Blessings To Yaacov From Yitzchak

PARSHA AIDES BLESSINGS TO YAACOV FROM YITZCHAK Yaacov Received Ten Blessings Corresponding to the Ten Pronouncements of Which the World Was Created Perkei de Rabbi Eliezer, ch. 32

Yitzchak blessed Yaacov saying that G-d should give you:

The creation of the world by the Ten Pronouncements

1) 2) 3) 4) 5)

1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6)

From the dew of the heavens And the fatness of the earth And plenty of grain And wine Let the nations serve you

6) And bow down to you 7) Be lord over your brothers 8) And let your mother’s sons bow down to you 9) Cursed be those that curse you 10)And blessed be those that bless you

In the beginning A wind from G-d hovered Let their be light Let there be firmament Let the waters gather Let the earth be covered with grass 7) Let there be luminaries 8) Let the waters swarm abundantly 9) Let the earth bring forth living creatures 10)Let us make man

The Lubavitcher Rebbe (in Lekutei Sichos ‫ )א‬comments: When the expression “corresponding to” appears in Torah, the analogy is now just a mere equality of numbers. The very subjects themselves are related one to the other, and that if why their number, too, correspond. In the Zohar, R. Eleazar was asked why the blessings given to Yaacov have not been fulfilled, while those given to Eisav have been fulfilled. R. Eleazar replied, “Yaacov took his portion above, and Eisav took his portion below”. The blessings are brought about through the fulfillment of Mitzvos. Thus, just as the light elicited by the Mitzvos are concealed for the time being, as if contained in a box, so, to the blessings are the time being in concealment. In the “future to come” Eisav will entirely perish and Yaacov will take both above and below, this world and the World to Come. www.parshapages.blogspot.com