Parsha Perspectives for Today (Vayeitzei, 5785) - Be the Ladder that Bridges Heaven and Earth

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Efrem Goldberg’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

her as well. Okay, we're on page 144, the arts girl stoneish boratious continues to unfold this incredible storyline. We know where it goes. We know what happens. We know what comes next and yet it remains riveting and exciting and there's always new insights and new perspectives for today. As I say every week, the para remains the same but every year we're different and the world is different. So the way we see it is different. And that's an important thing to remember. Jacob leaves and he heads to Rashi famously says why do I need to be told where he's leaving from? All I need to be told is where he's going to. He's going to so Rashi tells us to tell us that when leaves the city it has an impact but Jacob is not the first to leave a city. Aram left the city left the city. So why does this teaching not happen until now? So he shared in the past famously because when Aram left the city there was no one behind to feel his absence. When left the city there was no one behind to feel his absence. But when Jacob leaves when he leaves Beva whom does he leave behind? his parents. Now they realize Roshe, there's a rom that person is not here. So the Torah is telling us that the measure of a person is if they're indispensable. If somebody moves and two years later someone says, you know, have you seen your uncle? Oh yeah, he moved two years ago. Nobody noticed. His absence wasn't felt. Nobody

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1. 1:02her as well. Okay, we're on page 144, the arts girl stoneish boratious continues to unfold…
2. 6:45two weeks ago the notion every morning we make a blessing to Hashem you prepare my…
3. 12:55let's be spiritual. Says something's missing here. You know what's missing? They just want to be…
4. 19:08I said, the B again, the day like today, the warmth of the sun, the cool…
5. 25:21keeping with the imper the imperative to maintain the image of God. Imatio day is the…
6. 31:34when you say the Torah. The moment you speak something, God spoke and brought the world…
7. 37:14Now he went to sleep. His elus. And in his sleep, he had a revelation. In…
8. 43:22gym. But Jacob didn't know it. He thought Hashem is in the base med. Hashem is…
9. 49:50mikat amuna somebody who has enough bread for today but is still worried about what they're…
10. 56:05a malik, but he also ends up being the savior of Jacob. And if Alifas had…

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