Ein Yaakov 010 – Shabbat 89 – Threefold Torah – Mastery Over the Angels

Ein Yaakov – Shabbat 89 – Threefold Torah – Moshe Rabbeinu Achieves Mastery Over the Angels – Incense – Pachad Yitzchak – Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal. (Recorded 1970-09-16.)

• 00:00 The Torah is threefold.
• 03:00 Eldad and Meidad.
• 06:14 Why Yehoshua was punished for reporting Eldad and Meidad to Moshe Rabbeinu.
• 07:16 When and why it is disrespectful to call a rabbi by his name.
• 09:53 The Gemara provides answers to foolish questions.
• 12:40 Eldad and Meidad were Yocheved’s sons.
• 15:10 Mishpatim. וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה נַֽעֲשֶׂ֥ה וְנִשְׁמָֽע – “All that HaShem said we shall do and we shall hear” (Shemot 24:7, Mishpatim). How is it possible to do something that hasn’t first been heard? Why Am Yisrael was rewarded for saying these words and how this reward was taken away as a result of the Sin of the Golden Calf.
• 17:25 Egel HaZahav – the Golden Calf. *HaShem’s kindness is far greater than His measures of punishment. Hashem rewards a mitzvah for 2000 generations and punishes a sin for 4 generations.
• 20:46 Naasey veNishma – Reference to Tosafot Bava Kama 17: Which statement is greater: “we shall do” or “we shall hear”? Why did every Jew receive two crowns at Matan Torah?
• 21:38 The importance of Torah study.
• 22:32 Why are the People of Israel compared to an אתרוג – Esrog – citron?
• 25:36 Moshe Rabbeinu’s debate with the angels at the time of Matan Torah.
• 30:20 “The gate to teshuvah is always open.”
• 30:48 HaShem tells Moshe Rabbeinu to “hold onto His throne”. The power of אחדות – unity. Every Jew can attain mastery over the angels through achdut.
• 31:16 All souls originate from the Throne of HaShem – Kisey HaKavod.
• 32:19 The secret of the קטורת – ketoret – incense offering – was given to Moshe Rabbeinu by the Angel of Death.
• 36:10 Pachad Yitzchak. Of the three Avot, Yitzchak, who represents judgment, can best plead for HaShem’s pity on Am Yisrael.
• 41:14 Yaakov Avinu, Shimon and Levi.
• 43:06 The future world is ruled by דין – judgment – as taught by Beit Shammai. At that time the Levi’im will become the Kohanim. The highest degree of חסד – kindness – is found within דין.
• 44:27 Closing blessings.