Parashat Vayetzei
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As Yackov lay down in that place, the stones started quarreling with one another, each wanting the Tzadik to lay his actual head on them.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 28:11"/> Hashem therefore transformed the stones into a single stone.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 28:11"/> | As Yackov lay down in that place, the stones started quarreling with one another, each wanting the Tzadik to lay his actual head on them.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 28:11"/> Hashem therefore transformed the stones into a single stone.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 28:11"/> | ||
− | Yackov had a | + | Yackov had a dream and saw a ladder set up on the ground and its top reached to heaven. The bottom of the ladder stood in Beer Sheva, Southern Yehuda, the middle of the ladder hovered over the location of the Beis Hamikdash, Yerushalaim resting North in between the borders of Yehuda and Binyamin, while the top of the ladder stood above Bet El which stood even further North at the end of Binyamin.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 28:17">Rashi Berashis 28:17</ref> |
− | On it the angels of Hashem who who escorted him in Eretz Yisroel and were not able to leave the Land<ref name="Rashi Berashis | + | On it the angels of Hashem who who escorted him in Eretz Yisroel and were not able to leave the Land,<ref name="Rashi Berashis 28:12"/> were first<ref name="Rashi Berashis 28:12">Rashi Berashis 28:12</ref> ascending the ladder. Then<ref name="Rashi Berashis 28:12"/> he saw the angles of Diaspora<ref name="Rashi Berashis 28:12"/> descending upon it, to escort him.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 28:12"/> The ladder also alluded to a persons spiritual journey where he must climb level by level. At the same time he must go though many ascents and descents and the descents are a prerequisite of transcending to the next level.<ref name="Likutay Halachos, Yoreh Deah, Shiluach Haken 5"/> |
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==The Blessing== | ==The Blessing== | ||
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==Escape from Lavan== | ==Escape from Lavan== | ||
When the forces of evil attack a person and he fights back, not only is he able to recover the energy they stole from him, he is able to extract energy that was buried deep inside of them from what they had previously captured. Therefore when Yaakov battled Lavan he was able to extract from him massive amounts of holy energy that manifested as his four wives, the twelve tribes and great wealth.<ref name="Likutay Halachos, Hilchos Ginava 5/9-11">Likutay Halachos, Hilchos Ginava 5/9-11</ref> | When the forces of evil attack a person and he fights back, not only is he able to recover the energy they stole from him, he is able to extract energy that was buried deep inside of them from what they had previously captured. Therefore when Yaakov battled Lavan he was able to extract from him massive amounts of holy energy that manifested as his four wives, the twelve tribes and great wealth.<ref name="Likutay Halachos, Hilchos Ginava 5/9-11">Likutay Halachos, Hilchos Ginava 5/9-11</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== |