tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481891.post1898272019815707244..comments2022-05-15T11:52:41.828+03:00Comments on rabbisedley: Parshat Vayishlach - the Divine Withinrabbi sedleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276453426346276243noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481891.post-16658605334896699712011-12-12T21:00:23.955+02:002011-12-12T21:00:23.955+02:00I was surprised you didn't quote the famous (t...I was surprised you didn't quote the famous (thanks to some songwriter) Zohar (Acharei Mos 83a) "דתנינן ג' דרגין אינון מתקשרן דא בדא קודשא בריך הוא אורייתא וישראל."<br /><br />As for Yaaqov and Emes, I <a href="http://www.aishdas.org/asp/2004/12/love-part-ii.shtml" rel="nofollow">once blogged</a> the following: <i>When we get to Yaaqov, we find a synthesis of the two. Yaaqov’s avodas Yashem is identified with “titen emes leYaaqov, give truth to Yaaqov”, “veYaaqov ish tam yosheiv ohalim, and Yaaqov was a pure/whole man, who dwelled in tents” and chazal add: in tents of study. Yaaqov worshipped G-d by studying what was known so far of His Torah, by trying to understand him. This love through understanding the other is also what we find at the end of his life, when Yaaqov blesses each son according to that son’s personal strengths and weaknesses. This focus on the essence of the individual might be how Yaaqov succeeded keeping all of his sons within the proto-Jewish fold, while Avraham and Yitzchaq only were able to succeed with one of their sons.</i><br /><br />See the <a href="http://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%97%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%A6%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%A9%D7%A2%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9D" rel="nofollow">Orchos Tzadiqim's shaar 7</a> on rachamim: ואף המגדל יתום, שנאמר עליו (שמות כב כא): "כל אלמנה ויתום לא תענון" – מצווה להלקותו בכדי ליישרו לדרך ישרה. אף על פי כן צריך לנהל היתום ברחמים יותר משאר כל אדם, אך לא יניחהו לילך בשרירות לבו. וגם צריך שלא ירחם על עצמו יותר מדי, אלא צריך לייסר עצמו ולכוף יצרו הרע. וכן ירחם על קרוביו העניים, כדכתיב (ישעיהו נח ז): "ומבשרך לא תתעלם". וגם על העניים ירחם, וביותר ירחם על יראי השם. וזהו עיקר הרחמנות – החונן והמרחם עובדי השם והעושים רצונו.<br /><br />Rachamim comes from knowing the other (emes) well enough to know when the greater Chesed is Gevurah.micha bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612144735431285113noreply@blogger.com