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Dvar Torah Parshat VaYetze 5772 2011

The Torah tells that when Yaakov was ready to lie down to sleep, VAYIKACH ME’AVNE HAMAKOM, “… he took from the stones of the place which he arranged around his head…”. (Gen. 28,11) When he arose the Torah says, VAYIKACH ET HA’EVEN, “…and took the stone that he placed around his head…”. (28,18) Obviously there [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Parshat Vayetze 5771 2010

Yaakov escapes the wrath of his brother and makes his way to his uncle Lavan’s land. When he gets there he comes across a well where the shepherds are sitting and seemingly not performing whatever duties they had towards their flock. Rashi explains that Yaakov admonishes them saying that the day is still long. Why [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Parshat Vayetzei 5770 2009

When Yaakov fled from Esav we are told that he lay down to rest and gathered around him stones for protection from wild animals. He did not place the stones around his entire body but the Torah says: VAYASEM MERASHOTAV, “…he arranged them around his head.” (Gen. 28,11) There is an interesting deduction that can [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Parshat Vayetze 2008 5769 דבר תורה פרשת ויצא

Yaakov fled from Esav and on the way he slept. He had a dream of a ladder on top of which Hashem appeared and promised him that the land upon which he was sleeping would be given to his descendents. When he woke he said that Hashem was in this place and “I did not [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Vayetze 2007 – 5768 דבר תורה ויצא

When Yaakov leaves his father’s home fleeing from his brother Esav who was determined to kill him, the Torah tells us he slept and he had a dream. In his dream he saw a SULAM, a ladder, the foot of which was on the ground but the top was reaching into the heavens. One of [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Vayetze 2006 – 5766 דבר תורה ויצא

Yaakov has to flee from his home because he fears that his brother Esav will take his life. During his journey he goes to sleep and he dreams of a ladder that is stationed on the earth and reaches into the heavens. Rabbi Yosi ben Zimri tells us that the foot of the ladder stood [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Vayetze 2005 – 5765 דבר תורה ויצא

Yaakov comes to the well where shepherds are waiting to remove the stone covering it. It seems they did not trust each other so they placed a heavy stone over the well so that no one shepherd can remove it by himself. Yaakov then greets them by calling them ACHAI, my brothers. We can make [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Vayetze 2005 – 5764 דבר תורה ויצא

The Torah forbids an Ammonite or Moabite man from marrying a Jewish woman. (Deut. 23,4) The reason given is that they did not offer bread and water to the Israelites when they journeyed through the Wilderness on the way to the Promised Land. The Midrash Rabbah asks a very remarkable question. Did they really need [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Vayetze 2004 – 5764 דבר תורה ויצא

When the Torah describes Yaakov and Esav in last week’s Sidra, it says that Esav was a man of the fields and Yaakov was an ISH TAM YOSHEV OHALIM. (Gen. 25:27) Yaakov, the Torah says, sat in the tent. Rashi explains that it means he sat in the tents of the Yeshivot of Shem and [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Vayetze 2003 – 5763 דבר תורה ויצא

Yaakov and Lavan make a treaty and set up stones as a monument to remind them of this agreement. They give a name to this monument. Lavan called it YAGAR SAHADUTA and Yaakov called it GAL’ED. (Gen. 31:47) One name was in Aramaic and one was in Hebrew. Each one insisted to give the monument [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Vayetze 2002 – 5762 דבר תורה ויצא

Yaakov wakes up from his dream in which he saw the ladder reaching up to heaven. His reaction was “surely the Almighty is in this place and I did not know” (Gen. 28:16). We say everyday in our prayers, “MELO CHOL HA’ARETZ KEVODO”, the entire universe is filled with His Glory. Hashem is everywhere. Why [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Vayetze 2000 – 5760 דבר תורה ויצא

In this Sidra we read that Yaakov left his father’s home, fleeing from his brother Esav, and on the journey he falls asleep. He dreams of the ladder and when he wakes up he says (Gen. 28,20) If Hashem will be with me, will guard me on this way I am going, will give me [ READ MORE ]

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