Parshas Vayishlach

The maamarim 6

1. 1 וישלח יעקב מלאכים לפניו אל עשו אחיו כו׳ And Yaakov Sent Messengers Before Him Yaakov, rooted in the ordered World of Tikkun, sent to Eisav, whose ultimate root is in the higher encompassing lights of Tohu, to draw those lights down into Tikkun. He did so because he thought Eisav was already refined, and he could receive those lights because the Tikkun was now complete, for blessing rests only in a complete place. Maamar 1.4 paragraphs~10 min13 sourcesEnglish
2. 2 וישובו המלאכים אל יעקב לאמר באנו אל אחיך… And the messengers returned to Yaakov, saying: We came… Yaakov sought the lofty encompassing light of Tohu, rooted in Eisav, but Eisav is still fallen and cannot pass it on; so Yaakov must draw it down himself through an arousal from below, which was the meaning of his gift to Eisav. Maamar 2.4 paragraphs~10 min20 sourcesEnglish
3. 3 ויאמר יעקב אלהי אבי אברהם כו׳ “And Yaakov said: ‘G‑d of my father Avraham…’” Yaakov’s two camps and his unusual gift to Eisav were deliberate: to draw down the unlimited encompassing light of Tohu, his arousal from below had to take Tohu’s own shape: two camps apart, like Tohu’s two separate lines, and a gift free of the contractions and exact measures that belong to Tikkun and to the Torah. Maamar 3.10 paragraphs~20 min19 sourcesEnglish
4. 4 ויקם בלילה הוא ויקח את שתי נשיו כו׳… And He Rose Up That Night Yaakov, the level of Tiferes that joins opposites, sought to unite the encompassing light of Tohu with the inner light of Tikkun. In divine service this means a ratzo of fiery love that is always matched by an equal shov into Torah and mitzvos, like water mixed into wine. Maamar 4.9 paragraphs~20 min44 sourcesEnglish
5. 5 ויקח מן הבא בידו מנחה לעשו אחיו כו׳ “And he took from what came to his hand” Yaakov’s gift to Eisav was a minchah, a raising of mayin nukvin beyond the soul’s measure, offered to Eisav’s lofty root in the encompassing light of Tohu. By refining the good in Eisav he drew that encompassing light into himself, so that Yaakov, the inner light of Tikkun, came to include the encompassing light as well. Maamar 5.21 paragraphs~35 min79 sourcesEnglish
6. 6 ויאבק איש עמו כו׳ “And a man wrestled with him” The kelipos try to bypass holiness and feed directly from the Infinite Light, where darkness is like light; Yaakov, rooted in supernal Chochmah, established the order in which G‑d’s inner light rests only on bittul, and so he withstood Samael and even raised the lowest “dust” to the Throne of Glory. Maamar 6.14 paragraphs~30 min71 sourcesEnglish

The Rebbe’s maamarim on this parsha 3

The Rebbe built 3 of his maamarim (5731–5743) on the Alter Rebbe’s maamarim of this parsha. Each maamar’s page summarizes them, with what the Rebbe adds; or see them all together.

• Maamar 1וישלח יעקב מלאכים לפניו אל עשו אחיו כו׳3 maamarim · 5731–5743

Learn it in seven days Sunday to Shabbos

The Rebbe asked that all the maamarim of the week’s parsha be learned in that week, spread over its seven days. Here is the parsha in seven portions of about equal length.

1. SUNMaamar 1 ¶1 – maamar 2 ¶4~18 min
2. MONMaamar 3, ¶1–9~18 min
3. TUEMaamar 3 ¶10 – maamar 4 ¶7~18 min
4. WEDMaamar 4 ¶8 – maamar 5 ¶9~19 min
5. THUMaamar 5, ¶10–18~18 min
6. FRIMaamar 5 ¶19 – maamar 6 ¶9~17 min
7. SHABMaamar 6, ¶10–14~19 min