Sublime

Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe (d. 2005)

Hashem loves righteousness and justice, the objective of both being the bringing of balance to this world.

even if the world is full of Esavs, ruled by Edom, we still have to emulate Yakov, perpetually refining ourselves and those around us (“sheep, servants, and maidservants”) for the Ultimate Redemption.

Esav’s reality is stuck within the conception of material temporality, which is a being moving towards death; every moment a whisper of imminent and inevitable mortality.

the Sarsouk transaction.

Gott fun Avraham

Hashem’s light even in a place seemingly devoid of it. In our own lives, we need to eliminate our safek, our Amalek, the nations and notions that attempt to force us to turn away from faith and alignment.

Hessed represents the idea that a gracious social order can never be constructed on the basis of rights and obligations alone.