Parshas Bechukosai: Yaakov Takes the Vav From Eliyahu

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Rashi says Yaakov is spelled with a vav five times, taken from Eliyahu HaNavi as collateral for the geula, but what do the two share? Rav Hutner, drawing on Rav Tzadok, teaches that since the Torah is the blueprint of the world, pshat, remez, drush and sod are four worlds. So Adam HaRishon's shira and the Gemara in Taanis that Yaakov Avinu did not die belong to the world of drash. Yaakov, alive in drash, demands that Eliyahu, alive in pshat, be mechaye meisim in this world.

Key points

• Klal Yisrael is first to sing shira in olam hapshat, while Adam HaRishon's shira is drash.
• Yaakov Avinu does not die in olam hadrash, and Eliyahu HaNavi does not die in olam hapshat.
• The vav is a connector, joining the olam hadrash with the olam hapshat.

In this shiur

1. 0:00The tochacha in Bechukosai and Ki Savo
2. 1:18Rashi on Yaakov spelled with vav
3. 3:56Pshat, remez, drush and sod as worlds
4. 7:17Who sang shira first
5. 9:00Gemara in Taanis: Yaakov did not die
6. 10:50What Yaakov shares with Eliyahu HaNavi
7. 13:16The vav as connector

Topics

• Parshas Bechukosai
• Pshat and Drash
• Eliyahu HaNavi
• Geulah