Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Chasidut for Kiddushin 57:13

אשכחן מיד לדורות מנלן תנא דבי ר' ישמעאל כל מקום שנאמר צו אינו אלא זירוז מיד ולדורות

And if his father did not circumcise him, Beth din<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos.');"><sup>20</sup></span> is bound to circumcise him, for it is written: Every male among you shall be circumcised.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. XVII. 10; this is command in general terms, not particularly to the father, and hence is applied to Beth din.');"><sup>21</sup></span> And if Beth din did not circumcise him, he is bound to circumcise himself, for it is written: And the uncircumcised male who will not circumcise the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 14.');"><sup>22</sup></span>

Noam Elimelech

"And he commanded them saying" (Gen. 32:5) - the explanation of "commanded" is that it is an expression of alacrity, as in "The expression of command always implies alacrity" (Rashi on Lev. 6:2 and Kiddushin 29a:13) meaning, that the tzadik brings out his words from his holy mouth in holiness and alacrity, to such a degree that they become so strong [that] "to say" meaning that this thing will be said immediately, that Esav will have a turn about [and become] his brother, because obviously it is not appropriate to make this thing the essence of tefilah. Only through the Clinging that exists in the rest of the tzadik's tefilah, and the tzadik's words from the clean and lucid thoughts, immediately this word comes to fruition, that [the tzadik's] enemies make peace.
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