Parshas Chayei Sarah: Rivka Tempering the Din of Yitzchak

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Why does the Torah spend so long on the shidduch of Yitzchak and Rivka, even telling it twice? Yitzchak stands for pure Midas HaDin, which alone would destroy the world, and Rivka's role is to temper it, the way rachamim tied down din at the Akeidah. The Torah's own telling is Torah Shebiksav, and Eliezer's retelling is Torah Shebaal Peh, where there is room for a drasha.

Key points

• The second Ulai, written without a vav, hints that Eliezer hoped to offer his daughter.
• Rashi says Hashem first wanted to create the world with din, then joined rachamim.
• Avraham is pure chesed, Yitzchak pure Midas HaDin, and Yaakov tiferes, the blend of both.
• Rashi calls the two bracelets Eliezer gave Rivka a hint to the two Luchos.
• Eliezer is called Eved until he finds Rivka, and Ish from that moment on.

In this shiur

1. 0:00The long shidduch story in Chayei Sarah
2. 3:30The missing vav in Ulai
3. 5:49Din and rachamim in creation
4. 10:09Rivka tempering Yitzchak's din
5. 13:01The bracelets as the two Luchos
6. 15:49Torah Shebiksav and Torah Shebaal Peh tellings
7. 19:03Tevi the Eved in Maseches Sukkah
8. 22:06Tefillin and the L'shem Yichud

Topics

• Chayei Sarah
• Midas HaDin
• Torah Shebaal Peh