All posts in: Vayeitzei
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7 years ago
Was Leah hated???
Rav Pam notes something well worth thiking about in our sedra. The pasuk (29;30) tells us that Yaakov loved Rachel more than Leah. The next pasuk tells us that HaShem ..
Written by D Fine
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7 years ago
how was Yaakov the ‘man of truth?’
Parshas Vayeitzei; Man of Truth Parshas Vayeitzei opens with Yaakov’s dream of the ladder, and HaShem’s assurance of the inheritance of Eretz Yisrael. Yaakov ..
Written by daniel fine
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7 years ago
The Rosh Yeshiva
Rav Karlinsky Snr z”l, when he was a young boy in Europe, was sent to learn in a yeshiva called Yeshivas Slobodka. It was a famous yeshiva comprised of the top students ..
Written by Tal Segal
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7 years ago
Vayeitzei and Thanks Giving
As one may remember, our patriarch Yaakov had four wives: Rachel, Leah and their two maid-servants, Bilhah and Zilpah. Rachel and Leah, through prophesy, knew that ..
Written by Fredrick Rivenson
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7 years ago
The Root of Tzedaka
וְכל אֲשֶׁר תִּתֶּן-לִי, עַשֵּׂר אֲעַשְּׂרֶנּוּ לָך In this Posuk (28:22) Yakov exclaims his intent to tithe all that ..
Written by Rabbi Benji Landau
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7 years ago
פרשת ויצא – Fluffy Ideas
In this weeks סדרה we find that יעקב passed by ירושלים and ended up in חרן. Realizing that he had passed the place where his ancestors had davened, ..
Written by Yaakov Hibbert
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7 years ago
וַיֵּצֵא יַעֲקֹב, מִבְּאֵר שָׁבַע; וַיֵּלֶךְ, חָרָנָה
The opening Posuk of the parsha (28:10) that describes Yakov’s departure from Be’er Sheva seems to use too many words. Why does it need to specify that he was leaving ..
Written by Rabbi Benji Landau
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7 years ago
פרשת ויצא – Holy sleep?
At the beginning of this week’s סדרה we find that יעקב ‘accidentally’ falls asleep in the place of the בית המקדש. While asleep he sees Hashem ..
Written by Yaakov Hibbert
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7 years ago
The Murderous Yeshiva Bochur
Eisav sends his son Eliphaz to kill his uncle, Yaakov. Eliphaz, hunts down Yaakov immediately. But when he sees Yaakov, he has trouble pulling the trigger. Why? ..
Written by Ben Rose
