Why did Yaakov go to such great lengths to retrieve a few insignificant jugs?
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When the angel wrestled with Yaakov, the angel asked Yaakov a peculiar questionוַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֵלָ֖יו מַה־שְּׁמֶ֑ךָ ׃ — What is your name? Didn’t the angel already know Yaakov’s name?
Read MoreParshat Vayeitzei: Yakov Lifted His Feet and Went to the Land of the Easterners
This pasuk is very peculiar, why does it say the land of the easterners? Don't we know that he went to Charan to the house of his uncle Lavan? Why does the pasuk use this unusual wording?
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Ya’akov was put into the disgusting and lowly Charan, of which the Chachamim describe “the city of HaShem’s fierce anger”. The parasha starts with ויצא יעקב – Ya’akov went out, meaning going out into the galut of Charan.
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Stories and lessons from Parashat Yayeitzei
Read MoreYaakov's Spiritual Journey to Haran
Why did Yaakov Avinu, upon waking from his dream of the ladder that connected the earth with Shamayim and with the Melachim that were ascending and descending the ladder, say, "Surely HaShem is in this place, and I did not know it"?
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Parashat VeYetzeit talks about how Yaakov stopped by a certain point on the journey, and had his famous dream of the heavenward ladder. I would like to focus on specifically Yaakov’s leaving and embarking on the journey.
Read MoreYaakov's Dream
This week's parashah recounts Yaakov's profound and prophetic dream
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