Parshas Vayishlach: 2 Dear Friends, Chanukah & Purim - And How Eisav Tried To Uproot Both of Them

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friends to me that's such a beautiful expression are two friends not only are they two friends but they correspond to two mystical manifestations that there's an idea that the ribanish Salem has sphere ice mystical emanations or manifestations man is created with Salama like him in the image of the spirit and the metaphysical thighs if you were avocado are called netsak and chanukkah isak Purim is Hyde Grand or splendor and they form one entity so again by the fact that the zaira kadosh refers to Hanukkah and puram as netsakhenhoid which are the two thighs that come together as one trunk to Ferris that also indicates a very important connection between chanukkah and Purim what exactly is this idea that Hanukkah and Purim are two friends it's such a beautiful phraseology that these two Yaman are friends with each other let's try to investigate that let's try to study that foreign he says a beautiful idea a stunning idea that Khan okay and Purim are made that was found with us in the Galas he says it's in marimakum number 23 that he saves us from every distress and every trouble like we say the Afghanistan because these were enacted in the darkness of the Exile that Hashem is with us even when there's no basea make Dutch and there's no Temple elaborates that what these two yamam have in common is that they give us light they provide light in the dark days of Galas even during Hashem is with us says number 21 on your sheets elaborates that technically speaking these are two yamam that come out during the weekdays and when we say that they have a din of a weekday type of yamtif in other words when pesach is over we make havdala when uh shavuas is over we make havdala but when chanukkah is over we don't make havdala when Purim is over we don't make havdala and the significance of that is that these are Yaman toibim that are weekday the gemara says that originally when Mordecai wanted to enact the antifa Purim he tried to enact it mishta The Sims however in Esther parake Test Plus base it was enacted as Mishra simcha but that's it is missing the word yomptif was missing from the final enactment of Purim and that is because Purim was not enacted as a yamta and The macabella Mask why in fact was Purim not enacted as yamtif and the idea is that if Purim would have been enacted as a yamta then we would have had to make havdalo when perm was over and ayid cannot bring themselves to be mavdil to separate from Purim so the idea of Hanukkah and Purim is they both share in common these are days we never have to sell uh separate from we never have to be mavdo from and we could take them with us throughout the Galas the Miami says that's what tells us that is what Esther is these are days that continue till tomorrow they exist throughout the Galas these are days that we carry with us throughout the Galas so this again establishes a connection between Hanukkah and Purim as the al-Qaeda says it demonstrates Hashem is with us even when there's no based on mikdash like this says they illuminate the darkness of the Galos they both are yum that come out during the week but let's try to probe further and Plumb the death the depth of this statement of the shla that Hanukkah and Purim are two reim in fact the says the days in between Hanukkah and Purim are like to a certain extent so let's try to understand this so yaakov avino is returning back to aretz Israel and he's about to encounter asav and as he's encountering ASAP he goes back for some jugs for some katanim and all of a sudden he's encountered by the Sorrows of the arch angel of Asaf who comes to destroy Jacob avino foreign as the Jewish people returned to the land of Israel at the end of the golos and they are attacked by Sarah they are attacked by the ministering angels of asab the ministering angel of asaph this then represents the period of time says not quite mashiach has come but this is the heels of Meshach the footsteps of mashiach their era in directly prior to the coming of mashiach so we need to study this encounter between yaakov and asav and how it reflects and portends to our time and how we should Accord ourselves in the era before the coming of mashiach em makes a phenomenal observation observed that when the angel of Aesop attacks yaakovina why is it he says by the way that yaakovino going to haran is the subject of Galas and yagavina returned to Earth's Israel is and the angel of asav turns to yaakovino and he tries to show yakovino why is it that the Sorrows of the ministering angel of asab only tried to destroy Jacob why don't we find an instance where why don't we find an instance where the eight Sahara tries to wrestle and Destroy Yak of avino I mean this wrestling match is unique to Yakov we don't find any attempt made by the sitra by the samachem to destroy any of the others explained very powerfully kindliness kind Deeds while the eight Sahara does not approve of them is a great Sahara will swallow it he'll tolerate it he could stand it he'll slide with it avoida tefila does not enjoy appreciate Fila but he could tolerate it he could stand it a and yaakov avinu cannot tolerate limuratirai he cannot stand it it disturbs him it's it's Troublesome to him yaakovino cannot yakovino if you were is the Kryptonite for the eight Sahara is the antidote for the eight Sahara like the ram like the gemara tells us a condition is the antidote it's the knockout punch of the yitzahara so the eight Sahara the Citra the samachem can tolerate avraham you can tolerate it's like he cannot tolerate yaakovino and therefore he need he wants to destroy yaakov and he attempts to destroy Jacob but he realizes he sees he cannot prevail he strikes the hip socket of yaakov foreign that there is a great symbolism in this attempt of the Satan to dislocate the hip socket of Yakov avinu says that somebody who learns Tyra needs financial support someone to provide him with opportunities to allow him to learn with the kadusha pitahara without interruption without worry without daiga support it's not just they need support to eat a piece of bread and drink water they need support to learn they need support so that they have the wherewithal to have the peace of mind to complete be completely immersed in Lima Tyra Claud Israel is the greatest nation in the world they're the most generous they're the most magnanimous they give to so many causes ill sick infertility poverty Shabbos you name it Claus Israel is generous when it comes to all social social welfare needs however none of the above are the primary priority when it comes to tadaka did you know that as important as poor people are as important as sick people are as important as infertility is as important as should as important as all the causes are the most important cause for tadaka is supporting talmatara the purpose of my sir is the he tariff pavesi did you know that the purpose of Miser is to support talmatira to support yeshiva's and yes it's difficult yes maybe in our heart we don't have the same soft spot for that cause but that is what the revansham wants from us because the greatest has said in the world are is performed by those who learn Torah because they uphold the whole world the zoyar says the nations of the world become stronger when people and Jews do not support causes when Claudia soul is weak in supporting the Torah it strengthens our enemy who's our enemy The Snake the snake has no legs the snake has no support the snake was cursed says but when we don't support Tao Matera we give legs to the snake we give legs to the samaham his mode of transportation is the nagash so on that fateful night when the summer came to destroy and attack of avino he knew he couldn't weaken the limuratira of yakovino so what he was going to do was he was going to weaken the support of yaakovino he was going to weaken the support of the financiers of tamatira and by doing so he would give leg to the nakash this says desire is the Tactical the ate Sahara he can't stop the tamide from learning but he could stop the supporters from assisting and facilitating he's riding on the nakash tayak of avinu he knows how Yakov but if he stops the kolyaka if then he gives you so if you see the nations of the world are strong if you see that they're prevailing against the Jewish people it's because we're not giving enough to Dhaka to support talmatira period you know you can make an appeal for every worthy Jewish cause and you'll have a sympathetic audience but when it comes to supporting kylalum or Yeshiva is that somehow we don't have the same sensitivity toward and that's because he ate Sahara exerts most of his energy to undermine the support of tamatara if this battle between yaakov and ASAP is the Battle of the battle that will take place in the end of days then you need to know that before mashiach comes the main emphasis and efforts of the yet Sahara will be to undermine the support of tamatara so that's the simple shot of tamakhanda erisa the zoyar says when when the angel of Aesop saw he would not overcome Yakov avinu he figured instead of overcoming the he'll strike him at the hip socket says it refers to the support of Torah interestingly the vinay sascar has a a little bit of a kabbalistic take on this he says are the mystical spheroids of netsakenhoid and they hold up the erisa which is the middle of teferez netsak as we mentioned this Khan is Purim is Hanukkah in that case the sitra Akra the angel of Asaf is coming to destroy Hanukkah and Purim and that is why Angelica and Purim we have a we have a specific Mitzvah to increase siddhaka to tamide to Yeshiva is to kailalam and Purim we know there's a bit brings that there's a special Mitzvah to gift the poor Torah Scholars that holds up the Torah but let's take this to another level foreign now I I recently had the greats to be on the Mount of Olives IM and on Horizon I was at the cover of reviews and his Shag yourself I actually on Shabbos I was in Giver and I stayed in the house of the grandson was the master of gamatrios is once counted up the number of words we say in Kabbalah Shabbos and he arrived at 702. the gamatria Shabbos said hobbits.com foreign 613 words like in another seven words but he would enjoy davening because 620. would say you know we have 57 today in essay 19 19 plus two hazar Sasha's plus another 38 95 brachas a day for six days that's a total of 570. on Shabbos we say s that's seven which one is phrase with seven buckles 49 6 19. during the course of the week we say 619 braches 620 is the crown that ties together all 619 brachis says when the angel of ace of attacked Yakov is gamatria 336 Purim unbelievable the angel of ace of attempted to destroy chanukkah and paramatria chanukkah kafir gamatria Purim let us Endeavor to explain and understand in what way are chanukkah and Purim what we call support of the Torah and furthermore how did Ace of try to uproot Hanukkah and param [Music] you know there's something called miguelasantiagas which contains a written account of the story and history of Hanukkah and some communities they have a communal reading but nobody has an obligatory reading of miguelasantiagas in fact the arhamelach of Revelation Sega Landau a grandson of Huda wonders why are we not obligated to read miguelas Antiochus after all the gemara makes a cavach which seems to indicate that laning the Magilla on Purim is a direisa they made a cover um if when we left servitude we went to Freedom we sang Shira Mimi Salah Hashem saved our lives in the times of Purim we should certainly read the megilla so by the same token we should make a similar that if when God took us out of Egypt we have to sing Shira we should have a Magilla for chanukkah however um it's interesting in the city lights he brings in the community of karasov and Kappa they in fact do read miguelasantiagas we have it here on the sheet in Number 17. the tices written them down on the base talks about places where they had the custom to read McGillis Antiochus and Hanukkah but we don't make a bracha but the question is why do we not really read McGillis Antiochus why do most communities not read it you know there's something called the book of The Maccabees which is part of Christian scripture isn't it odd that we who celebrate Hanukkah do not read the Miguel santiagas we do not subscribe we do not uh treat the book of The Maccabees with sanctity and the Christians who do not celebrate Hanukkah they have it as part of their canonized Bible foreign so I would like today to present to you an original reason why not only are we not required to read Magilla Santiago but we're not allowed to read miguela Santiago not only are we not allowed to it would be antithetical to the entire purpose of the yamtif of chanukkah and let's begin with uh agamara in masakta Yuma in paragraph Bays of tehilim which is a parrot about Purim for the conductor on the Ayala Sasha Assam by David the Morning Star Esther's likened to the morning Starling Martin Yuma asks how is Esther like the morning star and the gamara says well just like the Morning Star is the end of the night Esther is the end of all the Miracles what do you mean Esther is the final Miracle what about Hanukkah number eight on your sheets why isn't Hanukkah the final Miracle Purim occurred in the 70 years between the first and second base hamiktas happened in the beginning of the second base so Hanukkah came after Purim so why do we say Esther is the end of the Miracles and the gumar answers what we mean is the last miracle that's able to be written down is not allowed to be written down Purim is allowed to be written down as mentioned what do you mean Hanukkah is not allowed to be written down it is written down there's something called miguelas Antiochus is the book of The Maccabees but on the other hand we don't really read it so what does it mean Purim could be written and chanukkah can't why is that the benue hayada and tries to answer this question why is chanukkah withheld from being written down and Purim is canonized as part of the Tanakh and then says something very simple and something very profound as well says that in the times of Esther it was in the time between the first and second base of Magnus and there were Prophets and the prophet said and the words that they wrote were divinely inspired in order to write something down and that that account the narrative should be part of the scriptures you can't just write beautiful literary poetic words it has to be words that were um inspired with the prophetic Spirit of this in Prophecy and there were indeed prophets in the times of Purim Mordechai was a navi as there was a navi but the story of Hanukkah took place into the bayashini it was when prophecy ceased it was after the time of Malachi Ezra when God said he will never again speak to Flesh and Blood until mashiach comes so therefore chanukkah cannot be written down yeah you could write it in your notebook but it cannot be canonized as part of the Tana and we have an amazing teaching of the shla you know the final Prophet was somebody by the name of Malachi who the gemara identifies as Ezra and in the final prophecy to Malachi the rebanishum says two things first he says [Applause] remember the Torah of Moses of my shrabeno foreign these are the final two prophecies and herein lies the fundamental difference between Christianity and Judaism Christianity has a major and fundamental question God spoke to the final Prophet Malachi and then 500 years later they claim God spoke to their so-called savior what was God doing for 500 years why didn't he talk to anyone for 500 years so they have to scrounge around and they're looking around how can we bridge the gap between Malachi and their so-called savior so therefore they try to stoop in as many books as possible in that interim period between Ezra and their so-called God dust to their mouths so they put in the book of The Maccabees and they subscribed to Magilla santiagas because they're trying whatever they can to continue the current of scriptural Divine communication but it is our true tradition that three Bunny song came to the navi Malachi and the first thing he said is there will be people who came that the law has been abrogated and you don't have to keep the law of Christianity so you need to know before I stop speaking to men remember the law you can't abrogate the law every mitzel is in full force until the end of time and the next important thing you need to know is I will not talk to man again until mashiach comes for anyone to claim prophecy after Malachi that's Abby Carson heretic and they are not considered faithful members of our people it is a fundamental tenet of Judaism number one foreign that the total will never be abrogated there will never be a new Torah there will never be a new Israel and number two the second tenet is that Hashem will not speak to man until until he sends Ileana therefore it is a fundamental tenet of our religion that megillah and the book of The Maccabees is not part of Tanakh to allow them entry into the scriptural Corpus is apicarsus and undermines the the authenticity of the Tanakh foreign let me explain to you how Hanukkah and Purim are the two tamakhando erisa the two supports of the Torah the two the two pillars of the Torah he says as follows here's a there's a big question says he says we have something called Purim Purim has a Magilla it's called miguelas Esther that Magilla is part of Tanakh Esther said kisvuni ladai rice they really didn't want to but they allowed an entry in the Tanakh and Hanukkah also has a story it's the story is the story of Hanukkah and it also has a megillah it's called Magilla santiagas and even so it's not part of Tanakh it's Loy nitinlika save Purim is it's not part of Tanakh I have a question why is the Magilla of Purim part of Tanakh and the megillah of Hanukkah not part of Tanakh you know what the answer is the Magilla perm is part of Tanakh because it was written at a time that God communicated with Prophets The Miracle of Hanukkah is not part of Tanakh because it happened at a time in history where God did not communicate with the prophets and now if anyone would ever rear their ugly head and say well uh 500 years later God came to me and he told me to abrogate the law and you don't have to keep the mid slice and you don't have to keep Shabbos and there's a new Israel we tell them falsehood baseless emptiness a mockery of the truth you know why we know you're a falsehood chanukkah and Purim they uphold the Torah how do they uphold the Tyra the seeming contradiction between Hanukkah and Purim that Purim has Magilla that's part of Tanakh Khan Academy the answer is God stopped speaking to the prophets that upholds the whole Torah now if anyone comes and says God told me to aggregate the law we tell them go find a very nice kite and take it for a fly in the park Tanaka and purima pulled the whole Torah Feld that's the whole meaning of Hanukkah hey they rested by the 25th how many books are there in Tanakh it is our tradition that it says that Hashem gave the Torah to my shopping has 24 ornaments so to the Torah there are 24 books of the Tanakh as soon by our boss Lauren what about miguela santiagas why can't that be a book pencira bantigla the murderer says no no more scripture they stopped when they got to the 25th book they stopped when they got to miguela santiagas they did not allow an entry into the scriptures the very definition of chanukkah is they stopped when they got to Magilla santiagas we asked why don't we read miguela Santiago that would be the most antithetical thing to do on Hanukkah the most contradictory thing you could possibly imagine to do on Hanukkah would be to read magilla's antiochas the whole Fabrica the two supporters of the Tyra they uphold the Torah they present us with this philosophical question historical question Purim has Magilla is not perfect enough that teaches us the conclusion God stops speaking to man that's why there's no Miguel santios that's why they rested when they got to the 25th book foreign eight books of the prophets ubim six books of the scriptures hey McGillis and not Miguel asanteo that's the meaning of the word they rested when they got to the 25th book made books of the prophetsubim six books of the scriptures five books of Magilla therefore hanukkahir they uphold the toy they uphold the authenticity the veracity the historicity of the Torah therefore we could say that Hanukkah are also two good friends they're two good pals they need each other the contradiction that the two of them present us with sort of brings to the idea the contradiction that that it brings a the contradiction that it brings us to is brings us to the concept and the teaching that God no longer course corresponds with man you know in the impartious Mr which is the Parish of the mayadim talks about pesachana Yom Kippur sukis is and then right after the powers of the Maya then we have the Parsha right after Allah we have the Parsha Savage this is a remise we have a Remus to the yamtif of chanukkah and after the umptive after the midst of lighting the menorah the plastic says The person talks about the Mitzvah of arranging the shulchan says this is a remiss to Purim how is the Purim some surfaces beautifully the gemara lists enough foreign and the gamara says these are not just advisors of but seven arguments used to defend the Jewish people they were kashna to the nations of the world ever offer carbonics of Karim benejana the nations of the world ever offer States the nations of the world ever build and finally to the nations of the world ever bring let them happen to you was the winning argument to defend the Jewish people in the times of Purim the argument that defended us was the Mitzvah that we do of arranging the comes out the minora represents represents Purim the amazing thing that the gemara tells us about the shulch the gemara says that the shulkhan was in the north on the right side when you entered the and the manure was on the right on the left side when you entered in the South and in between the minora and the children but the gemara says was not it was a little bit out not interposing between the shulchan and the menorah foreign need to see each other and this takes on new meaning in light of what we're learning that the menorah is Purim and these are two supporters of the Torah they are the tamkanda where the says they are two friends so it comes out listen to this is the progenitor of Christianity after all we know that from remote Valley that when the proud the prophetic message of the rav ya avoid the older brother will worship the younger brother meaning as of will worship a Jew his God will be a Jew that's the prophecy of Christianity as of is coming to destroy chanukkah and Purim why have all yamim do you think ASAP is coming to destroy Hanukkah and Purim because Hanukkah and Purim are the pillars of the authenticity of the Torah they demonstrate that the belief of asav is she teaches that the law was never abrogated that God stops speaking to man because of this contradiction Purim has a megillah chanukkah does not have a megillah and the answer is it's because God stopped communicating to man so the the other nonsense of asab is no wonder then that when Aesop comes to attack Yakov avinu asab goes for the jugular Aesop goes to the uproot chanukkah and paramatria chanukkah kafire 336 the gamatria Purim and these two Yaman Inspire us to await the great day of the next Divine communication of Hine is they stopped after book 24. they didn't add book 25. hey mcgillius have a wonderful day you've just experienced another Torah class brought to you by torahanytime.com