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Yakov then meets Lavan’s daughter Rachel & falls in love with her. He agrees to work for Lavan for 7 years to marry Rachel, but at the wedding, Lavan switches Leah for Rachel. Yakov agrees to work another 7 years for Rachel &, after 1 week, marries her, as well.
Rachel remains barren while Leah gives birth to 6 sons & a daughter. Bilha & Zilpa, the maids of Rachel & Leah, each have 2 sons with Yakov. Finally, Rachel gives birth to a son, Yosef.
Yakov becomes wealthy during his 20-year tenure with Lavan, amassing huge flocks despite Lavan’s efforts to swindle him. Yakov &
his wives decide to flee Lavan, who pursues them in search of his stolen idols abruptly. Rachel hides the stolen idols from her father & ultimately dies in childbirth as a result. Yakov & Lavan argue, then sign a peace treaty & part ways.
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Moreshet Shaul Hashem Is your Shadow – part I
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 420 – an address from 1941
P'ninat Mishpat A Non-Contractor in Changing Times – part I
(based on ruling 85128 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Moreshet Shaul Our King on Rosh Hashana, Our Father on Yom Kippur.
Based on Aroch Siach, p. 221 (Rav Shaul Yisraeli)
P'ninat Mishpat A Non-Contractor in Changing Times – part II
(based on ruling 85128 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Moreshet Shaul Hashem Is your Shadow – part II
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 420 – an address from 1941
Parashat Hashavua Happiness for the Right Reasons
[With painful longing, we share these divrei Torah from our co-Rosh Kollel for close to 40 years, Harav Moshe Ehrenreich zt”l.]
