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Weekly Hashkafa Shiur #120 - Yaakov's Attempt at Getting Esav to do Teshuva

3.6K views · Dec 20, 2022

Rabbi Mendel Kessin

A deeper understanding of the story of Yaakov and Esav, part 4, given by Rabbi Mendel Kessin on 12/19/2022.

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  1. 0:00Okay, we are in the midst of Hanukkah. Uh so, let me first uh dedicate that…
  2. 6:14So now Yaakov is going to leave the house of Laban. Right? He's going to leave…
  3. 12:28tremendous merit. And if he comes to battle a tzaddik, imagine Yaakov a tzaddik, he will…
  4. 18:47temptations that he had, you see. So, therefore, the question is, right, that that is fundamentally…
  5. 25:00liros es bnos haaretz and went out to see the doors of the land. She didn't…
  6. 31:09And because of him, right? Ultimately, he gave rise to the Right? Asav is Edom. And…
  7. 37:26right? In the area of Messiah ben Joseph. Can you imagine all of this, right? Would…
  8. 43:37So, what God said is, "No. You need to remove that vulnerability. Right? That his mitzvah…
  9. 49:51Right, that's where I'm next. I'm up to that part. Uh, you know, if had Esau…
  10. 56:00that's what you want to do?" And then he uses that plan for their demise. Right.…

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