Motza'ei Shabbat in Ma'alot Dafna with the Esteemed Tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer
Berland shlit"a - The Chiefs of Esau - Proud, Greedy, and Indulgent

Migdal Eder is the root of Mashiach ben David
"Migdal Eder, Arad (274), is the connection of Rachel and Leah (274); it is the same gematria. 'And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond Migdal Eder' (Genesis 35:21). When we reach Migdal Eder, Mashiach ben David will be born, for Migdal Eder is the root of Mashiach ben David."
The Chieftains of Esau - Arrogant, Greedy, and Self-Indulgent
"It is written in Genesis 36:25-26, 'And these are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah. And these are the children of Dishon: Hemdan and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran.' Dishon, Dishon, and Dishon—both Dishon and Dishan—because they were 'meshu'shanei oneg' (self-indulgent/fattened with pleasure). 'Hemdan,' because they possessed all the desires of the world. 'And Eshban and Ithran,' they had more than everyone else, because they were all full of arrogance; they cast their terror upon the land of the living."
They were such geniuses, but they wanted to cleave to the seed of Abraham
"'Chieftain Dishon, Chieftain Ezer, Chieftain Dishan; these are the chieftains of the Hori, according to their chieftains in the land of Seir' (ibid. 30). They knew what to sow and what to plant; they were such geniuses, geologists. They knew what to sow and plant according to the scent of the earth; they were the greatest geniuses among mankind. All of these were the children of Seir, and therefore they ruled over the entire world."
"'And Timna was a concubine to Eliphaz the son of Esau, and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek; these are the children of Adah the wife of Esau' (ibid. 12). Timna was born after Abraham, but she was prepared to marry even Abraham, Isaac, or Jacob (therefore she was a concubine to Eliphaz the son of Esau, a grandson of Isaac)." Thus far are the words of the holy tzaddik, Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a.
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