Lessons in Torah Or The Elevation of Sparks and Yaakov's Mincha to Eisav
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Lessons in Torah Or The Elevation of Sparks and Yaakov's Mincha to Eisav

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And, in the Future, when the elevation of the sparks is complete and ‘death is eternally swallowed up,’ and ‘the spirit of impurity is removed from the land,’ then Efron will return the “400 Silver Shekels,” i.e., the Lights from Atik, to their spiritual source in the realm of complete holiness.

Now, from that point, it became clear to Yaakov that it would be impossible for Eisav to direct a flow from the Encompassing Lights of Tohu to Yaakov, as he requested, since Eisav himself was in a low state, and there is no solution other than to have Yaakov himself draw down the Encompassing Light.

And to this end, when Yaakov realized that he would have to draw down the Encompassing Lights in his own, he then had to apply his own efforts in order to draw down this Encompassing Light, since “a spirit brings another spirit and draws down a spirit.”

In other words, for Yaakov to bring down the Encompassing Lights of Tohu, he needed make a corresponding elevation from below, but in a manner of Tohu.

This is the idea of the mincha-offering that Yaakov sent to Eisav, which is the idea of Yaakov’s own efforts to draw down the Encompassing Lights of Tohu.

Therefore, Yaakov sent camels, even though they are unkosher animals, because from the perspective of the Encompassing Light, “darkness is the same as light...”

And as will be explained in the future, with the help of Hashem, regarding the idea that [Yaakov] “took from what he had acquired and brought a mincha offering to Eisav.”

“And Yaakov said, ‘The G-d of my father Avraham, and the G-d of my father Yitzchok, Hashem who said to me ‘Return to your land and to your birthplace and I will do good to you.’ I have become small from all the kindnesses and from all the truth that You have rendered Your servant, for with my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps. Now deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Eisav, for I am afraid of him, lest he come and strike me, [and strike] a mother with children. And You said, ‘I will surely do good with you, and I will make your seed [as numerous] as the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted because of multitude.’” (Bereishis 32:10-13)

Meaning that he prayed to Hashem that the Holy Encompassing Lights of his forefathers be drawn down to him in order to assist him and enable him to draw down also the Encompassing Lights of Tohu and reveal them below.

In this way, Yaakov would also be saved from Eisav, as he requested, “Please save me from the hands of my brother, Eisav” referring to Eisav below.

And, in the Future, when the elevation of the sparks is complete and ‘death is eternally swallowed up,’ and ‘the spirit of impurity is removed from the land,’ then Efron will return the “400 Silver Shekels,” i.e., the Lights from Atik, to their spiritual source in the realm of complete holiness.

Now, from that point, it became clear to Yaakov that it would be impossible for Eisav to direct a flow from the Encompassing Lights of Tohu to Yaakov, as he requested, since Eisav himself was in a low state, and there is no solution other than to have Yaakov himself draw down the Encompassing Light.

And to this end, when Yaakov realized that he would have to draw down the Encompassing Lights in his own, he then had to apply his own efforts in order to draw down this Encompassing Light, since “a spirit brings another spirit and draws down a spirit.”

In other words, for Yaakov to bring down the Encompassing Lights of Tohu, he needed make a corresponding elevation from below, but in a manner of Tohu.

This is the idea of the mincha-offering that Yaakov sent to Eisav, which is the idea of Yaakov’s own efforts to draw down the Encompassing Lights of Tohu.

Therefore, Yaakov sent camels, even though they are unkosher animals, because from the perspective of the Encompassing Light, “darkness is the same as light...”

And as will be explained in the future, with the help of Hashem, regarding the idea that [Yaakov] “took from what he had acquired and brought a mincha offering to Eisav.”

“And Yaakov said, ‘The G-d of my father Avraham, and the G-d of my father Yitzchok, Hashem who said to me ‘Return to your land and to your birthplace and I will do good to you.’ I have become small from all the kindnesses and from all the truth that You have rendered Your servant, for with my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps. Now deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Eisav, for I am afraid of him, lest he come and strike me, [and strike] a mother with children. And You said, ‘I will surely do good with you, and I will make your seed [as numerous] as the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted because of multitude.’” (Bereishis 32:10-13)

Meaning that he prayed to Hashem that the Holy Encompassing Lights of his forefathers be drawn down to him in order to assist him and enable him to draw down also the Encompassing Lights of Tohu and reveal them below.

In this way, Yaakov would also be saved from Eisav, as he requested, “Please save me from the hands of my brother, Eisav” referring to Eisav below.

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