Lech Lecha 5769 #2 in English
הרב דוד דניאל הכהן שליט״א
תקציר
In this second English class on Lech Lecha, the Rav discusses why Avraham went down to Egypt during the famine and asked Sarah to say she was his sister. He then recalls the war of the kings, the rescue of Lot, and Avraham's refusal to take anything from the king of Sodom, in contrast with the gifts he accepted in Egypt, which he kept for Sarah's burial. According to the Rav, the deeper reason is that Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov are reincarnations of Adam Harishon, who had mixed holy and unholy souls, and each came to separate them. The Rav says Avraham went to Egypt hoping to cancel the decree of exile, but Hashem did not allow it, and Yitzchak was told not to go because his merit was needed for the time of the Mashiach. The Rav concludes that we must be very careful to avoid mistakes, since their consequences can last for generations.
רגעים מרכזיים
- 0:04 Famine in the land: Avraham decides to go down to Egypt גלות האבות
- 0:39 Avraham asks Sarah to say she is his sister זוגיות ומשפחה האבות
- 1:38 The war of the kings and Avraham's rescue of Lot אקטואליה האבות
- 2:37 Avraham refuses any reward from the king of Sodom ביטחון מידות
- 3:14 Pharaoh returns Sarah and gives gifts; Avraham keeps them for her burial זוגיות ומשפחה האבות
- 3:55 The purchase of the Cave of Machpela from Efron for 400 shekels ארץ ישראל האבות
- 6:20 Adam Harishon's mistake: a mixture of holy and unholy souls קבלה סוד
- 7:20 The fathers as reincarnations of Adam, separating the holy from the unholy גלגול נשמות תיקון
- 8:19 Avraham goes to Egypt hoping to stop the exile גלות גאולה
- 9:47 Yitzchak must not go to Egypt: his merit is needed for the Mashiach האבות משיח
- 10:24 A lesson: be very careful to avoid mistakes מוסר תשובה