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Why so? Ya’akov’s hesitation begins in Be’er Sheva. There, many years earlier, Ya’akov’s parents had ordered him to leave the country for two important reasons - to save his life and to find a wife. Now Ya’akov once again wants to leave the country, but this time for the purely personal desire to see his lost son. Is this trip justified? Ya’akov interrupts his journey until he receives confirmation that God approves of his actions.
There are two types of Jews who do not yet live in the land of Israel. Some, like the youthful Ya’akov, have issues that clearly justify their living outside of the land. Others, like Ya’akov in his old age, live in the Diaspora because of a personal preference. Ya’akov teaches us to distinguish between the two reasons, and, in the latter case, to engage in self-reflection in order to determine whether the personal gain truly justifies the spiritual loss of not living in the land promised by God to our forefathers.
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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.]
