Classes

06a. Vayeshev Yaakov (וישב יעקב) 5712, Class One. Peace exists on two levels: 1) You fight and win resoundingly, 2) there is no fight in the first place, the enemy is automatically vanquished. In Vayeshev, Yaakov is aspiring to the higher peace but gets instead the lower one: In golus Mitzrayim he has tranquility.

06b. Vayeshev Yaakov (וישב יעקב) 5712, Class Two. The Chanukah miracles are like Pada BiShalom since the victory was miraculous, but it has two parts: 1) The war this Pada BiShalom needed to be and it was complicated by the actual battle. 2) The Oil and their burning eight days was altogether unnecessary. It was...