Sometimes, We Hate that Which We Need Most | Vayetzei Women's Class

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

Today's class is dedicated by Meheran Javarian in honor of her mother Entheram Berilaini who with her love and devotion is the light that shines and illuminates the entire family. Thank you very very much for your gracious partnership and friendship and may your family and your mother and you and all of you be blessed with tremendous success and braha and hashem fulfill all of your heart's desires in the most revealed and manifested way. So we all know the story in paras vets the beginning of para vets Yakov Jacob flees his home in the land of Kanan and he travels east to the house of his uncle his mother's brother by the name of Lavon. Upon arriving at the well outside of Karun a city that still exists today called Harun. H R A R A N. He encounters love's youngest daughter Rahul Rachel. And as the Tyra says, [clears throat] he feels he he come he he kisses Rahul. He sobs with Rahul and Lavan proposes a deal. The deal is work for me for seven years and then I'll give her to you in marriage. Yakov does that but on the wedding night love on his future father-in-law substitutes the younger sister Rahul with the older sister Leia. Leia enters the dark tent rather than Rahul as the Tyra says. And that night yakov consumates the marriage. But in the morning var in the morning he sees that it's lea he comes to loavan and he says why would you deceive me and loan says it's inappropriate to marry off a younger sister before an older sister. Ultimately Jakov accepts his fate. He remains with Leia loven agrees that he marries Raul for another seven years of work. And that's what he does. He marries Rael, the bride of his choice, and he works for love for yet another seven years, altogether 14 years.

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1. 0:00Today's class is dedicated by Meheran Javarian in honor of her mother Entheram Berilaini who with…
2. 6:08third patriarch the third of the three of us of the Jewish people the father of…
3. 12:23on the night of her wedding. says since he did marry this woman even though it…
4. 18:28therefore feels that could cherish and love says it's because a husband loves a wife whether…
5. 24:44So there's three commentators who give a very different interpretation of David from Amishov the first…
6. 30:59person. And uh they were telling me about a certain relationship they had in their family…
7. 37:12Hashem knows something else. That there was a reason for this and that is she yearned…
8. 43:28is how difficult and messy relationships and families can be you know we often talk about…
9. 49:45Okay. Thank you. That's very sweet of you. [laughter] But I still uh I still think…
10. 55:57somehow to be complicated is a great achievement. I mean, if you are, you just are.…

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