KabbalaOnline.org Shemot 5783 The Holy Ari Insights on the Torah Reading
KabbalaOnline.org Shemot 5783 The Holy Ari Insights on the Torah Reading Please Note : The bold text is the direct translation of the classic text source. The regular text is the explantion of the editor/translator On Guard from Age Thirteen until Twenty The Holy Ari Beginner From the teachings of Rabbi Yitzchak Luria; translated and edited by Moshe Yaakov Wisnefsky "They called him Esau ." ( Gen. 25:25) This refers to the Evil Inclination, for with regard to every mention of Esau and Jacob in this passage, Esau is [allegorically] the Evil Inclination and Jacob is the Good Inclination. This is why it is stated, " They called him Esau ," for his father and mother realize that [the newborn] has an Evil Inclination. Both the Exodus from Egypt and the birth of the twins Jacob and Esau serve as metaphors for birth. The first of the twins to be born was Esau, who allegorically refers to the Evil Inclination. The fact that Es