of time when
the Messiah arrives so God will be alone
it would be clear that God Himself is
all there is off Yaakov so - Jacob Varya
Varya elevado a verse tells us that
Jacob was alone what is the idea of
Jacob being alone in some way parallels
the fact that God will be alone God will
be the only will be clear that God is
the only power somehow in regards to
Yaakov Aveeno in regards to Jacob
regards the people of Israel of course
the Jewish people as well we will soon
see there's this aspect of loneliness of
being alone what is the idea of a loan
or this idea of this singularity which
is true in regards to God we described
her as being alone and what is the idea
of alumnus in regards to the Jewish
people and specifically in regards to
Yaakov of unum Jacob - una commercial
nevado so reply Medina explains what
the advantage was what is the idea the
concept of God being alone in the future
time
masa the explanation is yesh a means for
who are Charlotte habil ability but oil
on God is the only power the only one
who has control in the world
ecology Marchioness of an element mesh
of Kufa seborrhea every single thing
that happens throughout the entire
history of the world
who met Hooven a cleric legal equals
Bora it's all for there's only one
intent it's all going in one direction
what's the direction that everything is
going in order to reveal the honor of
godliness in the world
ah - everywhere - Sara so the obvious
question is what do you mean everything
is to reveal godliness in the world what
about evil what is the concept of evil
that doesn't seem to reveal godliness of
anything evil is ahead there it's a it's
the godliness being covered up being
hidden
efficient because it's a Rob but now
that the power of evil is created in the
world
pinion leather my fear of v8 Sahara and
the human being has free will and has an
evil inclination veneer lioness his kilo
Yahoo aloo rasa is Megatron Hashem it
seems that a person can do the opposite
of the will of God that's how it seems
logroño my socially Scottish she's got a
crush on volume and he can cause through
his actions that God's name not be
sanctified in the world that God may be
hidden in the world other avocado pillow
sham a person can cause through evil can
cause the desecration of God's name in
another king don't think that that's
true don't think that that's actually
absolutely true
it seems that way for the moment a lot I
said love I what's going to happen in
the future what does it mean Vanessa
commercial Nevada that God's name what
God will be will be seen that God is all
there is he's alone he is all there is a
nine Nevada there's nothing besides for
him he's got occupy like see McCallum
Ison be no time you've been around it
will come out that all that which
occurred all that which was done through
actions
good and evil who kavita Shem it will be
revealed to be the honor of
god this devastated Rock'em explains a
crime-free liner that's going to happen
in two different ways
Aleph number one alienation managers
Rochon miss gadelle should my amazing
thing when somebody who's even when some
who has done evil its punished by God
receives the his due punishment so
Valena Messerschmitts protection is bar
and everybody learns the true judgment
the true ways of God the true things but
after uh shots when we discussion was
Sonic and even the person who is evil he
himself admits that God is righteous
that the punishment that he receives is
due him okay there a huzzah we find our
sadist alysus ashamed shaky Lisa Shalako
sparkly looming on a the Piazza D came
just like God's praises comes from the
Garden of Eden where the setting where
the righteous people are enjoying the
rewards of their good deeds ha Sumida in
the same way in the same measure either
hanim me P Irish I'm so there's a
a praise of God that comes up from hell
Shem I read animes Kamiya knows the
people who are there who are receiving
their do they're receiving justice for
the evil they've done they pour forth
tears like Fountains at Sherman saunas
gihan them into my Sam amazing thing
their tears come down from their eyes
and all of those tears cool off the
fires of hell we show ilaaha kilos and
and this is my own kind of envisioning
of it but the the tears fall on a fire
the steam that comes up that very steam
is a praise of God what is the idea in
my memory what do they say what do the
regimes say the ones who have done evil
in this world what do they say American
on Yaffa Martha Jaffa danta you off at
the heart you have a teammate so you
have a high after they say that what you
said is correct that which you judged us
is correct that which you said was pure
is correct that what you said was impure
is correct and the obligation that we
have in it and the the punishment that
we've received is fair and righteous so
the evil ones themselves through the
evil and from the voices from the
throats of those who have done wrong
comes a praise of God that the the just
punishment that they receive is
appropriate that itself is a kiddush end
that itself is a great praise of God
number two that's the first way that
even the evil itself is transformed into
good number to come awesome marvelous
official children live in the word smash
em God arranges God has programmed
reality such that every single thing
that happens in the world even the evil
things that occur in the world
ultimately serve a greater purpose
served to bring about the will of God
it's just part of your shots I think
about the example of the hardened heart
of Pharaoh he's evil shall the
resolution may become he didn't want to
listen to the voice of God
he Allah Gillick vs. trimester Marcos
acquiesced himself as a result of his
action owes as a result of his
hardheadedness his unwillingness to
acquiesce to the will of God it brought
about a revelation of godliness in the
world through the 10 Marcos the
templates and through the splitting of
the sea I want her Russia also vast my
it's amazing example I'm on the evil one
he himself he created this very built
this tall gallows William Susheela
hockey was mortally sous he himself was
hanged on those gallows he was the one
who gave the advice to akash Irish
thinking then the advice was something
that he would have he would benefit from
but instead more high that sadek was the
one who benefited from it from the
advice of how to treat someone who the
king wants to give honor to the cervical
Derek ignores shovel-ready shaver Abbas
can you know we find many examples of
this where the evil that's perpetrated
or that's attempted to be perpetrated by
somebody evil the result is that the
the righteous individual receives the
good if I might say that knows the Penal
heavens ice when we look at the world
we'd have not yet had the clarity to be
able to see how the things that seemed
to be so dark and so evil truly and
ultimately turn out to be for the
benefit of the Jewish people the benefit
of those who are good
I don't know Celebi Scotland had
overlooked calabria business in its
emotional body
that's something however that will
become clear and apparent and obvious to
the entire creation to all those who
exist when the Messiah arrives Messiah
comes that time will be there'll be a
revelation of godliness the world and we
will see how every single thing was
actually for the good of the world and
for the good of the Jewish people okay
amazing thing amazing depth that's the
idea of a Niska of a shell and father
God is all there is any Naima father
there's nothing besides for God there's
nothing besides for good because that is
the true nature of God and as the true
nature of the world
no how does that apply to it Sadiq how
does that apply to a righteous
individual what does it mean by a Vassar
Yaakov live a day that on some level
Jacob is alone what his idea of alone in
regards to the tuilik in regards to the
righteous one I'm free then this is an
amazing thing there's an amazing thing
okay
slim isn't Sadiq he says like this what
his idea of the perfection of the
righteous righteous one he says it's not
dependent on Caleb you're this here's
this it's not dependent on any vessels
love dependent on anything outside of
himself amazing deep idea cuz shame
Chicago minute Allah business through
name chamois hood so just like when it
comes to the honor of God God's honor
which which is us seeing his honor in
the world seeing godliness not seen
goodness in the world that doesn't
depend on anything outside of himself is
something that we will see ultimately
those things that look bad right
we want to see ultimately that they
themselves were intrinsically good were
intrinsically part of God's plan it's
not depend on anything outside of him I
assure might say but my son of Rome
- italic ain't on boys L of me boots in
the same way in a precisely parallel way
when it comes to a righteous individual
there is nothing outside of him that's
going to affect his intrinsic goodness
his intrinsic greatness well now if I
use meter clapping EEMA everything comes
out of his inner perfection is in her
greatness kalevaram our morality Mishnah
Morelle explains an amazing depth in the
mission the mission of office in the
ethics of our forefathers says like this
Benzema Amer a Sukkah homily me Michael
Adam who is wise an amazing statement we
think of wisdom someone who's very smart
someone who's someone who's accomplished
loud has written many papers who's been
received a Nobel Prize that's who's why
that's who's smart says huzzah something
different they say who is wise somebody
who learns from everybody a zebra who is
powerful who is mighty who is strong not
the guy who works out every day
a vicious yesterday somebody who has an
internal control over himself who
doesn't allow himself to be pulled in
the direction of his date Sahara has
evil inclination in whichever way he is
pulled a zoo Asher who is rich not
somebody was lots of money not someone
was mansions and many properties not so
on who is powerful
Patel Chi somebody who is happy with
what he has someone recognizes that he
has all that he needs that's who's rich
hazel mokuba
who is somebody who is honored who is
somebody who is honorable
I'm a hobby this herb reais so you just
tell us it's the opposite of what you
think is someone who shows honor to
others so we have here a mission of mine
mine mine mine are a violent psychosis
call them the mission is the numerating
four different advantages four different
characteristics which when we speak of
them they include all aspects of the
human being number one hokhmah his
wisdom mystical his intellect that's
number one number two Guevara who nice
naturally the strength that he has
inside of the characteristics of his
soul
shira's wealth bikini nao adam regards
his physical acquisitions covered by a
facade on the c-usa
the honor of a person regards his
relationship with those around him
Mishnah man perish from eyeless elitism
vomit Toyota Colorado Misha tells us an
amazing thing just like when we speak
about God's goodness not being dependent
upon anything else on any outside things
that seemed to be the opposite of his
goodness but ultimately it all come it
will will see inside of the evil thing
we'll see that God's goodness was was
there all along it's something that's
completely and it's not dependent on
anything outside of God so - when it
comes to the - of it satatam the good
characteristics of the righteous
individual we find that it doesn't
depend on anything outside of himself
but rather it's something that comes
from inside of himself and and comes out
if you con Shannon tow nice light ollie
they knew too much about boots it's not
something that comes from something
external collection or a like the morale
says Shekhar - right shaggy you name
some it's an odd special Alameda all of
the advantages the positive
characteristics need to be inside of
himself
needs to be self contained the righteous
one his self contains not depend on
anything outside of himself let me set
as ULA's not from someone external my
ramaa
I make me here compared to - aw allure
the morale is going to give us a deeper
depth into each of these four
characteristics I'd like to read them to
you and and try to understand them hey
Zuko
allow me Michael Adam we said who is
wise somebody who learns from everyone -
aha camino a potato country they are
become oh it doesn't depend on him
having lots of wisdom knowing lots of
things
this summer isn't really chic or calm
that's why we say sister morale that who
is appropriately called wise they are
sure who let me call Adam it's somebody
who learns from everyone she mistake he
got her a hot mom it's a tots my he
desires wisdom for its own sake for from
from his own self actually me Michael
Adam is what we is willing to learn from
anyone harm let me call Adam if let's
say a person is not willing to learn
from anyone Rock me Raphael shukaku
Mangano just from one great sage one
rabbi Rasengan Cain it Lemire a shoe who
mannequins so then his wisdom is also
dependent on that particular sage which
is outside himself
I mean said add something it's not
coming from himself maybe she'll Hashima
cerebellum it's just because he
considers that rabbi to be significant
to be someone important that's why he
listens to him in Russia Kurdish and
cockney shouldn't be called a wise
person sure ash a massive bow Allah
means an absolution ball of attire as he
something which comes same because
intrinsically he's he has wisdom is
intrinsically wise and choucas a hawk on
Chicana and actually it's the desire
that a person has for wisdom which also
he doesn't say this but it also gives
him a certain humility he's willing to
find wisdom wherever it is he's willing
to learn from anybody it's not just
somebody who's very wise that I can
learn from but he's willing to learn
wisdom from anyone right so that Keanu
sinister smells aha home that shows an
intrinsic humility in regards to wisdom
and that's something that it shows an
intrinsic aspect of wisdom he's a giver
consciousness to the second aspect who
is why somebody who overcomes is his
negative inclination and they should
give him an a sack of harem somebody
who's very powerful and he can win in a
battle with other people mommy said I
said sure honey I'm a nerd saw so then
again his power is dependent on
something relative it's always relative
it's not intrinsic
depends how if he's stronger than
somebody else we need to mean to a
special record said azules it's not
intrinsic it's only because he has
something in relationship to somebody of
a lavaca a vicious yes right somebody
overcomes his own negative inclination
is emmy seldom at something which is
inside of the person himself its
intrinsic let me set as ill it's not
dependent on anybody else
we shall Kakashi curry Gabor therefore
it's appropriate that he be called
powerful because he's intrinsically
powerful hey watch out Smith Michalka
who is rich the third aspect somebody
who is happy with what he has kyoshiro
kucherov anything my lad somebody who is
very rich it's a lot of of possessions
so that's not something which is
intrinsically it's not intrinsically
wealth those in my thoughts libras
unless it's only dependent on something
outside of himself
but no Hassan on his riches could just
lose them
I got sure was some epic Hulk of it when
he's happy with what he has so he's not
dependent on anything outside of himself
oh yeah sure some advice name a lot see
at Smith's this is this is wealth which
which comes out of something which is an
internal intrinsic advantage in
intrinsic positive characteristic he's a
McLuhan I'm accommodates a Prius and
lastly who is honored somebody who
honors others Shana me Shekhar McLuhan
mishima Cobb and I Sabri eyes we can't
say who is on to somebody who gets honor
from others why hurry in Rajesh fields
any criminal but that's not so he was
intrinsically
honorable it's not intrinsically
honorable she was in advance that's
Mohammed to our it's not something which
is intrinsic to the one who's being
described she I covered who be out of
here I'm economist it depends on other
people let's see one day they decided
they don't want to honor this person he
won't have the honor is that
intrinsically honorable with Shri chakra
mikado I say in malice our covenants of
automats money it's not intrinsic with a
camera zoom aluminum hobbies have reais
who is somebody who's honored who's
honorable someone who gives honor to
others a caution because sure he might
have covered he is considered honorable
because he is the one who has the honor
inside of himself because sure my
hobbies have really not coming etai he
honors another person so he is
intrinsically honorable through his
being through his honoring others I'm a
clue but clearly cover the author
someone who's honorable knows had a give
of that honor to others somebody who's
truly it's an amazing thing you see in
all of these there's like a certain
humility which accompanies the intrinsic
aspect here covered a zero-mean said
ottoman let me tell Azul it's not
dependent on anyone else
Aloha shared a lahar cashews Aloha
demand sense patiska she was ask me
avoiding somebody who's cautious someone
who is important knows how to give
importance knows where to find
importance he resonates with importance
and therefore he gives honor to others
he sees something important than others
he sees something special each of them
so that's the idea of live a day what
his idea of love vada amazing what is
the idea of God being alone
we've not depend on anything else his
his goodness is not dependent on
anything it seems outside and to be a
lack of goodness that sadek the
righteous individual by us a yaku Nevada
what is the aspect of a righteous person
who is alone a means that he's not
dependent on anything outside of himself
for him to have greatness and to have
goodness I'm gonna read the last point
here we're gonna wrap up they said FEMA
- I assure you awesome epic Alki who is
rich somebody who's happy with what he
has you're not covered on the sand
raucous malice has stopped Goosby more
and he's points out something which is
essential with which we can understand
what's going on with Jacob it doesn't
mean that a person has to live in a
state of having nothing he's poor I'm
happy with being poor no it doesn't mean
that it doesn't just mean that -
Samantha
Galco you can mush Musa he's happy with
his portion it means exactly what it
says she met with Gaelic executions bara
happy with the portion that he's
received he might be rich he might be
poor but he recognizes that what he has
is exactly what he needs call a command
Kabul Tov can you flip a Buddhist a Shem
each each individual receives a very
specific and important task in his
service of God so how come he took Clow
avoid our names for the class I'll here
this is the the crux of what we want to
understand the crux of the point of what
we want to to bring into our own lives
each individual has a special purpose in
God's plan as part of the Jewish people
luke'll Athenaeum is calling Samish
kadesha you call demolished half kingdom
mu God God gives each individual
precisely specifically exactly what he
needs in order to perform his task as
part of the Jewish people as part of
that great whole his own special task he
Mukesh rightness weather comes his
talents name with coolness and a fish
when it comes to his the the way his
personality Hamer Bush and whether it
comes to the possessions that he has a
shallow Chicago meditation master Shi Yi
you Laham the cosmic kingdom Robin some
people as a result of their particular
purposing in God's plan they need to
have a lot of possessions they need to
have many vessels you're a bayon wat
college we find that Robin all colors
should be who does not see with somebody
who really suck me I'll show cardinal
hazards like key so now I'm living
myself up in my cell him in those they
they didn't have the the grocery stores
that we have today they would they bring
all these things from other parts of the
world where it's hot it's called but
only in his house but it was raining
with rain or shine
whenever the season ones they did have
he was in fabulously wealthy he always
had all the different delicacies that
were appropriate for someone who was
very wealthy initially an osseous row
use the Prince to the people of Israel
Deshea Ashbaugh my man harvest
conventional mine he had to have all the
wealth in order to bring about honor of
heaven Qian Qian mo Reuben as a result
he had a tremendous amount of vessels
for that automatically she started to
call Rockland locomotive Kiel
he only used all of these this wealth
all of these the the possessions that he
had in order to fulfill his purpose in
serving God the Hamish a spirit that's
what he said when he passed away
sukkah mesmerised subhana allah almighty
he took his ten had ten fingers his two
hands and he faced him up to heavens and
he said burnishing I'm gonna be doing a
finesse on your gotta be assets but I
side with Tyra he said you know that I
use my ten fingers what did I do here in
this world all I did was try to serve
you to work hard at studying the Torah
when a see whether was a feel bad for
katana I didn't I didn't have any
benefit from this world even with my
little pinky but smile or nanobot sure
no simcha cool rock you can elaborate
it's a sham he was able to be some math
but he'll Chi to recognize that each and
every thing that he had in his life was
all just a vessel to serve God it was
all about just used pink to be used to
serve God that's what it means by a
Maserati Levante Jacob goes back for the
for the Pathan katana goes back for
those small calum his recognition was
that every single thing that I have is
for the purpose of serving God leave us
a Yakima Valley he recognized that
everything that he has that's that it
was intrinsic to who he was it wasn't
something outside of him it wasn't
something that that that it wasn't his
wealth wasn't dependent on anything
outside of him his goodness wasn't
dependent on anything outside of him but
everything that he had was part and
parcel of what he needed to be to serve
God to come close to God leave us our
Yahoo Nevada
everything was intrinsic all the
goodness that he had all of the rush
that he had all of the wealth that he
had was something which he infused
intrinsically through some epic I'll go
through his recognition everything that
he had was to serve God that was infused
by His goodness that's why he was so
yeah Kalevala
he was alone there's nothing outside of
him that that indicated that he was good
there was nothing outside of him that
caused them to be great
it was all intrinsically he was able to
recognize that everything that he had
was to be used in a service of a Shem it
the the things that would look like it's
causing him to be great
wasn't that great didn't cause him to be
great it his greatness caused those
things to be great
and if he would have had a lot or a
little it would have been the same thing
because he would have been laFonda he
was all coming from an intrinsic sense
of greatness an intrinsic desire to
serve God and to fulfill his purpose and
I want to bless you and I ask you to
bless me should help us to to have that
aspect to to incorporate this aspect of
Levada of the goodness coming from
within us the greatness the the convoyed
the honor ability coming from inside of
ourselves from a recognition of who we
are and what our special purpose in
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