Toldot תרל”א 1

אא”ז מו”ר זצלל”ה הגיד בענין הבארות שהם להסיר החיצוניות והסתר למצוא הנקודה.
The Chidushei Harim explained the idea of the weeks that Yitzchak redug, is the idea of removing the externalities that cover up the internal point
ועשק ושטנה הם ימי המעשה ובשבת הבאר שנקרא רחובות עכ”ד ז”ל.
The two wells over which Avimelech fought with Yitzchak were called Eshek and Sitna, these refer to the days of the week (Eshek and Sitna*). The one that they didn’t right over was called Rechovot. Which refers to Shabbos
וודאי שיש בכל דבר ניצוץ קדוש שמחי’ הדבר ורק שנסתר ע”י הטבע והחיצוניות
For clealy in every thing there is a spark of holiness that gives the thing its existence. However this spark is hidden in nature and is externalities.
כי ע”ז נברא העולם להיות חיותו ית’ בתוך מ”ב והאדם ידע ויברר שהכל מחיות הש”י.
This is indeed the purpose of creation. The life force (spark) of HaShem is in the creation of the world, and man should realise this and clarify that everything is from HaShem.
וז”ש חכמות בחוץ תרונה ברחובות תתן קולה ופי’ ז”ל במקום שמרחיבין אותה.
This is what is meant be the pasuk (Mishlei 1:20) “Wisdom cries out outside, in the streets (barechovot) it raises its voice”. Our sages explained that this is referring to Torah, “in the streets” refers to the places where Torah is widened רחב ie in the places of learning Torah
כי זה בחי’ תורה שבע”פ להביא אור התורה להמעשה גשמיי ג”כ
For the idea of the oral Torah is to bring the Torah into practical physical experiences
וזה שכ’ במד’ כי רחובות נגד ס’ דברים שכ’ כי ירחיב כו’ והוא התרחבות הקדושה גם תוך הטבע כנ”ל.
This is what the Midrash is referring to when it says that the word רחובות parallels the book of Devarim. When HaShem shall widen your borders (Devarim 12:20), refers to the widening of holiness in the phyiscal world.
וזהו הי’ כל עבודת האבות להתגלות אור התורה הצפון במעשה בראשית.
This was the mission of this Avos to reveal the hidden light of the Torah that is in the creation.

גם מה שטעה יצחק במעשה עשו שסבר שאף שהוא איש שדה ממשיך הכל להש”י.
And similarly Yitzchak was tricked be Eisav. That Yitzchak thought that since he was “a man of the field” he was constantly involved in uplifting the physical to HaShem
כמו ששאל לו האיך מעשרין המלח ותבן.
As he asked Yitzchak, “how do we take tithe from salt and straw?”
ג”כ הפי’ כנ”ל כי מעשר הוא התרוממות הכל להש”י ע”י המעשר כמ”ש [בס’ נ”א] פי’ ר”ה למעשר בהמה ע”ש
We can also explain this as above, that the idea of ma’aser, a tithe is to uplift this physical thing to HaShem as we have explained regarding Rosh Hashana for ma’aser
ומלח הוא הדומם מדריגה שפלה לכך כ’ להטביל במלח להעלות גם הדומם.
And salt which is the most inanimate lowly object. For this reason we dip bread in salt, to uplift inanimate objects as well.
וכן התבן נתרומם ע”י הפרשת החטה שהוא שומר לפרי.
And similarly Eisav asked how he could take ma’aser from straw which is what protects the wheat.
ורצה להטעות לאביו כי יש לו להעלות גם דברים הרחוקים מהקדושה כנ”ל.
Because Eisav was trying to trick Yitchak, by saying that even things that are very far from holiness, like straw which is not the actual food but only distantly connected to it.
וזהו הי’ ענין יצחק שכ’ הלוך וגדל כו’ מאוד. כמ”ש מאוד זה יצה”ר מה”מ.
And this was the idea of Yitzchak, (that he completely controlled nature and utilised everythign for service of HaShem), as it says that Yitzchak was becoming very great. Now the word for very – מאוד is is reference to the Yetzer hara, the Malach hamaves. Yitzchak reached the level of having conquered his Yetzer hara that it was completely in the service of HaShem
[ע”ש בזוה”ק ע”פ ויחרד כו’ חרדה כו’ עד מאוד כו’] [See Zohar on the pasuk ויחרד] כמ”ש בכל לבבך בב’ יצריך שהוא כנ”ל:
As it says Love HaShem wih all your heart, which refers to serving HaShem with the Yetzer Hara too.

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