Rabbi Yehoshua Nissan - Parshas Vayishlach: Why Do Angels Sing?

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thank you so so much for coming thanks for joining me on this awesome day for uh what i think will be an incredible class that we're about to have really what we are going to read today is something remarkable we are we are honestly going to read something remarkable today so as always it's just incredible to get together with all of you and let us turn to our parsha turn to our parsha parshas and our parsha begins with yaakov as he's exiting he has just left behind the house of lebanon where he struggled with that con artist love on and managed to escape just by the grace of hashem and as he exits what comes his way we know ace of and 400 men different descriptions and 400 men different descriptions 400 men it may have been more than that it may have been very great powerful people a frightening sight is coming to greet him and this is yaakov and and many have said this before that yaakov's life is really the depiction of the life of a jew and the struggles and accomplishments that every one of us have to face in our life there's no coincidence that we are called binay israel the children of are called binay israel the children of israel which is what yaakov's name will be changed to israel he will be known as yaakov and israel and we we are we are known as binay israel because yaakov's obviously that his life sets the tone for the life that all of us go through and we see that constant struggle that battle against the forces of evil that rage against him and here he faces off with his brother and we know there's a dramatic encounter and he divides his camp and he bows and it's

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1. 0:00thank you so so much for coming thanks for joining me on this awesome day for…
2. 5:43why is he in a rush where does he need to go and rashi tells us…
3. 11:35something and for this we have to understand something fundamental about spirituality imagine we're all in…
4. 17:19a little bit more a little bit more of that holy attribute in our life in…
5. 23:03everything else everything else that you find in the universe everything else that's what he just…
6. 28:49it's an unbelievable picture that we have to keep in our mind greatness the greatness of…
7. 34:25the power show it says that as asap was coming to griyakov yaakov sent malachim simply…
8. 40:12i look up at the mountains may i in your voice re where will i get…
9. 45:59you for letting me meet a jew that stepped on my head and rose to the…
10. 51:43forget this truth this is what we have to remember so that we never give up…

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