In this portion Dina ... Daughter of

   Lea...gets in trouble and her brothers  save her by knocking off the kidnappers

  

   So who was she?

  

   Some Rabbis wrote that she was really supposed to be the daughter of Rachel

  

  But Lea prayed her sister should not  be embarassed by not having a boy and the son reserved for Lea was born to Rachel

  And Lea got Dina ...a daughter with   some male strengths that got her in  trouble with the local Canaanites

  

   So whatever you teach your daughters  ... teach them to protect themselves

 

  And may we all be blessed with close  knit happy family relationships

 

  Shabbat Shalom

 

  Rabbi Andy Eichenholz