Know someone who would love this shiur?
The shiur in English
The Yanuka’s own words in this shiur, translated into English by Lehallel · 345 words · 1:42. Press a time to hear it said.
0:00 A person can only lift his eyes to Heaven And this alone will save him The look to Heaven and the submission. "And G-d remembered Rachel, and G-d hearkened to her." And then she received her salvation. Rashi wrote "He remembered for her the signs that she gave to her sister." That is to say, He reminded her of the signs that she gave to her sister. And this strengthens what I said before, that one does not even need prayer in order to bring about the salvation.
0:28 Did you understand? It is written "and He heard her" without it being written that she prayed before. And it implies that something rose before the Holy One, blessed be He, signs, "He remembered for her the signs that she gave to her sister." But before that, so to speak, He remembered for her the signs that she gave to her sister, that is to say, something came first, that there was something here before the Holy One, blessed be He, that found favor so that He would remember it. Rashi says here, that is, that she did not allow her sister to be shamed. and we also find this trait in Yosef.
0:54 Yosef the tzaddik did not shame the brothers, all his life he did not meet Yaakov Avinu so that he would not ask him what really happened there. He could have gone there, to be alone with Yaakov Avinu and immediately come and say to him, come, listen, thus and so they wanted to tell me thus and so, this is before us, and you be alone with him so that he would never ask him, so that he could always in submission before Hashem, and be silent.
1:22 Why was he silent? Even Rachel Imenu was silent. This was the greatness of Yosef HaTzaddik. And from here we learned that from the verse, that even a light look to Heaven with submission before Hashem can save a person, even without his praying, even without his requesting, he just lifted his eyes to the skies.
Get the week’s best, by email
One email a week — a handful of shiurim and music. No account needed.
Know a family who would use this? Give a Lehallel membership.