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LIKKUTEI SICHOS: VOLUME 20

Likkutei Sichos, Vol. 20: Parshas Toldos (Part 6)

A tzaddik who never sinned, or a baal teshuvah who came back: which one proves a stronger bond with Hashem?

Part of Likkutei Sichos: Volume 20 · 27:49

This shiur locates the source for kevishas hayetzer in the Avos' battles with the Avimelechs and Nimrods of their world, arguing that fighting an outside enemy and fighting an inner yetzer hara both prove the same thing: a connection to Hashem so strong nothing can break it, not even an aveirah, which is exactly what makes teshuvah so powerful. A memorable comparison between a baal teshuvah's excitement over a mitzvah and a lifelong frum person's quiet familiarity leads to the sicha's answer: Yitzchak had two sons, Yaakov the chassid hameula and Esav the one born to conquer his yetzer hara, echoing the same split found among Avraham's and Yaakov's own children.

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Who Really Has a Yetzer Hara: The Yeshiva Bachur or the Baal HaBayis?

I I hear a guy said, most of the guys don't go there anyway. All right, I know. Shh! Okay, we're holding here on top of page 111. Finally got to this week's Parsha, Parashat Toldot. where the 砖讗诇讛 is, the last question of the sicha, not the beginning of the sicha, the last question is, how is it that Yitzchak had a son like Esav, which 讘讚专讱, 诪爪讚 讛讟讘注, wanted to go to 注讘讜讚讛 讝专讛, which is son of Yitzchak and Rivka, all of the 驻专讟讬诐 of the 砖讗诇讛, how is that possible? And the Rebbe started answering that 讘讗诪转, 诪注砖讛 讗讘讜转 住讬诪谉 诇讘谞讬诐, and therefore, we have to find the 注讘讜讚转 讛转砖讜讘讛, 注讘讜讚讛 of 讻讘讬砖转 讛讬爪专, since we know amongst Yidden there is such a thing as unfortunately, there are people who have to fight with the yetzer hara. Some people are 讞住讬讚 诪注讜讘专, right away, they don't have a yetzer hara. which 讘讚专讱 讻诇诇, the velt says that's the 讞讬诇讜拽 between yeshiva bachurim and baalei batim. Yeshiva bachurim don't have a yetzer hara, and baalei batim have a yetzer hara. But it's only 讘讻诇诇讜转. 讘驻专讟讬讜转, it's not so pashut. But even 讻诇诇讬, and I always tell this this joke which mistama you heard it from me already before, there was once a yeshiva bachur who learned all day. He has no yetzer hara, but he heard a 砖诪讜注讛, a rumor, that to do an aveirah is very geshmak. So, he said, \"One time, let me try to do an aveirah.\" Nu, what's an aveirah? And he also learned in Gemara that whatever if aveirah which has a worst punishment is a bigger aveirah. And if it's a bigger aveirah, it's mistama more geshmak. He learned in Gemara that chalav, to eat chalav, is an 讗讬住讜专 讻专转. to eat chazir is an 讗讬住讜专 诇讗讜. Chalav is the only one that's 讗讬住讜专 讻专转. That's a terrible 注讘讬专讛. So, he decided, \"Let me try it.\" Nu, what's chalav? So, in those days, the candles were chalav, made of fat, 讟专讬驻讛 讞诇讘. So, he said, \"Let me try to do an 注讘讬专讛.\" So, the the greatest 讛砖讙讛 he had in doing an 注讘讬专讛 is, he ate up a candle. And he said, \"I don't see they make such a big fuss over making doing an 注讘讬专讛. It's not so geshmak. I don't know what's so good about doing an 注讘讬专讛.\" This is the best a 讬砖讬讘讛 讘讞讜专 could get. What, a 讬砖讬讘讛 讘讞讜专 knows 注讘讬专讛, has a 讬爪专 讛专注? He's a he's a 讞住讬讚 诪注讜讘专. A 诇讬讜讘讗讜讜讬讟砖注专 讘讞讜专 is a 讞住讬讚, a 讞讘\"讚 讞住讬讚 诪注讜讘专. 讘注诇讬 讘转讬诐 are old out there in the world, and this, they have a 讬爪专 讛专注. 讘驻专讟讬讜转, this is 讘讻诇诇讜转, 讘驻专讟讬讜转, it's 讻诇诇讜转. There is a 讻诇诇, there are some 讘注诇讬 讘转讬诐 who also don't have a 讬爪专 讛专注, and there's some 讘讞讜专讬诐 who also have a 讬爪专 讛专注. Okay, so 诇驻讜注诇, there are these two ways. And since everything has to have a 砖讜专砖, a source in the 讗讘讜转, where is the source in the 讗讘讜转, in Avraham Avinu, Yitzchak, Yaakov, the 注谞讬讬谉 of a person 讻讘讬砖转 讛讬爪专, since they were 爪讚讬拽讬诐 and they were 诪专讻讘讛 and they didn't have to fight the 讬爪专 讛专注? And 讗诪转, in the hagahot, we didn't learn it, but the one hagahah hagahah 23, the Rebbe said, \"By Avraham, maybe you could say till he, when he was in 讗讜专 讻砖讚讬诐 still, in the beginning, till he went away, maybe there he had to fight his yetzer hara, so that's the beginning.\" But then, the Rebbe has another thing, we find, we say in davenen, by 讗讘专讛诐 讗讘讬谞讜, 讻讘砖 讗转 专讞诪讬讜. Kavash means he had to conquer his rachmanut. So, he also had to fight. But the Rebbe says, obviously, look, 讗讬谉 讝讛 讚讜诪讛 讻诇诇. It's not the inyan of fighting a yetzer hara. So, the bottom line is, where do we find it? So, first, the Rebbe said a sevara, maybe we takeh don't find by the Avot fighting the yetzer hara. But fighting the environment around them, that they had to. We know that. All kinds of problems they had with all the people around them. So, be-emet, it's the same thing. What's the chiluk if you're fighting your yetzer hara, which is inside you and you have to disregard him and overcome the obstacle of the yetzer hara, or you have to fight other things' obstacles which stop you? So, mimela, when we had the she'elah, where do we find in the avodah of the Avot fighting the yetzer hara? Okay, we didn't find, but the idea we found that the Avot had to fight, conquer the the the problems, and that's the source for some people have to conquer the problems of the yetzer hara. But the Rebbe says it's not the same, because fighting the yetzer hara is harder than fighting the obstacles of the outside. Mimela, we have to find the source in the Avot of fighting the yetzer hara. Fighting the the the enemy from the outside is not the same. So, mimela, that's only a source for something less. We have to find a makor in the Avot for fighting the yetzer hara. So, here we're holding, 讗讞转 诪谉 讛讛住讘专讜转 in them. So, the Rebbe says one of the explanations in this inyan on top of page 111, the second paragraph. 讚讬 诪注诇讛 驻讜谉 讻讘讬砖转 讛讬爪专 is in them, says, let's understand, let's analyze, what is the inyan of 讻讘讬砖转 讛讬爪专? We said there is a inyan of a guy who doesn't have to fight the yetzer hara, and there's a guy who fights the yetzer hara. What's the maalah in this person who does his avodah in fighting the yetzer hara?

Fighting an Outside Enemy Proves the Same Bond as Fighting an Inner Yetzer Hara

讛驻砖讟 讗讬讝 讜讜讗住 讚讬 讙讘讜专讛 拽注讙谉 讝讬讬谉 讬爪专 讘专注谞讙讟 讗专讜讬住 讜讜讬 砖讟讗专拽 注专 讗讬讝 爪讜讙注讘讜谞讚谉 爪讜诐 讗讬讬讘注专砖讟谉. If a person has to fight the yetzer hara, and he wins, you know what that shows? That shows how strong he is connected to Hashem. It's not only that, some fighting of the yetzer hara. How strong are you connected to Hashem? A person doesn't have to fight the yetzer hara, you know what it is? He's very close to Hashem, or eye, he listens, he does everything Hashem wants him to do. But you don't know if he's so connected that there will be nothing that will stop him, the reason he's connected because there's nothing came his way to stop him. He has no problems, he has no tests, he has no obstacles. So, vadai is a tzaddik. But you never know is his connection to Hashem so strong that nothing will stop him. Maybe things against it will stop it. A guy who conquered the yetzer hara, here you know he's so strong connected to Hashem that even though there's something trying to stop him, it won't stop him. 讗讝 讻讗讟砖 注专 讗讬讝 诪讬讟 讗 驻讜诇注 爪专讜转 Here's a person that has a taavah to do bad things. 驻讜 讚注住讟讜讜注讙谉 砖讜讜讗讻讟 讚讗住 谞讬讟 讗驻 讝讬讬谉 专爪讜谉 爪讜 驻讗诇讙谉 讚注诐 讗讬讬讘注专砖讟谉, 讚讗住 讘诇讬讬讘讟 砖讟讬讬祝. It doesn't weaken his will to listen to the Hashem, don't only good. Do only good. So, that's the maalah of 讻讘砖 讛住讬讟专讗. It's not the question of fighting the yetzer hara, fighting This fighting the yetzer hara and overcoming the yetzer hara shows how strong he is connected to Hashem, that nothing in the world could stop him, even as those even his yetzer hara. So, 注诇 讚专讱 讝讛 讜注讜讚, it'll be 诪注诇转 讛讙讘讜专讛 驻讜谉 讗 讘注诇 转砖讜讘讛. So, a baal teshuvah is even more. 讗讝 讟专讗抓 讚注诐 讜讜讗住 注专 讗讬讝 讚讜专讻讙注驻讗诇谉, 讙注讟讗谉 讗谉 注讘讬专讛, Not only he had a taavah to do an aveirah, he actually did the aveirah already, 讗讬讝 讘讬讬 讗讬诐 讚注专 讗讬谞注专诇注讻注专 驻讗专讘讜谞讚 诪讬讟谉 讗讬讬讘注专砖讟谉 讗讝讗 转讜拽祝, his connection to Hashem is so strong, 讜讜讗住 讚讗住 讘专注谞讙讟 讗讬诐 爪讜 讻讘砖 讝讬讬谉 讚注诐 专注, that even when he couldn't hold himself back, and he gave into his yetzer hara and he did the aveirah, his connection to Hashem is so strong, it'll bring him back. He'll feel bad about it. 讞专讟讛 讛讗讘谉 讗讜讬祝谉 注讘专, 讗讜谉 注专 讝讜讻讟 讝讬讱 讗讜诪拽注专谉 爪讜 讚讬 注讘讜讚讛 驻讜谉 讛砖诐. He'll have charatah for the regret the past and return to Hashem. So, not only it shows his his avodah, it shows that his connection is so strong that nothing could stop it. Even doing the aveirah can't cut off his connection to Hashem. That even if he cut his connection, he's still back. That means it's so strong. 讗讜谉 讚注专驻讗专, 讗讬讝 诪注砖讛 讗讘讜转 住讬诪谉 诇讘谞讬诐, 讗讬讬讱 讘谞讜讙注 爪讜 讚讬 注讘讜讚讛 驻讜谉 讻讘砖 讛住讬讟专讗, 讗讜谉 讚讬 注讘讜讚讛 驻讜谉 转砖讜讘讛. So, we could explain where we find in the Avot the source of this avodah of teshuvah or 讻讘砖 讛住讬讟专讗, 讜讜讬讬诇 讗讜讬讱 讚注诐 转讜拽祝 讛讛转拽砖专讜转 爪讜诐 讗讬讬讘注专砖讟谉 This strength of connection to 讛砖诐, 讜讜讗住 拽讬讬谉 讝讗讱 拽注谉 讚讗 谞讬讟 讗驻砖讜讗讻谉 nothing could weaken it, 讛讗讟 诪注谉 讘讬专讜砖讛 驻讜谉 讚讬 讗讘讜转, we have it birushah from the 讗讘讜转, 讜讜讗住 讝讬讬 讝注谞注谉 讙注讜讜注谉 砖讟注谞讚讬拽 讗 诪专讻讘讛 爪讜诐 讗讬讬讘注专砖讟谉, 讘讗讜驻讱 讗讝 讗讬谉 讚注诐 讗讬讝 谞讬讟 讙注讜讜注谉 砖讬讬讱 拽讬讬谉 讛驻住拽 讗驻讬诇讜 砖注讛 讗讞转 As there was not shayach as a a a interruption. And I'll explain what the Rebbe's saying. The question was where do we find it in the Avot? So, we answered the Avot had also fight. Yeah, but he says that the the the fight was a different type of fight. He had to fight with Avimelech, he had to fight with with with with Lot, with Charan, he had to fight with others but not not fighting with the yetzer hara. Fighting the yetzer hara is hard. The answer of the Rebbe is this difference between fighting the yetzer hara and fighting the outside enemy is only a difference He doesn't say these words. I'm I'm rephrasing. Is only a difference in tziur. In what the fight is. This is a stronger fight, this is a lesser fight. The tochen of it is all the same. The nekudah is all the same. The nekudah is is your connection to Hashem so strong that nothing could stop it? Or if there are obstacles that could be stopped? See, if we would be looking at the etzem fight, so you'd talk and say like you said before, the etzem fight with the yetzer hara is not as strong is is stronger, worse than the fight with with with the enemy. Mimela, if you have in the Avot the fight with the enemy is not enough to give a koach to fighting the yetzer hara. That's a stronger fight. It's al derech he would say the fight that uh that Avraham had with Nimrod was not as a terrible fight as he had with with Kedorlaomer. Let's say. It's technical. This is a bigger fight, this is a stronger enemy, this is a So, he's the Rebbe saying that that makes no difference. Chiluk in this stronger fight or less fight, the nekudah is the same. The nekudah is one thing, not if you fight. The nekudah is how strong are you with 讚注诐 讗讬讬讘注专砖讟谉? So, if Avraham Avinu was a merkavah to 讚注诐 讗讬讬讘注专砖讟谉 every second of his life, and every second of the life means no matter what happened every moment of his whole life, and in his whole life he had so many problems, and nothing stopped his connection to Hashem, so this is the source to the idea that you have later on his grandchildren in Yidden, you have people who nothing will stop their connection. Even the yetzer hara will not stop, and even more than that, even the aveirah itself will not stop. He did an aveirah and the aveirah will not stop. So, doing teshuvah shows even a stronger connection to Hashem, but by the Avos was exactly the same connection. Their connection was there that nothing stopped it. 讗讜谉 讚注专注讘注专, therefore, 讗祝 注诇 驻讬 讗讝 讚讬 讙讘讜专讛 驻讜谉 讚讬 讗讘讜转 讛讗讟 讝讬讱 讗讜讬住讙注讚专讬拽讟 讘驻讜注诇 谞讗专 讘谞讜讙注 爪讜 注谞讬谞讬诐 砖诇 讞讜抓, therefore 讘驻讜注诇, in which way did they show their strength of their 讛转拽砖专讜转? They didn't have to fight with inside with their So, they had to fight with the outside. 讗讬讝 讗讘注专 讚讬 住讬讘讛 驻讜谉 讚注专 讙讘讜专讛, why did they win those wars? But 讚讗住 讗讬讝 讚注专 转讜拽祝 驻讜谉 讛转拽砖专讜转 爪讜诐 讗讜讬讘注专砖讟谉. What's the reason for it? Because they're very strong connected, 讗讬讝 讗 谞转讬谞转 讻讞 诇讘谞讬诐 诇讙讘讬 讝讬讬注专注 注谞讬谞讬诐 诪讘驻谞讬诐. So that's a koach to the children, to the Yidden, even though their fight is from the inside. Because be'etzem the nekudah is the same, that you have to see, is there something that will stop you or there's nothing that will stop you. So by the Avos, we would say basically it's almost like baalei teshuvah. The maalah of the Avos was, of Avraham let's say was, he was 讘讚讜讙诪转 a baal teshuvah. His connection to Hashem was so strong that every second is strong because even though physically he wasn't a baal teshuvah, but he was like a baal teshuvah. The maalah of a baal teshuvah is that nothing stopped him, 讜讛专讗讬讛 he came back. So by Avraham Avinu, that was the maalah, that he was the maalah of a baal teshuvah, that nothing could stop. That's 讘讻诇诇 the chiluk between a tzaddik and a baal teshuvah. A tzaddik who never did anything wrong, we don't know what's going to happen if something would come up. By a baal teshuvah, it came up and we know he overcame it. So the 转讜拽祝 is strong. The only tzarah is that sometimes you have baalei teshuvah who turn into tzaddikim. That's one of the problems we have. Sometimes you have baalei teshuvah, it's a big problem if the baal teshuvah turns into a tzaddik, it's a big problem. What's the, I'll explain it. In our shprakh, let's not talk about a tzaddik and a baal teshuvah, a baal teshuvah and a what they call, frum from birth. You have a BT and a FFB, frum from birth. Which one is greater? Well, the Rambam said, 讘诪拽讜诐 砖讘注诇讬 转砖讜讘讛 注讜诪讚讬诐 讗讬谉 爪讚讬拽讬诐 讙诪讜专讬诐 讬讻讜诇讬诐 诇注诪讜讚. But we learn in Chassidut that there is a maalah in baal teshuvah, there is a maalah in tzaddik. Now, the maalah of a tzaddik is, a tzaddik is always like frum. So you know how many mitzvot he did? He's doing mitzvot the last fifty years. This baal teshuvah became a baal teshuvah two years ago, he's only doing mitzvot for two years. How much Torah did the tzaddik learn? He learned so much Torah! This baal teshuvah, this person who is frum always learned, and baal teshuvah just learning, he doesn't know much. So in level of what you have, what you reach, and what you understand in Hashem is a tzaddik, a frumer person understands more, and baal teshuvah less. In effort that you put in, in koach that you put into your 注讘讜讚转 讛砖诐, a baal teshuvah is much more, because he had to overcome the yetzer hara, he had to overcome the surroundings, the environment, he had to overcome a lot. That's one practical thing. Then there's another difference between a tzaddik and baal teshuvah. I don't mean a tzaddik, I mean people who are always frum. A person who is always frum does everything without enthusiasm. There's no 讛转诇讛讘讜转. You put on tefillin every day, wake up, it became, you know, it's natural, like it says in Chassidut, 诪爪讜转 讗谞砖讬诐 诪诇讜诪讚讛. A baal teshuvah, it's new to him, so you know what? Put on tefillin, imagine a baal teshuvah, when he becomes a baal teshuvah, decides to become a baal teshuvah, and he puts on tefillin, it means so much to him! And when he's a baal teshuvah, this is something so special to him. A person who is always frum doesn't have that. So which one is greater? The same thing. A baal teshuvah is greater because he has the 讛转诇讛讘讜转, he has all this. But on the other hand, you know why he has it? Because it's new to him. The other person, he doesn't have the 讛转诇讛讘讜转 because that's part of his life. You get excited over it? It's part of your life, you don't have to get excited. So which one is greater? Forget it, you wake up and part of your living is putting on tefillin. Baal teshuvah, 转驻讬诇讬谉 is not his life. He just started putting on tefillin, so he's excited about something. So on one hand, the excitement is a big maalah, but it's a chesaron. It shows that it's still something new to you, it's not. By an other person, there's no way he could live, you have to put on tefillin. So I don't get excited, because if that's so part of you, you don't get excited. Like they always used to say by chasidim once, I remember once a mashpiach was farbrengen, gave a, speaking about, gave a mashal for something, and he said this mashal.

Tzaddik Versus Baal Teshuvah: The Turkey Mashal and the Excitement of Something New

There was once a yeshivah bachur who didn't have, in yeshivah they didn't, food in those years not like now, they didn't have much food, they used to eat teg, as they used to say, every day they ate someplace else, and they used to give them a little. He was once invited a big party to a gavir, to a rich man. And by the rich man, they served indik. What's an indik? Turkey! Gebratene indikess, vos men flegt zogn a machal, a geshmaka piece of meat, roasted turkey. So they came and they served roast turkey, and this bachur is sitting by the table, never in his life saw it, and it looked so geshmak, and so never saw, not never tasted, never saw it. And he started eating it, and never tasted such a, 诪诪砖 讟注诐 讙谉 注讚谉. and he's eating it with such geshmak. And he yet another piece and another piece and the pasmake pasmake, and yet another pasmake, etc. He is sucking the juice out and is he is so excited over it. Mamash it's it's And the baal habayit, this is a yeshivah bachur who sits and learns Torah all day. And the baal habayit is a regular baal habayit. He doesn't learn, doesn't, a poshter yid. He sits calmly. He doesn't get excited. He doesn't get involved. He eats it. Is 讙注讜讜注谉 讗 讞拽讬专讛 once, which of the two is a bigger baal taavah? So, 注诇 驻讬 砖讻诇, what do you, the bachur, this guy is not a baal taavah. He's eating very calmly. He says pashut. And this other guy, he is mamash involved. The answer is no. This guy, takeh, is a baal taavah. He eats it with the gantze geshmak. But the other guy, you know why he's not excited? Because it's so part of his life. Er gevoynt alein a turkey. In other words, this became part of, this is his life. So, his taavah is so much, he doesn't even get excited over it. It became so part, he lives turkey. He lives with this with this gashmiyut. And this guy shows that this whole thing is, 诪诪注谞讗 讘讛讜诇, it's not part of him. So, when he gets, vadai, he should not get excited, this So, the same thing here, when they talk about in goodness, this is the taavah side. Let's go to the good side. So, a baal teshuvah is excited over the mitzvot and everything, has a big maalah. On the other hand, it's a chesaron. This other person is completely involved in it, so that's why he's not excited. So, you have a maalah here, and maalah, maalah there. The tzara is that sometimes a baal teshuvah becomes a tzaddik, what das heyst? He loses this his hitlahavut, he loses this, so he doesn't, he's stuck with both, with both chesronot. So like this, every mitzvah is important to him, and every little bit medayek and everything, but when you get, after a while, you get used to it. So, all the years of learning, you didn't have anyway. And now, you became like the other guys. I once heard from a baal teshuvah, he asked me a she'eilah, and he was very I mean, it showed his innocence and it showed his his some people would say his stupidity, but this He says, \"At what point will I reach a level that I'll already be able to talk in davenen?\" Comes to a shul and sees all these Yidden. Not baalei teshuvah. And they come, yeah, and they talk. In the middle of davenen, in middle of Shemoneh Esrei, 讞讝专转 讛砖\"抓, they talk. And he was taught, he didn't know maasehs, he became a baal teshuvah, he learned Shulchan Aruch, it says you're not allowed to talk. So, he's quiet, he's thought. So, he thought maybe there's a certain madreigah you have to reach when you're allowed to start talking. So, he says, \"What do I have to do? How, what madreigah do when how long does it take till I'm able to start talking and davenen already?\" So, the pshat is sometimes this that baal teshuvah, if he stays a baal teshuvah all his life, is good. He won't talk in davenen, and he'll be excited over tefillin, and it'll become to kavanah, and he'll daven with kavanah. The tzara is that sometimes these baal teshuvah turn into tzaddikim. But you have to have is be a tzaddik and a baal teshuvah. It says when Mashiach will come, 诪砖讬讞 讗转讗 诇讗转讘讗 爪讚讬拽讬讬讗 讘转讬讜讘转讗. Mashiach is going to make the tzaddikim do teshuvah. He's going to make that the Yidden will be tzaddikim and baalei teshuvah. We're going to have the madreigah like a tzaddik or a person who's always frum and learned a lot and did a lot of mitzvot, and at the same time, we'll have the 讛转诇讛讘讜转 and the maalah of both. Each one has to try to have both. But al kol panim, getting back here, so the inyan of of the Avot, even though they were not baalei teshuvah, but they were a 诪专讻讘讛 to such a high madregah that they were so connected to Hashem that had they had problems, we know for sure they would have overcome it. So the 诪注砖讛 讘驻讜注诇 they didn't have. They had from the outside, not from the inside. They didn't have a yetzer hara. Aber what the what the the inyan of 讻讜讘砖 讗转 讬爪专讜 represents, not the actual act, but it shows or the baal teshuvah shows that his connection to Hashem is so strong that nothing could stop it, that the Avot did have. So, we know already from where the of the the Yidden get their avodah. Everything has to come from the Avot. They get this avodah of 讻讜讘砖 讗转 讬爪专讜 or the avodah of teshuvah from this inyan of the Avot being a 诪专讻讘讛. This is in the Avot themselves. So, you had in the Avot two things. You had in the Avot the avodah of serving Hashem, and then you had in the Avot this nekudah that they were so strong connected to Hashem that nothing could stop it. 讗诇住 讘讗诇讚 das

The Answer: Yitzchak's Two Sons Mirror the Two Types of Avodah

注讘讜讚转 讛讗讘讜转 讛讗讟 讝讬讱 讙注讟讬讬诇讟 讗讬谉 讚讬 爪讜讜讬讬 住讜讙讬诐, and since by the Avot there were these two things, 讛讗讟 讝讬讱 讚讗住 讗讝讜讬 讗驻讙注砖驻讬诇讟 讘谞讜讙注 讝讬讬注专注 转讜诇讚讜转. So, this was reflected in their children. 讜讜讗住 讚讗住 讛讬住讟 in the Avot, you had these two inyanim, the avodah of 讞住讬讚 讛诪注讜诇讛, just doing the right thing, and then the avodah of teshuvah, like teshuvah, not actual teshuvah, but like teshuvah. So, if that's what the Avot had, their children, who are offspring of them, have to have the same two things. 讚讬 讗讘讜转 讛讗讘谉 讙注讛讗讟 爪讜讜讬讬 住讜讙讬 转讜诇讚讜转. So, the Avot had two types of children, 讘讛转讗诐 爪讜 讚讬 爪讜讜讬讬 住讜讙讬 注讘讜讚讛, fitting to the two ways of 注讘讜讚讛, 讗 讞住讬讚 讛诪注讜诇讛 讗讜谉 讗 讻讜讘砖 讗转 讬爪专讜, the chasid and the 讻讜讘砖 讗转 讬爪专讜. U-venigud, and legabei what the Rebbe is bringing this out, what he's going to say is that's why Yitzchak had two children. This is part of his avodah. The kashya was how in the world does Yitzchak have a son like Esav, 讘讟讘注 that 注砖讜 讘讟讘注 had shaychut to 注讘讜讚讛 讝专讛? Farkert, because he was a son of Yitzchak, He added, because Yitzchak had two types of children, because two types of avodah. He had Yaakov ve-Esav who are 讗诪讜专讬诐 讘驻专砖讛. Like Rashi says, 讗诇讛 转讜诇讚讜转 讬爪讞拽, 专砖状讬 says this is Yaakov ve-Esav who are mentioned in the 驻专砖讛. Yaakov is 讗讬砖 转诐 讬讜砖讘 讗讜讛诇讬诐. Yaakov was the good guy, sat and learned, 讛讞住讚 讛诪注讜诇讛. 讗讜谉 注砖讜 讗讬砖 讬讜讚注 爪讬讚, 注砖讜 was born lechatchilah to be a hunter, to be out in the world, 讘注爪诐 爪讜 讚注专 注讘讜讚讛 驻讜谉 讻讬讘讜砖 讛讬爪专. Esav was the person that was born with the koach to conquer his yetzer hara. 讗讜谉 讚讗住 讛讗讟 讝讬讱 讗谞讙注讛讜讬讘谉 谞讗讱 讗诇住 转讜诇讚讜转, 讜讬转专讜爪爪讜 讛讘谞讬诐 讘拽专讘讛, in their mother's stomach. Before they had choice, their own choice, from birth, as children of Yitzchak there were two children, and they were twins. That means that they go together, because the Avot had these two avodot. So the children, so you had one guy that his was destiny was to be a 爪讚讬拽, 讞住讚 讛诪注讜诇讛, because that came as a result of the avodah of Yitzchak and Avraham, to be a 讞住讚 讛诪注讜诇讛. And then they had a child who is destined to be a baal teshuvah, or a 讻讬讘讜砖 讛讬爪专, and that was Esav. And it was that's why he was born. The kashya was, how could you say in the mother's stomach he already had a 砖讬讬讻讜转 注讘讜讚讛 讝专讛? Yes, he was born with a special yetzer hara to be the source of the 注讘讜讚讛 of 讻讬讘讜砖 讛讬爪专. Eventually, he was a 讘注诇 注讘讬专讛. He wasn't a baal teshuvah. So, it doesn't say here, I don't know if the 专讘讬 brings here, but 诇讻讗讜专讛, it's the same thing, the 专讘讬 said, just in 注谞讬谞谞讜, in 注谞讬谞谞讜, it's it's, see 讛注专讛 31, 注诇 讚专讱 讝讛 讘转讜诇讚讜转 讗讘专讛诐, 讗讘专讛诐 had Yitzchak and Yishmael. And here he had, what's 谞讜讙注 to this 砖讬讞讛 is Yaakov un Esav. The difference is that Yishmael, takeh did teshuvah. How do you know Yishmael did teshuvah? This past, yeah, yesterday's Chitas, two days ago. What what does it say there? 讜讬拽讘专讜, they buried, no, for which word? Both together? So what's the re'ayah? Because it mentions that the Torah, Yitzchak before Yishmael, and Yishmael was older, so obviously Yishmael already at that point had respect for Yitzchak. That shows that he did teshuvah, otherwise he would never let Yitzchak go before him. That's why 讜讬拽讘专讜 讗讜转讜 讬爪讞拽 讜讬砖诪注讗诇 讘谞讬讜, so it was Yitzchak before Yishmael. Which, by the way, when we're mentioning that, let me just say, I tell a a vort, an interesting vort, has nothing to do with the 注谞讬谉 we're talking, just an interesting vort. When Rabbi Yehonatan Eibeshitz was a small kid, he became a chatan. When he was a kid, those days, he was, yeah, mamash a little kid. But his shver, future shver, said, \"I want to test him.\" In alte tsaytn, to become a chatan, the shver would test you, do you know how to learn. He was a kid, so they said, \"You know what? Say a pshat, a vort Torah, say a pilpul.\" He was a little kid. So he said, \"Okay.\" \"Which inyan?\" They asked him, \"Which inyan you're going to say?\" \"Bring me any sefer, any sefer, I'll open it up and I'll tell you a pilpul. I'll tell you a vort.\" So they were afraid maybe he made up with somebody which sefer to bring, so they found a little kid, and they said to the little kid, \"Go to the bookcase and just take out a sefer.\" The kid went, what sefer does the kid know? A siddur. So the kid took out a siddur, and brought the siddur. Okay, a siddur, a pilpul on a siddur? \"Yeah,\" he said, \"since you brought the siddur.\" Opened up the siddur. It opened up: 专讘讬 讬砖诪注讗诇 讗讜诪专, 讘砖诇砖 注砖专讛 诪讚讜转 砖讛转讜专讛 谞讚专砖转, 诪拽诇 讜讞讜诪专, 讜诪讙讝专讛 砖讜讛, 讘谞讬谉 讗讘, 诪讻诇诇 讜驻专讟, a whole thing there. He looks at it, says, \"Yeah, I have a few kashyes here, two kashyes. Number one, bichlal we have a klal that sometimes it says, 讗诪专 专讘 this and this, and sometimes it says, 专讘 this and this 讗讜诪专, what's the difference? 讗诪专 is when he starts off a statement. 讗讜诪专 is when it's a machloket. This person says this, and 专讘讬 讬砖诪注讗诇 讗讜诪专 this, when you say it against somebody else. So he asked a kashya, here there's no machloket, why does it say 专讘讬 讬砖诪注讗诇 讗讜诪专? It should've said 讗诪专 专讘讬 讬砖诪注讗诇. Good kashya. Then he said, bichlal, I have another kashya here. How do 讗讬讚谉 get a name Yishmael? Why would they name a person Yishmael? Who would name a child Yishmael? Why is there a name Yishmael here? So he says, 'I'll tell you the peshat. Both kashyot are answered together.' That's a interesting kop of a child, you know, he's So he says like this. 'We say that Yishmael did teshuvah. How do we know? Because the Torah wrote Yitzchak before Yishmael. A siman he let Yitzchak go. But then he has a kashya. Don't we know a klal that 讗讬谉 诪讜拽讚诐 讜诪讗讜讞专 讘转讜专讛? In the Torah it doesn't go with a seder, maybe but then the Gemara says that this inyan of 讗讬谉 诪讜拽讚诐 讘转讜专讛 only goes if it's two parshiyot. If it's written in two separate parshiyot but in the same parshah we don't say 讗讬谉 诪讜拽讚诐 讜诪讗讜讞专 讘转讜专讛. Then the Gemara asks a shaila, Gemara in Pesachim asks a shaila from a certain case where we find that there is a 讻诇诇 讜驻专讟 讜讻诇诇 And the Gemara brings a re'iyah. No, not a kashya. The Gemara brings a re'iyah from a 讻诇诇 讜驻专讟 讜讻诇诇 and the Gemara says, and there's a chiluk if the klal is written first or the prat is written first or the prat before the klal or whichever. And the and the Gemara says how could you make this whole thing of 讻诇诇 讜驻专讟 讜讻诇诇 when it's 讗讬谉 诪讜拽讚诐 讜诪讗讜讞专 讘转讜专讛? If they can't have an order, even though the klal is written before the prat, maybe be'emet the prat came before the klal? From that the Gemara brings a raaya that in the same parashah, in the same pasuk or the same parashah, we don't say 讗讬谉 诪讜拽讚诐 讜诪讗讜讞专 讘转讜专讛. So he says, \"This is the peshat here.\" You have to read it like this. Rabbi Yishmael, the fact that there is a name Yishmael, 讗讜诪专 tells you that 砖讬诇讜砖 注砖专讛 诪讚讜转 砖讛转讜专讛 谞讚专砖转 that we darshan the Torah with a 讻诇诇 讜驻专讟 讜讻诇诇. Cuz if we wouldn't darshan 讻诇诇 讜驻专讟 讜讻诇诇 then we would have we wouldn't have a raaya that we don't say 讗讬谉 诪讜拽讚诐 讜诪讗讜讞专 讘转讜专讛 in the one parashah. So in one parashah we would also say 讗讬谉 诪讜拽讚诐 讜诪讗讜讞专 讘转讜专讛 so we wouldn't have a 专讗讬讛 讬砖诪注讗诇 注砖讛 转砖讜讘讛. So if we don't have a 专讗讬讛 讬砖诪注讗诇 注砖讛 转砖讜讘讛, you never give a name Yishmael. So the fact that there is Rabbi Yishmael, that's why it that's why it doesn't say 讗诪专 Rabbi Yishmael. Rabbi Yishmael 讗讜诪专. Yishmael, the fact that we have a person with the name Yishmael, tells you, 讗讜诪专, says that there is a 讻诇诇 讜驻专讟 讜讻诇诇 because that's the only way we got it. That's mean that's just a geshmake vort to to to remember. But anyway, getting back here, so we have so, Rabbi says here by Yishmael, the same thing, Yitzchak and Yishmael this 住\"讗. By by Yitzchak you have Yaakov and Esav and then even by Yaakov he says, we also have similar, Yissachar and Zevulun. This is the baal habayit. Like I said before, Zevulun is the yeshiva bachur, 讬砖砖讻专 is the yeshiva bachur, 讝讘讜诇讜谉 is the baal habayit. The yeshiva bachur is not the baal teshuvah, he's the 讞住讬讚 讛诪注讜诇讛. The baal habayit is the 讻讜讘砖 讗转 讬爪专讜 and he also had the two children. And this that's the reason why he was able, he was from teva, birth, from birth, 谞讟讬讛 诇讟讜讘转 讛讝专讛 because this was part of the 讻讜讘砖 讗转 讬爪专讜.

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