Post by Ben Avraham on Dec 18, 2005 17:23:33 GMT -8
Here is something interesting in the parasha VaYishlach
As we all know in the story of Ya'akov, as he was returning to the land of Ca'naan, he had a debt to pay, his brother Esav, who he had cheated out of the birth-right blessing, although G-d's perfect will was that it was his all along, It was alway's Jacob's, but when we lack faith, we sometimes do things OUR way instead of G-d's way, instead of waiting on G-d.
In order to make amends, he decided to give Esav a tribute, "MINCHA" or perhaps we could say "Minchot" since many, many animals were given,
Here's something interesting, in the word "MINCHA" we can see two other words that connect with this mitzvah
if we take the "nun" and the "chet" "n" "ch" we can make two words out of them, those are
1. CHEN = favor 2. NOACH = rest
Could we dare say that after Ya'akov gave MINCHA to Esav, he found CHEN in the eyes of Esav, and thus, Ya'akov found NOACH from his troubled spirit and conscience.
(just a little midrash) Jim from Beth Yeshua
As we all know in the story of Ya'akov, as he was returning to the land of Ca'naan, he had a debt to pay, his brother Esav, who he had cheated out of the birth-right blessing, although G-d's perfect will was that it was his all along, It was alway's Jacob's, but when we lack faith, we sometimes do things OUR way instead of G-d's way, instead of waiting on G-d.
In order to make amends, he decided to give Esav a tribute, "MINCHA" or perhaps we could say "Minchot" since many, many animals were given,
Here's something interesting, in the word "MINCHA" we can see two other words that connect with this mitzvah
if we take the "nun" and the "chet" "n" "ch" we can make two words out of them, those are
1. CHEN = favor 2. NOACH = rest
Could we dare say that after Ya'akov gave MINCHA to Esav, he found CHEN in the eyes of Esav, and thus, Ya'akov found NOACH from his troubled spirit and conscience.
(just a little midrash) Jim from Beth Yeshua
