Parshas Toldos: Eisav's Clothing and Chasing Kavod

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Rivka dressed Yaakov in Esav's chamudos, the clothing of Adam HaRishon that Esav, as Rashi puts it, coveted from Nimrod. The Maharal sees Adam's face as his tzelem Elokim and his clothing as kavod, his outward side. That outward side was Esav's to carry in service of Yaakov's inner side, but Esav grabbed it out of chemda, and kavod runs from one who chases it. Temimus, a wholeness that needs nothing more, is the opposite of the insecurity behind coveting.

Key points

• The Maharal reads the Roman ceremony as Esav owning olam hazeh while Yaakov, the lame man, lacks it.
• Esav was meant to hold the clothing, while the Gemara in Sanhedrin likens Yaakov's beauty to Adam's.
• Esav grabbed the kavod from Nimrod out of chemda, so kavod ran from him to Yaakov.
• Mishlei sets the tamim against the boged, and the word boged, rebel, matches beged, clothing.

In this shiur

1. 0:00A Roman festival in the Gemara
2. 3:39Yaakov, Esav and the cherished clothing
3. 5:56Nimrod and Adam's garment
4. 9:37The Maharal on the Roman ceremony
5. 15:02Adam's three parts and the Avos
6. 17:02Adam's face and Adam's clothing
7. 25:27Chemda and lo tachmod
8. 30:54Taiva and chemda in the Maharal
9. 33:42Temimus, Adam's chet and Mishlei
10. 39:50The fig tree and Rav Kook

Topics

• Bigdei Esav
• Kavod
• Chemda
• Temimus