How Eliezer Found a Wife for Yitzchak
How Eliezer Found a Wife for Yitzchak
Part of Bereishit · 45:12
A close Rashi reading of Eliezer's mission to find Rivka, the role of hatzlacha versus mazal, and why a servant's prayer can outweigh a child's Torah study.
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ืืืื ืืืงืข ืกืืจื ืืืขืจื ืืขืจืฆืืืื In our this week's parsha it says, wie Avraham Avinu ืืื ืื ืืขืืืื Eliezer ืขืืื, told his slave, his servant, ืืืืขืืจ, ืื ืืจืฆื ืืื ืืืืืชื ืชืื You should go to my land, my birthplace ืืืงืืช ืืฉื ืืื ื ืืืฆืืง Take a son take a wife for my son Yitzchak from there. In ืื ืฉืืื ืคืื Eliezer On the question Eliezer asked, ืืืื ืื ืชืืื ืืืฉื ืืืืช ืืืจื ืื ืืืจืฅ ืืืืช? She might not want to go come back here. ืืืฉื ืืฉืื ืืช ืื ื? Should I take your son and bring him there? Avraham answered, ืืฉืืจ ืื Be careful, be sure ืคื ืชืฉืื Don't dare take him over there. And he said, ื' ืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืคื ืื But he said, don't worry, ื' will send His malach in front of you. These words are important how he says it: ืืืงืืช ืืฉื ืืื ื ืืฉื ื' will send His malach. Hashem' will give you success, will send a malach in front of you that will take care that you will be able to get a wife from there. ืืืืืืขืจ ืืื ืื ืกืืจื
Further in the ืคืจืฉื ืืืืก ืืืขืจื ืืขืจืฆืืืื where the Torah tells us wie Eliezer ืืื ืคืืจ Bethuel ืืืืขืจืืขืืืื ืื ืจืืื ืคืื Avraham The Torah says that Eliezer repeated the whole thing that Avraham said to him. He repeated it to Bethuel. ืฉืืืื There it says, ืืืืืจ ืืืจืื said, ืืื to me, ื' ืืฉืจ Oh, that's fast. ื' ืืขืจ ืืืืืขืจืฉืืขืจ that took me away, ืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืชื Will send His ืืืื with you ืืืฆืืื ืืจืื And he's going to make your way ืืืฆืืื, ืืืงืืช ืืฉื ืืื ื ืืืฉืคืืชื And you should take and you'll take a wife for my son from my family. This is the way it says in the first place. It seems like it's repeating the exact same thing. When Eliezer repeated what Avraham told him, he's repeating the same thing. ืืืจืฃ ืืขื ืคืืจืฉืืืื So we have to understand I'm not leaving anyway, though. All right, I'll take the bottom half. So, again, when Eliezer asked Avraham, \"Should I take him, should I take your son to that place?\" He said, \"No, but don't worry. ื' will send his malach in front of you, and you will succeed in taking a wife for Yitzchak and bringing her here.\" Then he repeated the whole the whole conversation he repeated again, and he says basically the same thing. He says, \"My master my master told me Avraham told me, 'Don't worry. Hashem' will send his malach with you, and you'll be matzliach in your way, and you'll be able to take a wife.'\" Darff men farshteyn. We
have to understand: ืคืืจืืืืก ืืื ืืืืขืืจ ืืฉื ื ืืขืืืขื ืคืื ืืฉืื ืืืจืื? Why did Eliezer, when he repeated Avraham's words, didn't repeat it exactly? ื ืฉืืื ืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืคื ืื, But ืขืจ ืืขืืืื, ืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืชื? When Avraham spoke, he said, \"He'll send a malach in front of you.\" And when he repeated, he said Avraham said, \"He'll send a malach with you.\" We can't answer, we can't answer as it would seem ืื ืืืก ืืื ื ืืฉื ืืขืจ ืืื ื ืฉืื ืื ืืืฉืื. A change in expression ืืืืก ืืื ืืืืืขื ืืื ืืืก ืืืื ืก. It doesn't change the the meaning. ืืื ืืื ืืขื ืืขื, ืื ืืื ืื ืคืกืืงืื ืืขื ืขื ื ืื ืืื ืืืื ืฉืื ืืืื ืืืฉืื ืืืืขืืจ We find many different expressions in Eliezer's words wie ืขืจ ืืืืขืจืืขืืืื ืืืจื ืืืจืื ืืืื ืื ืืืจื ืืืจืื ืขืฆืื. If you compare exactly the words, it's not exactly the same words, so it changed. A lot of times it's known that that pasuk changes when it repeats the same thing. It's called ืืืคืื ืืืืืฆื. Doesn't mean nothing. It's just a pshat. And here he brings in ืืขืจื seven the Radak says, ืืืฉื ื ืกืืืจืื ืืื ืืฉ ืืื ืฉืื ืื ืืืืื, When he repeated that, there's different words. ืืื ืืืขื ืืื. It's all the same. So maybe the same thing here. Big deal. He said ืืคื ืื, he said ืืชื. That's why he says not. So you can't answer like that. ืืืืื ืฉืืื ืืื ื ืคืจืืขืจืืืงืข ืกืืจื is ืจืฉ\"ื ืืคืืจืืฉื ืขื ืืชืืจื ืฉืืขืื ืืื ืืืืฃ ืื ืขื ืืืื ืฉืื ืื.
Rashi in a previous ืกืืจื, in Parshas Noach, Rashi already makes a point of the difference in the words. ืืื ืืขืจืงืืขืจื ืืื And Rashi explains it is ืืืืจ He explains like this. On which pasuk? The pasuk says, ืืช ืืืืงืื ืืชืืื ื ื. Noach went with the Eibershter. So the ืืฉืื is ืืช. So Rashi says, ืืืืืจืื ืืื ืืืืจ, ืืฉืจ ืืชืืืืชื ืืคื ืื. The Eibershter said, \"I went in front of him.\" So by Noach, the Eibershter went with him. By Avraham, in front. And Rashi explains the difference: ื ื ืืื ืฆืจืื ืกืขื ืืชืืื. Noach needed the Eibershter to be next to him. Because he himself wasn't so, the Eibershter had to unterhalten, has to, ืืื ืืืจืื ืืื ืืชืืืง ืืืืื ืืฆืืงื ืืืืื, ืืืจืื went by himself. He's a full ืืขื ืืืจืื, from here we see ืื ืืขืจ ืฉืื ืื ืคืื ืืช ืืื ืืคื ืื ืืื ื ืืืืืง ืืื ืชืืื, that the difference between saying et and ืืคื ืื is a difference in meaning, ืืืืก ืคืืืขืจื ื ืคืืจืืฉ ืขื ืืจื ืืคืฉื. Even Rashi makes a point out of it. Even in ืืจื ืืคืฉื, which is ืืจื of Rashi, there is a difference. ืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืื ื ืืฉื ืืืื, so it's not understood, ืคืืจืืืืก ืฉืืขืื ืืื ื ืืฉื ืจืฉืดื ืืคืจืฉืชื ื ืืขื ืฉืื ืื ืฆืืืืฉื ืืคื ืื ืืื ืืชื? So how come here Rashi doesn't say anything? So the Rebbe used to speak every Shabbos on a Rashi, but sometimes the Rashi was, we used to know a Rashi that's not written. The Rebbe would ask ืฉืืืืช on certain ืคืกืืงืื, why did not Rashi explain it? And then the Rebbe would explain why according to the ืืจื of Rashi it doesn't need explanation, and that's why Rashi had no need to say it. So it's like a Rashi that the Rebbe said this this is the ืืจื of Rashi by not saying, and this is one of them. Is it the only place it says et and it means with, to support? So in Oh, quite quite. In every single place it says ืืช ืืฉื is the rule? Always? Always that Hashem is next to you? Yeah, yeah, ืืช ืืฉื. ืืฉื ืชืืื ืืช ืืฉื ืกืืืื? ืื, ืื. That means Hashem is, would be next to you all the time. ืคืฉืื'ืข words. Et means with, ืืคื ืื means in front, pashut. In front means he is going ahead of you, and with means he is going next to you. That's pashut. So these are one that Rashi didn't Right. So the Rebbe asked, why didn't Rashi write anything? ืืื ืืขื ืืืื, we must, ืื ื ืืืืขื ืืื ืจืฉืดื ืืื ืฉืืื ืคืจืืขืจ ืืขืืขืื ืืขื ืืืืืง ืฆืืืืฉื ืื ืฆืืืื ืืฉืื ืืช, that already after Rashi explained in that part, in Noach, the difference between these two expressions, ืืื ืืขื ืืขื ืืฉืื ืื, and the reason why it is, ืืื ืืขืจื ืขื ืืื ืืขื ืกืืคืืจ ืืคืจืฉืชื ื, remembering what Rashi said there, when we come to learn here, ืืื ืฉืืื ืืืื ืืืืื ืืขื ืืขื ืคืืจืืืืก ืืืืขืืจ ืืื ืืฉื ื ืืขืืืขื ืคืื ืื ืจืืื ืคืื ืืืจืื. We'll understand ourselves. Rashi relies that we're smart enough that we'll understand based on what he says, because the Rebbe said that Rashi wrote this in a way that he imagines that everyone remembers what they learned already. So Rashi relies that you'll have seichel and you'll figure it out. Right. So when Avraham said it, he figured Eliezer was strong enough that Eliezer didn't want to claim No, no, no, that's not the pshat, we'll see. ืืฉ ืืืืจ ืืขืจ ืืืืืจ ืืื ืืขื, so the Rebbe says a pshat, a very interesting pshat. ืืขืจ ืืืืืง ืืื ืืืืืฉ ืฆืืืืฉื ืืชื ืืื ืืคื ืื, ืืื ืคืฉืื'ื ืคืฉืืื ืืืฉืืขื, if you're going to ืืืืืฉ according to what Rashi said before, this is with you and this is in front of you, so it's very simple: ืืชื ืืืื ื ืืื ืืืจ, with you, ืืคื ืื ืืืื ื ืคืืจ ืืืจ, in front of you. ืืืก ืืืืกื, when he said ืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืชื, he said the malach with you, ืืืื ื, ืื ืืขืจ ืืืื ืืืขื ืืืื ืฆืืืืืขื ืืื ืืืืขืืจ, the malach will go with him, ืืื ืืื ืืขืืคื ืืืจืืคืืจื ืื ืฉืืืืืช ืืืฆืืื. That means the malach will go with you and he'll help you to fulfill the ืฉืืืืืช ืืืฆืืื. ืื ืืืฉืื Rashi ืขื ืขืจ ืืื Noach, ืกืขื ืืชืืื, it will be like a leaning thing and it'll help you, it'll hold you up, you need help in what you're doing, he'll help you. ืื ืฉืืื ืื ืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืคื ืื ืืืื ื, if it says the ืืฉืื he will send his malach in front of you, ahead of you, ืื ืืขืจ ืืืื ืืืขื ืืืื ืคืืจืืืืก, he'll go ahead, ืืื ืคืืจืืืืขืจื ืคืื ืคืจืืขืจ ืื ืืฆืืื ืคืื ืืืืขืืจ'ืก ืฉืืืืืช. The malach will go and make sure before even you get there, he'll make sure that you have hatzlacha. ืืื ืืืก ืืื ื ืืืืืง ืขืืงืจื ืืื ืืืคื ืืคืขืืื ืืืฆืืื. It's not stam a chiluk, it's a big, major difference in how you're matzliach. ืืื ืืขื ืขืจืฉืื ืคืื ืืื ืื ืขืืงืจ ืื ืคืขืืื ืืฉืชืืืืช ืืฆื ืืืืขืืจ. The first one is the ืืืืืขืจืฉืืขืจ's with you means mainly is what you do. ืืื ืืขืจ ืืืื ืืืขื ืฆื Then the malach will give you, will help you, ืกืขื ืืชืืื, ืื ืืืื ืืฉืชืืืืช ืืื ืืืื ืืฆืืื. You're doing, and what you do, you want hatzlacha, so make sure that what you do will be matzliach, so he's helping you. ืืื ืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืคื ืื ืืืื ื, but if he said the malach will go ahead of you, means ืื ืืขืจ ืืืื ืืืขื ื ืืฉื ื ืืจ ืืกืืืข ืืืื ืฆื ืืื ืืื ืื ืืฉืชืืืืช, not only he'll help in what you're mishtadel, what you're doing, he'll help you, ื ืืจ ืขืจ ืืจืืื ืฆื, he's preparing ahead, ืืื ืคืืจืืืืขืจื ืื ืืฆืืื ืคืื ืื ืืฉืชืืืืช ืคืื ืืืืขืืจ ืคืืจืืืืก. Before you even do it, he already makes sure that when you come and do it, it will happen. That's ืคืืจืืืืก, the malach goes ahead. ืืื ืืืก ืืื ืืืจืื ืืขืืืขื ืืืืกื ืืืื ืฆื ืืืื ืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืคื ืื. When Avraham did when Avraham used the words and the malach, Hashem will send his malach in front of you, meaning ืื ืื ืืฆืืื ืคืื ืืืืขืืจ ืืฉืืืืืชื ืืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืืคื that he said to him that the hatzlacha should be in a way ืื ืืขืจ ืืืืืขืจืฉืืขืจ ืืืืืืจื ื ืืืืชืืืื, the ืืืืืขืจืฉืืขืจ by sending a ืืืื ืืืืืืจื ื makes sure ahead of time, ืื ืื ืืื ืืื ืืื ืงืืืคื ืืฉืืจื. ืื ืฉืืืขืจืืงืืื, he goes ahead and makes sure that it should happen without any hardships. That's why it's a very different thing. It's just the opposite from when by Noach. Right. This is a question of Noach and Avraham. By Noach, it's that he's going to go with you because you need the help, right? By Avraham, it's going to go in front because you don't need the help. Beginning. Because you don't need the help, yeah. And over here No, that he brings it just in the context of the words, but every pasuk according to what the pasuk is trying to tell us. No, but Noach didn't need then Noach didn't need Noach needed help, right, but the bottom line is No, he didn't ืืคื ืื, no. No, that's what he needed. Needed, it wasn't ื ื ืืื ืืขืืืขื ืืื ื ื give more help when it was Yitzchak by Noach, and over here you're saying gave more help... Yeah. That was a goy. By, by ืืคื ืื. A goy needed a lot. Noach was a Yid. No, no, you say why, but I don't even understand what he's saying once. ืืืจืื ืืื ืืชืืืง ืืืืื ืืฆืืงื ืืืืื. In the beginning of Rashi explains by Noach, why does it say by Noach? Noach needed help. But the taytsh of the words, in fact he's not bringing in the each case it depends on what we're talking about. That's why he was with, with With means he's with you, helping you, and in front of you, he's not helping you, he's going ahead. So over here he says he's not only he's helping you, he's preparing he's He's not called helping you! No, but yet Oh, he's right, he's not helping you at all. He's preparing the steps for you, you don't Right, right, good. So it depends on what. There we're talking about his avodah, here we're not talking about avodah, here we're talking about hatzlacha in in doing things, hatzlacha in business. There it's talking about avodah, how close was he to the Eibershter. Here we're saying we're using the same wording, but here it's for something else. The vort is coming ahead of you means that he's going ahead. That's all. That's what we receive from there. This is going with you, helping you, this is going ahead of you. And in each place look into the ืชืืื of what's talked there and apply it to there. There it's applied in one way, here it's applied in a different way. He says the malach will go in front in front of you, that means the malach will make sure that when you come or whatever you're going to do is He already made sure hatzlacha. Hashem can be with you means that you're working and the malach is working along with you. So when he said when when Avraham says to Eliezer don't worry, the malach will go in front of you, he meant taka that don't worry, the malach will go ahead and he'll make sure even before you get there. ืืื ืืืื ืืื ืขืก ืืืงืข ืืขืืืขื, that's how it was. He
starts off explaining how it was. ืืืืื ืืืืื ืืื ืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืขื ืื ืื, right in the beginning of the whole thing here. ืื ืงืืืขื ืืืง ืืื ืืจื ื ืืจืื ืืืืคื ืขืื ืืืื, as soon as he came and he came to the well, ืืื ืืืืขืืจ ื ืืฉื ืืขืืืจืคื ืืืืจืื ืืคืืื, he didn't even have to wait, ืืืืจืขื ืื ื ืจืืงื ืืืฆืืช, and as soon as he came, Rivkah was walking out. ืืืชืืจื ืืื, even more, ืืืก ืืื ื ืืฉื ืืขืืืขื ืงืืื ืชืืฆืื ืคืื ืืืืขืืจ'ืก ืชืคืืื, it wasn't even the fact that she came out wasn't a a totzaah, a result of his davenen, saying to the Eibershter ืืงืจื ื ื ืืคื ื ืืืื, hey, make sure to find me the girl. Bishleimus, he didn't even finish his davenen. ืืืืจืขื ืืขืจ ืคืกืืง ืืืื ืืืื ืืื ืืจื ืืื ืืืืจ, that before he even finished, ืื ื ืจืืงื ืืืฆืืช, so Rivkah came out before. ื ืื ืืืืืขืจ ืขืจ ืืื ืืขืขื ืืืงื, before he finished. That means ืขืก ืืื ืืืืชืืืื ืขืก ืืื ืืืืชืืืื ืืขืืืขื ืืืืกืืขืฉืืขืื ืืืืขืื, it was set up ืืืืขืื ืืืืชืืืื, ืื ืื ืืื ืงืืืขื ืืืื ื ืื ืืืืขืืจ'ืก ืื ืงืืืขื. As soon as he comes she should come. That's ืืคื ืื, that's taka what happened, even before he came. That side he says in the beginning. ืืื ืืืื, ืกืื ืืฆื ืืืืขืืจ, looking for what he did, ืืืืก Rashi ืืืื ืงืคืฆื ืื ืืืจื, he had kefitzat haderech, the the road went ahead of him, jumped The word ืงืคืืฆืช ืืืจื we we call it when you go fast we call it ืงืคืืฆืช ืืืจื, but the word ืืืืืฉ is ืงืคืฅ, it means jumped. The road jumped as if the road is there already before you. ืืื ืกืื ืืฆื ืจืืงื, ืื ืื ืืื ืืจืืืก ืคืื ืืืช ืืืื, ืืื ืื ืืืื ืืื ืืจื ืืื ืืืืจ ืืื ื ืจืืงื ืืืฆืืช. And side from her side, the Eibershter made that she should even before he started she should when he came when he started davenen she should be already there. ืืฉ ืืืืจ ืื ืืืก ืืืืก ืจืืงื ืืื ืืขืืืืจื, ืื ืืืืช ืจืืงื ืฆืื ืืืจ ืืื ืืขืืืขื ื ืื ืืืืขืืจ'ืก ืชืคืืื, you see it says before he finished davenen, she came out, but she didn't get there till after he finished. Why? ืืื ืืขืืืขื ื ืฆืจื ืืื, the reason was ืื ืืืจื ืืขื ืกืืื ืืืืก ืขืจ ืืื, ืคืืจ ืืื ืืืืกืืขืฆืืืื ื ืืื ืืืื ืชืคืืื, so that ืขืจ ืงืขื ืขื ืืืืกื ืื ืื ืืื ืื ืืฉื ืืฉืจ ืืืืื ืืฉื ืืื ืืืื ื. So he had to make a siman, so first made the siman, then he's able to talk to her. ืืืขืจ ืืื ืขืฆื ืงืืืขื, ืืื ืฉืืื ืืืืืืืกื ืืขืืืืจื ืืขื ืื ื ืื ืืืืืขืจ ืขืจ ืืื ืืชืคืื ืืขืืืขื. The ืขืฆื coming that she came and this is this was even before he davent. ืืืืืื comes out comes out here we see from this that what Avraham said the malach will go ahead of you means he'll make it be prepared before you get there. Happened. ืืืขื ืื ืืื ืืืืช ืกืื ืืื ืืขื ืข ืขื ืื ืืื ืื ืืขืจืข, even in the middle of the whole thing. ืืฉืขืช ืืชืืื ืืื ืืขืืืืื ืืขืื ืืืื ืืขื ืฉืืืื, when Besuel wanted to stop the shidduch, ืืื malach ืืืื ืืืืืชื, a malach came and killed him before he even had a chance to stop. Hakadosh Baruch Hu, he fought it It says there when they started talking, ืืชืืื wasn't there anymore, the malach killed him already before. ืืื ืืืื ืืืื ืกืืื ืืขื ืื, also in the
end, when ืืืืขืืจ ืืื ืืขืืืืื ืื ืจืืงื ืืื ืืืืื ืืืื ืืื ืืื, and Eliezer said let her come with me right away, ื ืืฉื ืืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืืื ืคืืจืฉืืื ืขื, not like the brother and the mother wanted, ืชืฉื ืื ืขืจื ืืชื ื ืืืื ืื ืขืฉืืจ, said let her stay here for a year, let them So what happened? ืืื ืืขืจืืืฃ ืืื ืืขืืืขื ืืขืจ ืขื ืืคืขืจ, so what did he answer? ื ืงืจื ืื ืขืจื ืื ืฉืืื ืืช ืคืื, let's call the girl and ask her. So what happened right away? ืืื Rivka ืชืืืฃ ืืขืขื ืืคืขืจื ืืื, said I'm going to go. This was like there's no time wasted, as if it was already all prepared. ืก'ืืื ืืืืืจื, and this is a ืืืืืฉ, ืืืืืจื, ืืขื ืืขืคืื ื ื ืืฉื ืื ืืืืขืืจ ืืื ืืื ืืืจ ืืืื ืืขืจืขืื ืืืขืื ืืขื ืฉืืืื. You don't find that he spoke to her about the shidduch. ืขืจ ืืื ืืืืื ืืขืืขืื ืืชื ืืช ืืชืืฉืืืื, he gave her presents. But he didn't talk to her about the ืฉืืืื ืืืืคื ืื ืื ืืื ืืืื ืฆืืื ืฆื ืืจืืืื ืืื ืืจืืื ืืจืืืื ืืื ืืขื. She had no time to think. Ruach hakodesh. What did you say? Ruach hakodesh. ืฉืืืื ืืื ืคืฉืืื ืฉื ืืงืจื, ืคืฉืืื ืฉื ืืงืจื. She was only three years old, what do you expect her... So when he gave it to her he didn't say, \"I'm giving it to you because I want you to marry Yitzchak.\" He gave it to her and finished. Had he said to her, you could say until he got there and until he spoke and until he till he slept over that night, she had time to think, and when they came to talk to her, \"I want to go.\" For a shidduch, she didn't even know that it's coming from a son. He didn't, or did he know that it came from, he told it to Lavan, he didn't tell it to ืืชืืื, not to her. So she had no time to think. And af al pi chen, and still, ืืื ืืืืื ืืืขื ื'ืคืจืขืื ืืืจ, she is ืืกืืื ืืื'ื ืฉืืืื as soon as he asked, that's it. As soon as he asked: Are you maskim for the shidduch? ืืื ืื ืืขืขื ืืคืขืจื, ืืขืืืื: ืืื, I'll go. And even more than that, Rashi ืืื ืืืกืืฃ, in fact Rashi even adds and explains, what did she mean, I'll go? ืืื ืืขืฆืื, I'm going, I'm going myself. ืืฃ ืื ืืื ืื ืจืืฆืื, even if you don't want. ืืืก ืืืืกื ืืขืจ ืืืืืขืจืฉืืขืจ ืืื ืืืื ืืขืืืื ืื ืื ืืื ืืกืืื ืืืื ืื ืงืืื ืืฉืชืืืืช ืคืื ืืืืขืืจ. That was, he didn't even have to work on it. Why is that? Because if it's with you, then it means you work and he helps you. In front of you, you don't even have to work, he comes ahead and does everything. So the Rabbi says that that's, that says here that that's what Avraham said, that Hashem will send a malach in front of you, and it's exactly what happened. The malach went ahead and prepared everything, that whatever he did was already, ืชืืืืช ืืืขืฉื happened. ืขื ืคื ืื ืืืขื ืืขื ืคืืจืฉืืืื, we'll understand, ืคืืจืืืืก ืืืืขืืจ ืืื ืืฉื ื ืืขืืืขื ืคืื ืืืจื ืืืจืื, why Eliezer changed his words, ืืื ืขืจ ืืืื ืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืชื, why he said he'll come with you. ืืืืื ืืื ืืชืืื, ืืื ืืื ื ืืฉื ืื ืืขื ืืืขื ืืื ืืื ืขื ืื. See, when he spoke to Betuel, a goy, you could tell him such things? What's he going to tell him? ืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืคื ืื, the malach will go... Why couldn't he tell it to him? ืืฉืขืช ืืืืขืืจ ืืื ืืขืจืขืื ืฆื ืืชืืื, ืืื ืืขืืืืื ืืืื ืคืื ืืื ืืืื ืืกืืื ืคืืจ ืื ืฉืืืื, he came to him and he said to him, I need your haskamah. Nu, let's think about it. What's he going to tell him? Avraham told me that we don't care about you, the malach took care! So what are you asking me, what are you talking to me? So if he came to ask him for haskamah, what can be the claim, how is it possible to tell him ืื ืืืจืื ืืื ืืขืืืื ืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืคื ืื, ืืืจืื said the malach will go ahead, ืืืืืื, which means that he said ืื ืื ืืื ืืืขื ืืคืืขืืื, noch eyder, it will happen noch ืคืืจ ืืืืขืืจ'ืก ืงืืืขื, ืืื ืื ืงืืื ืืฉืชืืืืช... So is Betuel going to be able to ืืจืืฉ, I mean, understand that that's the kushya also? No, ืคืฉืืื ืฉื ืืงืจื means simple peshat, the taytsh if you think straight. The Rabbi once said, Rashi is made for a person with basic seichel, chochmah, straight. ืืืชืืืช ืจืฉืดื is the same letters as ืืฉืจ. ืฉืื ืืืฉืจ. And it's made for, this Chumash, Mikra, when we start learning, a child doesn't know anything, he just has a straight thinking, just. So if you hear the words ืืคื ืื, and you know the taytsh, in ืืฉืื ืืงืืืฉ you know ืืคื ืื, so you already know that it means in front of you, so you're going to tell him the ืืืื will come in front, it means so Betuel would say, what, are you telling me that Avraham already said that you don't have to do anything, no one has to do anything, it's going to happen by itself? How could he say that to him? ืืืืจืื ืืืื ืืืื, Betuel would say, if so, Betuel would say, ืฆื ืืืืก ืื ืืื ืฆืข ืจืขืื, what are you talking to me? ืืื ืืชื ืืชื ื, what are you discussing with me? ืืืืจืื, you would say the way you're saying and the ืืืื is supposed to come and do it, ืืื ืืื ืืขืจ ืืืื ืฉืืื ืืืฅ ืืคืืขืืื, it's all done already, so what wait till tomorrow's perkopf? So he couldn't do that. ืืขืจืคืืจ ืืื Eliezer ืืขืืืื ืืฉื ื ืืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืชื, so he had to change it, the ืืืื will come with you, which means that Avraham gave me a beracha that whatever I'll do and whatever we'll discuss will have hatzlacha and the ืืืื will help me. That makes sense, but to say the other way, Eliezer wouldn't under... I mean, Betuel wouldn't understand it. He'd be insulted! Sure. Insulted and wouldn't even talk to him! I'm telling you the truth. But now, we'll see, ืืืืืจื, how did he change, after all, how could he quote something,
he's misquoting. So first of all, it says that you're allowed to, ืืคื ื ืืจืื ืฉืืื, that you're allowed to. But the Rebbe is going to explain further in the ืฉืืื that as much as he changed it, he said other words which hinted to it. So it shouldn't be a real change and Betuel wouldn't understand it. But before that he explains something else. ืขื ืคื ืื ืดื ืืืืชืง, this will explain also, ืืืืชืง means not answer a ืงืืฉืื, ืืืืชืง means become sweet, that means it makes it geshmaker. ื ืื ื ืฉืื ืื ืืืืืืจื ืฉื ืืืืขืืจ, another change he made, ืื ืืขืจืฉ ืืื ืืืก ืืื ืืขืืืขื ืืขืจ ืืขืฉื, different than it happened. What happened? ืืขืืขืื ืืื ืขืจ ืจืืงื'ื ืืขื ื ืื ืืื, he gave her the jewelry, ื ืื ืืืืืขืจ ืขืจ ืืื ืื ืืขืคืจืขืื ืืช ืื ืืช, before he asked her who she is. ืืื ืืขืจืฆืืืื ืืขื ืฆื ืืชืืื, but when he told it over to Betuel, ืืื Rashi ืืืื, Rashi says, ืฉืื ื ืืช ืืกืืจ, he changed it. Why? ืฉืื ืืชืคืฉืืื ืืืืจืื, shouldn't catch him, ืืืืืจื, they could say, ืืืื ื ืชืช ืื ืืขืืืื ืืื ืืชื ืืืืข ืื ืืื. If he's going to tell them what he had, they're going to say, are you crazy? How'd you give her without knowing that you came, the whole thing to get a wife from the family of Avraham, how do you know who she is? So he stuck to this, he changed it. Now, now
question is on Avraham, on Eliezer, how did he dare to do this? How did he do this, huh? Oh, ืงืืืืฉืื. But he didn't say anything, he just gave it to her, without saying anything? ืงืืืืฉืื. No, not asking who she is. He relied that she is. Yeah, that's what Rashi says, he relied. ืืืก ืืืืก ืืืืขืืจ ืืื ืืขืืขืื ืจืืงื'ื ืื ืืชื ืืช ื ืื ืืืืืขืจ ืขืจ ืืื ืืขืืืืืกื ืื ืืื, fact that he gave her the matanot before he knew who she was, ืืื ืืืืื ืืืืกื ืืืง ืื Avraham, he knew, ืื Avraham ืืื ืืขืืืื ืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืคื ืื, I'll come before, ahead of you. ืืืคืจื ืืขืขื ืืืง ืื ืืจื ืืื, and he saw, ืืืงืข it happening ืืคืืขื, ืืจื ืืื ืืืืจ before he even finished speaking and ืืืืืขืจ ืืืึธืก ืื ืืื ืึทืจืืืก, ืืื ืื ืืึธื ืืื ืืขืคืืจื ืืืชืื ืฆืื siman, and he saw that she's behaving as the siman, that she's giving him and giving the camels, ืืึธื ืขืจ ืฉืืื ืคืึทืจืฉืืึทื ืขื ืืื ืืขืืืืืกื ืึทื ืืึธืก ืืึธื ืืขืจ malach ืืขืืึธื ืคืึธืจืืืก, so he knew the malach went, so this is, I see the malach did it. ืืืืื ืืื ืขืจ ืืขืืืขื ืืืืขืจ, ืืฆืืื ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื ืืจืื, he was sure. That's why he gave it before, because he knew that the ืืืืืขืจืฉืืขืจ, that Avraham said that the ืืืืืขืจืฉืืขืจ through the malach is going to make it happen before you even realize it, before you do anything. ืื ืฉืืื ืื ืืขืช ืขืชื ืืื ืขืจ ืืึธื ืืขืืึธืื ืฆื Besuel, but the way he told Besuel, ืืืื ืขืจ ืืึธื ืืฉื ื ืืขืืืขื ืคืื ืืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืคื ืื when he changed from saying the word that Avraham said the malach will come ahead of you, and he changed it to say ืืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืชื, ืึธืืขืจ ืืืึธืก? ืืึธื ืืขืืขืืฆื ื ืืฉื ืึทืืึท ืืืืขืจืงืืื? See, you know what the Rebbe once said goes together: because he told him that the malach is going to come with me, he couldn't say, 'I gave first.' I gave first only fits if the malach comes ahead, so before you even ask, it's done. But he didn't say that. Had he said ืืคื ืื, then he could have said, 'Yeah, I realized.' But he couldn't say ืืคื ืื for a different reason, because they wouldn't understand it. So he had to say ืืชื. When he said ืืชื, so he couldn't say, so there's no ืืืืขืจืงืืื ืืื ืฆื ืืขืื ืืืจ ืื matanot ื ืึธื ืืืืืขืจ ืขืจ ืืืืืกื ืืืขืจ ืื ืืื, to give her the presents before he knows. Mimela, it's not connected. ืฉืื ื ืืฃ ืื ืืื ืฉืื ืืชืคืฉื ืืืืจืื ืืืฉื ืืืชื, so he changed it, but it's all connected. Why did he change it? Because he didn't say to them that the malach is going to come ahead of me and do it on his own. So, then he says like this: Af al pi, as we've passed this over, ืืืืื, ืืึธื Eliezer ื ืืฉื ืืขืจืฆืืืื ืืขืจ ืคืจื ืคืื ืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืคื ืื, even though as we said, outright he didn't use the word ืืคื ืื, clearly not, so they shouldn't catch him, you know, how could you say the malach is, what do you want from me, he couldn't. ืืึธื ืขืจ ืึธืืขืจ ืืขื ืขื ืื ืืืจืืื ืืขืืึธืื, but ืืืืืื ืืื ืืขืจ shinui ื ืึธื ืึท ืงืืขื ืขืจืข, it's not a real change, cuz like this, it's far ืฉืืืขืจืขืจ, yeah, he changed, he changed it, but he added another word which is a remez, which means that he, Besuel didn't understand it, but he said it in a way that he's even hinting that it's going to come ahead. Where did he say it? ืืขืจืืื ืืืึธืก ืขืจ ืืึธื ืฆืืืขืืืืื ืื ืืืขืจืืขืจ, he added certain a word which Avraham didn't say. He added the words ืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืชื ืืืฆืืื ืืจืื. He said Avraham told me that the malach will come with me, the malach will go with you, and you'll be matzliach. What did he mean with those words? Avraham, ืืึธืก ืืึธื ืืขื ื ืืฉื ืืขืคืื ืขื ืืคืืจืืฉ, ืืคืืจืืฉ ืืื ืืืจื Avraham, the ืชืืื is the same, Avraham meant, yeah, you'll succeed, but it doesn't say the words. ืขื ืืจื ืื ืืึธืก ืืืึธืก ืขืจ ืืึธื ืืืืขืจืืขืจืฆืืืื ืืืื ืชืคืืื, after when he told them how he ืืึทืืื ื, at the well he ืืึทืืื ื, ืืึธื ืขืจ ืืืกืืฃ ืืขืืืขื ืึท ืืฉืื tefillah, he added a word which he really didn't say before. He said Hashem' ืื ืืฉื ื ื ืืฆืืื ืืจืื, if you are going to be matzliach, which he didn't say. Why did he add the word matzliach, hitzliach? ืืขืจ ืืืืืจ ืืื ืืขื, the explanation is like this: ืืขืจ ืืืช'ืข ืืึทืืืื ืคืื hatzlacha ืืื, the
real meaning of hatzlacha is ื ืืฉื ืืืขื ืืขืจ ืืขื ืืฉ ืืื matzliach ืืืจื ืืืืขื. When a person works hard and succeeds, that's not hatzlacha. I mean, that is hatzlacha, but that's not the real hatzlacha. ื ืึธืจ ืืืขื ืืขืจ ืืืืืขืจืฉืืขืจ ืืื ืึท ืืขื ืืฉ, in other words, when you get success on top, much more than you worked. Or for nothing. We'll see, it's even more than that. But that's what it is. ืขื ืืจื ืืื ืขืก ืฉืืืื ืืื Yosef. It says by ืืืกืฃ, ืืืื ื' ืืช ืืืกืฃ, ื' was with, ืืืื ืืืฉ ืืฆืืื. He was a man that's, ื' ืืฆืืื ืืืื, ืืืฉืจ ืืื ืขืืฉื ื' matzliach. So there matzliach means that his hatzlacha was ืืืขืื ืืืจื ืืืืข. Much more than he worked for. And even when you work and there is yagati umatzati, the Rebbe is going to say, this is even more. ืืคืจื ืึทื Eliezer ืืึธื ื ืึธืจ ืืืึธืก ืคืึทืจืืจืืงื ืื' ืืฆืืื ืืจืื. Not that you do nothing, you have to make a keli at the end. You do something, yeah. But this hatzlacha is much more than it's, in other words, it's not helping you in what you did. It's completely beyond, right. It's not really ืืขืจื to what you did. ืืืืืกืืฃ, you could add, the Rebbe, ืึทื ืืึธืก ืืื ืืขืจ ืืื ืืขืจ ืืืคื ืคืื ืึธืึทืขึฐืชึดึผื ืึผืึธืฆึธืืชึดื. It says yagati umatzati, so Chassidut always says, we learn, that why it says matzati, it says yagata, you'll work hard, and you'll reach there. Metziah comes ืืืกื ืืืขืช, ืืฆืืื is something that you don't work for. So he said if you work hard, the ืืืืืขืจืฉืืขืจ will give you much more. Af al pi, so he says this is even, real hatzlacha is even more than that. ืืึทืฃ-ืขื-ืคึผื ืึทื ืึธืฆึธืืชึดื ืืื ืฉืื ืืขืจื ืคืื ืื ืืืืขื, when you say yagati umatzati, so the finding is much more than what you worked for, ืืืืืืงื ืืฉืื ืึธืฆึธืืชึดื, ืืฉืื ืืฆืืื, ืขื ืืจื ืืื ืึท ืืฆืืื ืืืึธืก ืงืืื ืืื ืืฉืชืืืืช. When you find something, you didn't work for it. Nisht mer vi di ืืจืื ืคืื ืืืืคืืืืื ืื ืืฆืืื, the only tircha you had is pick it up. Fundestvegen, but still, ืืื ืืขืจ ืืืขืชื ืืืฉืื ืืืืจืืข ืื ืืฆืืื. ืืืขืชื means that when you do yegiah, it'll bring a stronger, stronger metziah. ืื ืฉืืื ืื ืืขืจ ืขื ืื ืคืื ืืฆืืื ืืืืชืืช, real ืืฆืืื, ืืื ื ืืฉื ืคืึทืจืืื ืื ืืื ืขืืืืช ืืืื. It's not connected to you at all. ื ืึธืจ ืืึธืก ืืื ืึท ืืชื ื ืืืืขืื, it's a complete ืืชื ื ืืืืขืื. That's the real, real hatzlachah. Mazal. I see that he brings in some he'arot from the ืืฉืื of the Baal HaTanya. Which he'arah? 39? 39, yeah. Matzliach b'mazal, yeah. that what's that, say? Mazal is, yes, it's not it's not even It's not The ืืฉืื is ืื ืืืืืชื ืชืืื ืืืืชื. It says certain things, it's ืืืืื ืชืืื ืืืืชื. Mazal is what What do you mean, it's mazal? Every person hatzlachah means what? Money? Whatever you need. No, it depends in what what you're involved. He found a woman. As soon as I'm learning if he doesn't help him. So, it doesn't mean No, it doesn't mean things that you didn't learn you'll never get. It won't fly into your mind. The understanding of it that you'll understand it, you'll understand it much better. So, labor helped. Yes. In everything. No, if it's in business, it'll No. If it's on business then it's when it's money. If it's in health then it's health. In whichever ืขื ืื we'll learn and then having a shidduch it's then having a shidduch. Everything it's beyond what you did the Eibershter gives you mazal. what you did really is only you're going to make a cheshbon this is what I should get, now I got so much more. But really what you did is really nothing. That's what you're saying, by real hatzlachah, it is nothing. that what we did really accomplish anything. No, we know, whatever you do, it brings. If you do business fine, you'll make a living. The real hatzlachah is which is which is mazal, you mean. which is called mazal. It's ืืืืขืื. Mazal, yeah. One of the right one of the right brothers He
always says that he feels that 95% of his business is mazal and 5% is his effort. How about to be 100%? If you give away the 5% 100% is mazal. noch a bitel mazal. Ken. Komt lefi ze oys, it comes out that when he added the words, \"ืืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืชื,\" he added the words, \"ืืืฆืืื ืืจืื.\" What did he mean? ืืจืืื ืืื ืืื ืืขื ืืขืืื ืชืืื ืคืื \"ืืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืคื ืื.\" Hatzlachah means that it's not taluy in your work. So, really, the word hatzlachah be'emet is the same thing as ืืคื ืื. ืืคื ืื means a malach goes ahead of you and it's not helping you doing, but it's ahead. And that's what hatzlachah is. The inyan of hatzlachah is when it comes It's not that you do. The fact, ืืฉืขืช ืืืืขืืจ ืืื ืืจืืืกืืขืืจืืื ืคืืจ ืืชืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืื ืชืคืืื is \"ืื ืืฉื ื ื ืืฆืืื ืืจืื\" ืืื ื ืชืืื ืืขืืืืจื, when he told ืืชืืื you know how my tefillah that I asked if Hashem should be matzliach my way fulfilled. \"ืืื ื ืืจื ืืืื,\" and he told, before I even finished speaking and then she came out, ืืื ืืชืืื ืืืืื ืืขืืืื, when he said that, then he said, \"ืืืฉื ืืฆื ืืืืจ.\" Look at the pesukim. When he told him I had hatzlachah, hatzlachah means it comes from Hashem, so he said, okay, ืืืฉื ืืฆื ืืืืจ. ืื ื ืืื ืืืจ ืืืื ืืื ืืจืข, I can't say anything. Yeah. So it's a ืืื ืืืืก ืืื ืืื ืืค ืืื ืืื ืฆื ืืืืขืื. ืืืจื ืืฆืืื, it comes milema'alah. ืืืื ืื ื ืื ืืื ืงืขื ืขืก ื ืื ืขื ืืขืจื, a person cannot change it. So, So, ืืชืืื got a hint and understood, but he didn't tell him outright the word ืืคื ืื. So, here we see like this.
Avraham said him, \"ืืืืื ืืคื ืื,\" which means that it's not totally he's going to go ahead. To tell ืืชืืื outright this he couldn't, because ืืชืืื would say, \"Well, what's going on here?\" So, what did he do? He told him, \"ืืชื,\" but at the same time he gave him a hint by saying the word hatzlachah, so it's not a real shinui. ืขื ืคื ืื ืงืขื ืืขื ืืืื ืคืืจืฉืืืื ืื ืขื ืื ืชืืื ืืืืืจื ืืืืจื ืืืจืื. This could explain and this is a chidush nifla, the next piece. It's a whole mamash a Okay. That Avraham said something which is very strange. ืืฉืขืช ืืืืขืืจ ืืื ืืขืคืจืขืื \"ืืืื ืื ืชืืื ืืืฉื ืืืืช ืืืจื,\" when he asked, made What happens if she doesn't want to go? ืืื ืืืจืื ืืื ืืขืขื ืืคืขืจื, ืืืจืื said, \"ืืฉืืจ ืื,\" don't take Yitzchak there, and he said, \"ืืฉื ืืืงื ืืฉืืื,\" the Eibershter, \"ืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืคื ืื,\" he will send a malach in front of you, \"ืืืงืืช ืืฉื,\" you'll get a wife. Der ืืืืืขืจืฉืืขืจ ืืืขื ืฉืืงื ื ืืืื ืืืืืื ืืื ืขืจ ืืืืื \"ืืืงืืช ืืฉื ืืื ื ืืฉื.\" Since he sent a malach, and the way he said before, it's ahead of you, so for sure he guaranteed him that you know she'll you'll get her. Is nit farshtendig, not understood. How could he guarantee that she's going to come? ืืฉืขืช ืขืก ืืื ืชืืื ืืจืฆืื ื ืืืืืืจืชื ืฉื ืืฉื. It's talui in her bechirah, in her choice. ืืคืจื ืื ืืืจืื ืืืืช ืืื ืืืืื ื ืืืืขื ืืขืืืื ืืืจืื himself said, \"ืืื ืื ืชืืื,\" it's a possibility she won't come, \"ืื ืงืืช ืืฉืืืขืชื,\" then you'll be free from the shevuah. So, he said that possibility, and at the same time he said, \"But, you know what, I'm telling you.\" A contradiction. It's not a contradiction. Sometimes he could say, but how how does he know? He is saying, \"ืืคื ืื.\" He If ืืคื ืื, is a contradiction to what Avraham said at the end. Right. But it's not you're not trying to answer the contradiction. You're saying, how could he have guaranteed? It's not sometimes you say You're saying, \"But you don't worry.\" I'm telling, \"You're afraid of it and I'm telling you don't worry and you won't have any problems. You'll be free from the shevuah.\" If she doesn't come, you're free from my oath. Okay, that's what he said to him. You're worried what happens if she doesn't come. Because he in his mind was worried. But he had ืืคื ืื. Avraham knew. Yeah, but he didn't know what's going to happen, takeh. Avraham said that. Yes, so he's confident. That's why later when he said, \"I see I see the Eibershter was matzliach.\" What What was his wonder? Avraham said. Yeah, right. Because ืืื ื ืืฉื ืืื there is a berachah, but ืืืขืจ ืืืืืกื if it'll be bepoal, who knows how it's going to be, he told me that. The she'eilah is on Avraham, how could Avraham mavtiach? ืื ืคืจืืืข ืืื, he I'm talking about Avraham, how How could Avraham mavtiach? Avraham said to him, if you're worried that this, don't worry, you won't have any problems. If she won't go, don't worry, you won't have... You'll be free from the shevuah. You can't take away the bechirah from the... Well, that's what he's going to argue. You're going to say this. If you say it does, that's the whole vort. But we're nit ืคืืจืฉืืื ืืืง, how could he say that? In the ืชืืจื ืฉืืืื the word mavtiach? No, no. You didn't see the word mavtiach. No, but he said ืืืงืืช, what does taytsh the pasuk? Hashem will send, and you will take. No, because in Yiddish lashon kodesh, he's trying to say, from the pasuk we see he promised him, he said this is going to happen, he made it as a fact. Hashem will send his malach and you will take the wife. Yeah, sure. Sure. But Rashi says at the end of the halacha, no? In the pasuk it says that Rivka was born, ืืืงืืช means... But Rashi said now is the time to go get a wife. Oh, like that? No, he doesn't mean, he says it's through it's in italics. It's not because the lashon of the pasuk. No, but look at the look at the reading print. You're just translating what ืืืงืืช means. The word ืืืืื ืฉืืืื in the Torah, but here was whatever the Rebbe has some of some some kavana. No, but that's the ืชืืื, no? Avraham said, I'm telling you this is going to happen. No, look at look at the ืืืืื. ืืืงืืช you see? All of this is bringing for a proof that... Yeah, so he's saying what does the pasuk mean? There's different printing. Why? No, that's when you say there's different printing every time, is is a stress, is a dagesh, a ืืืืฉื. It's a dagesh? Yeah. Not a quote? No, quote is in ืืขื ืื ืคืืก, in in quotations. ืืืืฉื is not in quotations. Sometimes when a stress, you also put in quotations, but... See, the words ืืืงืืช ืืฉื ืืื ื ืืฉื has quotations. What's that, the question? No, ืื is the ืืืกืคื of ืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืคื ืื. That's why Avraham was able to promise, he said ืืคื ืื, ืื ืืืก ื ืขืื ืืื ืคืื ืืื ืืจื ืืืืก ืืื ืคืจืืขืจ. See, here's sometimes you have quotations on on when a word is not literal, but figurative, you make quotations. This inyan that he told him that's going to happen comes from a place which is before, ืืคื ืื, which is before, ืืขืืขืจ ืคืื ืืืืขืช ืืืื ืืขืืืืชื, it's beyond a person's reach. For the fact is the hatzlacha in them ืคืื ืืืืืขืจืฉืื, ื ืื ืชืืื ืืื ืืขืจ ืืฉืชืืืืช ืืขืืืื ืคืื ืืื, it doesn't depend on what people will do. ืืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืืืื ืืืกื, on the other hand, ืื ืืขืจ ืจืฆืื ืคืื ื ืื ืืื ืงืขื ื ืื ืฉืืขืจื ืืขื ืืฆืืื. A person can't ruin it. If it comes from such a place, you can't make it happen, you can't ruin it happen. ืืื ืืขืจ ืขืืงืจ, so this is a big chiddush, therefore, ืืฃ ืขื ืคื ืขืก ืืื ืื ืืขืจ ืขื ืื ืืืืืจื, even though there is bechira, but the fact is the lechora, the ืืขืืืืืงืืื ืคืื ืืื ืื ืชืืื ืืืฉื, that's why he said for him he even said it's possible she won't want, im kol zeh, ืืื ืืืขืจ ืืจืืจ, so Avraham said it's clear, ืื ืืคืืขื, ืืืก ืืขืืืคืืข ืขื ืื ืคืื ืืืงืืช ืืฉื, ืืคืืขื it's going to happen, ืื ืขืก ืืืขื ืืื ืืขืคืื ืขื ืื ืืฉื ืืืขืืืข ืืืขื ืืกืืื ืืืื ืืื ืืขืื ืฆื ืืืืขืืจ, you will get it. Why? Because it's something that Why shouldn't she? Because she might not want to come. It's something that what she wants, doesn't want, it's going to happen. So this is, so we can see now that there is a darga, an inyan, So why did Avraham say that in case she doesn't want to come, you're free from this shvuah? Because that's to He doesn't say it, but it's to make him feel good, no? What do you say? Make him feel good, cuz he... Eliezer. Eliezer. So he said, you know what, you're worried, don't worry, it ain't gonna affect you cuz he's... But anyway, like you could talk like that. But anyway, I'm telling you, it's not gonna, don't worry about it. It's it's going to happen. But you're worried, don't worry. So, he Avraham was saying is that that basically there was no really bechira there. That's what he's saying. Basically bechira. There's no bechira in this case. Why is it? How is it shayach no bechira? It comes from something This is a ืืืืืฉ ื ืคืื in this inyan. There is no bechira. There is no bechira and it's basically cuz that comes to your mazal, that's what you're saying, huh? Cuz it comes I understand. How many times people tell the Rebbe doing the same thing. How to do... do you... and and mevatiach. How many times the Rebbe ask you a she'eilah and you have to do... The Rebbe can give you a brachah, but you What you should do. The Rebbe can give you a brachah. How many times you have ืฉืจืืืื ืฆื ืืขืจ ืฉืืื ืืขืจ ืฉืืื do it, do it, do it, and do it. How did the Rebbe mevatiach? You don't worry. The same kashya wie Avraham Avinu. No. That's what he said, if it's talui in somebody else. They tell you do this and the Eibershter will help you. I'm mevatiach the Eibershter will help. Yeah, the Eibershter will help. But am I can be mevatiach when it's talui in somebody else's ratzon? I'm mevatiach that person is going to want? But you have... why? Oh, but the she'eilah is how can you how can you... Has free choice. Every person has free choice. Has free choice, but they they're mevatiach that their choice is going to be the one that you want. I mean that's ืืืืขื ืืืืืจื. You know what he is going to choose. But here he is not saying he knows, he says this is I'm telling you the Eibershter will make it happen. Not because he knows the future and he knows what the guy she will choose. He didn't say I know she will choose. Something the shlichut is with me, not with her. True. So how can you mevatiach, I want you Definitely though. But in this case, he said, it's not dependent on her. Because this is ืืคื ืื. There's a havtachah, this is mazal, this is higher than. Yeah yeah, now now he says. Yeah yeah, you'll see. That he told him. He said as much as she might not want, so don't worry, but I'm telling you she will want. I'm guaranteeing you she will want. He is, lema'aseh he is. Lema'aseh, yeah. He is. ืืื ืขืจ ืืขืจื ื ืื ืืืก ืืื ืืืื ืืืื ืข ืคืื ืื ืืืืืจืื, is one of the explanations in the ืืืืจ ืืืดื: ืืคื ืฉืืืชื ืฉื ืขืืื ืืืืช ืืชืืจืชื ืฉื ืื ืื, that even the conversations of the Avos, of the avadim of the Avos is greater than the Torah. Like Rashi says, in the Torah we find so many halachos from one ื, and here the Torah repeats the whole discussion of Eliezer. So pashut pshat is because they were the avadim of the Avos. But the Rebbe says you can say another biur. ืืืขืจ ืื ืืืข to ืชืืจืชื ืฉื ืื ืื is the other klal: ืืื ืืืื ืฉืืื ืืืฅ ืืืจืืช ืฉืืื.
When it comes to Yidden and normal, there's no way. The Eibershter can't, doesn't force anybody and won't say for sure the guy is going to choose. Everything is depends on the on the Eibershter except yiras Shamayim. ืื ืืืข to ืชืืจื ืืืฆืืืช ืืืขืจื ื ืืฉื ืฆืืืขื ืืืขื ืคืื ืืขื ืืฉื ืืขืจ ืขื ืื ืคืื ืืืืจื. When it comes to ืืฆืืืช, Hashem doesn't take away bechirah. ืื ืฉืืื ืื ืืฉืืืืืชื ืฉื ืืืืขืืจ, but in this ืฉืืืืืช, ืืื ืืขืืืขื ืื ืื ืืื ืคืื ืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืคื ืื. The hanhagah was that it was ืืคื ืื. ืืื ืื ืืืคื ืคืื ืืฆืืื, ืืื ืื ืคืื ืืฆืืื, ืื ืืฆืืื ืืื ืืขืืืขื ืคืืจืืืืขืจื ืืืืขืื! This was guaranteed, ืืคืืื ืืืจื ืืืื ืืืก ืจืืจื ืื ืืื ืขื ืื ืคืื ืืืืจื, even if it affects bechirah. And weil ืืคื ืขืืื ืืืืช ืืชืืจืชื ืฉื ืื ืื, because the Avos, by the Avos, and the avadim of the Avos were so special, that there the Eibershter made even affecting to take away bechirah. ืืืขืจ ืฆื ืืขื ืคืืืขืจื ืืื ืฆืืืื ืชื ืืื, but there are two conditions for this to happen. Number one, ืขืจ ืืื ืืืื ืขืืื ืืืืช. If you're an eved of the Avos, an ืขืื ืืืืก ืขืจ ืืื ื ืืฉื ืงืืื ืืฆืืืืช ืืคื ื ืขืฆืื ืืืื. But who could be zocheh for something like that? If you're an eved, that means your own metzius you give up. ืขืจ ืืื ื ืืฆืืืืช! But the Rebbe is explaining, it doesn't mean you you you're with nothing. You don't do anything, yeah I have no metzius, if I have no metzius, I don't learn, I don't daven, I I don't do it. No! ืขืจ ืืื ื ืืฆืืืืช! ืืื ื ืืฆืืืืช ืืืืก ืืื ืืื ืืคืืื ืืื ืืืืฃ ืืคืืื ืืืืืืช! You guy, he's talking to shluchim here, remember? Yeah, aha. That's, you know, that's it, ืืื ืืื ืืืืฃ ืืจืืืกืข ืืืื, so you're a metzius. If you have no metzius, you don't do anything. ืืืขืจ ืื ืืฆืืืืชื ืืื ืื ืืฆืืืืช ืืืืื, ืื ืฉืงื ื ืขืื ืงื ื ืจืื. But you have to feel that your whole metzius, every accomplishment that you have, is not yours. So you have a metzius and the metzius is batel. That's one condition, you have to be eved. And the
second condition, ืขืก ืืืจืฃ ืฆื ืืืื ืืขืจ ืขื ืื ืืฉืืื. You know what is ืฉืืื? In our, ืืื ืฉืืื ืืื ืชืคืืื. So ืฉืืื is davening. That means the ืืืจื ืืจืืจื, you have to be clear, recognizing, ืื ื'ืงืขื ืืื ื ืืฉื ืคืืจืืืื ืืืืฃ ืื ืืืืืขื ืข ืืืืืช, you have to realize clearly that you can't rely on yourself, ื ืืจ ื'ืืื ืืชืคืื ืืืื ืฆืื ืืฒืืขืจืฉืื, you have to daven to the ืืฒืืขืจืฉืืขืจ. Like someone said once, I don't think it's possible, one without the other, they go together. But they say there was once a ืคืฉืืืข ืืื, and he had a big tzarah. So he says, ืืื ืืื ืฆื ืคืืจืืืื ืืื ืืืืคื ืืฒืืขืจืฉืื ืงืขื ืืขื ื ืืฉื, ื'ืืืจืฃ ืืืื ืืืื ื ืงืืคืืื ืชืืืื! So, there is nothing, you have to realize you have to daven to the ืืฒืืขืจืฉืืขืจ. ืืื ืืืจื ืืขื ืืืืื ืืืคื ืืืคืืืื, when you come batel with these two things is ืืืืื, ืืื ืืขื ืขืืื ืฆื ืืขืจ ืื ืืื ืคืื ืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืคื ืื, ืืงืื ืืจื ืืฆืืื, and then you'll have a koach for hatzlacha. What does that mean what you just said that a simple guy said with what's the words? No, that's a joke. He said, you don't even know, I can't always rely on Hashem, you got to say some Tehillim also.
ืืฃ ืขื ืคื ืืคื ืฉืืืชื ืฉื ืขืืื ืืืืช ืืชืืจืชื ืฉื ืื ืื, we just finished saying that the ืฉืืืชื of the ืขืืืื of the ืืืืช is greater than even the ืชืืจื of the children of the ืืืื, ืืื ืืืขืจ ืืื ืืื ืฉืืืชื ืฉื ืขืืื ืืืืช ืืจืืื ืืขืฉืืขืื ืืื ืชืืจืชื ืฉื ืื ืื? ืืืื ืืืืืกื ืืืจ ืื ืืขืื ืคืื ืฉืืืชื ืฉื ืืืืช? ืืื Torah! ืก'ืืื ื ืคืจืฉื ืฉืืื ืืื ืชืืจื, ืืชืืจืชื, you see, in the Torah of the children. What does that mean? ืืื ืืืคื ืืื ืคืืจืฉืืื ืืืง ืื ืืืื ืื ืื ืื ืงืขื ืขื ืืขืจืืจืืืื ืื ืืขืื ืคืื ืืืขืจื ืขืืื ืืืืช. Even though we are saying avodim is greater than the banim, but it's saying, this is told to you, why? So we, Yidden, should also be able to reach that madreigah. ืืื ืืืก ืืื ืื ืืืจืื ืืคืืขื ืืืืก ื'ื ืขืื ืืจืืืก ืคืจืฉื ืฉื ืืืืขืืจ. This is the horaah we take from this parshah. U'vifrat, especially, ืคืืจ ืื ืืืขืืืข ืืืื ืืืื ืืขืืืขื, for those who are zocheh to ืขืืกืง ืืืื ืืื ืืฉืืืืืชื ืฉื ืืืืช ืฉืืื ืืืจ ืืืืจ, ืืืื to be a shaliach of our the avot of our generation, which is Raboteinu Nesi'einu, the avot of the Rebbe'n, in the avodah of ืืืืงืช ืืืืืืช, ืืจืืฆืช ืืชืืจื, in spreading Yiddishkeit, Torah, ืืื ืืคืืฆื ืืขืื ืืชืื ืืืฆื, spreading chasidut, so you, it's a horaah for us. What is the horaah? ืขืก ืืขื ืขื ืื ืืืขืืืข ืืืืก ืืืื ืขื, this is a very important lesson for the ืฉืืืืื, ืขืก ืืขื ืขื ืื ืืืขืืืข ืืืืก ืืืื ืขื, some people
think, az the whole shlichut, like it says, ืืืืื ืืขื ืืื, the shlichut is to do. You have to do everything possible to mekarev everything, ืืืขืจ ืื ืืืข ืื ืชืคืืืืช ืืฆืขืงืืช ืคืื ืืืืขืจืข ืคืขืืืืช, but result of what they did, ืื ืืื ื ืืื ื ืืฉื ืงืืื ืืขื ืืืืช. Then you're not a baal habayit, it's pashut. I could try best to make the person frum, like try and try, and I'm not a baal habayit if he becomes frum or not. The shaliach is ืืกืืื ืื ืขืจ ืืืจืฃ ืืื ืืจืืื ืืขืื, ืขืจ ืืืจืฃ ืืืื ืืจืืื ืืขืืขืื ืฆื ืืขืจ ืฉืืืืืช ืืื ืืืื. Shaliach agrees, you have to give over complete ืืื ืืืื, ืืื ืขืจ ืืื ื ืื ืงืืื ืื ืืืช ืื ืคืฉ, ืืืฉ you have no no no no menuchah. ื ืื ืขืจ, ื ืื ืืื ืื ืืขื ืืฉื, not him and not his family, ืืืืขื ืืืง ืืจืื ืื ืืืื ืืืืืื, the whole day you're involved in the shlichut, true. ืืืขืจ ืืืืฃ ืืขื ืฆืืืืืื, ืืืขืืขื ืขืจ ืืืื ืืฉืคืืข ืฆื ืืืื, on the other person who he's trying to ืืฉืคืืข, ืืื ืขืจ ื ืื ืงืืื ืืขื ืืืืช, no baal habayit. ืืขื ืขืจ ืืื ื ืืขื ืืืืจื, that person has free choice, ืืื ืืขื ืงืขื ืืื ื ืื ืืืจืื ืืืื, ืฆื ืคืืจื ืืื, he claims, \"I don't want to put on tefillin,\" you can't help him. Okay, ืืคื ืืืืืช you know he wants, but ืืืืื he doesn't want. So a shaliach could say, \"I did my best, and it's finished. So what else?\" So they they say a story with the Chafetz Chaim. Is the Rebbe talk to the shluchim like this now? Yeah, yeah. It says here clearly that this is a lesson specifically for shluchim. Yeah. That the Chafetz Chaim once sent somebody, it's a whole group of people, delegation to do something for ืฉืชืืื ืืช, and they didn't succeed. So when they came back, they gave him a report, so he asked them, \"ืืื ืืืจ ืืขืืืฉ'ื?\" That was Why should they ืืืฉ? Because In other words, you did everything, but it didn't bother you that you didn't accomplish. And ืืคืฉืืืช he means to say that had you ืืขืืืฉ'ื, you would have accomplished probably. Same with the Rabbi Rashab. Once the Rabbi Rashab was by an ืืกืืคืช ืืจืื ืื and he tried very hard, something, and it didn't go through. The government didn't agree. So ืจ' Chaim Brisker went over to him later, saw him crying. So he said, \"ืืืืืืืืืืฉืขืจ ืจืื, ืืืืก ืืืืื ื ืืืจ?\" So he said, \"ืืืจ ืืืื ืืื ืืขืืื ืืืฅ ืืืืก ืืขื ืืขืงืื ื.\" I mean, we tried everything. So he answered him, \"ืืืขืจ ืืืจ ืืืื ื ืืฉื ืืืืกืืขืืื.\" We didn't accomplish. And he says that's the difference between a ืืขื ืขืกืง, and you tend to mention this, a business person, that own business, and a worker. An employee tries his best and works be'emunah, and does everything. If the business doesn't go, it doesn't go. He goes home, goes to sleep. An owner is not, he goes, he tries everything. There's no such a thing it doesn't go. He'll sleep, stop sleeping at night. So that's what he told him. So they went out again, and they ืืืงืข accomplished. That's what the Rebbe says. Who was crying, the ืืืืืืืืืืฉืขืจ ืจืื? The Rabbi Rashab. So it was Rashab was crying. And ืจ' ืืืื said to him, \"ืืืืืืืืืืฉืขืจ ืจืื, ืืืืก ืืืืื ื ืืืจ? ืืืจ ืืืื ืืขืืื, we did everything that that we could.\" So so here, he's ืืขื ื'ื, the shaliach could ืืขื ื, \"I did everything ืืื ืืืื, but what could I help? I'm not a ืืขื ืืืืช on him.\" ืื ืืขื ื ืขืื ืืขื ืคืื ืื ืืืจืื ืคืื ืคืจืฉื ืฉื ืืืืขืืจ, where it's coming the ืืืจืื, ืืฉืขืช ืืขื ืฉืืขืื ืืื ืืจืืื ืืื ื ืืืืื ืคืื ืขืืื ืืืืช. If you bring ืืืืื, a ืืืืื ืืื ืืื, a complete ืืืืื, ืืืื ืื ืขืื ืืืืื ื, that you're an ืขืื to the, so like said before, who is the ืืืื? ืขืื ืืืืช, ืืืจืื ืืืื ื, the Rebbe. ืืื ืืขืจืฆื ืืื ืขืจ ืืชืคืื ืื ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื, ืืฆืืื ืืฉืืืืืชื. You daven to the ืืืืืขืจืฉืืขืจ, you don't rely on your own koachot. ืืื ืืขื ืืืืื, you're guaranteed, ืื ืืฉื ืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืคื ืื, say like it's guaranteed it'll happen. ืืขืจ ืืืืืขืจืฉืืขืจ ืคืืจืืืืขืจื ืืื, ืืฆืืื ืืฉืืืืืชื, guarantees hatzlacha in the ืฉืืืืืช. ืืืืฉื ืื ืืื ืฆืข ืฉืืืืืช, the whole time, ืกืื ืืืืืืชื, when you go, ืกืื ืืืงืื ืืฉืืืืืช, in the place where you are, ืืื ืกืื ืืืืงืขืจื ืืืง ืืื ืคืื ืืงืื ืืฉืืืืืช, when you come back, ืืืืื ืืกืืืืช, in other words, that's assure, what you finish with hatzlacha. And what does it do? Like it says over there, you'll have hatzlacha, ืืืงืืช ืืฉื. You'll take a wife, which means who's the wife? ืื ืกืช ืืฉืจืื is the wife, ืืืงืจื ืืืื ืื ืืฉื, we take her back to the husband, ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื. They guarantee you'll bring the Yidden back. ืคืฉืื ืืืืจ ืืืื, ื ืื ื ืืื ืืื ื ืื ื ืืื, by bringing, ืืืืจ ืืืื, ื ืื ื ืืื, ืืืืืืจ it to to light them up. ืืื ืฆื ืืืื ืืขื ืืืื ื ื ืจ ืืืืืจ, to make the Yid that not only he gets the light, he becomes the person who gives light to others. A ืฉืืื ืคืื... then the other guy becomes a shaliach. ืืื ืขืก ืืืื ืืขืจ ืจืื\"ื, the Rambam says, ืืฃ ืขื ืคื ืืขื ืื ืืืืืจื ืขืืงืจ ืืืื, ืจืื\"ื says clearly, ืืืืจื is a ืขืืงืจ in ืืืืืฉืงืืื, ืืขืืื ืืชืืจื ืืืืฆืื, the pillar of Torah. Nevertheless, ืขืจ ืืืื, ืืืจ ืืืืืื ืชืืจื, the ืืืืืขืจืฉืืขืจ promised that ืื ืืฉืจืื last is ืชืฉืืื. It's a promise. Ai, there's ืืืืจื, there's sof sof the Yidden will do ืชืฉืืื, ืืกืืฃ ืืืืชื ืืืื ืื ื ืืืืื. So I can decide that if the shaliach is not the shaliach, because they wanted an eved? I know, yeah? Wow. Al kol panim, not in the ืืืช ืกืคืจื ืืจืื. That's what the Rebbe... From now on, I have a zechut. I'm not a I'm not an ืขืื ืฉืืื, but I'm taking It would be a bad business if we take a step on the ticket for a year and through money get from the air to the public sector. He said the same business, no? All of them did that, because fuck them, we come... You should go... I don't know, it could be... It fits, like a puzzle. No, it's a sicha that fits like a puzzle. Yeah, but I'm saying this, this is how this fits all the... because it's forming time. Hakushya of the Rebbe, is a good hakushya, so you see it all the time. Look at what you see, look at... Moshe Rabbeinu in Eikev, ืืคืืื, I mean, ืื, ื'ืืื ืืคืืื. Yehoshua has the same question: ืืื ื'ืืื ืืคืืื? Because a Yid, I mean, you can't question how it happens, so, yeah.