INACTION OR WISDOM

YAKOV WHO WAS TOTALLY INVOLVED IN DEFENDING HIS FAMILY FROM THE ATTACKS OF LAVAN AND ESAV SUDDENLY DISAPPEARS FROM TAKING AN ACTIVE ROLE IN HIS FAMILY AFTER SHECHEM'S ATTACK OF DINAH. THIS SEEMS INCREDIBLE THAT THE PATRIARCH WOULD BECOME TOTALLY INACTIVE AND LEAVE THE DECISIONS TO HIS CHILDREN ONLY TO CRITICIZE THEM AFTERWARDS!
WE CANNOT SAY THAT THIS WAS DUE TO SOME WEAKNESS ON YAKOV'S BEHALF
AS THE TORAH INDICATES THAT YAKOV CAME TO SHECHEM WHOLE IN EVERY WAY!
WE ARE FORCED TO CONCLUDE THAT THIS WAS A DELIBERATE TACTIC ON THE PART OF YAKOV IN NOT AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING DINAH'S ATTACKERS AS WELL AS IN HIS CRITIQUE OF SHIMON AND LEVI. WHAT COULD IT BE?
CHASSIDUS TEACHES US THAT YAKOV'S CONTACT WITH ESAV WAS NOT AN ACT OF DEFERENCE OR FEAR. RATHER YAKOV HAD COMPLETED HIS LIFE'S WORK SPIRITUALLY AND WAS READY FOR THE NEXT OTHERWORLDLY LEVEL.
IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE KABBALAH YAKOV HAD COMPLETED HIS TIKUN AS WELL AS
THE TIKUN OF EVERY ASPECT OF HIS LIFE. THE NEXT STEP AFTER TIKUN IS TOHU
THE WORLD OF CONFUSION AND DESOLATION.
ONE MUST WONDER ;IF INDEED IT IS A WORLD THAT IS HIGHER THAN TIKUN-CORRECTION , THEN WHY IS IT GIVEN SUCH A NAME?
THE ANSWER IS THAT IN TOHU VALUES BECOME CONFUSED . THAT IS WHY IT IS DESOLATE AND CONFUSING. FOR THERE EXISTS A REALITY THAT G-D IS UNAFFECTED BY MAN'S ACTIONS-IF YOU ARE RIGHTEOUS WHAT CAN YOU GIVE HIM?
ON THAT LEVEL ALL ARE EQUAL AND ALL ARE ACCEPTED EVEN ESAV!
DOES THAT MEAN THAT THERE ARE NO VALUES ? NO! IT MEANS THAT EVERY HUMAN FAILING CAN BE TURNED AROUND AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO CLING INTENSELY TO THE EIN SOF. EVERYONE IS CAPABLE OF REACHING THIS LEVEL PROVIDED THEY LET GO OF UNIMPORTANT MATTERS. AT THIS STAGE EVEY SIN CAN BE ELEVATED AND EVEN TEMPORARILY TOLERATED. FOR EVERY SIN CAN BECOME TRANSFORMED INTO GOODNESS.
THIS WAS THE LEVEL OF ESAV'S SOUL THAT YAKOV COVETED AND RECEIVED. IN FACT THIS IS THE LEVEL OF THE MOSHIACH.
FOR THIS REASON MOSHIACH WILL BRING ALL THE WORLD TO WORSHIP G-D'S UNITY
BECAUSE THE MOSHIACH WILL BE NON-JUDGEMENTAL AND SHOW UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. THAT THERE WILL BE THE DESTRUCTION OF ENEMIES AND EVIL IS ONLY TO INSURE THAT THE REST OF MANKIND WILL BE ABLE TO FOLLOW MOSHIACH WITHOUT THE INTIMIDATION OF THE TALIBAN , NAZIS AND SOCIOPATHS.
IN REACHING THIS LEVEL YAKOV HOPED THAT SHECHEM COULD BE ELEVATED AND WHEN THE BROTHERS GOT THE CITY TO CONVERT HE WAS PLEASED. ONLY WHEN THEY PUNISHED THE CITY WAS HE CRITICAL FOR THEY HAD FRUSTRATED HIS ABILITY TI
BRING THE LAND AND THE WORLD INTO G-D'S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE . FOR THEYT ASSOCIATED YAKOV WITH THE VENGEANCE OF HIS SONS.
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