The Scent of Gan Eden and the Clothes We Wear on Shabbos
Understanding Shabbos through the lens of Parashas Toldos
Note: For simplicity, all sources and footnotes are included in the attached PDF.
Every Erev Shabbos, we take a moment and simply open our closet, choose different clothing, and change. The people around us see a jacket or a dress, while the Torah sees a levush.
Which leads us to the quiet question:
Who is actually wearing these clothes, and whose story are they telling?
Fork in the Road: Who Inherits the Light
After Avraham Avinu’s passing, the story of the Ohr Ein Sof changes direction. The spotlight turns inward, and the great movement of Avraham teaching the world about monotheism pauses. We stop searching for students, and begin searching for heirs. Who will carry the Ohr forward?
Will it be Yaakov or Esav?
Avraham spent his life turning outward with his tent open on all four sides, as his mission was to spread light. Had Sarah not intervened, Avraham would have handed that ohr to Yishmael. Ironically, Yitzchak, who grew up in that atmosphere of outward chesed would have continued alon…
