The Daily Shiur of our Rebbe Rav Eliezer Berland shlit”a, given over on Tuesday, the evening of 6 Elul, Parashat Ki Tetzei, after Ma’ariv:
So Rivka the Tzedeket, at the age of three, they made for her a shidduch (marriage match). They immediately called me [to see] if I approve of the shidduch. I said that I don’t approve in any way whatsoever. I am Turkish; I don’t want in my family any Turk. They only think about money, barely religious. But Eliezer didn’t listen to my opinion. He made the shidduch; then in the end, Esav came out [of it] like I had told him. “V’Kada Al Shichma — the jug on her shoulder” (Bereishit 24:45) — the initial letters of Esav. However, Rabbi Meir of Dezikov explains that then Eliezer wanted to return home without the shidduch, because I told him to cancel it immediately. Then he was “macharish – staying silent”; he decided that he would overcome the Kushya (difficult question). The Rebbe says in [Likutey Moharan] Lesson 26: Kushya is [the initial letters of] “Shema Hashem Koli Ekra — Hashem, hear my voice when I call” (Tehilim 27:7). You have a kushya about the shidduch? Scream to Hashem! He screamed to Hashem; Hashem showed to him “macharish,” the numerical value of “Yaakov Esav” — 558. Then he understood that Esav is only the evil husk, but how do you remove the evil husk? Only through dancing! And this is, “They washed their feet” (Bereishit 18:4). Rabbeinu says in Lesson 10: “They washed their feet” — this is to toss up the legs, the heels, and we will already merit to a complete redemption and revival of the dead, speedily in our days, Amen!”
The shiur begins at timecode 39:52
