Parashat Toldot in english 5769
Rav David Daniel Hacohen שליט״א
Résumé
The Rav retells the episode of Parashat Toldot in which Yitzhak asks Esav for game in order to bless him, and Yaakov receives the blessings in his place. He asks why Yitzhak wanted to bless only one son, and why he refused to take the blessings back when he understood what had happened. According to the Rav, Yitzhak knew who Esav was and saw in him a great hidden potential, and the request for game was a test meant to push him toward teshuva. The Rav explains Esav's flaw as a split between head and body, between what he thinks and what he does, and contrasts it with the Torah, which must be lived in action. He then links this to Hanukkah: in his view the struggle of the Hashmonaim was also against Jews who wanted to reshape the Torah to look like the nations, and Hashem wants the Torah kept without change.
Temps forts
- 0:08 Yitzhak asks Esav for game; Rivka sends Yaakov in his place Les Patriarches
- 1:41 Esav learns of the blessings taken and Yitzhak refuses to undo them Les Patriarches
- 2:17 Why bless only one son, and why not take the blessings back Émouna Les Patriarches
- 4:10 Yitzhak knew exactly who Esav was Edom et Ishmaël Les Patriarches
- 4:22 Esav's burial: his head in Ma'arat HaMachpela, his body elsewhere Edom et Ishmaël Les Patriarches
- 6:13 Esav's flaw: head and body split, thought and action apart Middot Moussar
- 6:58 The great potential Yitzhak saw in Esav; Leah's tears Couple et famille Les Patriarches
- 8:41 Yaakov takes Leah and becomes Israel Couple et famille Les Patriarches
- 9:57 The blessing as a test pushing Esav toward teshuva Les Patriarches Téchouva
- 11:17 The Hashmonaim against the Hellenizing Jews who wanted to change the Torah 'Hanouka Exil
- 13:31 Why the Sages waited a year to institute Hanukkah, and the meaning of the oil 'Hanouka Halakha
- 15:50 Keeping the Torah without change leads to the Mashiach 'Hanouka Machia'h