Parshas Toldos (a lesson in Chinuch) 5780 (2019) Aisav is greater but extreme, Yaakov is balanced and sustained. The lesson in our lives. First Version: Yeshiva. Second Version: Chicago, Rosh Chodesh Kislev Farbrengen

Toldos 5721, Class One.Toras Menachem vol 29 page 211-213Marcheshvan is the first month after Tishrei, true Cheshbon of Tishrei must wait until Rosh Chodesh Kislev.Different times for different people depending on readiness. Toldos 5721, Class Two.Toras Menachem vol 29 page 213-214.Thought, if Aisav’s wife Machlas means he was forgiven think of all other Chassanim, what…

Rosh Chodesh Kislev farbrengen (5780/ 2019 Chicago). Part One: Bikur Chicago revisited, some stories about the visit, commemorating the English publishing of the details of that visit. Part Two: Rosh Chodesh Kislev, the Zohar (הקדמה ד’, א-ב) and the Zohar before about Rashbi. The Yom Tov. Part Three: Hiskashrus. “A Rebbe needs his Chassidim (כביכול)”…

Class One. Summary: Maamar Mayim Rabim 5717 – Class 1: G-d Loves You Unconditionally and infinitely. This maamar was delivered by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Shabbos Toldos 5717 (1956). We find extremely opposite interpretations of the verse in the Song of Songs, “Mayim Rabim…” One discusses the fact that the Jewish people are loved in…

This Maamar is Muga. An overview of a ma’amar on the pasuk “Ve’yiten Lecha” from parshas Toldos. Source: “Ve’yiten Lecha”, Sefer HaMaamarim Melukat, Vol. IV, pp. 63  

Overview, beginners Toldos TOLDOS 1999 – YITZCHAK’S WELLS CLASS The Torah tells us that Yitzchak re-opened the wells that Avraham Avinu had dug but were blocked. This narrative is analyzed to reveal the focus of Yitzchak’s life and how his path built onto the foundation laid by his father. This class is accessible to everyone….

Yitzchok is even more like Avrohom, chesed, than is Avrohom himself because of the Bittul of Yitzchok.

Yitzchok’s idea is digging wells. What water the wells give him is Hashem’s business. As a result his wells last. The three wells, built with different levels of dedication and sacrifice last for different lengths of time. The third which is through Bittul and Kabbalas Ol lasts forever.

Aisav is Yitzchok’s son, and as he is in Yitzchok, he and Yaakov are just two versions of avodas Hashem, one that is like a Chossid and the other one who overcomes his Yetzer HaRa. Aisav just made bad choices.

Avrohom looked so much closer to Yishmael. In fact Yishmael did Teshuva during his father’s lifetime, while Aisav seemed so evil. Under the surface however, Yitzchok’s connection to Aisav is limitless (he was a Jew, only a sinner) while Yishmael’s relationship to Avrohom was on the outside only. This reflected the difference between who Avrohom…