Yaakov's Completion of Esav's Task | Weekly Hashkafa Shiur #122

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Mendel Kessin’s own words— taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

This year should be a merit for the health and success of the family families of Regina bat Yosef and Yeshayahu ben Yisrael Benjamin Wolf ben Zvi Hirsch and Berach ben Benjamin Wolf. That should be a long life and a shana from this year. Well, you know, I I I wanted to continue but tonight and actually tomorrow is the 10th of Tevet. And the 10th of Tevet really in certain ways based on a certain halakha seems to be in many ways the most severe of all. There's an Abudraham that says he's a early posek that if the 10th of Tevet falls on Shabbat you would have to fast on Shabbat. Now, we know any fast day that falls on Shabbat is moved. It's called an it has to move to Sunday. But he brings down and he says that the 10th of Tevet is so severe that even if it fell on Shabbat where obviously you're not supposed to fast you would have to fast. You know, and we can ask ourselves why is that? Now, we know the 10th of Tevet in general what happened. I mean, that's the the 10th of Tevet really is when the beginning of the destruction of the Temple Beit Hamikdash happened. That's what the 10th of Tevet is. If I recall correctly the wall of Jerusalem was surrounded and that day by the enemy and that became the initial attempt by the to destroy the Beis Hamikdash. So, that's historically what happened. Then, of course, it took time. Uh and then, finally, of course, on

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1. 0:00This year should be a merit for the health and success of the family families of…
2. 6:10is not only when it was destroyed, is when the gezeirah, the decree that it has…
3. 12:18So it is interesting that on Asara B'Tevet is when the Congress begins, uh you know,…
4. 18:25that there's seven kings of Edom that are evil, and the eighth king is not, and…
5. 24:34The word itself counts as one that can be added to the Gematria. So, it comes…
6. 30:45You see. Now, what is important to know about this in the story of Yosef? There's…
7. 36:54complete the job of the fourth of the over, you see. And therefore, he had to…
8. 43:06would be given to Yosef, which I mentioned. You see? But in any case, that's what…
9. 49:19when Esau became a rasha. So, that was the tikkun that he did. Uh you see,…
10. 55:27that America has a lot of merits for Mother's Day and Father's Day. Right. But you…

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