A Story of the Vilna Gaon
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Read MoreA beautiful Remez from the Pachad Yitzchak
Read MoreExplaining the discrepancy in Hashem's Name
Read MoreHow the Torah tells us that Hashem gives strength to those who do his will
Read More Yaakov begs Yosef to do a ‘true kindness’ - to not bury Yaakov in Mitzrayim. Rashi explains this to mean that it’s a ‘true kindness’, because a Chesed done for someone dying is not expected to be repaid.
Read MoreWhy does Yosef say ‘come down’ when talking of coming to Mitzrayim?
Read MoreExplaining the discrepancy of Yaakov's age in the Torah.
Read MoreThus, there is a definite distinction between the two names. Likkutei Torah goes on to explain – saying that Yaakov, while of course, never committing to acts of evil (for “HaShem does not perceive sin within Ya’akov), neither through thought, speech or action, still had the struggle of the yetzer hara, which was completely eradicated within Yisrael.
Read MoreAt the beginning of Parashat Vayishlach, Yaakov Avinu sends messengers to see what Esav was planning and what his intentions were. Some say that the people that Yaackov Avinu sent were human, while others suggest that Yaackov Avinu sent Melachim.
Read MoreYaakov tells Hashem that he fears that he has no merit, for he worried that he may have done something wrong that would render him undeserving of Hashem’s protection (see Rashi) - or so he thinks. Hashem tells him that no, it was not, and that Hashem is always with him.
Read MoreWhy did Yaakov go to such great lengths to retrieve a few insignificant jugs?
Read MoreWhen 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 MoreThis 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?
Read MoreYa’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.
Read MoreStories and lessons from Parashat Yayeitzei
Read MoreWhy 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"?
Read MoreParashat 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 MoreThis week's parashah recounts Yaakov's profound and prophetic dream
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