Parshat Vayeshev Rabbi Leiby Burnham 12 5 2017

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there is a section in tractate vostra in the Gemara and as a whole collection of stories of fantastical creatures and wild sounding beasts now I'd like to share with you one of the more incredulous stories there was a group of people travelling on a boat and they see an island and they say you know we put an island and they say you know we put up this book for so long and the waters were Rocky why don't we go pull over there relax a little bit they make ourselves a nice little barbecue and some Terra Firma so they pull over they got to get on the island you're relaxing you're enjoying Sun Tanning they say okay let's make a barbecue to start making a fire but they may realize that they weren't really on an island they were on the back of this massive sea creature and assuming they started sea creature and assuming they started making the fire sure woke the be stopped and he got up with a roar and looked over tossing everybody into the journeys that's the story all right so we're gonna flip for a moment in that rainbow this mystery portion this waste our portion patient yaakov ferrets move around these and Jacob settled is a land of his parents dwelling Rashi Briggs and of his parents dwelling Rashi Briggs and Ben Rusch and it says like this be fish Yakko la cheves Bahamas Yaakov just wanted to dwell in peace let's think about that goes wife while he was still in the womb he was already fighting with his twin arch-nemesis his brother Esau they get out you're the twin brother of a man who goes on a homicidal spree at the age of 13 life is not easy for you you have to use some subterfuge to get

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1. 0:03there is a section in tractate vostra in the Gemara and as a whole collection of…
2. 0:35an island and they say you know we put up this book for so long and…
3. 1:06sea creature and assuming they started making the fire sure woke the be stopped and he…
4. 1:39of his parents dwelling Rashi Briggs and Ben Rusch and it says like this be fish…
5. 2:12you have to use some subterfuge to get the blessings that you really deserve because you…
6. 3:15though Yaakov wanted to live in serenity continues the mattress cup style of room socio safe…
7. 3:45story with a fantastical creature the travelers in the boat in the ocean that's a metaphor…
8. 4:15gotta move this and row and row it's too much work I just want to relax…
9. 4:45life is about struggle and toil and striving for greatness and it's amazing and it's great…
10. 5:15struggling to figure out what do I do and how I do we're designed to achieve…

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