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פורסם בשבת, 21 נובמבר 2020 17:25

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rabbi shlomo carlebach (zatza"l) - says that what Rachel did for Leah by sharing Jacob came from a place deep deep in the heart - a place that holds our real connection to G-d

and rabbi joshua hoffman quotes an explanation about Jacob's ladder -

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Ya’akov, has a dream in which he sees a ladder placed on earth and rising up to heaven, with God standing next to it.

Rav Amnon Bazak, in his Nekudas Pesicha, compares and contrasts this dream of the ladder with the episode of the tower of Bavel.

In both cases, there is an image of uniting heaven and earth.

In the case of the tower, the builders intended to battle God

While the builders of the tower sought to unite in their defiance of God, Ya’akov sought unity in fealty to God.

In the years of studying God’s Torah - they imbued Ya’akov with a sense of awareness of his divine mission in raising a family, and inspired him to dedicate his family to the fulfillment of the God’s will.

The generation of dispersion, on the other hand, lacked this orientation, and misused the potentially positive quality of unity in order to constrict humanity and prevent it from serving God.

So how did Jacob have 4 wives if he served G-d?

If you look at the text - Rachel got him Leah, and Rachel and Leah BOTH gave him their maidservants - so it wasn't that Jacob was looking for that - but the sisters created the scenario that eventually led to the 12 tribes of Israel - which in the end was G-ds plan

Love and shabbos

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz

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