Parsha Vayeitze
When we left off last week, Rivka was afraid that Yitzchak would die and on that day, Esav would murder Yacov for stealing his blessing. It was a horrible feeling. She devised a plan and with the easy persuasion of Yitzhak eek out another blessing for Yacov to successfully marry and build up a family.
Sometimes one has to cut drastically his past designs and ties and move on further to obtain new heights. Yacov is rooted in Eretz Yisrael but twice will undergo Gallus (diaspora) in order to build a family and then build a nation.
22:10 And Jacob went out from Beersheva, and went toward Haran. 11 And he lighted upon the place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.
The Midrash says this was Har HaBeis but the Pshat seems to indicate that this was Beis El or Luz in the Shomron. It would be where the Aron HaKodesh and Mishkan was to exist in the times of Shaul and start of the Malchus of David.
From Rabbi Pinchas Winston Shlita both direct and from the Torah.org: AND YA’AKOV LEFT Be’er Sheva, never to come back again. Never to come back? He comes back to Be’er Sheva and his family 36 years later, family, possessions, and all, in Parshas Vayishlach! Not really. By the time he returns home, he has been transformed. He comes home a different person, even with a different name: Yisroel.
And as the Ramban points out in Parshas Lech-Lecha, “the events of the fathers are signs for the children.” In other words, what they went through we were destined to go through in some way or another throughout the history that followed. So, just as Ya’akov fled home in search of a higher identity, likewise the Jewish people have done so as well. When we finally come back home, as we have been doing for hundreds of years now, it won’t be as “Ya’akov,” but as “Yisroel.”
12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. 13 And, behold, the LORD stood beside him, and said: 'I am the LORD, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon thou lie, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed. 14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. And in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Last week we had the word breaking out for Esav to remove the yoke of Yacov in Yitzchak’s second blessing. However, this breaking out to the west, east, north and south over the world to make a name and eventually spread Torah to the four corners of the earth.
15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee whithersoever thou go, and will bring thee back into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.'
You may be in Gallus and the changing of the Angels from Eretz Yisrael Angels to those of Chutz LaAretz are taking place. From here we learn that the Angels of Eretz Yisrael have more power to protect the children of Yacov and make more miracles while the guarding Angels of Chutz LaAretz are more hidden miracles. So Avraham could go into a fiery furnace or Daniel in the Lion’s Den but not on the level of Avram vs. the Kings with only 318 people. Rabbi Simcha HaCohain Kuk Shlita once said that Yacov saw Esav Angel rising for 2000 or more rungs (as in years) and Yacov’s Angel descending.
16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said: 'Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.' 17 And he was afraid, and said: 'How full of awe is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.'
Yacov had received prophecy of Eretz Yisrael. Unlike Moshe, Yacov knew immediately that he was on holy ground. Now it could be that since Moshe was Chutz LaAretz he could not feel the Kedusha of the spot.
18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Originally when he went to sleep there were 12 stones and now they had fused together into one stone – The Medrash.
19 And he called the name of that place Beth-el, but the name of the city was Luz at the first. 20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying: 'If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, 21 so that I come back to my father's house in peace, then shall the LORD be my God, 22 and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house; and of all that Thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto Thee.'
Yacov does not ask for wealth or even a large family but he asks for food and clothing. Even meager shelter is not asked for. He asked for bread nothing more not steaks, stuff turkey with sauce but the bare minimum.
The Medrash tells us that when the blessing was given by Yitzchak, he was 123 because his mother died at 127, he wanted to bless his children before he died. After Yacov went towards Lavan, he had jewels sewn in his coat. Eliphaz ben Esav pursued him to kill him. Yacov is victorious in a battle with Eliphaz and he makes a deal with him to calm Esav. Eliphaz will take all of Yacov’s jewels and say to his father that he killed Yacov. Eliphaz remains alive and so does Yacov and Eliphaz has wealth from jewels. Yacov because of the incident with the Angels decides to strengthen himself in the Beis Midrash that Shem and Ever built in Salem. Shem passed away when Yacov was young but Ever is still the Rosh Yeshiva. He learns there for 14 years.
29:1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.
Yacov is now 77 years old and capable of becoming the Gadol HaDor after Yitzchak.
2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, three flocks of sheep lying there by it. For out of that well they watered the flocks. And the stone upon the well's mouth was great. 3 And thither were all the flocks gathered; and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone back upon the well's mouth in its place. 4 And Jacob said unto them: 'My brethren, whence are ye?' And they said: 'Of Haran are we.' 5 And he said unto them: 'Know ye Laban the son of Nahor?' And they said: 'We know him.' 6 And he said unto them: 'Is it well with him?' And they said: 'It is well; and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.' 7 And he said: 'Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together; water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.' 8 And they said: 'We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.' 9 While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she tended them. 10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
He is 77years old but applies a simple principle of the fulcrum to move the bolder from the well. It will impress anybody and unlike the incident with Eliezer, Yacov ben Rivka does the watering this time.
11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
I can just imagine somebody with a religious disposition coming and kissing a female even on the head today. Rashi brings down the weeping for different reasons but the simple Pshat is that she is destined for him and very beautiful and he has tears of joy.
And wept: Since he foresaw with the holy spirit that she (Rachel) would not enter the grave with him. Another explanation: Since he came empty-handed, he said, “Eliezer, my grandfather’s servant, had nose rings, and bracelets and sweet fruits in his possession, and I am coming with nothing in my hands. [He had nothing] because Eliphaz the son of Esau had pursued him to kill him at his father’s orders; he (Eliphaz) overtook him, but since he had grown up in Isaac’s lap, he held back his hand. He said to him (Jacob), ”What shall I do about my father’s orders?“ Jacob replied, ”Take what I have, for a poor man is counted as dead." - [from Bereishit Rabbathi by Rabbi Moshe Hadarshan]
12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son; and she ran and told her father. 13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. 14 And Laban said to him: 'Surely thou art my bone and my flesh.' And he abode with him the space of a month.
He did not sit idle but helped his uncle. Laban kissed him a French kiss and hugged him for jewels but he had nothing.
15 And Laban said unto Jacob: 'Because thou art my brother, should thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?' 16 Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17 And Leah's eyes were weak; but Rachel was of beautiful form and fair to look upon.
Leah, being the elder one, was supposed to marry Esav and she cried and prayed and from her crying weakened her eyes.
18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said: 'I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.' 19 And Laban said: 'It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man; abide with me.' 20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. 21 And Jacob said unto Laban: 'Give me my wife, for my days are filled, that I may go in unto her.' 22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
I have worked for seven years. It might be that the girls were born and about 5 years old when Yacov met them and therefore after seven years reached puberty.
23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. 24 And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for a handmaid. 25 And it came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was Leah; and he said to Laban: 'What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?'
You have swindled me this marriage to Leah is (mistaken business transaction and should be annulled).
26 And Laban said: 'It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the first-born. 27 Fulfil the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.'
The younger one shall not supplant the elder. But after the week of Sheva Berachos, you can have Rachel also for a wife. Since the 7 Mitzvos of Noach applied this was possible. [As I wrote in my Ed-Op about Hunter (Robert) Biden being married to a Jew, he could marry his brother’s wife but she was forbidden to marry both Beau and Robert as she should have married a Jew.] In short prior to Matan Torah, only the laws of Noach applied to the Bnei Avraham, Yitzchak and Yisrael. Only after Matan Torah were two sisters forbidden one to the other in their lifetime unless Yacov had issued a Gezaira.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week; and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife. 29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her handmaid. 30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
Lavan makes out like a bandit. He gets his daughters married off to a good family and 14years of free Labor.
31 And the LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. 32 And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said: 'Because the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.'
Just as a woman who is raped by her husband and marries him because she is pregnant but has a grudge so the reverse is true for Yacov even if it was not Leah’s fault. The hatred is not real hatred but less love, attention and affection for if she was hated, he would have asked that Rachel be buried a few more miles south in Chevron next to him instead of burying Leah next to where he would be in his eternal rest. Yacov had prophecy of Rachel praying for the exiles going to Bavel. So she called him Reuven for Look or See I have a son.
33 And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said: 'Because the LORD hath heard that I am hated, He hath therefore given me this son also.' And she called his name Simeon.
Shimon from Shema or listen, I have a second son.
34 And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said: 'Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have borne him three sons.' Therefore, was his name called Levi.
Now I shall have Yacov’s Lev (heart) as I have a third son.
35 And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she said: 'This time will I praise the LORD.' Therefore, she called his name Judah; and she left off bearing.
Yehuda for bringing my husband together with me.
30:1 And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob: 'Give me children, or else I die.' 2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel; and he said: 'Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?'
The Torah pulls no punches. Not everything is living happily ever after in Yacov’s marriage. Rachel is very upset at Yacov for not having children. Yacov loses his cool for he felt nagged. The answer is a harsh one. I am not the one withholding children from you. It is from HASHEM that you cannot have children so pray harder. Leah cried and prayed hard regarding Esav so she got me. It is your turn to pray.
3 And she said: 'Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may be built up through her.' 4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife; and Jacob went in unto her. 5 And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
This is the first recording of a surrogate mother in history. Bilhah, not having a man is glad to have a husband and she get a son or two out of it; even though she is doing it for Rachel as she is in proximity of him all the time. It is a win-win situation for all three involved.
6 And Rachel said: 'God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son.' Therefore, called she his name Dan.
Dan has a root in Din or Law and she feels judged favorable. No complaints by Yacov having another son.
7 And Bilhah Rachel's handmaid conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son. 8 And Rachel said: 'With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed.' And she called his name Naphtali.
Now Rachel is raising a second child and she has wrestled away her lack of motherhood from her sister.
9 When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife. 10 And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a son. 11 And Leah said: 'Fortune is come!' And she called his name Gad.
Another win-win situation and Leah feels lucky so she gives him the name Gad.
12 And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a second son. 13 And Leah said: 'Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy.' And she called his name Asher.
My father had the Latin name Felix so I named my second son after him and called him Asher for both mean happy.
14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah: 'Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.' 15 And she said unto her: 'Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my husband? and would thou take away my son's mandrakes also?' And Rachel said: 'Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.'
From the Wikipedia: A mandrake is the root of a plant, historically derived either from plants of the genus Mandragora found in the Mediterranean region, it is an aphrodisiac. Rachel believed that by eating this root, she could become pregnant.
16 And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said: 'Thou must come in unto me; for I have surely hired thee with my son's mandrakes.' And he lay with her that night. 17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son. 18 And Leah said: 'God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.
Yissachar based on payment she received.
19 And Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob. 20 And Leah said: 'God hath endowed me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons.' And she called his name Zebulun.
As Rashi states a good portion either food portion or endowment.
21 And afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
I was judged to have a daughter. Same root as for Dan but instead of Dana she is Dinah.
22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. 23 And she conceived, and bore a son, and said: 'God hath taken away my reproach.' 24 And she called his name Joseph, saying: 'The LORD add to me another son.'
Form the word collect or add to me another son. Yitzchak in Gematria is 8 times Yud-Kay-Vav-Kay, Yacov 7 times and Yosef 6 times. The generations might be weaker but the closeness to HASHEM remains.
25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban: 'Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country. 26 Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go; for thou know my service wherewith I have served thee.'
Yacov finished his debit. It was time to go home after 28 years. 14 learning Beresheis until Yitzchak and various traditions, laws and Kabbalah of Creation and 14 years working as a dowry for his wives. Lavan liked the free work so this time he was willing to give a salary so that Yacov would continue working.
27 And Laban said unto him: 'If now I have found favor in thine eyes--I have observed the signs, and the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.' 28 And he said: 'Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.'
Ask for reasonable wages and you shall receive it.
29 And he said unto him: 'Thou know how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me. 30 For it was little which thou had before I came, and it hath increased abundantly; and the LORD hath blessed thee whithersoever I turned. And now when shall I provide for mine own house also?' 31 And he said: 'What shall I give thee?' And Jacob said: 'Thou shalt not give me aught; if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep it. 32 I will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence every speckled and spotted one, and every dark one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and of such shall be my hire.
Spots like dots, later on blotches and streaks on the sheep. The white sheep and goats shall be yours.
33 So shall my righteousness witness against me hereafter, when thou shalt come to look over my hire that is before thee: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and dark among the sheep, that if found with me shall be counted stolen.' 34 And Laban said: 'Behold, would it might be according to thy word.' 35 And he removed that day the he-goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the dark ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons. 36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob. And Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. 37 And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, making the white appear which was in the rods.
During the mating season, the females would bend over to drink and see their reflections and that of the rods while the males jumped on them. For what the female thinks in the process of conception controls an effect on the birth of a child. This was from the story of Rabbi Akiva and the African King who had an Albino Child. Rabbi Akiva asked him what was the color of his gods and he said white so he told the king that the wife was thinking of his gods during conception. (Sanhedrin)
38 And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink. 39 And the flocks conceived at the sight of the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted. 40 And Jacob separated the lambs--he also set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the dark in the flock of Laban--and put his own droves apart, and put them not unto Laban's flock. 41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods; 42 but when the flock were feeble, he put them not in; so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. 43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and asses.
G-D blessed him like Yitzchak and the Plishtim. Lavan did not lose out but felt unlucky.
31:1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying: 'Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this wealth.' 2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as beforetime.
The Midrash tells us that Lavan did not have sons until Yacov arrived. When Yacov started making him richer then probably he took a new wife who bore him sons. These were the sons that were jealous.
3 And the LORD said unto Jacob: 'Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.' 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
Why in the field? For long before the CIA the walls had ears (as written above: maid-servants and men-servants). In the field nobody would suspect any consulting as from time to time a husband would ask the wife/wives to help with the flocks.
5 and said unto them: 'I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime; but the God of my father hath been with me. 6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. 7 And your father hath mocked me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. 8 If he said thus: The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bore speckled; and if he said thus: The streaked shall be thy wages; then bore all the flock streaked. 9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. 10 And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled. 11 And the angel of God said unto me in the dream: Jacob; and I said: Here am I. 12 And he said: Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled; for I have seen all that Laban does unto thee. 13 I am the God of Beth-el, where thou didst anoint a pillar, where thou didst vow a vow unto Me. Now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy nativity.'
Yacov sees it from his side. However, the wives see it from their perspective.
14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him: 'Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? 15 Are we not accounted by him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our price. 16 For all the riches which God hath taken away from our father, that is ours and our children's. Now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.'
Are they also not from Lavan just as the sons and deserve something. We deserve something. Since G-D has told you to do it then it must be so.
17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels; 18 and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan. 19 Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep. And Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father's.
The last part, Yacov did not know.
20 And Jacob outwitted Laban the Aramean, in that he told him not that he fled.
Yacov realized that with this trickster and deceiver an honest man did not have a chance against him. Also his life might be in danger.
21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead. 22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
Three days distance with flocks and herds plus young children was hardly a good distance between him and men pursuing on horseback or camels.
23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and he overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.
Still it took Lavan a week to catch up to Yacov.
24 And God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream of the night, and said unto him: 'Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.'
It was only the warning and threat from G-D that kept Lavan from killing Yacov.
25 And Laban came up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain; and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mountain of Gilead. 26 And Laban said to Jacob: 'What hast thou done, that thou hast outwitted me, and carried away my daughters as though captives of the sword? 27 Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, and outwit me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with harp; 28 and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly.
You have not acted according protocol and asked permission.
29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt; but the God of your father spoke unto me yesternight, saying: Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
Now comes out his true intent to hurt Yacov but because G-D intervened he cannot do good or bad to Yacov.
30 And now that thou art surely gone, because thou sore longest after thy father's house, wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?' 31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban: 'Because I was afraid; for I said: Lest thou should take thy daughters from me by force.
You are no better than other wicked people. Saddam Hussein had his two son-in-laws murdered and he kept his daughters alive.
32 With whomsoever thou find thy gods, he shall not live; before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee.'--For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.
She doesn’t die immediately but this a
Gezaira from a Tzaddik. In chapter 2 of Shabbos it is written: “Over three sins
do women dies in child birth (that she is not careful with) the laws of Niddah,
Challah or Lighting Shabbos Candles (on time).”
33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the tent of the two maid-servants; but he found them not. And he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. 34 Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and put them in the saddle of the camel, and sat upon them. And Laban felt about all the tent, but found them not. 35 And she said to her father: 'Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before thee; for the manner of women is upon me.' And he searched, but found not the teraphim.
Knowing that his daughter Rachel was expecting, he did not disturb her.
36 And Jacob was worth, and strove with Laban. And Jacob answered and said to Laban: 'What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast hotly pursued after me?
From Rabbi Y. Frand Shlita: Lavan Crosses Yaakov’s Red Line by Calling Him a Thief
Yaakov works for Lavan for many years. Lavan tried to steal him blind. Finally, Yaakov is given a message from the Ribono shel Olam that it was time to leave so he told his wives, “We need to get out of here!” Yaakov leaves with his family. Lavan realizes that his terafim (idols) are missing and chases after Yaakov. Lavan catches up with him and accuses him: “Why did you steal my gods?”
Finally, Yaakov gets angry at his father-in-law and lets him have it: “…What is my transgression? What is my sin, that you have pursued me? When you rummaged through all my things, what did you find of all your household objects? Set it here before my brethren and your brethren, and let them decide between the two of us.” [Bereshis 31:36-37] He goes on to movingly describe his own devotion and dedication to his job in the employment of Lavan, and how Lavan took every opportunity to detrimentally switch his wages and steal from him.
Think about this. Lavan has been cheating Yaakov and giving him a hard time for twenty-plus years. On the night of Yaakov’s wedding, Lavan switches daughters on him. Yaakov woke up the next morning and it does not say he lost his temper. All the years that Lavan swindled his son-in-law, it never says that Yaakov got angry at him or expressed resentment. Here, at the end of the Parsha, finally “Va’Yichar Yaakov” (Yaakov became angry). If it would have been you or me, we would say this is a buildup of twenty years of frustration. It was the straw that broke the camel’s back, and Yaakov finally lets his father-in-law have it, like he should have done twenty years earlier.
But that is you and me—that is not Yaakov. Why, over here, does Yaakov finally get angry and let loose with a long schmooze which Lavan clearly deserved a long time prior to this incident? Why here? Why now?
Rav Yosef Salant, in his Sefer Be’er Yosef, makes a beautiful observation. Until now, it was personal – between me (Yaakov) and you (Lavan). The switching of the daughters, the financial trickery—this was all personal and Yaakov was prepared to deal with it on his own. “But when you bring all of your men and you accuse me of ‘Why did you take my gods?’ you are calling me a thief in front of all of these people! This is a Chillul Hashem! The Gentiles will think – ‘Yaakov is a Ganaff ‘. Here I draw the line. This is it!”
Yaakov protests that this is an accusation which goes to the heart of his personality. “I am Mr. Emes L’Yaakov. I will not tolerate this Chillul HaShem you are falsely creating by accusing me of stealing from you.” Therefore, here he explodes in anger and sets the record straight. “There is one thing I am not. I am not a thief!” copywrite@Torah.org Transcribed by David Twersky; Jerusalem DavidATwersky@gmail.com Technical Assistance by Dovid Hoffman; Baltimore, MD dhoffman@torah.org
37 Whereas thou hast felt about all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two.
We are family. You have known me for 20 years and I have not been prone to be dishonest with any of you.
38 These twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flocks have I not eaten. 39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bore the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night. 40 Thus I was: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes. 41 These twenty years have I been in thy house: I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou hast changed my wages ten times. 42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been on my side, surely now had thou sent me away empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands, and gave judgment yesternight.' 43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob: 'The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou see is mine; and what can I do this day for these my daughters, or for their children whom they have borne?
Finally, the humble Yacov has spoken up. Lavan wanting to appear to be magnanimous in front of all the relatives speaks in a fatherly and grandfatherly tone and not that of a pursuer or an employer.
44 And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.' 45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. 46 And Jacob said unto his brethren: 'Gather stones'; and they took stones, and made a heap. And they did eat there by the heap. 47 And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha; but Jacob called it Gilead.
Gal in Hebrew is a heap or pile. Ayd is witness. The pile of witness. These stones will end up being a wall in the days of Bilaam.
48 And Laban said: 'This heap is witness between me and thee this day.' Therefore, was the name of it called Gal-Ayd; 49 and Mizpah, for he said: 'The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. 50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt take wives beside my daughters, no man being with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.' 51 And Laban said to Jacob: 'Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set up betwixt me and thee. 52 This heap be witness, and the pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us.' And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac. 54 And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread; and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mountain.
Like Avraham and Yitzchak making a Bris with Avimelech, so too Yacov makes this contract with Lavan.
32:1 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them. And Laban departed, and returned unto his place.
Glory unto G-D as Yacov was free at last from this threat.
2 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 3 And Jacob said when he saw them: 'This is God's camp.' And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
So the name of the place was encampment and it is at the entrance into Eretz Yisrael. Today the area near Chatzor HaGalil bears this name but it could be somewhere on the Golan Heights.
How Rabbi Sachs changed the life of this Soviet Bred Mother by Sofya Sara Esther Tamarkin
How Rabbi Sacks Changed the Life of This Soviet-Bred Mother (aish.com)
I was angry at the Communist Regime that separated me from the basic connection between me and my Jewish Heritage. Rabbi Sachs’ Wisdom inspired my journey home.
Growing up in the Former Soviet Union, I didn't have much knowledge about my Jewish identity and traditions. Since 1989, after my family's immigration to the United States, I have been actively seeking to find meaning and purpose in Jewish philosophy, traditions and values. I read hundreds of books in attempt to understand my eternal heritage, searching for any relevance of the ancient wisdom in my own life.
I felt torn between the familiar Russian customs and my newly found Jewish faith. When my husband and I were faced with decisions on how to raise our children, it was clear that we wanted to build a home with Jewish values and traditions. But my Soviet childhood made it challenging to navigate and feel competent in the world of observant Jews. After all, I still remember the day my best friend called me a dirty Jew.
One day I came across the essay, "The Letters to the Next Generations", written by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. I held my breath as the words spoke directly to me: "Truth is that virtually every Jew alive today has a history more remarkable than the greatest novel or family saga. It tells of how they were expelled from one country after another, how they lost everything and had to begin again..."
I couldn't believe how relevant this statement was to me. This was exactly my story. I was astonished that somewhere in the world lived a rabbi who understood my personal ordeal and the depth of my struggles.
As my family was rebuilding a new life in the United States, we were hoping that our Jewish identity would no longer be our biggest obstacle but rather a sign of pride and integrity. Yet in reality, immigration brought with it many challenges and for years I felt so lost to my newly found Jewish identity. For over 70 years of Soviet propaganda, most Jews of the Former Soviet Union were unable to practice their religion. Traditions were lost, as the new generations had no one to learn from.
For years, I was angry at the Communist regime that separated me and so many others from the basic connection to our heritage. I realized that perhaps the most powerful answer to our captors was not to wallow in self-pity but to expose our own child to the insight of Jewish ideas and values. Reading Rabbi Sacks' words reassured me of this truth: "If something is wrong, don’t blame others. Ask, how can I help to put it right?"
It was intimidating for a Soviet-bred young mother to walk into a yeshiva for the first time. Rabbi Sacks' words inspired me again, speaking directly to me: "For Jews, education is not just what we know. It’s who we are.... the first duty of a Jewish parent is to ensure that their children have a Jewish education."
These profound words encouraged me to make the ultimate leap of faith and allow my children to enter the world of ancient Hebrew texts and Torah wisdom. The most powerful answer to our captors was not to wallow in self-pity but to expose our own child to the insight of Jewish ideas and values.
A decade after the life-changing decision to enroll our children into a Jewish school, my husband and I were sitting in the audience at Kohelet Yeshiva High School the suburbs of Philadelphia, listening to Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks talk about his vision for the young generation. And without realizing it at first, I was seated right next to Lady Elaine Sacks.
After her husband’s presentation, I was lucky enough to strike a meaningful conversation about her hopes for her own children and grandchildren. I was mesmerized to realize that we had the same dreams for the next generations to come.
I never imagined that one day I would meet the author of the essay who gave me the courage to become the mother of two yeshiva students. After the lecture I spoke with Rabbi Sacks about my experiences of learning blessings, Hebrew letters and basic Jewish concepts together with my children. My husband and I attended our first Chumash parties, Hanukkah celebrations, Purim carnivals and Torah classes at Politz Hebrew Academy. Rabbi Sacks reassured us that no milestone is small enough to celebrate and we should be proud of what our family has accomplished.
I felt grateful and overwhelmed by the joy of making so many difficult decisions that brought me to this moment, heightened by the awareness that so many young people never get the chance to learn about their Jewish heritage and appreciate their rich culture.
As parents, we often encounter unexpected and unpredictable detours, yet we can find reassurance by the words of Rabbi Sacks that "faith does not mean certainty. It means the courage to live with uncertainty." Therefore, "more than we have faith in God, God has faith in us."
We all eventually leave this world, yet the legacy and the impact we create will last for generations to come. My life and the lives of my children were forever impacted by the wisdom of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. When I feel overwhelmed by all the challenges of raising children, living a Torah committed life and growing in authentic and meaningful way, I think back to the teaching of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks:
"Yes, life can be hard and full of the possibility of loss, pain, disappointment and grief. But the solution is not to avoid taking risks. It is to cultivate the things that give us strength: the love of family and friends, the support of a community, the habit of prayer that allows us to lean on God, and the faith that God believes in us, forgiving our faults and giving us the strength to begin again after every failure."
Finding Uzi by Shlomo Horwitz https://www.aish.com/sp/so/Finding-Uzi.html?s=shl
35 years ago they changed each other’s lives drifted apart and Facebook brought them together again.
They warned me: Never set foot in Sh’chunat Hatikva. The so-called “Neighborhood of Hope” was anything but.
It was notorious as the most dangerous neighborhood in Tel Aviv and the home of the leading crime bosses in Israel. But as a 20-year old, I figured I knew better. I was part of a group of volunteers who had arrived in July, 1982, at the height of the First Lebanon War, and we were determined to give underprivileged kids a wonderful summer experience by running day camps and taking them on trips unlike any they had ever taken.
A secondary part of our job was to teach the kids English. Many of the kids came from difficult homes and needed all the support and help they could get.
Uzi Mishan was a well-adjusted 10-year-old from neighboring Yad Eliyahu, and his grandparents lived in Sh’chunat Hatikva, across the street from me. They were Holocaust survivors from Greece and, like many in the neighborhood, were not particularly fond of Jewish tradition. They were great people and became close friends of mine, always going out of their way to buy snacks with the best kosher certification so that I would feel a part of their home. Uzi and I became close - he was in my bunk in the summer camp and was very mature for his age. He was a born leader and athlete, and the other children naturally gravitated to him. If Uzi approved of a trip or activity, so did everyone else. He was a great sport and never lost his cool on the soccer field.
But things looked bleak when it came to English. The first time I tried teaching Uzi we were in his grandparents’ living room on a blistering hot day. The ceiling fan was lazily moving hot air around the room, making it even hotter.
“Uzi, please read me the top line,” I said to him in Hebrew.
Uzi writhed in his chair and read me the ABCs. His heart wasn’t in it. Neither was mine. “Are you bored?” I asked him.
“Yes.”
No surprise there. “Uzi, tell me the truth. What would you rather be learning with me?”
To my great surprise, Uzi replied, “Torah!”
He and his family were completely irreligious. “What contact do you have with Torah?” I asked.
“Every night when my parents tuck me in, I sneak my father’s army Tanach (Bible) under the covers, turn on a flashlight, and read the stories. You can test me.”
“Wow. Okay, who were the 12 tribes?”
He nailed it.
“Who was Avner ben Ner?”
“King Saul’s top general”. Boom.
“Yoav ben Tzeruyah?”
“King David’s top general”. Bam.
“Uzi! I can’t believe what you know! It’s a deal! We’ll learn Torah from now on.”
He was thrilled and so was I. I resigned from my capacity as an English teacher and began teaching Uzi stories from the Talmud. Leader that he was, he quickly gathered other neighborhood kids to hear my tales and by the end of the summer, I regularly had 15-20 children listening to me around a tree.
Based on those experiences I decided I’d be a teacher of Torah for the rest of my life.
We parted ways after the summer, and other than a couple of calls and two short visits when he was 14 and 16, we pretty much lost touch for the next 35 years. But I never forgot what an inspirational person
Uzi was, even at this young age.
In fact, I mentioned him this past Yom Kippur when I was running a beginner’s workshop at the Etz Chaim Center in Baltimore. We were discussing the purity of a Jewish soul and how it naturally gravitates to God.
I thought of Uzi as a paradigm and told my audience about him.
“Whatever happened to him?” someone asked.
“I really don’t know,” I replied.
“Really?”
I was a little embarrassed. How did I let someone so special slip away from my life?
“Well, I did try once to look up his phone number online, but there were too many Mishans in the phone book, and I didn’t want to go through all of them,” I said weakly.
It seemed so inadequate when I said it.
And then it dawned on me: Why not try and find him on Facebook?
Right after I broke my fast, I went to Facebook and typed in Uzi Mishan in Hebrew. Several names came up. I looked at the pictures and one guy seemed like he could be the one. But I couldn’t tell. The 10year old I once knew was now 45! Could this be Uzi?
I quickly private-messaged him. “Are you the Uzi Mishan who was in the Hatikva Neighborhood in ‘82?” I wrote in Hebrew, and signed it as Shlomo Horwitz from Baltimore.
And then I went to sleep. Or tried to. I was so excited I found myself waking up repeatedly. I waited until 7 AM to check my phone in the kitchen and found the following message:
“Shlomo! Zeh ani!! It’s me!!”
Three months ago my wife and I went to Israel to our family, and part of that family was Uzi, his wife Celli, and his kids Rom, Ravid and Raz, who live happily in Beer Yaakov in Central Israel. Reuniting with him was one of the happiest days of my life.
As part of our massive catching-up, I learned that Uzi had become a professional wrestler in Israel after his army service. He was intensively physically fit and now runs a successful business as a party planner.
Uzi now knows that I’ve been involved in Jewish education ever since I met him, because of him. He told me that he has never stopped attending Torah classes since I studied with him back in 1982, and has studied with a host of rabbis in the Tel Aviv and Beer Yaakov area.
Uzi also shared something deeply personal with me and urged me to share it with you.
When he was 29, he was diagnosed with a genetic neurological disease called CMT (Charcot-Marie-Tooth), which is incurable. Although some people have mild symptoms, Uzi’s case was so severe that he had trouble walking and moving around. His legs and shoulders were in pain and he had issues with the soles of his feet and his knees. His muscles began to atrophy and get smaller to the point where he had difficulty picking things up. His hands would shake from the strain of even holding a cup of coffee. His doctor told him to start winding down since he’d shortly be disabled and unable to work at his present job.
He was heartbroken and went to his rabbi in Tel Aviv, Rav Yechiel. Rav Yechiel immediately took Uzi to see the great Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the former Chief Rabbi of Israel, for his blessings. The venerable rabbi placed his hand on Uzi’s head and said a few words of prayer in a low voice. Uzi broke down and cried. He felt a strange sensation running through his body.
He left the rabbi and over a short amount of time all of his symptoms disappeared. He returned to the doctor who was thunderstruck that this was the same person whom he had just informed that he’d be disabled. The doctor ran additional electromyogram (EMG) exams to detect abnormal neuromuscular conditions, and determined that the underlying disease was still present but all the accompanying symptoms were gone.
Uzi has since gone back to his extreme fitness and can bench press 375 lbs., something unheard of for a patient with CMT. One year ago he had another EMG which still showed that the disease was present. But he is still marvelously strong and fit, and symptom-free. He and his family are grateful to God for this miracle. So am I.
With great joy, Uzi and I have started to learn Torah together once again.
What’s an interruption of 35 years between brothers anyway?
The Face of Halacha on Homosexuality. 17. The Torah’s Attitude to Those Who Commit Homosexual Intercourse – Peninei Halakha (yhb.org.il)
From Chaiya: Israeli scientist find a way to reverse the aging process. https://www.jpost.com/health-science/israeli-scientists-say-they-found-a-way-to-reverse-the-human-aging-process-649798
Charedi Girls schools to reopen before regular girls school. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/B1nUm7tqP
Knesset approves a onetime grant for Charedi service. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/ryyAASK9P
Lockdowns = 300% increase in family violence. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/S1mLRYjcw
Milestone: Diego Armando Maradona, 60. https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1364575/Diego-Maradona-dead-Argentina-football-legend-brain-surgery
From Diane D. Vaccine development and melting pot Jews: Mikael Dolsten, Pfizer's chief scientist, is a Jew from Sweden. https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/mikael-dolsten-the-jewish-immigrant-leading-pfizer-s-vaccine-charge-hopes-the-us-stays-a-melting-pot/
… Dolsten, who moved to the New York area from Sweden in 2004, is far from the only Jewish immigrant in his field. In fact, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla is a Jew from Thessaloniki, Greece. The chief medical officer for Moderna, a competing drugmaker that announced Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine was nearly 95% effective, is an Israeli immigrant named Tal Zaks. …
Poll 1: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291998
Poll 2: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/292067
Inyanay Diyoma
Oh no not again run on toilet paper in USA. https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/panic-buying-of-toilet-paper-hits-us-stores-again-with-new-pandemic-restrictions
Lara Trump eyes NC Senate Run in 2022. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/lara-trump-mark-meadows-north-carolina-senate-seat-2022
Before you riot view body cam self-inflicted shot. https://www.foxnews.com/us/authorities-jacksonville-police-involved-shooting-self-inflicted-gunshot-wound
Pollard free of Parole waiting for recovery of wife. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291674
Corona in Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291679
All options are on the table to stop Iran. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291664
Biden’s Press Secretary is an Israelophobe. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291643
Rabbi pray for: Ukraine's coronavirus-stricken president, Volodymyr Zelensky. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291652
Scientists working on saving the food chain in the ME. https://www.ynetnews.com/environment/article/Sk4dTWr9D
Deal ready for 5,000,000 people for Astra-Zeneca vaccine. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rJpZWOHcw
Ed-Op Ben Yishai new phrase for Iran in Syria. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/B1X9nOGqv
Mike Garcia flips CA HR 25. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-republican-mike-garcia-declares-victory-in-democrat-katie-hills-former-district
Ben Carson recovering from Covid. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ben-carson-covid-out-of-the-woods
Another Saturday night and another Gazan Rocket. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291705
IDF attacks Hamas targets in Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291710
From Chaiya: Israeli scientist find a way to reverse the Iaging process. https://www.jpost.com/health-science/israeli-scientists-say-they-found-a-way-to-reverse-the-human-aging-process-649798
Ed-Op Democratic Countries must revive themselves. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291689
Suspected antisemitism. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291703
Israel-US-Saudi secret meeting. Netanyahu flies to Saudi desert city to meet Crown Prince and Pompeo - DEBKAfile
4 injured in stone attack in Shomron. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291800
Real Peace and Ed-Op by Ben Dror Yemeni. Discovering peace in Dubai (ynetnews.com)
Corona in Israel 745 new cases 295 respirations and 130 serius.
Tom Hanks helps to fight antisemitism. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291787
Near IDF disaster. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291762
Israel sold out Pollard. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291740
Tony Blinken tapped to secretary of State. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291779
Trump and Biden agree on transition teams as the battle in the courts play out. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291847
Gulf Nations worried about Biden seek Israel. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291846
Charedi Girls schools to reopen before regular girls school. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/B1nUm7tqP
Knesset approves a onetime grant for Charedi service. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/ryyAASK9P
Ed-Op Levy Corona and Gaza. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/BJW1GRv9D
Germany antisemitic protest in front of Synagogue. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291856
Ed-Op Bederman Covid Oppressors. https://dianebederman.com/covids-privileged-oppressors/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork
Ed-Op Bederman the Devolution of Civility: https://dianebederman.com/you-racist-karen-the-devolution-of-civility-and-the-decline-of-western-culture/
Desecration of Holy Ark. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291810
Chief Rabbi condemns border police action. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291807
Schools to reopen in stages. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291849
Dershowitz blames US Jews for long Pollard jailing. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291809
Syria: More Iranian targets hit. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291949
Netanyahu to visit Bahrain. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291938
Columbus OH antisemitic rock throwing incident. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291935
Five high level appointees in the Biden Administration are Jews. https://www.jewishpress.com/news/jewish-news/biden-appoints-five-jews-to-top-posts-boy-are-their-mothers-proud/2020/11/24/
When cartoons are worse than jail and torture. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291909
Israel is heading to a 4th election. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291940
Cadet and training pilot killed in crash. https://www.debka.com/a-pilot-and-cadet-killed-in-israeli-air-force-training-aircraft-crash/
Saudi and Israel a history of quietly warming ties. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/HJ3KaV59D
Djibouti Pres. The time is not ripe for deal w/Israel. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291948
Andrew Cuomo the rules do not apply to him. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291946
Ed-Op Dr. M. Kedar why the Saudis are hesitating. https://www.makorrishon.co.il/opinion/285873/
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Cases in Israel rise but mostly younger Arabs. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/H1yAdTnqD
Supreme Court upholds freedom of worship. Cuomo’s ban is unconstitutional. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/292021
Da’as Torah: Pekeuach Nefesh puts aside praying in an indoor Minyan. Special filter air Synagogue, masks and social distancing should be practiced. In door Minyanim should be limit in different areas of the Schul.
From Barbara M. Trumps voters believe fraud was pulled. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/23/2020-election-results-almost-no-trump-voters-consider-biden-the-winner.html
Court Brief on massive voter fraud in GA. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/breaking-kraken-released-attorney-sidney-powell-files-104-page-bombshell-complain-massive-fraud-georgia-election/
Thousands of fake voter addresses found. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291998
Lockdowns fail in 160 countries. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/292091
Forgotten heroes who tried to save 4,000,000 Jews. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291978
Will Trump attack Iran? IDF prepares. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291978
More houses returned to Jews. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/292024
Michael Flynn pardoned. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/292007
AstraZeneca fail on proper testing. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/292091
19 Pro-Iranian Pakistanis were killed. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/292051
Some malls and museums open. https://www.debka.com/new-covid-infection-crosses-1000-mark-yet-15-israeli-malls-reopen-for-black-friday/
Ed-Op Yossi Yoshua IDF hostage to Ganz – Netanyahu feud. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/SJs2Hoscw
Stay healthy and have a peaceful and wonderful Shabbos stay.
Rachamim Pauli
