When Love Becomes Hate - Parsha Vayishlach - By Rabbi YY Jacobson

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Good evening and welcome to all who are joining us here this evening from around the globe. Tonight's class is dedicated by our dear friends David and Ida Schottenstein in the sacred memory of the Kedoshim of Mumbai, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rifky Holtzberg, the ambassadors of Chabad to Mumbai and India and the other Kedoshim who were struck down 1 year ago during the infamous terror attack in India. The Schottensteins also dedicate tonight's class in the loving memory of a young soul, Alta Shula Swerdlove, the daughter of Rabbi Yossi and Hindel Swerdlove, who passed away last month in the city of Jerusalem. This evening we will explore what would seem at first glance as an isolated and not very significant verse in the Torah. And yet upon deeper reflection, we come to see how this simple and innocent verse actually became a catalyst, a springboard for a major reflection on very significant ideas in the realm of history, psychology, and spirituality. We're going to begin with an intriguing and fascinating Talmudic story. But, to appreciate and understand the story, two brief introductions are necessary. Introduction number one. In Vayishlach, in the portion of Vayishlach, the Torah discusses the genealogy of Esau, Esau, the older brother of Jacob, of Jacob. We learn of his wives, of his children, of his grandchildren, and his family. One of Esau's wives, Adah, gives birth to a boy named Eliphaz. Eliphaz is the son of Esau, and his mother is Adah, one of Esau's wives. Eliphaz also marries and has children. But in addition to his marriage to a wife, he also marries a concubine. The concubine's name is Timna. She, the Torah tells us in Vayishlach, is a concubine to Eliphaz, the son of

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1. 1:00Good evening and welcome to all who are joining us here this evening from around the…
2. 7:17useless, trivial fact that the sister of Lotan was Timna? He is referring to the verse…
3. 13:32nevertheless, she becomes a concubine, not even a wife, with inferior status. A concubine has inferior…
4. 19:43The question becomes stronger and deeper. Let's understand. Manasseh, as I said earlier, was not a…
5. 25:51So, Manasseh says, "You don't even know something so simple, which part of the bread do…
6. 32:01or his children or his grandchildren, the family tradition. V'hayinu d'k'seev, the end of the Medrash…
7. 38:12people and become part of the Jewish tradition and faith. And they did not think, based…
8. 44:20the Jewish narrative. Do you know who Manasseh's grandfather was? Manasseh's mother's father was none other…
9. 50:32In order to inculcate his son, Manasseh, with Torah. And it didn't penetrate. It was ineffective.…
10. 56:48And Manasseh could not accept the sages' interpretation of this verse. BECAUSE IF HE WOULD, HIS…

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