tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post1436140067438960690..comments2024-03-18T03:40:39.185-04:00Comments on The Curious Jew: Threatening Encounters With AngelsChanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-13080443133000549382013-10-03T17:50:44.418-04:002013-10-03T17:50:44.418-04:00Alternative approach to Esav's angel injuring ...Alternative approach to Esav's angel injuring Yaakov's yerach based on R. Sacks.<br /><br />Yaakov is still was struggling with his identity, trying to be like Esav, going back for his material goods that were left behind. Esav's sar comes and 'reminds' him that the material wealth is Esav's blessing. Yaakov needs to focus on yotzei yeraicho his children!<br />smoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16540322073693784985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-17504221108098298592013-10-03T15:20:30.865-04:002013-10-03T15:20:30.865-04:00From R. Frand lecture:
What is the relevance of sa...From R. Frand lecture:<br />What is the relevance of sar shel esav hitting Yakov's gid hanasheh and our consequent command not to eat of that part of the animal?<br /> <br />Rewind to Toldot. Yaakov is cooking mourner meal for his father Yitzhak, who is mourning death of Avraham. Esav is uncaring and oblivious, going about his own business. Yaakov challenges him. Is this what a bacor does? His father is mourning and he isn't attending to him? The bacor is a reflection of the father, the one to take over when pa dies. Yaakov is displaying proper qualities so he deserves becora.<br /> <br />Fast forward. Yaakov went back for jugs but he is left alone. Who left him alone? Where were HIS kids? Why weren't they there to help, to protect their father??? So sar shel Esav comes and says, "You claim you have the becor qualities, well you didn't impart them to your children!" He hits Yaakov in his yerach. (we use term yotzai yeraicho to denote the one who comes from you, from your loins, ie your children). This symbolism reminded Yaakov where he was deficient.<br /> <br />As punishment and as an eternal reminder that we were not there for our father, we can't have from that portion that represents (deficiency in) the son and we should not repeat that error ever again.<br /><br />-smoosmoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16540322073693784985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-58281348238844239852012-12-29T18:21:28.382-05:002012-12-29T18:21:28.382-05:00Yay! Only 2 days until Chana's Annual Masquera...Yay! Only 2 days until Chana's Annual Masquerade Ball! (Did we ever have the unveiling from last year's ball?)Theonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-51421273688157257622012-12-23T19:29:32.854-05:002012-12-23T19:29:32.854-05:00Perhaps the death threat to Moshe derived from the...Perhaps the death threat to Moshe derived from their neglect of the mitzvah of performing a Brit, whereas by Yaakov there was no mitzvah involved in fetching a few minor leftovers.in the vanguardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796434751654291581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-19738206434604731802012-12-13T10:33:55.265-05:002012-12-13T10:33:55.265-05:00Are you going to blog about the new revelations th...Are you going to blog about the new revelations that Rabbi Lamm didn't report accusations of sexual abuse in the 1970's and 1980's? I'm a graduate of YU, and this article makes me sick to my stomach. http://forward.com/articles/167588/student-claims-of-abuse-not-reported-by-yeshiva-u/?p=allAJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-54595908652650646242012-12-10T20:49:08.969-05:002012-12-10T20:49:08.969-05:00Thanks for your Torah insights, I really enjoy rea...Thanks for your Torah insights, I really enjoy reading them!<br />It's interesting that you associate Yaakov's damaged thigh with his failure to fulfill his promise. The peshat of the thigh is not that it's the place of milah but that comman practice in those days was to take an oath by placing one's hand upon a person's thigh. This is known. As such, Yaako'v injury is an even more direct reminder of his failure to fulfill his promise to G-d; inasmuch as the thigh represents the taking of an oath, a broken thigh represents the breaking of the oath.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200486121370447860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-2588902962566969632012-12-02T16:40:16.829-05:002012-12-02T16:40:16.829-05:00This is a very interesting thought- Just a thought...This is a very interesting thought- Just a thought to add to the question; when Lavan confronted Yaakov for leaving with his daughters and says his teraphim were missing, his response was to search the entire entourage and place what does not belong to him between them. Which means that he had a very exact calculation as to what belonged to him and what belonged to Lavan. It seems strange that for someone who had such a exacting calculation to have not tithed properly or at all.harry-er than them allhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957506180776134351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-29281788065731926332012-12-02T03:59:20.419-05:002012-12-02T03:59:20.419-05:00A few notes:
"Kaf" translates to "...A few notes:<br /><br />"Kaf" translates to "spoon". Which means he was injured on the "spoon shaped" area of his thigh. Namely, the "ischium", I believe.<br /><br />This is why the "Gid Hanasheh" is prohibited only in animals. A fowl's "backside" does not resemble a human's.<br /><br />Rashi quotes that the angel appeared to Moshe and Tzipporah as a large snake (perhaps an anaconda) that first swallowed him head-first till his groin, and then feet-first until his groin. And that's how Tzipporah discerned it's all about the sin of delaying their son's Bris.<br /><br />I don't see how anybody could have discerned why an angel is fighting Yaakov. <br />Not to mention that he wasn't recognized as an angel until the fight was over and he disclosed that he is an angel (Sar shel Eisav) and he needs to immediately return to heaven to say Shira. <br /><br />I'll say this about Tzipporah: she was a very brave (and quick-thinking) woman not to have panicked and gone running. Or fainted.<br /><br />As the saying goes, "behind every successful man there's a woman".It's Biblicalnoreply@blogger.com