If this is the case, we can begin the shiur! Our Parsha ends with a story – no one understands what the Torah wants here, and without the teachings of Kabbalah, there is no simple meaning; the Torah states:
And these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over Bnei Yisrael: And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom, and the name of his city was Dinhabah. And Bela died, and Yovav the son of Zerach of Bozrah reigned in his place. And Yovav died, and Chusham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place. And Chusham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the field of Moav, reigned in his place, and the name of his city was Avith. And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rechovot on the river reigned in his place. And Shaul died, and Baal-chanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place. And Baal-chanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place, and the name of his city was Pau, and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mei-zahav.
This seems incomprehensible! Why does the Torah suddenly tell us about all these kings? What do we care about Chusham of the land of the Temanites? Would it make any difference to us if he were from Persia?! Let's now imagine if, chas v’shalom, in a Torah scroll it were written בַּ עַ ל חָ נָן without עַ כְ בּ וֹר – what would they do? They’d take the Torah scroll and put it away! They’d bring out a new, correct, one!
The Arizal Hakadosh comes and says, all eight kings written here allude to the Melech HaMashiach! And the eighth king is the Melech HaMashiach!
And Hadar reigned in his place, and the name of his city was Pau, and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mei-zahav.
He is the only one about whom it is not written וַ יָמָת – and he died. And this is the secret of Melech HaMashiach!
The Ramchal comes and doesn't understand this idea. If the Torah wants to speak about Mashiach, let it write explicitly his name and his place and the name of his wife, etc. Why hint at it with all these complicated names?!
We’ll explain his words in our own language. There is a money transfer company called 'Brinks'; and among their prominent locations is the diamond exchange. The moment they take out the bags with the money, two guys come out with guns drawn and immediately enter the building, so that, heaven forbid, no air gets in the way. Sometimes they do all sorts of jewelry exhibitions there, and they don't settle for just two guys with guns – instead they bring a whole sniper unit, who along the entire journey must be worried about a masked robber waiting to take them all out on the sidewalk! Now, there is a way to transfer the millions much more easily, without any robber interfering on the way. How? It’s simple. You take the Subaru of some kollel avreichim – a special car that consumes more oil than fuel; to start this vehicle you first have to make a hole in the muffler, and whenever it drives it makes a few booms and emits black smoke that chokes everyone around. What robber would think they're transferring tens of thousands of dollars in such a vehicle?! This way, you don't need guns, and you don't need security guards!
The Ramchal says, when Hakadosh Baruch Hu wants to reveal secrets of the Mashiach, He cannot write it openly. Why? Because all the demons of every kind will come and try to prevent it from coming! And therefore, in order to understand all the secrets, you need to study the words of the Arizal on the Parsha for a while, and only then we will be able to understand how the Melech HaMashiach is hidden here!
I always asked myself why it is hidden specifically in this Parsha? But according to what we have just learned, the answer is very simple. Because our entire Parsha speaks about the Beit Hamikdash! May it be the will of Hakadosh Baruch Hu that very soon we merit to receive the face of Mashiach Tzidkenu and see the building of the Third Beit Hamikdash, Amen v’Amen!
