Most people are miffed about current events. Why is there so much turmoil? Why can’t there be peace? The Torah is the blueprint to the Creation. It is flawless and perfect in every way. It contains in it all past events and all future events. There is nothing left out. There are three central characters and later nations/peoples that find their source in the Torah. These nations or peoples are in existence today and their connection to one another is based upon their source in the Torah. If we look at the Torah as a series of code or better yet code precisely for the running of the universe then just like a particular code always works the same so too certain paradigms within the Creator’s blueprint will always work the same way.
The sages have pointed out that the spiritual heirs of Eisav (Jacob’s twin brother) was Rome, which morphed into Christendom and now is largely made up of the Western world and the culture it has spawned. The sages also pointed out that the Arabs and the cultures that spawned from them are the embodiment of Yishmael (Yitchok’s half brother and uncle to Jacob). All three Yishmael, Eisav, and Israel are decendents of Abraham. The present wars and battles both physical and spiritual stem from this reality and need to be understood by way of understanding these peoples and their cultural expressions of G-dliness.
Yishmael: Known in the Torah as Para-Adam פרה-אדם or Beast Man. This needs to be understood from a deeper perspective to keep from misapplying the description on the present day Arabs or Yishmaelites. When we see the word Adam (אדם) we see three letters in the Hebrew. א is the letter connecting to the infinite as its numerical value is one. ד is the letter that connects to the four elements of this world: earth, fire, water, air. ם is one of the letter that is completely closed, which the sages indicate means it represents otherworldliness or the world to come. The purpose of Adam (אדם) is to uplift the physical world revealing the G-dliness inherently embedded in it. The word parah (פרה) or beast indicates wildness, but when connected to the above description of the word Adam (אדם) the connotation changes the meaning and provides for a better understanding of the modern Yishmael. They are conduits for G-dliness, but their path to this mission can be erratic and uncontrollable. In Kabbalah they represent the sefirah of Gevurah or strict justice/constriction.
Eisav: As the Torah indicates Eisav cut himself of from the birthright due to him. He claimed he didn’t need it. This cut himself off from the role of Adam (אדם). We see this reflected in modern day western culture which draws its foundations from Christianity. Christianity ultimately believes that this world is a world of sin and all effort must be focused on getting to the next world. Christianity effectively disconnects the two worlds. The Western culture has followed suit by pushing for a world without divine law–replaced by divine love = subjective morality = anything goes/ no boundaries. In Hebrew this is know as Olam HaHefker (עולם ההפקר). They match up to the sefirah of Chesed or unchecked kindness/expansion.
Israel: The children Jacob. Bearers of the Torah and the eternal covenant. They are also know as Adam (אדם) but with no appendage. Their role is to balance and to reveal in the dark world around us the G-d consciousness that flows through out it. Israel along with the Children of Noach use the Torah to build the next age. The age of redemption and a rectified universe where spirit and flesh are in perfect balance–the age of the Adam(אדם). The sefirah that they are reflected through is Tiferet or mercy/balance between expansion and constriction.
With the start of another year almost upon the world may all the people of the world including the three nations/peoples mentioned above return to the blueprint of Creation, the Torah and unite Heaven and Earth with its words and restore the world to its proper consciousness.
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