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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