ABSTRACT לקוטי שיחות
- תוכן הענינים מ לקו"ש השבועי -
נשמת אפרים לע"נ ר' אפרים ב"ר אברהם ע"ה האפמאן
▪ Resource to encourage the study of the Rebbe’s sichos ▪
הוראהעניןפסוקחלקThe avodah of Kabalas Ol has an advantage over the service of intellectual understanding, the foot completing the head“From Asher, his bread shall be fat” (oil) “and he shall dip his foot in oil”; Oil refers to Chochmah, and foot the lowest body part utilizes the oilמאשר שמנה לחמו מט ,כאThe Previous Rebbe translated all the lofty spiritual truths communicated by the previous Rebbeim into terms that could be understood by those on the lowest spiritual levelsYaacov initiated a new service and was one of the Avos; Yosef did not initiate a new service, yet he brought Yaacov’s potential into this worldפקד יפקד נ ,כדגHow much more so by good intentions, that one should focus on helping anotherYaacov reproached Shimon & Levi for killing the people of Shechem, but did don’t reproach them for killing Shechem*כי באפם הרגו איש מט ,והאThe high level of unification of brother and sister can only cause harm in this world; before Matan Torah, due to their high nature, the brothers were able to receive this levelTwo opinions whom the brothers married: One opinion is that they married their “half” sisters is obvious Rashi explains according to the other opinion*וישאו ואתו בניו נ ,יגהבBy helping a fellow Jew to do Teshuvah, both obtain a portion of additional light that throws off the darknessThese 17 years were considered the best years of Yaacov’s life; he established a house of Torah study, which can lift a person above their worldly limitationsויחי מז ,כח יאIt is possible that our spiritually-challenged generation will merit the revelation of the coming Redemption, a revelation not merited by previous, much loftier generationsYaacov desired to reveal the time of Moshiach's arrival, but was not able to do so; but his longing enabled the Jews to have revealed to them "the end of days" at least in an transforming manner, thus, allowing them to devote themselves to G-d entirely free from the servitude of the Nations and of the evil inclinationבאחרית הימים מט ,איבBy the children (us) following Yaacov’s true life, even in Galus, can we fully appreciate that Yaacov continues to liveOnly when Yaacov approached the time of his death, having meanwhile descended uncorrupted with his family to Egypt, it was revealed that his entire life, although externally filled with pain and suffering, was true life - "And Yaacov lived"ויחי מז ,כח טואA Jew in Galus needs to remember the past but also to draw out the current possibilitiesIn the service of Yosef, Menasheh (connection to prior) was more important; in the service of Yaacov, Efraim (elevation of current) was more importantהקטן יגדל ממנו מח ,יטטוב
