Nanach on the Torah Portion of Toldos - References to all the original teachings of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov and his disciples

Toldoas – פרשת תולדות – The offspring (of Yitzchok)

25:26 וְיָדוֹ אֹחֶזֶת בַּעֲקֵב עֵשָׂו: And his hand was grasping the heal of Esau.

Yaakov does not allow Esau to finish his scheme

Likutay Halachos, Laws of the Ninth of Av (Tisha Bi'uv) and Fast days 4:14

25:27 וְיַעֲקֹב אִישׁ תָּם ישֵׁב אֹהָלִים: And Yaakov was a wholesome <tum> man abiding in tents.

The essential holiness of man is in the house, “abiding in tents,” even still one needs to be entering and exiting, and for this one needs to be drawn close to true tzadikim

Likutay Halachos, Laws of a Sefer Torah 4:22

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Yaakov's main study was in the holy faith

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Hefker (ownerless) and Possessions of a Convert 4:32

25:28 וַיֶּאֱהַב יִצְחָק אֶת עֵשָׂו כִּי צַיִד בְּפִיו: And Yitzchok loved Esau because he preyed deceptively (on Yitzchok) with his mouth (translated according to the Medrash brought in Rashi).

The stringencies of Esau were due to mishpat (judgment) which wasn't included into tzeduka (benevolence) which is defective

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Gifts 5:37

25:29 וַיָּזֶד יַעֲקֹב נָזִיד: And Yaakov cooked a broth.

Symbolic to the very conflict between Yaakov's consolation and happiness in his belief of resurrection and cycle of good which breed holy eating and earned him the blessings verses Esau's anxiety and entrenchment in the morbid

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Blessing of Thanksgiving 6:18

25:31 מִכְרָה כַיּוֹם אֶת בְּכֹרָתְךָ לִי: Sell, as it is day, your (rights of the) firstborn to me.

Why did Yaakov endeavor to extract the firstborn from Esau

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Genaiva (theft) 4:8

25:34 וַיָּקָם וַיֵּלַךְ וַיִּבֶז עֵשָׂו אֶת הַבְּכֹרָה: And Esau got up, and he went, and he derided the firstborn (birthright).

Esau did not kiss the mezuza on the way out – he did not draw the holiness to the outside

Likutay Halachos, Laws of a Sefer Torah 4:27

26:5 עֵקֶב אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַע אַבְרָהָם בְּקֹלִי וגומר: Because Avrohom listened to my calling etc..

A burning passionate heart for the devotion of Hashem

Koachvay Ohr, Anshay Moharan (the Men of Our Leader Rabbi Nachman) 30-1

26:5 וַיִּשְׁמֹר מִשְׁמַרְתִּי מִצְוֹתַי חֻקּוֹתַי וְתוֹרֹתָי: And he guarded my safeguards, my commandments (mitzvas), my statutes, and my guidance (Torahs).

Mitzva is an expression of “tzavta” - joining, because every mitzva brings the Divine light together with the vessels – the mind

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Washing Hands in the Morning 4:11

27:4-5 וַעֲשֵׂה לִי מַטְעַמִּים כַּאֲשֶׁר אָהַבְתִּי וגומר בַּעֲבוּר תְּבָרֶכְךָ נַפְשִׁי בְּטֶרֶם אָמוּת: And make for me delicacies the way I like etc. in order that my soul may bless you before I die.

Yitzchok thought that Esau was occupied in hunting and worldliness in order to support Yaakov – those whole study Torah

For this reason Yitzchok wanted to bless Esau with materialistic abundance, so that he can support those who study Torah

Likutay Halachos, Laws of a Guarantor 3:21

27:9 לֶךְ נָא אֶל הַצֹּאן וְקַח לִי מִשָּׁם שְׁנֵי גְּדָיֵי עִזִּים טֹבִים וגומר: Go now/please to the sheep, and take for me from there two choice kid goats etc..

Yaakov humbled the brazenness of the evil realm and merited to holy brazenness

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Meat with Milk 4:9

27:20 מַה זֶּה מִהַרְתָּ לִמְצֹא בְּנִי וַיֹּאמֶר כִּי הִקְרָה יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְפָנָי: What is this that you hastened to find my son? And he said, because Hashem your G-d availed before me.

Yitzchok knew that the blessings would ultimately be Yaakov's, however he thought that first they should go to Esau and he would give them to Yaakov

Likutay Halachos, Laws of Gifts 5:44

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!

Between Man and Himself

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Before I merited to know about the holy Petek, and the Song of Redemption: Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman, I was a big fan of the Vilna Goan, and I still have great appreciation for some of his teachings. Here's a great one.

The Gra said that there are three types - categories - of mitzvos and avayros (sins): Between Man and G-d, Between Man and Man, and Between Man and Himself. Ultimately all are between Man and G-d, but on the working level of the sin there are those that involve other people and those that only involve oneself.

The Gra classified se*ual sin as being primarily a sin of the third category: Between Man and Himself (the reason why I write primarily is because obviously if the sin was conducted with someone else there is direct damage to the other person which is of the category: Between Man and Man, but the essence of the se*ual sin is a lacking and infringement in the person himself).

True, we know from our holy Sages that the eyes see and that causes the heart to desire, but ultimately the shortcomings and sin of se*ual nature is a deficiency in the person himself, not of someone or something else harming him, just himself.

Something to think about.... Overcoming se*ual temptations is completely dependent on the person himself to build the strength of his character, with the help of Hashem Yisburach and

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!