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The Eye of Yaakov

The Eye of Yaakov

FromDaily Bitachon


The Eye of Yaakov

FromDaily Bitachon

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20 minutes
Released:
Apr 18, 2024
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We are now in our last pasuk of bitachon that starts with a Vav- Devarim 33,8 וַיִּשְׁכֹּן֩ יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל בֶּ֤טַח בָּדָד֙ עֵ֣ין יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב The Jewish people will dwell alone just like Yaakov When person is safe and secure, he doesn't need to have other people around אֶל־אֶ֖רֶץ דָּגָ֣ן וְתִיר֑וֹשׁ אַף־שָׁמָ֖יו יַ֥עַרְפוּ טָֽל׃ to a land of grain and wine, and the dew will come from heaven. This pasuk is describing beautiful tranquil life. How do you get there and what is the secret called BeTach Badad En Yaakov/The bitachon solitude of Yaakov Avinu? I'd like to share a very nice thought from the Bet Aharon, the original Stoliner Rebbe of Karlin, on Parashat Re’eh from his sefer Bet Aharon . He says that on one hand it says, ‘ Eineh Hashem el Sadikim / The eye s of Hashem are to the righteous .’ But then it says, ‘ En Hashem al Yereav/The Eye of Hashem is on those that fear Him .’ Regarding Yaakov it says One eye , and also, Bet Porat Yosef, Ben Porat Aleh Eyin Why one eye here, two eyes there? He answers that this world has good and bad, represented by the two eyes. You can look at it two ways. But really, everything comes from Above- from the good, from the right side, which represents the good. Each of the Avot had a Middah. Avraham Avinu’s is Hessed/kindness, where everything looks good. Then we have the Middat HaDin of justice , strict justice, which is Yitzhak Avinu’s Middah, and seems to look only bad. And then we have Yaakov Avinu who's in the middle. He puts it all together and sees everything in the proper, harmonious way. We can't only have good because only good really isn't good. We need the bad, or we can say, the justice to temper the good. Yaakov Avinu works everything out. That's what the eye of Yaakov means. It’s really like the Eyin Tova , the good way of looking at things . That's what Eineh Hashem Al Sadikim means. God gave us two eyes. He gave us the ability to look at things in two ways. But our goal is to turn everything around and see that everything is really coming from the right side. That's the bitachon outlook- to able to see and understand everything is ultimately for the good. That's what Yaakov Avinu did. That was his greatness. We say, “ The God of Yaakov should save us.” Because Yaakov Avinu was the one that went through the most trouble, and he was the one that saw everything for the good. He was the one that confessed at the end of his life, “ I made one mistake when I said, ‘Why did you do bad to me? Why did you tell Yosef about another brother to bring down to Mitzrayim? Why'd you do bad for me?’” The Midrash says that was the only thing Yaakov Avinu ever said that was out of place, in his life. God says, “ I'm preparing your son to be the leader in Mitzrayim, and you're saying, ‘Why did I do bad to you? Yaakov Avinu was held accountable on that level because he was able to see everything for the good. He understood that everything is good. He understood that when he wants one wife and it turns to four wives, it’s good. It brings him his 12 tribes. Yaakov Avinu is the power to be able to see everything the right way. It's interesting that what is said when you bring the Bikurim is the reading that we say on Pesach. We go back to Yaakov Avinu and say “ Arami Oved Ami, ” Lavan tried to destroy Yaakov, but Yaakov Avinu came out stronger- Four wives…12 children... wealth. We say that at the Bikurim reading because as the man is standing there with his basket, not everyone's so successful. Not everyone had a good year. And yet the Torah commands us, You have to be happy with all the good. That's why we bring in Yaakov Avinu- because he's the one that gave us the ability to look back and see everything was good. Rav Matityahu Salomon says that at the end of Yaakov Avinu’s life, he says, “ Elohim HaRoeh Oti/ God (of judgement) was my Shepherd. And the word רעה Ro’eh is written without a Vav, like רעה /evil, to indicate, “ God, that I thought was being just and evil with me, I see was only being my Sh
Released:
Apr 18, 2024
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