Shnayim Yomi - Toldot - Chamishi - #5 - Rabbi Yechiel Spero - The Real Truth

Hello. It is Thursday and today we read one of the most famous stories in the entire Tyra. Yitzk is towards the end of his life. His sight is failing him and he wants to give a braha to Asov. Asov goes to hunt for some food. Rifka understands what's at stake. She dresses up Yakov in Asov's clothing. Yitzk gives Yakov the bra that he intended for Asov. Asov comes back and he's a broken man. Well, the question is Yakov is the man of truths. Truth. This is trickery. What is going on over here? How do we understand it? And the answer is is that there's truth with a lowercase T and then there's truth with a capital T. The capital T is the Hashem, the will of Hashem. That's the only truth that matters. Sometimes we get bogged down with the small little unimportant details. There's a big truth at stake and it's God's master plan and Yakov knows it. Rifka knows it. She sees it and she does what's necessary to be done. If the Nazis came into a house and they said, "Tell me, where's your family?" Are you telling the truth by giving away where those people are hiding? No. You're a terrible person if you tell them where they're hiding. Truth means truth with a capital T. And there's one community that excels in that and that's the Yakkesha family, the Yakasha community, the German community of German Jews most recently in Washington Heights where Shiman Schwab was the leader. He was one of the Torah giants of the last generation. And he told over a story from his youth that one time he went shopping for his mother. She gave him some money. He went to the store. He bought what she asked for and then there was some extra money and he really really wanted a chocolate bar. He bought the chocolate bar and he figured he'll tell his mother there was no change. She comes home and she says, "What's going on?" And he says, "Well, there was nothing left." She sees the chocolate bar wrapper in his pocket. That night was a Friday night and everybody came to get brahas. And then it was his turn. It was Shiman's turn. And Ribshiman Schwab's father looks at his young Shim and he says, "Shim, today you lied. Today you didn't tell the truth. And when you don't tell the truth, you don't see braha. You don't see blessing in your life." and he refused to give him a braha that Friday night. It seems harsh, but Shim would never knowingly tell a lie again. Tell the truth. It's never ever worth it to lie. Have a great day.