tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post827876040770557851..comments2024-03-28T21:21:02.777-04:00Comments on Divrei Chaim: Eliezer's tefilah / testChaim B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-10037707551936826952018-11-18T02:18:37.645-05:002018-11-18T02:18:37.645-05:00[[[[[speaking of Pitcher Projects (comment 1), Yaa...[[[[[speaking of Pitcher Projects (comment 1), Yaakov avinu had one such mission of his own: regarding the two small jars which he went to retrieve (Chullin 91a), both contained leftovers, one of the reddish stew he'd served to his brother Eisav, the other of the meat he'd served to his father Yitzchak-- Yaakov intended to carry these keilim back to Machanayim and EMPTY THEM OUT before the sun rose on the new day with its pending encounter, hoping thus to put his offending machinations finally behind him. Eisav's angel strove to do that very evacuation himself, and with a vengeance (to the satisfaction of his client, as it were); the angel eventually wounded Yaakov's hip to convince younger brother that he'd now in no wise ever make it limping to Machanayim before sunrise, and so to send (shalcheini) his swift angelic self to empty the vessels in his stead (with the implicit threat to touch Yaakov's healthy hip too and disable him altogether); Yaakov insisted on getting the angel's blessing first...]]]]] alonzo maccabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13177738305527364094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-35669940427003923012018-11-11T11:29:37.745-05:002018-11-11T11:29:37.745-05:00(of course Hashem DID split the sea to arrange for...(of course Hashem DID split the sea to arrange for His own marriage, for His wedding to klal Yisrael at Har Sinai [D.C. of Aug. 23, #2)]; dvar p'shat)alonzo maccabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13177738305527364094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-80236909169335564352018-11-09T07:13:52.276-05:002018-11-09T07:13:52.276-05:00"Hashem [H]imself...makes a match happen"..."Hashem [H]imself...makes a match happen"<br /><br />>va'ye'sapeir< ha'eved all the things that he'd done with the help of Hashem: thus pasuk 24:66 meets the haggadic verse, everyone who discusses >lesapeir< yetzias Mitzrayim at length is praiseworthy. the matching verbs underscore the midrash (b.r. 68:4) and sotah 2a*, that matchmaking is as difficult for G-d as the splitting of the sea<br /><br />*should you object, 'but the Bavli speaks of a second marriage, not the first!'-- the marriage to Rivkah is the second pairing of the avos, deriving from both the merit of the first av to marry (the toldos of Yitzchak depend on his descent: Avraham ho'leed es-Yitzchak, 25:19), and the merit of a second Yitzchak (as 'resurrected' from his binding at the altar)alonzo maccabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13177738305527364094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-42109236024168133822018-11-02T00:28:33.634-04:002018-11-02T00:28:33.634-04:00"Hashem should send his angel along with him ..."Hashem should send his angel along with him to help"<br /><br />twas the malach who caused the camels to kneel, 24:11 -- go BEFORE you/"lifanecha" to do the hechsher mitzvah -- the malach who indicated the test site: Eliezer was following Avraham's angel's "instructions"*! Once the angel took leave, Eliezer was left alone to petition Hashem for direct assistance, including in his prayer [the seemingly needless] pasuk thirteen: 'behold! it is exactly this site and this situation where Your malach has set me'...<br /><br />*and when did Hashem's angel's instructions to Eliezer begin? at 24:10 of course, that Eliezer should take only OFFSPRING of his master's camels (g'malim mi'g'malei adonav), ie. those born in Avraham's own house [see 'born in house or purchased with kesef', 17:12,13,23,27] -- those camels Avraham bought with money may have picked up 'bad vibes' from previous owners, vibes that could have compromised the Rivkah Pitcher Projectalonzo maccabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13177738305527364094noreply@blogger.com